Active projects

Health Workforce

• Elaboration of Asian Americans within the healthcare workforce: positionality, diversity, history (Role: PI; Co-investigators: Victoria Ngo, PhD, Monica Hahn, MD, Angela Zhang, MD, Russyan Mark Mabeza, MD, MPH, Sarah Iv, Kevin Dinh)
• Examining spatial relationships between facilities, labor markets, training, and certified nurse assistant workforce supply and geographic distribution (PI: Mallory Johnson, MPA, Doctoral dissertation; Co-advisor, with Noli Brazil, PhD)
• Experiences of the COVID-19 pandemic, preparing and applying for graduate programs in the health professions (Role: PI; Co-investigators: Maribel Ortega BS, Yelitza Campos MPH, Bozhidar Chakalov, MA, Efrain Talamantes, MD, MBA, MS)

Higher Education

• Experiences of low-income college students with disabilities in navigation of education, health and accommodations services (Team: Nimra Nazar, Vicky Vong, MSPH, Ya Yang, MPH)

Health Equity

• Structural white advantage as a driver of cognitive health among older adults in the US (PI: Tongtan (Bert) Chantarat, PhD; Role: Senior Investigator)
• Examining the long-term impacts of exposure to structural racism, particularly community violence and law enforcement, over the life course on aging and cognitive decline among African-Americans, (NIA R01-1AG067525, PI. Co-investigators: Paola Gilsanz, ScD,  Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, PhD; Senior investigators: Lisa Barnes, PhD; Rachel Whitmer, PhD; Maria Glymour PhD); Collaborators: Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, PhD,  Rachel Hardeman, PhD); Team: Bobby Chakalov (UCD), Carmen Mitchell (ULouisville), Chinomnso Okorie (Kaiser DoR)
• Racism and Resilience: Older adults’ experiences with racism over the life course and interpretations of measurement. (PI: Shekinah-Fashaw Walters, PhD, Quinton Cotton, PhD; Role: Senior Investigator)
• Historic redlining practices, residential segregation, contemporary housing discrimination, and associations with neighborhood health outcomes (PI: Jenny Wagner, PhD; Role: Senior Investigator; Co-Investigators: Noli Brazil, PhD, Shani Buggs, PhD)
• Intersectional exploration of access to healthcare among LGBTQ+ immigrants to the United States, relationships between LGBTQ+ supportive healthcare services and ethnic enclaves (PI: Bobby Chakalov, doctoral dissertation; Role: Advisor, with Noli Brazil, PhD)

Healthcare Systems

• Impact of rural hospital closures on spatial access to care for Black communities in the US South (PI: Arianna M. Planey, PhD;  Role: Senior Investigator; Co-investigators: Donald Planey, PhD, Sandy Wong, PhD, Sara McLafferty, PhD)