Dr. Maria Araneta

Professor

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Biography

Maria Rosario Araneta is the Associate Dean for Diversity and Community Partnerships at UCSD School of Medicine and a Professor in the Department of Family Medicine and Public Health. She received her BA in Biology from UC San Diego, her MPH in Epidemiology from Yale University, and her PhD in Epidemiology, with a focus on Perinatal Epidemiology, also from Yale. Araneta has received numerous accolades, including the American Diabetes Association’s Vivian Fonseca Nagendran Family Diabetes Research Award in 2014. She has authored and led approximately nine publications in 'Diabetes Care' and has served on significant advisory councils, such as the NIH Advisory Council on Minority Health and Health Disparities from 2015 to 2019. Her primary research interests encompass maternal and pediatric health, HIV/AIDS, ethnic health disparities, type 2 diabetes, and cardiovascular disease. She is a co-principal investigator for the Diabetes Prevention Program Outcomes Study and has led studies focused on diabetes within Filipino communities. Araneta has also taught Epidemiology courses for the UCSD CREST/MAS program and contributed significantly to medical education initiatives in Ethiopia.

Research Interests

Experience

Professor

2000-06-01 — Present

UCSD School of Medicine • La Jolla, CA, USA

Associate Dean for Diversity and Community Partnerships

2020-01-01 — Present

UCSD School of Medicine • La Jolla, CA, USA

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
Application Checklist
  • Statement of Purpose (max 2 pages)
  • Unofficial transcripts
  • Three letters of recommendation
  • Curriculum Vitae (CV)
  • Application fee ($135 domestic / $155 international)
Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).