Camilo Parra, MS


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Camilo Parra, MS
Project Manager
212-992-5580
camilo.parra@nyu.edu
 
Camilo Parra is a Project Manager with New York City Treats Tobacco (NYCTT), where he advances systemic changes to reduce tobacco-related morbidity and mortality. He works closely with medical and behavioral health organizations to implement system-level improvements that expand access to evidence-based tobacco dependence treatment. He also collaborates with community groups, policy advocates, and NYC-based elected officials to strengthen tobacco control efforts across New York City and State.

Prior to joining NYCTT, Camilo held various roles at NYC Health + Hospitals. He was part of the inaugural cohort of contact tracers for the Test & Trace Corps during the COVID-19 pandemic, connecting thousands of Spanish- and English-speaking residents with critical social services. He later served as a Community Health Worker in the Outpatient Psychiatry Clinic at Bellevue Hospital, where he worked alongside an interdisciplinary team to address patients’ social determinants of health.

Camilo also brings significant research experience across clinical and public health settings. Most recently, he served as a research assistant at CUNY’s Institute for Implementation Science for Population Health, contributing to a community-based participatory study on the distribution of COVID-19 information and materials through a health literacy lens for various NYC nonprofits. His work included community interviews, use of validated health literacy tools, and development of quality improvement reports for the NYC Department of Health & Mental Hygiene.

Camilo holds an MS in Health Communication for Social Change from the CUNY Graduate School of Public Health and Health Policy, and a BA in Global Public Health and Anthropology from NYU. He is currently finishing up his MPA with a specialization in Health Policy Analysis at NYU Wagner Graduate School of Public Service.

New York City Treats Tobacco (NYCTT)

New York City Treats Tobacco

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