Arelis Moore, Ph.D, M.D, M.PH, M.Ed
Associate Professor of Spanish and International Health
Contact
Department of Languages
Office: 504 Strode Tower
Website: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7279-2308
Email: ared@clemson.edu
Education
Ph.D. International Family and Community Studies, Clemson University (2011); M.Ed. Higher Education, Ibero-American University (UNIBE), D.R. (2006); M.P.H. Public Health with a concentration in Epidemiology, Santo Domingo Autonomous University, D.R. (1996); M.D. Medicine, Santo Domingo Autonomous University, D.R. (1990)
Research Interests
Community Health and Development; Social Determinants of Health; Community-Based Participatory Research; Health Disparities; Building Healthier Communities; Health Equity; Health Promotion; Underrepresented communities; Latinx/Latino(a)/Hispanics.
Dr. Arelis Moore is a medical epidemiologist and social scientist with experience in health disparities research in the United States (US) and Latin America and the Caribbean. She is an Associate professor of Spanish and International Health, with an interdisciplinary appointment at the Department of Languages, Clemson University (CU). Her primary interest is understanding the role of the social determinants of health in the disparities and inequities experienced by underrepresented populations in the US and Latin America; as well as developing innovative and culturally relevant community development initiatives to promote health and well-being. Her current research includes Community-based Participatory Research (CBPR) to address health disparities and to promote partnerships to build healthier communities. Through her public health work, which span for about 35 years, Dr. Moore has focused on developing systems and policies that promote health equity, as well as in finding mechanisms to empower low-resource communities in developing partnerships, systems changes, and advocacy to improve their own health and wellbeing. She has assisted, as a community leader and advocate, local and national advocacy groups and grassroots multicultural coalitions in developing and implementing initiatives and projects to reduce health disparities and to promote health equity. Dr. Moore formerly was a faculty member in the School of Medicine at the Ibero-American University (UNIBE) in Santo Domingo. She also coordinated disease preventive and control programs in the Ministry of Public Health in the Dominican Republic, and subsequently became a national and international epidemiology consultant for international cooperation agencies including the Panamerican Health Organization (PAHO), UNICEF, USAID, and the CDC.
Professional/Research Links:
Orcid: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7279-2308.
Google Scholar: https://scholar.google.com/citations?user=8Uo1IxcAAAAJ.
Web of science: https://www.webofscience.com/wos/woscc/summary/167209cc-f731-453a-8459-ef91d27a7e6e-01c5eecddb/69c2fc99-4d25-4072-b537-e03c67507e10-01c5eecdc3/relevance/1.
Awards
2025 Outstanding Service Award for dedicated service to the Clemson University commissions. Conferred by the CU’s Commission on Women. Clemson University, April 14, 2025.
2024 Pearce Center for Professional Communications’ Professional Writing and Communication Award (Service-Learning Experience for Students), Clemson University. April 15, 2024.
2023 Dean’s Award for Excellence in Teaching, Clemson University/College of Architecture, Arts and Humanities (CAAH). May 23, 2023
Selected Professional Works
Journal Articles & Book Chapters (Published)
Moore, A., Soman, D., & Joseph, A. (2026). Social determinants of mental health influencing the emergency department experiences of Latinx children and adolescents with mental and behavioral health crisis and their care partners: An interpretative phenomenological analysis study. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, DOI: 10.1037/ort0000958
Ruiz, A. S., Ma, Y, & Moore, A. (2026). Latino volunteering and well-being in a new destination state – a mixed methods study Voluntary Sector Review. DOI: 10.1332/20408056Y2026D000000075
Soman, A., Joseph, A., & Moore, A. (2026). Free-Standing Birth Center Environments Influencing Culturally Sensitive Maternal Care Experiences. HERD: Health Environments Research & Design Journal. DOI: 10.1177/19375867241227601
Cepeda-Marte, J. L., Moore, A., Ruiz-Matuk, C. B., Salado-Díaz, D. D., Socias-Pappaterra, P., Ho-Sang, V. W. Y. et.al. (2024, Sep). Culturally adapted mobile application for optimizing metabolic control in type 1 diabetes: a pilot study. Revista Panamericana de Salud Pública, 48: 1 - 8. https://iris.paho.org/bitstream/handle/10665.2/61439/v48e862024.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y
Moore, A., Davis, N., Dolins, M., Barkley, E., Reese, A. Meggett, K, & Bailey, M. (2024). Understanding the Perspectives and Needs of Latinx Caregivers of Persons with Alzheimer’s Disease in the Appalachians: An Interpretive Phenomenological Approach. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease Reports, 8 (1): 189-202. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.3233/ADR-230108. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10894613/pdf/adr-8-adr230108.pdf
Moore, A., Cepeda, J., Franklin, B., Abreu, G., Dorth, S., & Barkley, E. (2023). Dominican adolescents' preferences for contents, design, and functionality of a mobile application for type 1 diabetes mellitus self-management. Canadian Journal of Diabetes; 47(8), 665-671. ISSN 1499-2671. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/37481124/
Moore de Peralta, A., Cepeda, J., & Abreu, G. (2022). Knowledge, perceptions, needs and challenges of Dominican adolescents with type 1 diabetes mellitus. Ciencia y Salud. cysa [Internet]. [citado 17 de mayo de 2022]; 6(2): 23-33. DOI: https://doi.org/10.22206/cysa.2022.v6i2.pp23-33. https://revistas.intec.edu.do/index.php/cisa/article/view/2504.
Moore de Peralta, A., Criss, S., Fair, M. L., Rivera, R., Alvarado, D, Rodríguez, V. & Claypool, N. (2022). Latinx Community members’ perspectives on barriers and facilitators to healthy eating and active living: A CBPR approach to combat childhood obesity. Journal of Community Medicine & Public Health; 6(3): 248. DOI: 10.29011/2577-2228.100248. ISSN: 2577-2228. https://www.gavinpublishers.com/journals/article_in_press/journal-of-community-medicine-public-health.
Moore de Peralta, A., Prieto Rosas, V., Smithwick, J., Timmons, S. M., & Torres, M. E. (2021, Apr.). A contribution to measure partnership trust in community-based participatory research and interventions with Latinx communities in the United States. Health Promotion Practice. 1-14. https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/pdf/10.1177/15248399211004622. DOI: 10.1177/15248399211004622; PMID: 33890505.
Moore de Peralta, A. (2021). Social determinants of health approach to facilitate fulfillment of the U.S. Latinx children’s right to personal security: The Strong Communities Initiative as a case study. Epidemiology International Journal, 5(1), DOI: 10.23880/eij-16000181. https://medwinpublishers.com/EIJ/social-determinants-of-health-approach-to-facilitate-fulfillment-of-the-us-latinx-childrens-right-to-personal-security-the-strong-communities-initiative-as-a-case-study.pdf.
Moore de Peralta, A., Eichinger, M., & Hossfeld, L. (2020). Urban health and urbanization: Socio-ecological approaches to address social determinants of nutritional health in urban settings. In Barth, M. & Bell, R. Eds. Public Health Nutrition: Rural, Urban and Global Community-based Practice; New York: Springer Publishing Company. ISBN: 978-0-8261-4684-7; DOI: 10.1891/9780826146854.
Moore de Peralta, A., Davis, L., Brown, K., Fuentes, M., Falconer, N.S., Charles, J. & Eichinger, M. (2020). Using community-engaged research to explore social determinants of health in a low-resource community in the Dominican Republic: A community health assessment. Hispanic Health Care International, 18, 127-137. https://doi.org/10.1177/1540415319874812; https://journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/1540415319874812; https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/languages_pubs/103/
Moore de Peralta, A., Smithwick, J., & Torres, M. E. (2020). Perceptions and determinants of partnership trust in the context of Community-Based Participatory Research. Journal of Health Disparities Research and Practice, 13, 1, 67 – 95. https://digitalscholarship.unlv.edu/jhdrp/vol13/iss1/4
Moore de Peralta, A., Gillispie, M., Mobley, C., & Gibson, L. (2019). It’s all about trust and respect: cultural competence and cultural humility in mobile health clinic services for underserved minority populations. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved, 30, 1103-1118. https://muse.jhu.edu/article/731370/pdf; https://tigerprints.clemson.edu/languages_pubs/104
