Celeste Campos-Castillo

Celeste Campos-Castillo serves as an Associate Professor in the Department of Media & Information at Michigan State University, where her interdisciplinary research focuses on designing technologies to mitigate health inequalities through multimethod approaches. Her work bridges community partnerships, social psychological analysis, and technological innovation to address systemic disparities in healthcare access and outcomes.

Her educational foundation includes:

• Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of Iowa
• Post-doctoral research fellowship at Dartmouth College's Institute for Security, Technology, & Society

Dr. Campos-Castillo's research spans Health Informatics, Social Media and Health, and Health Equity, employing community-centered design to tackle issues like mental health access for autistic youth and telehealth disparities. Her methodology integrates social psychological frameworks with technological development to uncover how contextual factors shape health outcomes, particularly among marginalized populations including Latino adolescents and LGBTQ+ communities.

Analysis of her 2021-2024 publications reveals consistent focus on health disparities through digital lenses, with recurring themes of adolescent mental health, telehealth accessibility across racial/sexual identities, and AI-driven mental health interventions. Her work demonstrates methodological diversity across survey research, grounded theory, and community co-design projects.

Scientific recognition includes:

• International Medical Informatics Association Paper Award
• Midwest Sociological Society Early Career Award

Research funding demonstrates significant institutional trust, with major grants from the National Science Foundation, National Endowment for the Arts, Meta Research, and Blue Cross Blue Shield of Michigan Foundation. Current initiatives include the 2025 project "Co-designing Accessible Mental Health Screeners with Autistic Adolescents" led with Susan Bonner, reflecting her commitment to community-partnered solutions.

Through active collaboration with community stakeholders and interdisciplinary teams, she develops practical technological interventions that address real-world health inequities while maintaining academic rigor across sociological, psychological, and informatics domains.