{"id":3052,"date":"2025-03-25T19:44:14","date_gmt":"2025-03-25T19:44:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/dataquest\/?page_id=3052"},"modified":"2026-01-06T20:47:05","modified_gmt":"2026-01-06T20:47:05","slug":"yohali-burrola-mendez","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/dataquest\/about\/our-team\/yohali-burrola-mendez\/","title":{"rendered":"Yohali Burrola-Mendez, PhD"},"content":{"rendered":"\n  <div id=\"page-header-537773505\" class=\"page-header-wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"page-title dark featured-title\">\n\n    \n    <div class=\"page-title-inner container align-center flex-row medium-flex-wrap\" >\n              <div class=\"title-wrapper flex-col text-left medium-text-center\">\n          <h1 class=\"entry-title mb-0\">\n            Yohali Burrola-Mendez, PhD          <\/h1>\n        <\/div>\n                    <div class=\"title-content flex-col flex-right text-right medium-text-center\">\n        <div class=\"title-breadcrumbs pb-half pt-half\"><\/div>      <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n\n       <\/div>\n    <\/div>\n  \n\n<div class=\"row\"  id=\"row-1782636686\">\n\n\n\t<div id=\"col-37695031\" class=\"col medium-4 small-12 large-4\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n\t<div class=\"box has-hover   has-hover box-text-bottom\" >\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-image\" >\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"\" >\n\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"800\" height=\"800\" src=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/dataquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Yohali_profile_photo.jpg\" class=\"attachment-original size-original\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/dataquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Yohali_profile_photo.jpg 800w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/dataquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Yohali_profile_photo-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/dataquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Yohali_profile_photo-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/familymedicine.uw.edu\/dataquest\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/10\/2024\/06\/Yohali_profile_photo-768x768.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t<div class=\"box-text text-center\" >\n\t\t\t<div class=\"box-text-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\n\n<h4><strong>Lead Research Scientist<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\t\n\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\n\n\t<div id=\"col-1157537166\" class=\"col medium-8 small-12 large-8\"  >\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"col-inner\"  >\n\t\t\t\n\t\t\t\n\n<p><strong>Yohali Burrola-Mendez<\/strong>\u00a0is a Research Scientist in the Department of Family Medicine at the University of Washington. She holds a PhD in Rehabilitation Sciences and a Master of Science with a concentration in Musculoskeletal Diseases from the University of Pittsburgh. Additionally, she earned a Certificate in Global Health Practice from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health and completed postdoctoral training at the CHU Sainte-Justine Research Center, the largest mother-and-child health facility in Canada, affiliated with the University of Montreal.<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Burrola-Mendez\u2019s research expertise spans rehabilitation, disability studies, assistive technology, wheelchair service delivery, health equity, adult training, and the development of assessment tools. Dr. Burrola-Mendez has experience working in low- and middle-income countries, where she has co-led projects funded by USAID, WHO, UNICEF Mexico, and various non-governmental organizations. As a volunteer, she has served as an external reviewer for the World Health Organization\u2019s Standards for Wheelchair Service Provision and is frequently invited to lecture and present on wheelchair service delivery and skills training at international conferences and universities such as Sapienza University in Italy.<\/p>\n<p>Currently, Dr. Burrola-Mendez serves at the Lead Research Scientist and Administrative Lead of Data QUEST, a repository of electronic health datasets from community-based primary care clinics in the Northwest United States. Also, she leads and collaborates as Co-Investigator on research projects on COVID-19, chronic pain, integrated behavioral health, burnout, health inequities and digital therapeutics, particularly in primary care settings. She combines both quantitative and qualitative research methods, with a particular focus on participatory action research.<\/p>\n<p>In her spare time, Dr. Burrola-Mendez is an avid sports enthusiast, regularly practicing swimming, running, and cycling. 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