Refugio Sepulveda, DrPH, MPH, MPA, is an Assistant Research Professor at the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Sepulveda holds a joint appointment with the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Neurology. Dr. Sepulveda received his Doctor of Public Health degree in Public Health Policy and Management from the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health. Dr. Sepulveda also holds a Masters of Public Health MPH) from the University of Arizona Mel and Enid Zuckerman College of Public Health and a Master’s in Public Administration MPA) in Health Administration from the University of Arizona Eller College of Management. Dr. Sepulveda’s research interests include Health Policy and Administration; Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities; Economic, Social, Cultural, and Structural Determinants of Health; Community-Based Participatory Research; mHealth, eHealth, and digital innovations for health delivery; and Epilepsy Self-Management among Hispanics. Dr. Sepulveda teaches courses in the areas of public health policy and management, the U.S. health care system, health systems delivery, public health ethics, community assessment, communication, leadershiand management, strategic planning, program design and evaluation, and budgeting. For the past nine years, Dr. Sepulveda has worked as a research associate with the University of Arizona College of Medicine, Department of Neurology where he has shared the responsibility of managing multiple Special Interest Project SIP) grants sponsored by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention CDC) During this time Dr. Sepulveda has worked closely with a grouof researchers from the University of Texas, School of Public Health and the Epilepsy Foundation of Texas in the development and evaluation of a new clinical decision-support tool designed to advance e-technology and m-health in the care of patients with epilepsy including a Spanish version of the program aimed at non-English speaking Hispanic patients. Dr. Sepulveda’s research has been published in a variety of clinical journals, including the Epilepsy and Behavior. Dr. Sepulveda is currently serving as the co-PI on two Special Interest Project SIP) grants funded by the CDC through the Arizona Prevention Research Center PRC) Both of these projects aim to improve the public health action on epilepsy. During this time, Dr. Sepulveda will represent the University of Arizona as a scientific investigator for the Managing Epilepsy Well Network (MEW) a thematic research network from the CDC’s Prevention Research Center program. Dr. Sepulveda was recently invited to participate as a co-investigator on a clinical study led by Dr. Arne Ekstrom, a senior faculty member from the University of Arizona College of Science, Department of Phycology. This 5-year project is funded by the National Science Foundation and titled, “Using fMRI prior to surgical resection to understand post-resection cognitive outcomes”. In 2019, Dr. Sepulveda was awarded with a certificate of appreciation from the CDC's National Center for Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion NCCDPHP) for his commitment and excellence in working to achieve public health impact for epilepsy prevention through his contributions as a CDC Program Managing Epilepsy Well Network investigator through 2014-2019.