Immigration and Race in Illinois
Latina Women’s Health: When Will We Take Action?
Lydia P. Buki is an Associate Professor in the Department of Kinesiology and Community Health at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign. She earned her doctorate in Counseling Psychology from Arizona State University in 1995. Her area of interest is psycho-oncology, with particular emphasis on the psychosocial, cultural, individual, and institutional factors that contribute to health disparities in medically underserved Latina/o populations. Having grown up in Buenos Aires, Argentina, she applies her bilingual and bicultural skills to work with the Latina/o population in the U.S. She is a founding member of the DHHS Office on Women’s Health, Minority Women's Health Panel of Experts, has served on the editorial board of various journals, and recently completed a health literacy study with funding from the NCI. Publication outlets for her work include Cancer, Cultural Diversity and Ethnic Minority Psychology, and The Counseling Psychologist. Since 2004, she has received 5 awards including the Distinguished Professional Early Career Award from the National Latina/o Psychological Association (2004), the Emerging Leader Award from the American Psychological Association’s Committee on Women in Psychology (2005) and the Campus Award for Excellence in Public Engagement from the University of Illinois (2006). Dr. Buki was recently named Fellow of the American Psychological Association.