Halima Ahmadi-Montecalvo
Halima Ahmadi-Montecalvo
Lecturer
Part-time Faculty
School: Milken Institute School of Public Health
Department: Exercise and Nutrition Sciences
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Dr. Ahmadi-Montecalvo is an epidemiologist and social and behavioral scientist with extensive experience in the application and use of quantitative and qualitative methodology in behavioral health, maternal and child health, and social science broadly. Her research focuses on the social drivers of health and health inequities, with a particular interest in issues explaining factors within the social and built environment that affect the lives of vulnerable population groups.
She has over 20 years of experience in program evaluation, and social and behavioral health research working with local, state, and a number of federal government clients, including the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS); the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC); the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA); the National Institutes of Health (NIH); the Department of Labor (DoL); the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD); and the Veterans Health Administration (VHA).
Dr. Ahmadi-Montecalvo is the Associate Vice President of Research and Evaluation at Unite Us, a cross-sector collaboration software company aiming to build healthier communities. At Unite Us, she leads research and evaluation efforts to measure the value of social care investments.
Health equity, SDOH, behavioral health, maternal child health, adolescent health, co-occurring disorders, healthcare delivery systems.
Strategic planning, facilitation, cross-functional collaboration, measurement development, mixed-methods research, curricula development and training.