Cristina Rabadán-Diehl, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Deputy Director of the Office of Global Health; National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute; National Institutes of Health.

 

Dr. Cristina Rabadán-Diehl is an expert on cardiovascular health and serves as deputy director of the Office of Global Health for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI).

Dr. Rabadán-Diehl has a degree in pharmacy from the Universidad Complutense of Madrid (Spain); a Ph.D. from the University of Miami (FL); and an M.P.H. and Health Communications Certificate from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health (Baltimore, MD).

Dr. Rabadán-Diehl is a member of several professional associations; an external advisor for the Canadian Institutes of Health Research Cardiovascular Complications of Diabetes Initiative; and an editorial board member for the World Journal of Diabetes and The Journal of Developmental Origins of Health and Disease.

A native Spanish-speaker with a strong interest in health promotion and research translation, Dr. Rabadán-Diehl is active in Hispanic cardiovascular disease and prevention-outreach activities. In addition to being a spokesperson for the
We Can!® program, Dr. Rabadán-Diehl speaks on behalf of The Heart Truth®, the NHLBI's national awareness campaign for women about heart disease. In addition to English and Spanish, she speaks German and some Portuguese.