Parra, Pilar A

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Research Associate, Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)
Senior Lecturer, Division of Nutritional Sciences (DNS), College of Agriculture and Life Sciences (CALS)

Pilar A. Parra is a Research Associate, Senior Lecturer at the Division of Nutritional Sciences and in the Latino Studies Program in Cornell University. She received B.A.and M.A. degrees in Puebla, Mexico, and a doctoral degree in sociology from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. She received post-doctoral training at the Institute for Health, Health Care Policy and Aging Research, Rutgers University.

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Ph.D. in Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1989
M.S. in Sociology, University of Wisconsin-Madison 1984
M.A. in Intercultural Education, University of the Americas Cholula 1974
B.A. in Psychology, Autonomous University of Puebla 1971

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FELLOWSHIPS / AWARDS/ GRANTS
- October 1, 2005-08 Methods of Assessing Access to Health Care by Undocumented Rural Residents. Co-PI. CUAES Hatch (159473).
- October 1, 2001-05 Integrating the Needs of Immigrant Workers and Rural Communities. USDA-FRA
- October 1, 2001-04 Immigrant Assimilation in Rural Communities. USDA CSREES. Hatch
- October 1, 2000-02 Food patterns, diet and health among migrant farm workers in North Central New York. Hatch. Federal Formula Funds Allocation. USDA.
- October 1, 1999 Family and Social Support for Elderly Puerto Ricans. Cornell Applied Gerontology Research Institute (CGRI). NIH-NIA
- June 30, 1998 Changing Family and Community Structures: The Impact of Social Support on Elderly Puerto Ricans in Rochester, New York. Cornell Applied Gerontology Research Institute (CGRI). NIH-NIA
- May 1, 1997 A Partnership for Health: Strengthening Community Nutrition Through Traditional Foods. (USDA CSREES. Integration of Nutrition Goals and Food Systems.)
- April 1, 1996 The Lost Knowledge: Breastfeeding Among Puerto Rican Women. Social Science Research Council. Latina Junior Faculty Research and Mentoring Grants. March 1996 Cornell International Institute for Food, Agriculture and Development. "Development Communication and Continuing Education in Honduras" with Roy Colle.
- July 1992- 1994 Minority Investigator Supplement Award. Department of Health and Human Services. National Institutes of Health.
- June 1989-June 1992 Postdoctoral Traineeship in Mental Health Services Research. National Institute of Mental Health. November 1989 The Association for Women in Development Grant
- May 1989 The Crowe Scholarship Fund. Department of Rural Sociology. University of Wisconsin - Madison.
- January 1989 The Eugene Havens Scholarsip Fund. Rural Sociology. University of Wisconsin - Madison.
- January 1986 ALTRUSA International Foundation Award, Inc. University of Wisconsin. Dissertation Research Fellowship
- Summer 1983 The Tinker Foundation Summer Research Grant
- Nov. 1981-1984 CONACYT. Mexican Government Scholarship to pursue doctoral degree at the University of Wisconsin.

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