Marysel Pagán Santana, MS, DrPH

Marysel Pagán Santana, MS, DrPH, serves as Migrant Clinicians Network’s Program Manager in Puerto Rico, where she leads and coordinates MCN’s current climate-related projects and manages MCN’s “Community Mobilization in Emergency Preparedness.” In this role, Dr. Pagán Santana provides technical assistance, training and tool development for community health centers and community residents to address disaster-related issues and target health-related outcomes. She also fosters MCN’s network of organizations working on climate and health initiatives in Puerto Rico. Dr. Pagán Santana has extensive experience in providing training to high risk and vulnerable worker populations and conducting community-based projects. She also has more than five years of experience in the private sector as an industrial hygienist. Previous areas of work include development and implementation of occupational and environmental health training, emergency preparedness and business continuity planning programs. Dr. Pagán Santana is active in local government and served as a trustee of the governing board of the University of Puerto Rico. Dr. Pagán Santana has a Master’s degree in Industrial Hygiene and a doctorate in Public Health with an emphasis in environmental health from the University of Puerto Rico Medical Sciences Campus.