Rate My Professor Mindy Ma

Ma’s research centers on cardiovascular behavioral medicine and HIV prevention, with a focus on minority health, health risk behaviors, stress, and coping. Her primary objective is to enhance health outcomes for underrepresented minority populations through primary prevention strategies and the promotion of human virtues to foster wellness. Notable publications include Kibler et al. (2023), “Pilot findings indicate a cognitive behavioral healthy lifestyle intervention for PTSD improves sleep and physical activity,” published in Brain Sciences; Ma et al. (2023), “Racial concordance on healthcare use within Hispanic population subgroups,” in Journal of Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities; Adriano et al. (2021), “The relationship between racial/ethnic concordance and hypertension control,” in The Permanente Journal; Kibler and Ma (2021), “Towards a better understanding of PTSD/hypertension associations: Examining sociodemographic aspects,” in Hearts; Ma et al. (2017), “Cultural assets and substance use among Hispanic adolescents,” in Health Education & Behavior; and Ma et al. (2013), “Gratitude is associated with greater levels of protective factors and lower levels of risks in African American adolescents,” in Journal of Adolescence. Her scholarship also addresses PTSD severity and cardiovascular risks, cultural influences on HIV testing in Latino youth, racial/ethnic differences in cardiovascular knowledge, and predictors of HIV vaccine trial participation among African Americans.