• Ph D, Health Sciences, University of South Dakota, 2025
• MPH, Master of Public Health, University of South Dakota, 2022
• BS, Health Sciences, University of South Dakota, 2020

• Overdose Data to Action - States, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention/South Dakota Department of Health, (2023 - 2028)
• WIC Community Innovation and Outreach (CIAO), Food Research & Action Center, (2023 - 2024)
• Overdose Data to Action, Centers for Disease Control & Prevention/South Dakota Department of Health, (2019 - 2023)

Citations listed below are presented in a standardized, modified format for display purposes only. They do not necessarily reflect the preferred style and conventions of the faculty member or discipline.

• Newton, Jazmin, Ochoa, Lauren, Reinschmidt, Aly, Vassar, John, Wellman, Allen, Vargas, Minga, Kenyon, DenYelle, and Frohm, Marcus. Self-confidence is the key motivating factor driving tanning bed use among undergraduate students at South Dakota universities, e128. Vol. 10, Iss. 2 International Journal of Women’s Dermatology, 2024. (DOI: 10.1097/JW9.0000000000000128)
• Newton, Jazmin, Wellman, Allen, Ochoa, Lauren, Reinschmidt, Alyssa, Vassar, Samuel J., Vargas, Minga, Kenyon, DenYelle, and Frohm, Marcus. Young women in sororities more likely to have used tanning beds and report improved appearance and self-confidence with tan skin, e116. Vol. 9, Iss. 4 International Journal of Women’s Dermatology, 2023. (DOI: 10.1097/JW9.0000000000000116)
• Reinschmidt, Aly, Newton, Jazmin, Ochoa, Lauren, Vassar, Sam, Vargas, Minga, Kenyon, DenYelle, and Frohm, Marcus. Identifying the use of tanning beds among undergraduate students at South Dakota universities and the role of providers: A survey analysis.. Vol. 76, Iss. suppl 6 South Dakota Medicine: The Journal of the South Dakota State Medical Association, 2023.
• Ochoa, Lauren, Newton, Jazmin, Reinschmidt, Aly, Vassar, John, Vargas, Minga, and Kenyon, DenYelle. Surveying motivations to use tanning beds among undergraduate students at South Dakota universities. Vol. 76, Iss. suppl 6 South Dakota Medicine : the Journal of the South Dakota State Medical Association, 2023.
• Deutsch, Arielle R., Vargas, Minga, Lucchini, Maristella, Brink, Lucy T., Odendaal, Hein J., and Elliott, Amy J.. Effect of individual or comorbid antenatal depression and anxiety on birth outcomes and moderation by maternal traumatic experiences and resilience, 100365. Vol. 9 Journal of Affective Disorders Reports, 2022. (DOI: 10.1016/j.jadr.2022.100365)

• Designer, IHEC, 2023
• Designer, IHEC, 2023
• Designer, IHEC, 2022

• Puumala, Susan, Deleon, Viviana, Vargas, Minga, Kenyon, DenYelle, and Cortes, Jaime, An Online Approach to the Interprofessional Education Experience: Two Exemplars Centering Public Health. Presented at the Council on Education for Public Health 50th Anniversary Accreditation and Education Forum, Minneapolis, MN. (October 2024)
• Jepperson, Shelby, and Vargas, Minga, Social Determinants of Health. Presented at the Project ECHO: South Dakota Disability Cultural Competence, Virtual. (August 2024)
• Vargas, Minga, The Concurrent Effects of Barriers to Success, Exposure to Violence, and Future Orientation on At-Risk Youth: A PATH Analysis. Presented at the American Public Health Association (November 2023)
• Puumala, Susan, DeNoon, Melissa, Vargas, Minga, Martinec, Lori, and Manzo, Grace, Combined Opioid and Benzodiazepine Prescribing Patterns by Age Group in South Dakota Prescription Drug Monitoring Program. Presented at the OD2A Recipients Meeting (June 2023)
• Jepperson, Shelby, and Vargas, Minga, Social Determinants of Health. Presented at the Project ECHO: South Dakota Disability Cultural Competence Community of Practice Series (virtual) (February 2023)