https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/about-daniel daily 0.75 2025-08-29 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601506829645-N2T4Y5KWEDR36PUB9PXS/36362518_3691014354592_8168253027841474560_o.jpg About Daniel - Daniel Chavez-Yenter, MPH, PhD PhD, NHGRI F99/K00 Awardee, and Junior Researcher dedicated to Health Equity. Daniel (he/his/him) is a health communication researcher, NHGRI F99/K00 Awardee, and Postdoctoral Research Fellow at the University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, in the Division of Hematology-Oncology and the Department of Medical Ethics and Health Policy. In 2022, Daniel was awarded the Predoctoral to Postdoctoral Transition Award for a Diverse Genomics Workforce (F99/K00) by the National Human Genomic Research Institute (NHGRI) of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Daniel’s current research is interested in how genetic testing, like cancer-specific genetic testing, is communicated to medically underserved populations, typically racial/ethnic minorities, and in particular Latino populations. Through understanding how communication mechanisms form attitudes, knowledge, and perceptions, Daniel is interested in how healthcare providers, medical institutions/organizations, and mass media communicate with medically underserved populations and how this impacts their motivations and intentions to utilize Genetic Testing for health purposes. Although Daniel has a particular focus on Genetic Testing, ranging from carrier screening, newborn screening, and cancer predisposition testing, he is particularly interested in the diffusion of novel technologies to racial/ethnic minorities. Unfortunately, novel technologies are often distributed to racial/ethnic minorities at slower rates compared to their White counterparts, and this contributes to health inequities in genomics research. Largely, explanations have been attributed to Social Determinants of Health, and as such, Daniel uses a health equity lens to his research as a way to ensure racial/ethnic minorities can benefit from these novel technologies at the same rates as others. https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/contact daily 0.75 2025-02-12 https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/publications daily 0.75 2025-11-03 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601572310990-A1TFB3XOTOLV5O7ARJRC/ELsZeAFXsAA0N8E.jpeg Publications - Publications Research Gate Google Scholar Page ORCID Page https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/mentorship daily 0.75 2021-08-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601574066474-YCJGI3M3H8JSVVJL2JF1/37952732_2097982233554656_2858989016882085888_n.jpg Mentorship - Mentorship Philosophy As Daniel’s background and experiences are quite varied, he hopes to educate the future generation of students to take non-traditional routes of research and gaining experience and understanding the importance of multidisciplinary research and methods. Through interactivity, applicability and critical and creative problem solving, Daniel hopes to educate students to tackle future world problems as a way to reduce disparities and promote equity among all individuals. https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/media-appearances daily 0.75 2020-10-04 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601576250580-COSR2CF77V2TMMBAB4PB/IMG_4421.jpg Media Appearances - Joint Resolution 2 Passes Unanimously in the ASUU Assembly After Black Students at the U Share Personal Experiences with Racism on Campus Published by Kaleigh Silverstein of the Daily U Chronicle. Daniel is quoted on Microaggressions effect on Black students’ health and well-being on the campus of the University of Utah. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601576669165-JKTV39X4F5KO2SVTUVA6/74571570_491399501449514_8694840546889302016_n.jpg Media Appearances - Discussion of COVID-19 with a Public Health Professional [Interview in Spanish] Hosted by the Immigrant Alliance for Justice & Equity of Mississippi. Daniel was asked by the IAJE to provided information and answer questions about COVID-19 issues around the Mississippi Latinx population. https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/funding daily 0.75 2022-12-06 https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/research daily 1.0 2025-09-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601514815070-37C295FMIGPZH35SD9NU/69744074_4039891636306_1001134027471585280_o.jpg Research https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/research/cancergenetictesting monthly 0.5 2020-11-05 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601653029845-20OYNUXFSUFGCUTL47Z1/https___s3-us-west-2.amazonaws.jpeg Research - Cancer Genetic Testing https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/research/other-research monthly 0.5 2020-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601513097655-XDCZ8XO6Y6Q7N2WO0S23/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+6.44.32+PM.png Research - Other Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601512898403-QHRU4OHSK1U26A1OHXP9/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+6.41.01+PM.png Research - Other Research https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601513515108-GHH6YRC2LU8MSKPRLCCL/genetics-code-projected-face-african-man-crop.adapt.1900.1.jpg Research - Other Research https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/research/health-disparities monthly 0.5 2020-10-01 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601511899327-WFSPZR3RWK6IBQ0GHK3D/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+6.23.51+PM.png Research - Health Disparities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601511869964-8ALZMO7KEM5N24Z5ZIT1/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+6.24.02+PM.png Research - Health Disparities https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/5f750042962168598e2b2e04/1601512069138-O29K4V27ZLSPNKGNMR93/Screen+Shot+2020-09-30+at+6.27.18+PM.png Research - Health Disparities https://www.danielchavez-yenter.com/research/spanishlanguage-coverage-of-genetic-testing monthly 0.5 2020-11-06