University of California Health Equity Researchers
The California Initiative for Health Equity and Action (Cal-IHEA) supports faculty engagements with state health and human services agency leaders and policymakers to foster the development of evidence-based policies and evaluation of implementation. This directory highlights UC faculty conducting relevant to advancing health equity.
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| Gregory Aarons PhD | Professor | UC San Diego | Implementation Science Organization and systems change strategies Leadership Global Health Behavioral health Cancer control |
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| Sara Ackerman PhD, MPH | Associate Professor | UC San Francisco | Faculty | Medical anthropology Science and technology studies Genetics and genomics Social and cultural implications of new medical technologies Social determinants of health Health equity |
| Patience Afulani MD, PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Reproductive, Maternal, Neonatal, and Child Health Health equity Quality of care Person-centered care, Respectful maternity care, Global Health Food security Migrant Health, Minority health Implementation Science |
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| Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola MD, PhD | Professor | UC Davis | Mental health disparities Immigrant health Rural Populations |
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| Adrian Aguilera PhD | Associate Professor | UC Berkeley | Latino Health Behavioral Health |
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| Cyrus Ahalt MPP | Associate Director, Medicine | UC San Francisco | Criminal Justice and Prison Reform Public Health and Health Reform Teaching & Mentorship |
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| Jennifer Ahern PhD, MPH | Professor | UC Berkeley | Neighborhood characteristics and health Traumatic events Substance use Mental health Behavioral health Birth outcomes and maternal health Population health |
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| Amani Allen PhD, MPH | Associate Professor | UC Berkeley | Intersection of race, socioeconomic position and gender and its role in understanding patterns of racial health inequities Racial discrimination and the psychobiology of stress Place, person-environment interactions, and health Measurement of racism as a social ... |
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| Matthew Allison MD, MPH | Professor in Residence | UC San Diego | Prevention of cardiovascular diseases, with specific focal areas to include subclinical atherosclerosis, metabolism and body composition, kidney disease, women’s health and racial/ethnic disparities | |
| Paul Almeida PhD | Professor | UC Merced | Climate Justice Social Movements Environmental Sociology Mobilization in Defense of Public Health Environmental Justice |
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| Cheryl A.M. Anderson PhD, MPH, MS | Professor | UC San Diego | ||
| Dorie Apollonio PhD | Professor | UC San Francisco | health policy substance use vulnerable populations homelessness mental health disorders |
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| Sean Arayasirikul, PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Irvine | HIV/AIDS Health equity, and social determinants of health Oppression and discrimination (e.g. racism, transphobia, homophobia) Sexual and gender minoritized community health Intersectionality Mobile and digital health interventions Medical sociology Stigma and health Global health Community-engaged research |
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| Ifeyinwa Asiodu RN, PhD | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Breastfeeding Infant feeding Maternal stress Lactation Life course perspective Family dynamics Health equity Workforce diversity |
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| Colette (CoCo) Auerswald MD, MS | Associate Professor | UC Berkeley | Social determinants of health of marginalized youth populations (particularly youth experiencing homelessness, low-income youth of color and LGBTQ youth) Structural interventions to improve the health of marginalized youth populations Stigma, social networks, and ... |
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| Cecilia Ayón PhD, MSW | Associate Professor | UC Riverside | Factors that promote/hinder the well-being of Latino immigrant families Immigration policy Health disparities Intervention development and evaluation |
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| Miya Barnett PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Santa Barbara | How Lay Health Workers (LHWs) can be mobilized to increase access to evidence-based practices for underserved communities. How implementation science can promote health equity |
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| Roshan Bastani PhD | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Examination of the drivers of disparities among underserved groups Implementation of community-partnered pragmatic intervention trials to mitigate observed disparities Methodological expertise: survey research; quantitative methods; ... |
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| Janice Bell PhD, MPH, MN | Professor | UC Davis | Serious illness care Care navigation with religious congregations Maternal and child health |
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| Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez PhD | Associate Professor | UC Los Angeles | Demography Disability Social Epidemiology Global Health Health Disparities Latin American Health Population Health Social Determinants ... |
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| Melinda Bender, RN, PhD | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Prevention of lifestyle related chronic disease Health disparities in underserved, underrepresented populations Asian American subgroups and Filipino health promotion Community-engaged culturally adapted interventions programs |
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| Bernadette M. Boden-Albala, MPH, DrPH | Dean, Professor | UC Irvine | Health equity Global health Reducing health disparities Identifying social determinants of disease Expertise in cardiovascular disease, stroke, epidemiology, and emerging infectious diseases |
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| Mengesha Biftu MD, MAS | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Abortion and contraceptive care and training Complex contraception Health disparities Obesity Bariatric surgery and reproductive health Medical education Equity and inclusion in the clinical and learning environment |
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| John Billimek PhD | Assistant Professor in Residence | UC Irvine | Medication adherence Diabetes Health disparities Social determinants of health Doctor-patient communication Life context and chronic disease management |
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| Andy Bindman MD | Professor | UC San Francisco | Health policy Access to care Vulnerable populations Medicaid, outcomes research |
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| Marianne P. Bitler, PhD | Professor | UC Davis | Effects of the US social safety net on poverty, income, human capital, and health Economics of the family Economics of education Health economics |
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| Dean of the Program of Public Health, Professor | UC Irvine | Social epidemiology, social determinants of disease, stroke and cardiovasular disease prevention and mortality, health disparities, global health, social support, social networks | ||
| Boriska Rabin PhD, MPH | Assistant Adjunct Professor | UC San Diego | Cancer prevention and care Development and evaluation of cancer prognostic tools Coordination of care Ischemic heart disease in the context of diverse community- and clinic-based settings including academic safety net, and integrated delivery systems, VA, and ... |
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| Cherrie Boyer PhD | Professor | UC San Francisco | Adolescent Health, Risk-Taking Behavior Psychosocial and Behavioral Predictors of Risk Sexually Transmitted Infections (STIs)/ Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Interventions Unintended Pregnancy Prevention Alcohol and Substance Use Health ... |
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| Amanda Brewster, PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Berkeley | ||
| Claire Brindis DrPH, MPH | Professor | UC San Francisco | Adolescent and child health policy United States healthcare reform Health disparities and social determinants of health Adolescent pregnancy and pregnancy prevention Adolescent and young adult health and risk-taking behaviors Reproductive health ... |
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| Arleen Brown MD, PhD | Associate Professor | UC Los Angeles | Health care system, social, and individual level determinants of health for persons with diabetes. Quality of care for older adults and minorities with diabetes |
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| Sara Brown EdD, MN | Assistant Professor | UC Irvine | Health Disparities Health Equity Health Behavior Health Promotion Low-Resource Population Health Maternal-Child Health Postpartum Breastfeeding Mobile-Health Structural racism and health Community ... |
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| Timothy Brown PhD | Associate Adjunct Professor | UC Berkeley | Public health systems and services Chronic pain Health insurance design Social capital and health Mental health services Dental services |
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| Esteban G. Burchard MD, MPH | Professor | UC San Francisco | Environmental Health Precision Medicine |
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| Andres Cardenas PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor | UC Berkeley | Children’s environmental health Epigenetics Environmental epidemiology Molecular epidemiology Water Contaminants (PFAS, Arsenic, Metals, etc) |
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| Alejandra Casillas MD | Assistant Professor | UC Los Angeles | Latino Health Immigrant Health Access to health for Spanish-speaking patients |
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| Belinda Campos, Ph.D. | Professor, Chair | UC Irvine | Culture Relationships Positive Emotion Health |
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| Susan Chapman PhD, MPH, RN, FAAN | Professor | UC San Francisco | Health workforce research Health policy analysis, and program evaluation |
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| Ann Marie Cheney PhD | Assistant Professor in Residence | UC Riverside | Structural inequalities in health Substance use and mental health services Latino immigrant health |
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| Emmeline Chuang PhD | Associate Professor | UC Berkeley | Safety-Net Organizations Organization and management of health and human services Access and quality of care |
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| Janet Coffman PhD, MA, MPP | Professor | UC San Francisco | Innovations in management of asthma and other chronic illnesses Access to care for vulnerable populations Development of evidence-based health policies Health care workforce issues |
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| Jason Corburn PhD, MCP | Professor | UC Berkeley | Urban Climate Change & health equity Environmental Health & Justice Urban planning, design & health Community gun violence reduction Community-based action research Racial & ethnic inequities in health Health in All ... |
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| Courtney Lyles PhD | Associate Professor | UC San Francisco | Health information technology and mobile health Chronic disease self-management support Patient-provider communication Healthcare disparities |
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| William Cunningham MD, MPH | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Health Services Research HIV/AIDS Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Care, Barriers to care, and Health Outcomes |
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| Elizabeth D’Amico PhD | Adjunct Professor | UC Los Angeles | Clinical Psychology Prevention and Intervention Substance Abuse |
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| Julianna Deardorff PhD | Associate Professor | UC Berkeley | Adolescent sexuality and reproductive health Promotion of health, positive mental health, and well-being among Children and adolescents Mexican-origin families and health behaviors Stress and coping |
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| Allison Diamant MD | Adjunct Professor | UC Los Angeles | Access and quality of care for underserved and vulnerable populations Evaluation of programs to study care provided to low-income and uninsured populations, breast cancer care for uninsured women, racial and ethnic disparities in colorectal cancer diagnosis Effect of ... |
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| Carlos Dobkin PhD | Professor | UC Santa Cruz | Health economics Education Applied econometrics |
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| James Doucet-Battle PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Santa Cruz | Health disparities Race and medicine Power, subject-making, and citizenship Ethnography Political economy Grounded theory: diasporic and transnational Africa. |
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| Emily Dow MD, MA | Clinical Professor | UC Irvine | Underserved care in inner-cities and urban areas Health care in developing countries Resident and medical student education, women's health, adolescent health, and care of adults with developmental disabilities including Down Syndrome |
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| William Dow PhD | Professor | UC Berkeley | Health Economics Economic Demography |
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| O. Kenrik Duru MD, MS | Associate Professor | UC Los Angeles | Finding better ways to translate evidence-based recommendations on the prevention and treatment of diabetes in real-world settings How shared-decision making about their own health may help patients make decisions that better reflect their personal values |
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| Brenda Eskenazi PhD, MA | Endowed Chair in Public Health | UC Berkeley | Effects of environmental exposures to reproductive, perinatal, and children’s health Reproductive and development effects of passive and active exposure to cigarette smoke, benzene, dioxin, and other persistent endocrine disruptors, and pesticides, as well as other agents on fetal ... |
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| Lia Fernald PhD, MBA | Professor | UC Berkeley | Development and evaluation of interventions to improve lives of vulnerable children Exploring psychosocial, ecological, and biological determinants of health Obesity, overweight, and nutritional and epidemiologic transition Malnutrition, international child ... |
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| Alicia Fernandez MD | Professor | UC San Francisco | Health and health care disparities Diabetes Latino health Immigrant health Language barriers |
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| Caroline Fichtenberg, PhD, MS | Professor | UC San Francisco | child health and welfare health inequity |
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| Yvette Flores PhD | Professor | UC Davis | Substance abuse Intimate partner violence chicano/a studies |
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| Darlene Francis PhD | Associate Professor | UC Berkeley | Biological Basis of Health Disparities Developmental Programming Stress Environment X Gene Interactions A Biopsychosocial Approach to Health and Well-Being |
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| Elena Fuentes-Afflick MD, MPH | Professor | UC San Francisco | Socioeconomically marginalized groups Migrants/refugees Access to prenatal care Infant mortality, low birth weight, prematurity Perinatal epidemiology Immigrant health, acculturation Child health equity |
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| Lorena Garcia DrPH, MPH | Professor | UC Davis | Latino Health and Aging Social determinants of health |
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| Gilbert Gee PhD | Associate Professor | UC Los Angeles | How racism and other forms of structural disadvantage contribute to health and health care disparities Stress, neighborhoods and environmental justice using a multi-level and life course perspective Health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders |
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| Todd Gilmer PhD | Professor | UC San Diego | Health insurance/risk adjustment Cost-effectiveness of diabetes care Mental health services |
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| Beth Glenn PhD | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Racial/ethnic and socioeconomic health disparities Cancer prevention and control Chronic disease prevention Implementation science Intervention research Evaluation Community-partnered research |
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| Maria Glymour ScD, MS | Professor | UC San Francisco | Cognitive aging, Alzheimer's disease, and dementia Social determinants of health in aging Socioeconomic and geographic determinants of stroke incidence and outcomes Causal inference in social epidemiology |
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| Anu Manchikanti Gómez PhD, MSc | Assistant Professor | UC Berkeley | Health and Healthcare Disparities Race/Class/Gender Sexual and Reproductive Health Maternal Health Social Determinants of Health Reproductive Justice |
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| Scarlett Gomez PhD | Professor | UC San Francisco | The role of social determinants of health, including race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, gender, immigration status, sociocultural factors, and neighborhood contextual characteristics on health outcomes | |
| Hector González PhD | Associate Professor | UC San Diego | Aging Alzhiemer's dissease Latino health |
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| Mariaelena Gonzalez PhD, MTS | Assistant Professor | UC Merced | Health Disparities Social Epidemiology/Social Determinants of Health Tobacco Control Non-Communicable Diseases Global Health Policy/Global Governance Trade and Health Health and Human Rights Civil Society and Health Movements ... |
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| Kimberly Gregory MD, MPH | Professor in Residence | UC Los Angeles | Access to Care Maternal and Child Health Pregnancy Health Disparities |
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| Margaret Handley PhD, MPH | Professor | UC San Francisco | Immigrant Health Health coaching Diabetes Periconception health Environmental health/pollution English as a Second Language settings |
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| Cynthia Haq MD | Professor | UC Irvine | Family Medicine Primary Health Care Population Health, Health Equity |
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| Nina Harawa PhD, MPH | Professor in Residence | UC Los Angeles | HIV epidemiology, prevention, testing, and retention in care Sexually transmitted diseases epidemiology and prevention Health disparities and social determinants of health Incarceration and health |
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| Barbara Harthorn PhD | Professor | UC Santa Barbara | Culture and health Technological risk and perception, and responsible development and innovation Environmental and health inequality Immigration and health |
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| David Hayes-Bautista PhD, MA | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Dynamics and processes of the health of the Latino population | |
| Ton Hendry MD, MS | Professor | UC Davis | Mental health services Asian and Pacific Islander communities Cultural competence |
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| Denise Herd PhD | Professor | UC Berkeley | Health disparities Images of alcohol, drugs, and violence in rap music Activism in African American communities Drinking and drug use patterns and problems Social movements Multicultural health |
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| Dena Herman PhD, MPH, RD | Associate Adjunct Professor | UC Los Angeles | Maternal and Child Health Diet Health Disparities Nutrition |
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| Alison Herrmann PhD, MS | Associate Professor | UC Los Angeles | Chronic disease prevention in ethnic minority and underserved population groups Health disparitie |
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| Seth Holmes PhD, MD | Associate Professor | UC Berkeley | Medical anthropology Transnational im/migration and refugeeism Critical food studies Racialization and racism Gender and queer theory Naturalization and normalization of social and health inequalities Latin America, the United States, ... |
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| Susan Ivey MD, MHSA | Adjunct Professor | UC Berkeley | Immigrant health status including cardiovascular risk factors and diabetes Health policy issues related to health and health care disparities Disparities in health status and in access to health services |
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| Anthony Jerant MD | Professor | UC Davis | Faith and community medicine Pathways to medical school |
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| Juan-Vicente Palerm PhD | Professor Emeritus | UC Santa Barbara | Chicano studies Agriculture and labor Rural poverty |
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| Douglas P. Jutte MD, MPH | Associate Adjunct Professor | UC Berkeley | Health resilience and vulnerability in children The interaction of biological and social risk factors in early childhood and their relationship to long-term health and educational outcomes The newborn Apgar score as a possible marker of physiologic reactivity and health ... |
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| Hemal Kanzaria MD | Associate Professor | UC San Francisco | Health systems improvement Safety net care Social determinants of health Health related social needs Equity Care coordination |
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| Fatima Karaki MD | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Refugee health Asylum seeker health Immigrant health Underserved care Healthcare disparities Health equity Hospital medicine Quality of care Race and gender disparities Socioeconomic determinants of health ... |
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| Michelle Ko MD, PHD | Assistant Professor | UC Davis | Healthcare safety net Medicaid Long-term care Access to health |
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| Richard Kravitz MD, MSPH | Professor | UC Davis | Mental health conditions in primary care Quality of care Causes and consequences ofphysician behavior |
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| Rick Kronick PhD | Professor | UC San Diego | Design and evaluation of health care financing interventions Health care delivery Health services research |
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| Randall Kuhn PhD | Associate Professor | UC Los Angeles | Aging Maternal and Child Health Demography Global Health Health Disparities Homelessness Health Surveillance Programs Migration and Immigrant Health Physical and Social Environmental Determinants of Health |
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| Anda Kuo MD | Professor | UC San Francisco | Child health equity Medical education Child poverty Precision public health Social determinants of health |
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| Margot Kushel MD | Professor | UC San Francisco | Reducing the burden of homelessness on health Examining efforts to prevent and end homelessness Mitigating the effects of housing instability on health care outcomes |
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| Cynthia Lakon, PhD | Associate Professor | UC Irvine | Social Networks and Health Social Support; Social Influence Adolescent Social Networks Injection Drug User Networks Ecological Models of Health Systems Science |
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| Regina Day Langhout PhD | Professor | UC Santa Cruz | Educational empowerment and neighborhood settings Social Justice Elementary schools in working class neighborhoods |
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| Barbara Laraia PhD, MPH, RD | Professor | UC Berkeley | Household food insecurity Food and social environment Health disparities Perinatal Epidemiology Obesity Diabetes Dietary assessment methods |
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| Alana M.W. LeBrón PhD, MS | Assistant Professor | UC Irvine | Structural racism and health Health of Latina/o communities Community-based participatory research |
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| Lucinda Leung MD, PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Los Angeles | Improvement of healthcare delivery for veterans and other vulnerable primary care patients among different healthcare systems. | |
| Pamela Ling MD | Professor | UC San Francisco | policy advocacy tobacco use and cessation socioeconomically marginalized groups children/ youth |
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| Karen Lincoln, PhD, MSW, MA, FGSA | Professor | UC Irvine | Social determinants of health disparities Social networks Psychosocial stress Brain health Aging Mental health Community-engaged research |
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| Brandy Lipton, PhD | Associate Professor | UC Irvine | State health policy Medicaid Health insurance Healthcare reform Access to dental care Access to vision care Dual eligible Immigrant health |
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| Rebecca London PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Santa Cruz | Schools and Academic Achievement Community-based Research Health and Wellness School Reform and School Policy Youth Studies School Recess |
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| Lenny Lopez MD, MDiv, MPH | Associate Professor | UC San Francisco | Patient safety Language barriers Optimizing primary care clinical services for Latinos with cultural and linguistic barriers Using health information technology to decrease disparities Epidemiology of acculturation among Latinos in the US and its impact ... |
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| Michael C. Lu MD, MS, MPH | Dean of the School of Public Health | UC Berkeley | Improving maternal and child health The development, testing, and translation of a new theory on the origins of maternal and child health disparities |
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| Laurel Lucia, MPP | Director, Health Care Program at the Labor Center | UC Berkeley | Health policy Economic impact of public policy changes California budget |
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| Zakiya Luna PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Santa Barbara | Social movements, human rights and reproduction with an emphasis on the effects of intersecting inequalities within and across these sites | |
| Kristine Madsen MD, MPH | Associate Professor | UC Berkeley | Health disparities Policy approaches to reducing cardiovascular disease Physical activity School health Community-based participatory research |
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| Jyothi Marbin MD | Associate Professor | UC San Francisco | Medical education Tobacco control Secondhand smoke exposure Asthma Health disparities Social determinants of health |
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| Cassondra Marshall DrPH, MPH | Assistant Professor in Residence | UC Berkeley | Quality of family planning and reproductive health care Women’s health over the lifecourse Patient-centered care Inequities in patient experiences and outcomes |
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| Marlene Martin MD | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Systems improvement in the safety net Addiction medicine Equity Disparities among immigrants and Limited English Proficiency Care transitions Diversity pipeline development Immigrant health Alcohol use disorder |
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| Maria Martinez PhD, MPH | Professor | UC San Diego | Cancer Prevention Epidemiology |
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| Vickie Mays PhD | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Health Disparities HIV/AIDS Mental Health |
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| Steve McKay PhD | Associate Professor | UC Santa Cruz | Labor and labor markets Affordable housing Political sociology Globalization and social change Migration Racial formation Masculinity Southeast Asia |
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| Sara McMenamin PhD | Assistant Professor | UC San Diego | Health insurance coverage for tobacco dependence treatments and other preventive health services Treating tobacco dependence through health insurance coverage both in the private and public insurance markets The impact of the Affordable Care Act on treating tobacco use ... |
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| Joy Menikow MD, MPH | Professor | UC Davis | Cost-effectiveness in women's health care Preventive services Prenatal care Patient compliance Physician behavior |
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| Rachel Morello-Frosch PhD, MPH | Professor | UC Berkeley | Environmental justice and structural determinants of environmental health disparities Environmental chemicals, chronic stress and perinatal outcomes Climate change and health Community-based participatory research in environmental health science and epidemiology ... |
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| Gerardo Moreno MD, MS | Associate Professor | UC Los Angeles | Minority aging and diabetes Health and health care disparities Physician workforce diversity Primary care Latino Health Immigrant health Language barriers to care Access to healthcare technology |
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| Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP | Professor | UC San Francisco | effective health care delivery health workforce training cultural competence curriculum development health care disparities language barriers in care |
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| Linda Neuhauser DrPH, MPH | Clinical Professor | UC Berkeley | Health communication and health literacy research, interventions, and policy Parenting education research and interventions Oral health research and interventions Community asthma interventions and environmental health Poison control research and ... |
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| Tanya Nieri PhD | Associate Professor | UC Riverside | Causes and consequences of acculturation, particularly among immigrant families and youths Youth problem behaviors, particularly substance use and violence; the role of culture in health and health disparities Community-based prevention and health promotion interventions ... |
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| Laury Oaks PhD | Professor | UC Santa Barbara | Reproductive politics Anthropology of health, medicine, and science Feminist and community based participatory research |
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| Osagie K. Obasagie JD, PhD | Professor | UC Berkeley | Law Bioethics Reproductive and Genetic Technologies Rac |
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| Victoria Ojeda PhD, MPH | Associate Adjunct Professor | UC San Diego | Psychiatry HIV Mental illness |
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| Michael K. Ong MD, PhD | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Hospital-based care Mental health Tobacco control |
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| Kurt C. Organista PhD | Professor | UC Berkeley | Behavioral Health and Prevention/Intervention Health and Healthcare Disparities Race/Class/Gender Race/Ethnicity HIV Prevention Social Behavior |
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| Emily J. Ozer PhD | Professor | UC Berkeley | School and community-based interventions Community-based participatory research Promotion of mental and physical health among adolescents Violence prevention Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| Kartika Palar, PhD | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Health equity Food insecurity Nutrition HIV Diabetes Chronic disease Social determinants of health |
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| Nynikka Palmer DrPH, MPH | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Cancer disparities Underserved and minority populations Prostate cancer care Cancer survivorship and follow-up care Access to and utilization of health care among minority cancer patients Health services and outcomes research Patient- ... |
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| Nisa Patel MS, MS | Clinical Instructor | UC Irvine | Chronic Disease Management Reducing Health Care Disparities |
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| Anne Pebley PhD, MPS | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Fertility and marriage patterns Children's health and welfare Family organization |
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| Francisco I. Pedraza PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Riverside | The relationship between immigration policy and health policy The political attitude formation and political behavior, with a special emphasis on the attitudes and behaviors of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States |
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| Eliseo Perez-Stable MD | Professor Emeritus | UC San Francisco | Health risks such as smoking, in minority populations Migrants/refugees Tobacco cessation and prevention Cancer screening and evaluating abnormal tests, Use of interpreters in Limited English Proficiency patients |
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| Ninez Ponce PhD, MPP | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Multicultural survey research Immigrant health Health disparities |
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| Nadereh Pourat PhD | Professor in Residence | UC Los Angeles | Access to Care and disparities The safety net care delivery system and providers Patient outcomes Care delivery redesign and system integration Oral health Program and outcome evaluation |
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| Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez DDS, MS, MPH | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA) Detection and intervention of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) Cultural competencies and oral health care on the Latino/Hispanic Community Improving and developing policies and ... |
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| Corinne Riddell PhD, MSc | Assistant Adjunct Professor | UC Berkeley | Racial and ethnic health inequalities Social epidemiology Perinatal epidemiology Health variation across US states |
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| Annie Ro PhD, MPH | Associated Professor | UC Irvine | Social Determinants of Immigrant Health Health Demography Discrimination and Health Social Epidemiology |
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| Hector P. Rodriguez PhD, MPH | Professor | UC Berkeley | Safety Net Orginizations Access to Care |
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| Michael Rodriguez MD, MPH | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Maternal and Child Health Community Partnered Research Global Health Health Equity Health and Social Policy Healthcare System Latin American Health Migration and Immigrant Health Physical and Social Environmental ... |
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| Patrick Romano MD, MPH, FACP | Professor | UC Davis | Developing, testing, and validating health care quality measures Using outcomes data to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care Studying the role of physicians and nurses in optimizing quality Safety across the health care industry |
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| Rucker Johnson PhD | Chancellor's Professor | UC Berkeley | Labor and Employment Race, Poverty & Inequality Economics of Education Health Disparities Social Welfare Policy |
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| Tina Sacks PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Berkeley | Health and Healthcare Disparities Race/Class/Gender Racial Disparities in Health Social Determinants of Health Race, Class and Gender Poverty and Inequality |
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| Urmimala Sarkar MD, MPH | Professor | UC San Francisco | Innovating for health equity Improving the safety and quality of outpatient care for everyone, especially low-income and diverse populations |
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| Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh ScD, MPH | Professor | San Fransisco State University | Faculty | Policy, Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Racial/Ethnic and Class Disparities in Health Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Immigrant Health Trajectories in multinational contexts |
| Marc Schenker MD, MPH | Professor | UC Davis | Agricultural populations Health disparities Occupational Outcomes |
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| Salma Shariff-Marco PhD, MPH | Associate Professor | UC San Francisco | Place and health Evaluating how neighborhood characteristics (e.g., social, built, and physical environment attributes) and geographic variation may shape cancer-related health behaviors and outcomes across the cancer continuum |
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| Yuyan Shi PhD | Associate Professor | UC San Diego | Drug Abuse Marijuana Legalization Tobacco Control Prescription Opioid |
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| Zakiya Luna PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Santa Barbara | Social movements, human rights and reproduction with an emphasis on the effects of intersecting inequalities within and across these sites | |
| Kristine Madsen MD, MPH | Associate Professor | UC Berkeley | Health disparities Policy approaches to reducing cardiovascular disease Physical activity School health Community-based participatory research |
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| Jyothi Marbin MD | Associate Professor | UC San Francisco | Medical education Tobacco control Secondhand smoke exposure Asthma Health disparities Social determinants of health |
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| Becky Marquez PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor | UC San Diego | Behavioral interventions targeting diet and physical activity. Interpersonal influences on weight-related behaviors. |
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| Cassondra Marshall DrPH, MPH | Assistant Professor in Residence | UC Berkeley | Quality of family planning and reproductive health care Women’s health over the lifecourse Patient-centered care Inequities in patient experiences and outcomes |
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| Marlene Martin MD | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Systems improvement in the safety net Addiction medicine Equity Disparities among immigrants and Limited English Proficiency Care transitions Diversity pipeline development Immigrant health Alcohol use disorder |
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| Maria Martinez PhD, MPH | Professor | UC San Diego | Cancer Prevention Epidemiology |
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| Vickie Mays PhD | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Health Disparities HIV/AIDS Mental Health |
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| Joy Menikow MD, MPH | Professor | Cost-effectiveness in women's health care Preventive services Prenatal care Patient compliance Physician behavior |
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| Elizabeth Mertz PhD | Professor | UC San Francisco | Workforce policy and analysis issues including Supply and demand of providers Health care regulation State and federal workforce policy Access to care Evolving professional practice models Dental health policy |
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| Brittany N. Morey PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor | UC Irvine | Structural factors shaping racial and ethnic health inequities Neighborhood social and physical environments impact the health and well-being of Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities |
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| Rachel Morello-Frosch PhD, MPH | Professor | UC Berkeley | Environmental justice and structural determinants of environmental health disparities Environmental chemicals, chronic stress and perinatal outcomes Climate change and health Community-based participatory research in environmental health science and epidemiology ... |
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| Gerardo Moreno MD, MS | Associate Professor | UC Los Angeles | Minority aging and diabetes Health and health care disparities Physician workforce diversity Primary care Latino Health Immigrant health Language barriers to care Access to healthcare technology |
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| Mahasin Mujahid PhD, MS, FAHA | Associate Professor | UC Berkeley | Multi-level determinants of racial/ethnic health disparities over the lifecourse Neighborhood health effects Cardiovascular health disparities Methods in social epidemiology Population health |
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| Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP | Professor | UC San Francisco | effective health care delivery health workforce training cultural competence curriculum development health care disparities language barriers in care |
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| Linda Neuhauser DrPH, MPH | Clinical Professor | UC Berkeley | Health communication and health literacy research, interventions, and policy Parenting education research and interventions Oral health research and interventions Community asthma interventions and environmental health Poison control research and ... |
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| Osagie K. Obasagie JD, PhD | Professor | UC Berkeley | Law Bioethics Reproductive and Genetic Technologies Rac |
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| Victoria Ojeda PhD, MPH | Associate Adjunct Professor | UC San Diego | Psychiatry HIV Mental illness |
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| Michael K. Ong MD, PhD | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Hospital-based care Mental health Tobacco control |
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| Paul Ong PhD | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Economics Ethnic Communities - Asian American Finance in Urban Planning Labor and Employment |
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| Kurt C. Organista PhD | Professor | UC Berkeley | Behavioral Health and Prevention/Intervention Health and Healthcare Disparities Race/Class/Gender Race/Ethnicity HIV Prevention Social Behavior |
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| Emily J. Ozer PhD | Professor | UC Berkeley | School and community-based interventions Community-based participatory research Promotion of mental and physical health among adolescents Violence prevention Trauma and Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder |
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| Kartika Palar, PhD | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Health equity Food insecurity Nutrition HIV Diabetes Chronic disease Social determinants of health |
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| Nynikka Palmer DrPH, MPH | Assistant Professor | UC San Francisco | Cancer disparities Underserved and minority populations Prostate cancer care Cancer survivorship and follow-up care Access to and utilization of health care among minority cancer patients Health services and outcomes research Patient- ... |
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| Nisa Patel MS, MS | Clinical Instructor | UC Irvine | Chronic Disease Management Reducing Health Care Disparities |
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| Denise Payan PhD, MPP | Assistant Professor | UC Irvine | Nutrition Obesity HIV/AIDS Food security Health behavior Health disparities Advocacy coalitions Policymaking |
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| Anne Pebley PhD, MPS | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Fertility and marriage patterns Children's health and welfare Family organization |
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| Francisco I. Pedraza PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Riverside | The relationship between immigration policy and health policy The political attitude formation and political behavior, with a special emphasis on the attitudes and behaviors of racial and ethnic minorities in the United States |
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| Eliseo Perez-Stable MD | Professor Emeritus | UC San Francisco | Health risks such as smoking, in minority populations Migrants/refugees Tobacco cessation and prevention Cancer screening and evaluating abnormal tests, Use of interpreters in Limited English Proficiency patients |
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| Ninez Ponce PhD, MPP | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Multicultural survey research Immigrant health Health disparities |
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| Nadereh Pourat PhD | Professor in Residence | UC Los Angeles | Access to Care and disparities The safety net care delivery system and providers Patient outcomes Care delivery redesign and system integration Oral health Program and outcome evaluation |
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| A. Susana Ramirez, PhD, MPH, MA | Assistant Professor | UC Merced | Health communication Communication in social and structural inequalities in health Misinformation Public opinion Chronic disease prevention Nutrition, food, and obesity ... |
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| Francisco J. Ramos-Gomez DDS, MS, MPH | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Caries Management by Risk Assessment (CAMBRA) Detection and intervention of Early Childhood Caries (ECC) Cultural competencies and oral health care on the Latino/Hispanic Community Improving and developing policies and ... |
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| Corinne Riddell PhD, MSc | Assistant Adjunct Professor | UC Berkeley | Racial and ethnic health inequalities Social epidemiology Perinatal epidemiology Health variation across US states |
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| Nianogo Roch MD, PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor | UC Los Angeles | Chronic Diseases Community Health Decision-Making in Health Care Social Epidemiology Health Disparities Health Services Research Social Determinants of Healt |
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| Hector P. Rodriguez PhD, MPH | Professor | UC Berkeley | Safety Net Orginizations Access to Care |
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| Michael Rodriguez MD, MPH | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Maternal and Child Health Community Partnered Research Global Health Health Equity Health and Social Policy Healthcare System Latin American Health Migration and Immigrant Health Physical and Social Environmental ... |
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| Patrick Romano MD, MPH, FACP | Professor | UC Davis | Developing, testing, and validating health care quality measures Using outcomes data to improve the quality and effectiveness of health care Studying the role of physicians and nurses in optimizing quality Safety across the health care industry |
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| Rucker Johnson PhD | Chancellor's Professor | UC Berkeley | Labor and Employment Race, Poverty & Inequality Economics of Education Health Disparities Social Welfare Policy |
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| Tina Sacks PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Berkeley | Health and Healthcare Disparities Race/Class/Gender Racial Disparities in Health Social Determinants of Health Race, Class and Gender Poverty and Inequality |
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| Urmimala Sarkar MD, MPH | Professor | UC San Francisco | Innovating for health equity Improving the safety and quality of outpatient care for everyone, especially low-income and diverse populations |
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| Emma Sanchez-Vaznaugh ScD, MPH | Professor | San Fransisco State University | Faculty | Policy, Social and Environmental Determinants of Health Racial/Ethnic and Class Disparities in Health Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors and Immigrant Health Trajectories in multinational contexts |
| Marc Schenker MD, MPH | Professor | UC Davis | Agricultural populations Health disparities Occupational Outcomes |
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| Hilary Seligman MD, MAS | Associate Professor | UC San Francisco | Food insecurity Hunger Health disparities Diabetes Obesity Nutrition Nutrition policy Public health |
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| Salma Shariff-Marco PhD, MPH | Associate Professor | UC San Francisco | Place and health Evaluating how neighborhood characteristics (e.g., social, built, and physical environment attributes) and geographic variation may shape cancer-related health behaviors and outcomes across the cancer continuum |
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| Yuyan Shi PhD | Associate Professor | UC San Diego | Drug Abuse Marijuana Legalization Tobacco Control Prescription Opioid |
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| Steve Shortell PhD, MPH, MBA | Professor Emeritus | UC Berkeley | Organizational correlates of quality and outcomes of care Evaluation of the Lean Management/Operating System on performance improvement Strategic change in the health care sector: e.g., evolution of integrated delivery systems and Accountable Care Organizations (ACOs) Strategic alliances between physicians and other health care entities Patient activation and engagement Payment and health care delivery reform to eliminate inequities in care |
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| Veena Singla, PhD | UC San Francisco | responsible chemical use chemical exposures |
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| Claire Snell-Rood PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Berkeley | Social and cultural context of health behaviors Impacts of kinship, community, and family dynamics on health promotion, mental health Gender and mental health Social inequality, health stigma, and moral discourses about health Depression interventions ... |
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| Lonnie Snowden PhD | Professor | UC Berkeley | Access and effectiveness of mental health care, especially to minority and underserved populations | |
| Anna V. Song PhD, MA | Associate Professor | UC Merced | Tobacco use initiation, continuation, and cessation Risk factors for sex initiation Relationship between perceptions, attitudes, and risk behaviors Predictors of health-related perceptions and attitudes Risk communication efficacy Ethnic ... |
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| Dana Sorkin PhD | Associate Professor | UC Irvine | Close relationships Social support and conflict Behavioral lifestyle interventions around chronic disease management Program evaluation Integration of technology into health decision making |
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| Nicole Sparks, MS, PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Irvine | Environmental toxins Exposure to tobacco products Understanding regulation and role of transcriptional regulators during human stem cell osteogenesis |
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| Joanne Spetz PhD | Professor | UC San Francisco | Access to primary care Substance use disorder treatment Marijuana policy Health workforce Long-term care |
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| Nicole Stadnick PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor | UC San Diego | Effectiveness and implementation of evidence-based practices for children with mental health and developmental concerns served in community-based settings. Integrated care models for children with autism spectrum disorder and psychiatric comorbidities. Implementation ... |
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| Anita Stewart PhD | Professor | UC San Francisco | Health disparities among older adults with diabetes Vulnerable populations research |
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| Steffanie Strathdee PhD, MSc | Professor | UC San Diego | Phage therapy HIV epidemiology Antibiotic resistance Science communication Women in STEM HIV risk behaviors among drug users and sex workers on the Mexico-US border |
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| Jose Suarez PhD | Assistant Professor in Residence | UC San Diego | Organic Pollutants Agricultural populations Mental Health |
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| Andrew Subica PhD | Assistant Professor in Residence | UC Riverside | The intersection of health and mental health disparities among vulnerable populations including persons of color, individuals with psychiatric disabilities, survivors of trauma, individuals experiencing homelessness, and refugees | |
| May Sudhinaraset PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Los Angeles | Abortion Asian-American Communities Maternal and Child Health Pregnancy Reproductive Health Social Epidemiology Equity Gender Global Health Health Equity Migration and Immigrant Health ... |
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| Ming Tai-seale PhD, MPH | Professor | UC San Diego | Primary care Doctor-patient communication |
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| Sora Tanjasiri, MPH, DrPH | Professor | UC Irvine | Cancer health disparities Cancer prevention Breast and cervical cancer Early detection Community-Based Participatory Research |
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| Veronica Terriquez PhD | Associate Professor | UC Santa Cruz | Immigrant Incorporation Civic Engagement Social Inequality Latinos in the U.S. Youth Transitions to Adulthood |
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| Erin Michelle Turner Kerrison, Ph.D | Assistant Professor | UC Berkeley | Black Love and Liberation Cultivating Multi-Stakeholder Collaborations Data Science for Social Good Designing Structures that Facilitate Carceral Abolition and Safety for All Legal Epidemiology Redressing Health and Healthcare Inequity US Criminal Legal System |
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| Leigh Turner PhD | Professor | UC Irvine | Health ethics Health equity and health disparities Ethics of health and science policy Research ethics Responsible health communication Health-related misinformation and disinformation Health humanities Ethical issues and public policies related to stem cell research and regenerative medicine |
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| Courtney S. Thomas Tobin PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Los Angeles | Aging Maternal and Child Health Health Disparities Race/Ethnicity Stress |
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| Darren Urada PhD | Principal Investigator, UCLA Integrated Substance Abuse Programs | UC Los Angeles | Opioid Use Disorder Treatment State and County Substance Use Disorder Treatment Systems Integration of Primary Care and Treatment for Substance Use Disorders |
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| Anthony Urquiza PhD | Professor | UC Davis | Family violence and abuse Individual and group therapy Survivors of childhood sexual abuse |
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| Arturo Vargas Bustamante PhD, MPP | Professor | UC Los Angeles | Health care survey research and data analysis Health care cost estimation Economic valuation and program evaluation Access to health care, predominantly among Latinos/Hispanics and immigrants |
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| Charles Vega MD | Professor | UC Irvine | Areas of Expertise: Safety Net Orginizations Access to Care |
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| Valentine M. Villa PhD | Associate Adjunct Professor | UC Los Angeles | Aging Health Disparities Impact of racism / discrimination on health The differential Impact of public policy on Diverse populations Social, health, and economic issues affecting minority elderly ... |
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| Boatran Vo MD | Assistant Clinical Professor | UC Irvine | Low risk maternity care including prenatal care Labor and delivery Postpartum and newborn car Women's health In-office procedures |
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| May Wang DrPH | Associate Professor | UC Los Angeles | Child obesity and bone health with a focus on addressing health disparities | |
| Catherine Waters RN, PhD, FAAN | Professor | UC San Francisco | Lifestyle health behaviors Health promotion Primary & secondary prevention Advanced directives planning Population health Health equity and parity Public-private partnerships |
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| Vajra Watson PhD | Professor | UC Davis | Urban Education Critical Pedagody Crticial Race theory Social Justice Youth Development |
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| Laura Wherry PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Los Angeles | The changing role of the Medicaid program and its impact on access to health care and health. | |
| Deborah Wiebe PhD, MPH | Professor | UC Merced | Diabetes Health Pediatric Psychology |
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| Brie Williams MD, MS | Professor | UC San Francisco | policy advocacy aging socioeconomically marginalized groups health disparities |
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| Lauren Wisk PhD | Assistant Professor | UC Los Angeles | Health and health services use among children, adolescents, young adults, and their families, particularly those with chronic medical conditions. Integration of the biopsychosocial model, social determinants of health model, and life course framework to ... |
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| David Wisner MD | Professor | UC Davis | Trauma, serious injury, and critical care | |
| Tracy Woodruff, PhD, MPH | Professor | UC San Francisco | environmental pollutants and exposures endocrine disruptors health disparities research translation public policy |
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| Irene Yen PhD, MPH | Professor | UC Merced | Social epidemiology Race, place, social status Health Disparities Community health |
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| Juliet Yonek PhD | Post-Doctoral Schoalar | UC San Francisco | Patient-Centered Medical Home Care Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Services Healthcare equity |
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| Maria-Elena Young PhD, MPH | Assistant Professor | UC Merced | Immigrant health inequities Immigration and health policy Citizenship and legal status and health |
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| Pat Zavella PhD | Professor Emeritus | UC Santa Cruz | The movement for reproductive justice Family, poverty, sexuality Transnational migration by Mexicans Chicanx-Latinx studies Feminism Ethnographic research methods |