Carrie Saetermoe

Carrie Saetermoe, Professor of Psychology, founder of the Health Equity Research and Education (HERE) Center, and one of four Principal Investigators, along with three other PIs, Gabriela Chavira, Patchareeya Kwan, and Crist Khachikian who are leading California State University, Northridge’s largest federal grant ever, funded by the National Institutes of Health, BUILD PODER – Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity; Promoting Opportunities for
Diversity in Education and Research. As one of four PIs on EMBARC, Saetermoe draws on years of experience of collaboration with community college students, professors, and administrators.

“When the biomedical workforce is diversified, researchers will likely draw upon a broader array of healthcare frameworks, research questions, methodologies, and participant recruitment techniques that can overcome many barriers to health equity for at-risk communities” (Saetermoe, Chavira, Khachikian, Boyns, and Cabello, 2017, p. 42).