Eugenia Flores Millender

As an indigenous Afro-Latina nurse scientist, Dr. Eugenia Millender has dedicated her career to increasing access to mental health care and providing culturally appropriate care. Dr. Eugenia Millender is currently the Co-Founder and Co-Director of the Center for Population Sciences for Health Empowerment and an Associate Professor at Florida State University College of Nursing. Dr. Millender's program of research is to investigate ways to reduce mental health disparities by exploring how socio-cultural stressors and trauma influence across generations, psychological and co-occurring physical illness through gene-environment interaction among vulnerable populations. She does so by working with community-based organizations to co-create community-academic partnerships, meaningful investigations, and interventions for a variety of communities. 

EDUCATION

• PhD, Florida Atlantic University
• MS, Florida Atlantic University
• BSN, Florida Atlantic University
• AA, College of Lake County

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