Rocio Nava Ruelas
PhD Student

Profile

Biography

During her undergraduate degree and after graduation, Rocio worked mostly in the private healthcare sector in Mexico, particularly in the medical technologies field. She then decided to pursue an MSc to learn more about the decision-making mechanisms of health systems and their impact on technologies, science and patients.

After researching on the health literacy characteristics of American diabetic patients, Rocio became more interested in patient’s interactions with science and scientific information. During her PhD with the TRAPS team, she will explore public’s interactions with scientific information regarding alcohol research and the factors mediating such interaction, such as the role of the alcohol industry.

Qualifications

• MSc in Health Systems and Public Policy, with Merit, University of Edinburgh, 2017
• BSc in Biomedical Engineering, Instituto Tecnologico y de Estudios Superiores de Monterrey, 2014

Research

Overview

Rocio's main research interests consist in exploring how lay audiences or the general public interact with scientific information disseminated by the alcohol industry, and whether this shapes their attitudes towards alcohol and the alcohol industry

Projects

• Transformative Research on the Alcohol Industry, Policy and Science (TRAPS) Programme

Research group(s)

• Mental Health and Addiction

Publications

Selected publications

• Nava, R. and Adrion, E.R. (2018). Big promises, few details: the uncertain future of Mexican healthcare under AMLO. [Blog] The London School of Economics and Political Science Latin American and Caribbean Centre
• Nava, R. and Adrion, E.R. (2018). El sistema de salud no es prioridad para los candidatos [Blog]. Animal Político