Dr. Mangadu's research interests are in the areas of Health Disparities, Global and Rural Health, Substance Use Disorder, Mental Health and related disparities, maternal and child health, Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning applications in Health and, Public Health Program Evaluation. She and her community-based multi-sectorial teams implement multiple regional applied and intervention research and service program across West Texas. Dr. Mangadu has over 20+ years of experience in community engaged health disparities research and program implementation and, administration.