[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 166 (Friday, October 5, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Pages E1369-E1370]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                   TRIBUTE TO DR. FERNANDO I. RIVERA

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                            HON. DARREN SOTO

                               of florida

                    in the house of representatives

                        Friday, October 5, 2018

  Mr. SOTO. Mr. Speaker, I want to honor Dr. Fernando I. Rivera as a 
distinguished leader in Central Florida for Hispanic Heritage Month. 
Dr. Fernando I. Rivera is an Associate Professor of Sociology, Interim 
Assistant Vice-Provost for Faculty Excellence, and Director of the 
Puerto Rico Research Hub at the University of Central Florida.
  His research interests and activities are in the sociology of health/
medical sociology, disasters, and race and ethnicity.
  His published work has investigated how different mechanisms are 
related to certain health and mental health outcomes with a particular 
emphasis on Latino populations.
  Dr. Rivera's disaster research has explored the investigation of 
factors associated with disaster resilience and restoration and 
resilience in coupled human-natural systems. Other publications have 
investigated the Puerto Rican diaspora in Florida.
  He earned his M.A. and Ph.D. in sociology from the University of 
Nebraska-Lincoln and his B.A. degree in sociology from the University 
of Puerto Rico-Mayaguez.
  He also completed a National Institute of Mental Health sponsored 
post-doctoral fellowship at the Institute for Health, Health Care 
Policy, and Aging Research at Rutgers University.

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