Sandy Magaña, PhD: Addressing Disparities in Care for Children with Developmental Disabilities

Name: Sandy Magaña, PhD: Addressing Disparities in Care for Children with Developmental Disabilities
Start: 2026-02-11T16:30:00-08:00
End: 2026-02-11T18:00:00-08:00
Location: 2825 50th St, Sacramento, CA, United States, California 95817

Schedule

Wed Feb 11 2026 at 04:30 pm to 06:00 pm

UTC-08:00

Location

2825 50th St, Sacramento, CA, United States, California 95817 | Sacramento, CA

Join us at the UC Davis MIND Institute for this Distinguished Lecturer Series event on Wednesday, Feb. 11.
Sandy Magaña of the University of Texas at Austin will present
"Addressing Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care for Children with Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities."
WHEN: Feb. 11, 4:30-6 p.m. (light refreshments begin at 4 p.m.)
WHERE: UC Davis MIND Institute, 2825 50th St., Sacramento, CA
This event is free and open to all. No registration is needed. Seating is first come, first served. Parking is available in the MIND Institute lot.
Hope to see you there!
PRESENTATION:
Magaña will discuss her research on racial and ethnic disparities in health care services and health outcomes for children with autism and intellectual and developmental disabilities and their family caregivers. She will cover how social determinants of health and other factors may contribute as well as the importance of culturally tailored interventions to address these disparities. Magaña will also share the development and testing of a culturally tailored intervention to promote health among Latino families of children with intellectual and developmental disabilities as an example.

ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Sandy Magaña holds the Professorship in Autism and Neurodevelopmental Disabilities in the Steve Hicks School of Social Work at the University of Texas at Austin. Magaña currently investigates racial and ethnic disparities among children with autism and developmental disabilities. She studies culturally relevant interventions to address these disparities. She holds a master’s degree in social work from CSU San Bernadino and a Ph.D. from Brandeis University. Magaña completed postdoctoral training at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and served as a faculty member there for 12 years. She was also a professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago. Magaña has received research funding from the National Institutes of Mental Health, National Institute on Aging and many others.