JONATHAN LUGO

University of Arizona

Jonathanlugo@arizona.edu

Jonathan, also goes by Jonny, was born in a small town called Castro Valley in the Bay Area of California. He grew up in Phoenix, Arizona where he got to experience underserved populations at a young age. Jonathan is a current Junior at the University of Arizona majoring in both Physiology and Nutritional Sciences with a minor in Pharmaceutical Sciences. He spends his time volunteering in Puerto Penasco under MexZona to provide care for those underserved populations, helps manage risk under Delta Chi fraternity and working at a pharmacy. Jonathan is passionate about giving back to the less fortunate and bringing smiles to patients he interacts with. He hopes to one day become a Doctor and work in an emergency department. Jonathan wants to be able to gain the knowledge of medicine to be able to one day open a clinic in his community in Mexico.

⊲ PROJECT Health Disparities in a Pediatric Pulmonary Clinic

Jonathan’s project was a survey on health disparities on the eastern side of Tucson in Banner Health Children’s Pulmonary Center. The survey was based on limitations and demographics that could be involved in asthma control within pediatric patients. Asthma incident rates are higher when patients fall into the categories of lower income households and minority groups. This project evaluates the effects that financial status and demographics have on asthma control to the same known variables that affect incident rates. The data will show if financial status and demographics affect the control of asthma in pediatric patients after the first asthmatic incident.