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Isabel M. Estrada-Portales
Isabel M. Estrada Portales, Ph.D., M.S., is a Fulbright scholar, focused on media, communications, health and racism in Ecuador, United States, Brazil and Cuba. She holds a B.A. in Journalism, University of Havana; M.S. in Mass Communications, Florida International University; and a Ph.D. in Spanish and Cultural Studies, Georgetown University, Washington DC. In 1996, she won Cuba’s Pinos Nuevos national book competition in the Social Sciences category, with her book Retóricas, astucias, convenciones … Las ideologías profesionales de los periodistas cubanos. The book was censored after publication. She is a member of the editorial board of the Journal of Communication in Healthcare: Strategies, Media, and Engagement in Global Health (JCIH). Currently, she serves as Communications Officer for the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the National Institutes of Health. Inside Commentaries are authored by members of the editorial board of the Journal of Communication in Healthcare: Strategies, Media, and Engagement in Global Health (JCIH) on topics within the Journal’s scope and objectives. The views expressed in Inside Commentaries are the author(s)'s own, and do not necessarily reflect or represent the opinion of the Journal, its publisher and/or the editorial team. This is an occasional section of the Journal, which only includes invited perspectives and short commentaries.