Health outcomes
Understanding quality of life, care experiences, and health outcomes among people living with cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic conditions.
Behavioral medicine & health equity
Carlos A. Silvera
Health research grounded in people’s lives.
I study health outcomes, decision-making, and stress among Hispanic/Latine and sexual and gender minority communities living with cancer, cardiovascular disease, and other chronic conditions.
Doctoral research
Texas Tech University
Ph.D. student · Human Development and Family Sciences
Research support
University of Miami
Manager, Research Support · Sylvester Comprehensive Cancer Center
The questions behind the work
What shapes health?
Connecting physical health, psychological well-being, and the cultural and social contexts of everyday life.
Health decision-making
Examining how people and families navigate healthcare decisions within their cultural, social, and lived contexts.
Stress & health equity
Investigating how stress and social conditions shape health across Hispanic/Latine and sexual and gender minority communities.
Where this work leads. My goal is to develop culturally responsive behavioral medicine interventions and models of care that reduce health inequities and improve quality of life.
More about meFrom questions to evidence
Selected publications
- 2025
Psychosocial interventions to improve quality of life in Hispanic cancer survivors: a meta-analysis.
Annals of behavioral medicine
- 2023
Comorbidity burden and health-related quality of life in men with advanced prostate cancer.
Supportive care in cancer
Along the way
News & Milestones
Awards, new work, and life beyond the research.
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Graduate Student Research Support Award: funding for the next step in my research
I received $1,398 in research support for advanced methods training to strengthen my master's thesis on prostate cancer survivorship.
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A GLMA scholarship to connect with the LGBTQ+ health community
I received a $290 conference scholarship from GLMA: Health Professionals Advancing LGBTQ+ Equality.
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Support for training in technology and cancer care
A $1,000 award will support my training in digital approaches to psychosocial oncology and supportive cancer care.
Read the story : Support for training in technology and cancer care
Research is a conversation
Let’s move the work forward.
I welcome opportunities to collaborate on health equity, chronic conditions, and culturally responsive behavioral medicine.