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Beatriz Manzor Mitrzyk
Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Research Scientist
University of Michigan College of Pharmacy
Education/Degree:
1 Pharmacy (University of Michigan)
About
Dr. Beatriz Manzor Mitrzyk earned her Doctor of Pharmacy degree at the University of Michigan College of Pharmacy (UM COP) and completed a Pharmacy Practice Residency at the University of Michigan Hospitals. After completing a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at the UM COP in 2019, she became a Clinical Assistant Professor and Assistant Research Scientist at UM COP. She conducts qualitative and quantitative research to address medication adherence-related health disparities among Latinx with mental health disorders. She is also an Ambulatory Care Clinical Pharmacist at the Saline Health Center in Saline, MI and provides care to patients with diabe,EST hypertension, dyslipidemia, and polypharmacy. She also enjoys traveling, reading, gardening, exercising, and spending time with her family and friends.
Current Work
Dr. Beatriz Manzor Mitrzyk is a health disparities researcher who focuses on the treatment of mental health illnesses in the Latinx population. Right now, she is working with community members and health care providers from Detroit and Ypsilanti to develop a health education program to improve adherence to antidepressants among Latinx adults with depression or anxiety. The program involves motivational interviewing (a counseling style that uses guidance versus directing) and culturally-tailored (specific to a culture) infographics (information provided in pictures and few words) and will be delivered using telehealth by a clinical pharmacist. The goals of the education program are to increase adherence to antidepressants as well as improvement in depression and anxiety symptoms.
Research Area Keyword(s)
Health Disparities, Latinx, medication adherence, mental health