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Dr. Flores is a retired sociologist and activist living in Denver, CO. Estevan was Executive Director of the Latino/a Research & Policy Center (LRPC) at the University of Colorado Denver (1997-2007), where he was Associate Professor in the Department of Health and Behavioral Sciences. Previously, he was Chief of Population Science and Cancer Control at the Nevada Cancer Institute and Academic and Faculty Director at Regis University’s Dual Language Campus. He received his Ph.D. from the University of Texas (Austin) and master’s of arts from the University of Notre Dame.
His fields include public health and health disparities, race and ethnic relations, cancer control, leadership, community-based research, and dual language university programs. Dr. Flores published work appears in U.S. journals and in Mexico as well. Over his career, Dr. Flores published 75 opinion editorials and was funded for $7.5 million in research grants on cancer prevention. He served on the first national Minority Advisory Committee to eliminate health disparities for the U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services (2000-04) and for a decade on the National Network for Immigrant and Refugee Rights (1988-99). His 2005-10 National Cancer Institute grant brought 12 counties and 25 community-based organizations and leaders into a Colorado cancer prevention Network to save lives.
He was an Adviser to the Mexican government with IME, Instituto de los Mexicanos en el Exterior, from 2006-2008 as the advisors met with Mexico’s president three times per year. Dr. Flores served on the Colorado Department Public Health Board of Directors 1994-99 helping to ensure public health coverage to all Coloradans. His last consulting work in Dallas resulted in the opening of a Dual Language University Campus in January 2015.
In Colorado, Estevan was also an activist and co-founded organizations like the Hispanic Health Coalition of Colorado, the Hispanic League, the Latino Education Campaign, and the Colorado Latino Forum. He now serves on Denver’s Colorado Lupus Foundation having lost his sister to this autoimmune disease. Estevan received the “Community Health Research Leadership Award” from the National Cancer Institute (2005) and the “Cesar Chavez Leadership Award” in 2014 from Denver’s Peace and Justice Committee. Currently, he is writing his autobiography.