Argentina E. Servin, MD, MPH is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health, Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Dr. Servin is a bilingual and bicultural clinician-researcher with training in preventive medicine, infectious disease and clinical epidemiology. She received a Medical Degree and Master’s in Public Health from Universidad Xochicalco in Baja California, Mexico. Additionally, Dr. Servin completed the mini residency training program at UCSD’s AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) and a fellowship examining the intersections between HIV and Gender-Based Violence (GBV) at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

Her work has included assessing sexual and reproductive health education and health service utilization among vulnerable underserved populations living in the U.S.-Mexico border region. For the past two years, specifically, she has focused her research on sexual violence, substance abuse and HIV/STI risk, among at-risk youth, female sex workers (FSWs), children of FSWs, and people who inject drugs (PWID) in the United States, Mexico and Central America. Dr. Servin also holds a shared appointment her alma matter, Universidad Xochicalco, where she conducts similar research and mentorship to medical students from disadvantaged backgrounds.

Dr. Servin’s passion and commitment for serving those most in need has led her to also serve as a medical volunteer at UCSD Health Frontiers in Tijuana (HFiT) student-run free clinic where she provides accessible, quality healthcare for underserved communities in Mexico in a respectful environment where students from both Mexico and the U.S., patients, and community members learn from each other.