Research

Active projects

Health Equity

  • Examining the long-term impacts of earlier life exposure to community violence and institutional racism in the criminal justice system, on aging and cognitive decline among African-Americans. (NIA R01-1AG067525, PI. Collaborators: Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, PhD, Kristen George, PhD; Co-investigators: , Paola Gilsanz, ScD, Nicole Kravitz-Wirtz, PhD; Senior investigators: Lisa Barnes, PhD; Rachel Whitmer, PhD; Maria Glymour PhD); Team: Chinomnso Okorie (Kaiser DoR), Olamide Sanuth, MS, MA (UCD), Adia Vega (UCD), Bobby Chakalov (UCD), Carmen Mitchell (ULouisville)
  • 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)
  • Structural white advantage as a driver of cognitive health among older adults in the US (PI: Tongtan (Bert) Chantarat, 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+ affirming healthcare services and ethnic enclaves (PI: Bobby Chakalov, doctoral dissertation; Role: Advisor, with Noli Brazil, PhD)

Health Workforce

  • Overview 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)
  • Asian Americans in surgery (Role: Senior advisor; Team: Jamie Ko, MD, Russyan Mark Mabeza, MD, MPH
  • Predictors of practice in underserved Asian American communities (Role: consultant; National Coalition for Asian American and Pacific Islander Physicians, Marilyn Wong, MD, Nelson Lin, Victoria Ngo, PhD)
  • 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)
  • Changes in medical school diversity, equity and inclusion online content during a period of rapid shifting context  (Role: PI; Team: Sreeveda Sreepada)

Healthcare Systems

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