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UCSF Research Benefitting the Latinx Community
“Toward Language Justice in Environmental Health Sciences in the United States: A Case for Spanish as a Language of Science”
(Environmental Health Perspectives)
Jessica Trowbridge, PhD, MPH
Associate Researcher
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine
““Entre Nosotras:” a qualitative study of a peer-led PrEP project for transgender latinas”
(BMC Health Services Research)
Sophia Zamudio-Haas, DrPH, MSc
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Depression Symptoms, Perceived Stress, and Loneliness During the COVID-19 Pandemic Among Diverse US Racial-Ethnic Groups”
(Health Equity)
Anita Stewart, PhD
Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
School of Nursing
“A Novel Multifamily Treatment Targeting Symptoms Related to Latinx Caregiver Deportation”
(Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy)
Peggy Tahir
Research & Copyright Librarian
Library
Chancellor/EVC/FAS
“Traditional Healers as Health Care Providers for the Latine Community in the United States, a Systematic Review”
(Health Equity)
Kala Mehta, DSc, MPH
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine
“Social Needs and Acculturation as Predictors of Emotional Problems and Perceived Stress Among Latinx Mothers with Low Income”
(Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health)
Laura Gottlieb, MD, MPH
Professor
Family Community Medicine
School of Medicine
“Understanding the role of race in abortion stigma in the United States: a systematic scoping review”
(Sexual and Reproductive Health Matters)
Katie Brown, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine
“Association between primary Spanish language and quality of intrapartum care among Latina women: a secondary analysis of the Listening to Mothers in California survey”
(BMC Pregnancy and Childbirth)
Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS
Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine
“Psychometric assessment of the US person-centered prenatal and maternity care scales in a low-income predominantly Latinx population in California”
(BMC Women's Health)
Patience Afulani, PhD, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine
“Qualitative analysis of stakeholder perspectives on engaging Latinx patients in kidney-related research”
(BMC Nephrology)
Cynthia Delgado, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
“A Review of Community Health Worker Interventions for Latinx/o/a Individuals With Unhealthy Alcohol Use”
(Journal of Addiction Medicine)
Marlene Martin, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Forward and back is not enough: applying best practices for translation of pediatric sleep questionnaires”
(Frontiers in Sleep)
Jeanne Tschann, PhD
Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine
“A Co-Created Tool to Help Counter Health Misinformation for Spanish-Speaking Communities in the San Francisco Bay Area”
(International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health)
Emily Arnold, PhD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
“HIV Disclosure Practices to Family Among Mexican and Puerto Rican Sexual Minority Men with HIV in the Continental USA: Intersections of Sexual Orientation and HIV Stigma”
(Journal of Homosexuality)
Andres Maiorana, MPH
SPECIALIST
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Epigenome-wide association study of lung function in Latino children and youth with asthma”
(Clinical Epigenetics)
Jennifer Elhawary, MS
Research Data Analyst
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Pilot Implementation of Guiando Buenas Decisiones, an Evidence-Based Parenting Program for Spanish-Speaking Families, in Pediatric Primary Care in a Large, U.S. Health System: A Qualitative Interview Study”
(Journal of Prevention)
Stacy Sterling, DrPH, MSW
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine
“Perceptions of and Knowledge Acquisition about Brain Health and Aging among Latin American Immigrants:A QualitativePaper”
(Clinical Gerontologist)
Daniel Dohan, PhD
Professor
Institute for Health Policy Studies
School of Medicine
“Race- and Ethnicity-Based Spirometry Reference Equations Are They Accurate for Genetically Admixed Children?”
(CHEST Journal)
Jonathan Witonsky, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine
“Digital culturally tailored marketing for enrolling Latino participants in a web‐based registry: Baseline metrics from the Brain Health Registry”
(Alzheimer's & Dementia)
Rachel Nosheny, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine
“Exploring Demographic and Clinical Characteristics of Racially and Ethnically Diverse Youth With Eating Disorders Using California Medicaid Claims Data”
(Journal of the American Academy of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry)
Joe Guydish, PhD
Professor
Institute for Health Policy Studies
School of Medicine
“Financial strain, neighborhood cohesion, and health-related quality of life among rural and urban Spanish-speaking Latina breast cancer survivors”
(Journal of Cancer Survivorship)
Jasmine Santoyo-Olsson
Postdoctoral Scholar
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Latina mothers’ perspectives on adverse experiences and protection of Latinx youth in an agricultural community”
(BMC Public Health)
Marissa Raymond-Flesch, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine
“Gene expression in African Americans, Puerto Ricans and Mexican Americans reveals ancestry-specific patterns of genetic architecture”
(Nature Genetics)
Elad Ziv, MD
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Validity Evidence for the Physician Oral Language Observation Matrix as a Measure of Medical Spanish Proficiency”
(Journal of General Internal Medicine)
Steven Gregorich, PhD
Professor Emeritus
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Latinx: Sí, Se Puede? A Reflection on the Terms Past, Present, and Future”
(Journal of Urban Health)
Jose Gutierrez, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Family Health Care Nursing
School of Nursing
““We could see our real selves:” The COVID‐19 syndemic and the transition to telehealth for a school‐based prevention program for newcomer Latinx immigrant youth”
(Journal of Community Psychology)
William Martinez, PhD
Associate Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine
“Definitions of successful aging among middle-aged Latinas residing in a rural agricultural community”
(PLOS ONE)
Jacqueline Torres, PhD, MA, MPH
Associate Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine
“Food insecurity is a risk factor for metabolic dysfunction‐associated steatotic liver disease in Latinx children”
(Pediatric Obesity)
Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine
“Equitability of Depression Screening After Implementation of General Adult Screening in Primary Care”
(JAMA Network Open)
Leah Karliner, MD, MAS
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Development of a Spanish-language drug facts label prototype for a combination mifepristone and misoprostol medication abortion product”
(Contraception)
Antonia Biggs, PhD
Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine
“When Silence Feels Safer: Challenges and Successes of Delivering a School-Based Cognitive Behavioral Intervention to Central American Unaccompanied Immigrant Youth”
(Psychological Trauma Theory Research Practice and Policy)
Naomi Schapiro, RN, PhD, PNP
Professor Emeritus
Family Health Care Nursing
School of Nursing
“Assessing sleep behaviors in Latino children and adolescents: what is known, what are we missing, and how do we move forward?”
(Current Opinion in Pediatrics)
Suzanna Martinez, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine
“Community-Derived Recommendations for Improving Gender Affirmation of Black and Latine Transgender/Nonbinary Youth”
(Annals of Behavioral Medicine)
Stanley Vance, JR., MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine
“Mental Health and Gender Affirmation of Black and Latine Transgender/Nonbinary Youth Compared to White Peers Prior to Hormone Initiation”
(Journal of Adolescent Health)
Diane Ehrensaft, PhD
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine
“Reproducibility and implementation of a rapid, community-based COVID-19 “test and respond” model in low-income, majority-Latino communities in Northern California”
(PLOS ONE)
Gabriel Chamie, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Integrating Rapid Diabetes Screening Into a Latinx Focused Community-Based Low-Barrier COVID-19 Testing Program”
(JAMA Network Open)
Andrew Kerkhoff, MD, PhD, MS
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Increasing engagement of Hispanics/Latinos in clinical trials on Alzheimer's disease and related dementias”
(Alzheimer's & Dementia: Translational Research & Clinical Interventions)
Elena Portacolone, PhD, MBA, MPH
Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
School of Nursing
“Surrogate Decision Makers Need Better Preparation for Their Role: Advice from Experienced Surrogates”
(Journal of Palliative Medicine)
Deborah Barnes, PhD
Professor
Psychiatry
School of Medicine
“Representation in Online Prostate Cancer Content Lacks Racial and Ethnic Diversity: Implications for Black and Latinx Men”
(Journal of Urology)
Hala Borno, MD
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
“Parents Experiences of Racism in the Neonatal Intensive Care Unit”
(Journal of Patient Experience)
Linda Franck, RN, PhD, FAAN
Professor
Family Health Care Nursing
School of Nursing
“Disparities in access to eating disorders treatment for publicly-insured youth and youth of color: a retrospective cohort study”
(Journal of Eating Disorders)
Sara Buckelew, MD, MPH
Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine
“Racial discrimination is associated with binge-eating disorder in early adolescents: a cross-sectional analysis”
(Journal of Eating Disorders)
Jason Nagata, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine
“The Association of Limited English Proficiency With Morbidity and Mortality After Trauma”
(Journal of Surgical Research)
Maria Castro, MD
RESIDENT
Surgery
School of Medicine
“Maternal Adverse Childhood Experiences and Young Adult Latino Children's Mental Health”
(American Journal of Preventive Medicine)
Natasha Borgen
Research Data Analyst 3
Institute for Health Policy Studies
School of Medicine
“A qualitative exploration of experiences accessing community and social services among pregnant low-income people of color during the COVID-19 pandemic”
(Women's Health)
Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH
Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences
School of Medicine
“Asian American/Pacific Islander and Hispanic ethnic enclaves, neighborhood socioeconomic status, and hepatocellular carcinoma incidence in California: An update”
(Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention)
Mindy Hebert-Derouen, PhD, MPH
Specialist
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine
“Factors related to COVID-19 vaccine intention in Latino communities”
(PLOS ONE)
Julene Johnson, PhD
Professor
Institute for Health & Aging
School of Nursing
“The “disproportionate costs” of immigrant policy on the health of Latinx and Asian immigrants”
(Social Science & Medicine)
Michelle Nakphong, PhD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
“The association between religiosity and resilience among young trans women”
(PLOS ONE)
Willi McFarland, MD, PhD, MPH
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine