Oral and written testimony at the hearing “Shot of Truth: Communicating Trusted Vaccine Information” held by the Subcommittee on Communications, Media, & Broadband of the U.S. Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, & Transportation.

April 2022

Engaging with Latino/a/x communities during public health emergencies: Considerations for (re)establishing trust. Invited speaker for Rutgers School of Public Health’s 27th Annual Public Health Symposium – Takin’ it to the Streets: Authentic Communication for Strengthening Trust in Public Health.

April 2021

Using social media and eHealth to address health disparities: Promises and perils. Invited speaker for the National Cancer Institute’s Research in Understudied Populations and Cancer Disparities Webinar Series, Division of Cancer Control & Population Sciences’ Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program.

November 2021

Understanding the impact of engagement with cancer (mis)information among Latino Facebook users. Zoom invited speaker for Northwestern University’s Latinx Digital Media Virtual Seminar Series Spring 2021.

May 2021

The role of social media in mis/disinformation during the pandemic. Zoom invited panelist for an international seminar on Risk Communication in the Time of COVID-19 hosted by the Catholic University of Chile’s Centro de Políticas Públicas.

January 2021

Meet Yonaira Rivera, Who Researches Social Media Communication and Public Health – Rutgers Health Institute’s Global Health Connection monthly newsletter, January 2023

Hispanic Heritage Month: We Must Reduce Health Inequities and Improve the Well-Being of Latinx Communities – New Jersey Star Ledger op-ed, September 2022

Building Resilience in Puerto Rico – Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg American Health Initiative: Environmental Challenges, July 2020

Contributions: Hurricane Relief in Puerto Rico – Emory Public Health Magazine, Fall 2018

Race in America: Panel to explore public health crises in Puerto Rico – Johns Hopkins University’s The HUB Politics & Society, March 2018

Unfamiliar homeland: In storm-battered Puerto Rico, a long, difficult road to recovery – Johns Hopkins University’s The HUB Perspectives, November 2017

National Outreach Network's Community Health Educators Provide Much-Needed Support to Cancer Survivors from Racially/Ethnically Diverse Communities – NCI’s CRCHD Spotlights, April 2014

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