Gladys Crespo-Ramos, PhD

Gladys Crespo-Ramos, PhD is a postdoctoral fellow at the Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Endocrinology Department. Her work is focused on understanding the role of psychosocial factors (e.g., stigma, stress, SDH, mental illness) in relation to illness management and the development of chronic health conditions, such as diabetes, in minority populations. Crespo-Ramos earned her PhD in Clinical Psychology (APA Accredited Program) at the Ponce Health Sciences University of Puerto Rico in 2018, and her dissertation validates the Mental Health Stigma Scale among the general population of Puerto Rico. She is completing her research postdoc concentrating on emotional distress, socioeconomics, cultural, and environmental factors in the well-being of Latinos with diabetes.