Jacqueline Torres, PhD

Title(s)Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th. Street
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-371-3261
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    University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, CAB.A.2004
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CAM.A.2009Latin American Studies
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CAM.P.H.2009Community Health Sciences
    University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CAPh.D.2014Public Health
    University of California, San Francisco2019Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
    University of California, San Francisco, CA2019Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
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    Journal of Health and Social Behavior2018  - PresEditorial Board Member
    SSM-Population Health2017  - PresEditorial Board Member
    NIH Office of Behavioral and Social Science Research2017Matilda White Riley Early Investigator Award
    National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities2016  - 2018NIH Loan Repayment Program
    Robert Wood Johnson Foundation2014  - 2016Health & Society Scholar
    University of California, Los Angeles2014Dean's Outstanding Student Award

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    Dr. Torres is a social epidemiologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Dr. Torres’ current research focuses on the role of policies, families, and community social networks in shaping population health and health inequities, particularly in mid and late-life. Her ongoing research is examining the role of family social connections, caregiving, and household composition changes in shaping late-life health, including Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias. She approaches her research from a life-course perspective and a social determinants of health framework. Much of her ongoing research employs modern epidemiologic methods that are better equipped than conventional methods at estimating the impact of time-varying exposures in the presence of time-varying confounding. Dr. Torres is also supporting trainees at all levels who are leading research broadly on the social determinants of inequity in health and aging and specifically related to policy impacts on the health of immigrants and their family and community members across the life-course.

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    Life-course social adversity, pesticide exposure, and cognitive outcomes among an ongoing cohort of mid-life Latina women in an under served agricultural region
    NIH R01AG069090Sep 15, 2020 - May 31, 2025
    Role: Principal Investigator
    Access and use of long-term services and supports for older adults living alone with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias from four racial/ethnic groups
    NIH R56AG062165Sep 30, 2018 - Aug 31, 2020
    Role: Co-Investigator
    A cross-national perspective on social integration and cognitive aging for Mexican-origin adults in the U.S. and Mexico: Quantifying the effects of both local and cross-border social integration
    NIH K01AG056602Jul 15, 2017 - Apr 30, 2022
    Role: Principal Investigator
    A Binational Study to Understand Dementia Risk and Disparities of Mexican Americans: The Role of Migration and Social Determinants
    NIH RF1AG055486Jun 15, 2017 - May 31, 2021
    Role: Co-Investigator
    A Comparison of Mental Health for Mexican and Mexican American Older Adults
    NIH F31AG041694Sep 1, 2012 - Aug 31, 2014
    Role: Principal Investigator

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    1. Estimating the Impact of Sustained Social Participation on Depressive Symptoms in Older Adults. Epidemiology. 2021 Nov 01; 32(6):886-895. Shiba K, Torres JM, Daoud A, Inoue K, Kanamori S, Tsuji T, Kamada M, Kondo K, Kawachi I. PMID: 34172690.
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    2. Triangulating Evidence to Infer Pathways that Influence Ebola Virus Disease-Related Stigma and Clinical Findings among Survivors: An Observational Cohort Study. Am J Trop Med Hyg. 2021 Sep 27. Kelly JD, Badio M, Drew C, Wilson B, Cooper JB, Glayweon M, Johnson K, Moses SJ, Dennis D, Torres JM, Oldenburg C, Davidson M, Huang CY, Steward WT, Sneller MC, Rutherford GW, Reilly C, Fallah MP, Weiser SD. PMID: 34583332.
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    3. Provider and administrator-level perspectives on strategies to reduce fear and improve patient trust in the emergency department in times of heightened immigration enforcement. PLoS One. 2021; 16(9):e0256073. Ornelas-Dorian C, Torres JM, Sun J, Aleman A, Cordova E, Orue A, Taira BR, Anderson E, Rodriguez RM. PMID: 34506493.
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    4. Estimating the effects of Mexico to U.S. migration on elevated depressive symptoms: evidence from pooled cross-national cohorts. Ann Epidemiol. 2021 Aug 23. Murchland AR, Hazzouri AZA, Zhang L, Elfassy T, Grasset L, Riley A, Wong R, Haan M, Jones RN, Torres JM, Glymour MM. PMID: 34438024.
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    5. Individual- and neighborhood-level socioeconomic status and risk of aggressive breast cancer subtypes in a pooled cohort of women from Kaiser Permanente Northern California. Cancer. 2021 Aug 20. Aoki RF, Uong SP, Gomez SL, Alexeeff SE, Caan BJ, Kushi LH, Torres JM, Guan A, Canchola AJ, Morey BN, Lin K, Kroenke CH. PMID: 34415571.
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    6. Maternal nativity and risk of adverse perinatal outcomes among Black women residing in California, 2011-2017. J Perinatol. 2021 Jul 19. McKenzie-Sampson S, Baer RJ, Blebu BE, Karasek D, Oltman SP, Pantell MS, Rand L, Rogers EE, Torres JM, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL, Scott KA, Chambers BD. PMID: 34282261.
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    7. Excess mortality among Latino people in California during the COVID-19 pandemic. SSM Popul Health. 2021 Sep; 15:100860. Riley AR, Chen YH, Matthay EC, Glymour MM, Torres JM, Fernandez A, Bibbins-Domingo K. PMID: 34307826.
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    8. Hyper-localized measures of air pollution and risk of preterm birth in Oakland and San Jose, California. Int J Epidemiol. 2021 May 31. Riddell CA, Goin DE, Morello-Frosch R, Apte JS, Glymour MM, Torres JM, Casey JA. PMID: 34059911.
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    9. Anti-immigrant Rhetoric and the Experiences of Latino Immigrants in the Emergency Department. West J Emerg Med. 2021 May 07; 22(3):660-666. Ornelas C, Torres JM, Torres JR, Alter H, Taira BR, Rodriguez RM. PMID: 34125043.
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    10. Adult child socio-economic status disadvantage and cognitive decline among older parents in Mexico. Soc Sci Med. 2021 06; 279:113910. Torres JM, Yahirun JJ, Sheehan C, Ma M, Sáenz J. PMID: 33964589.
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    11. Excess death among Latino people in California during the COVID-19 pandemic. medRxiv. 2021 Jan 25. Riley AR, Chen YH, Matthay EC, Glymour MM, Torres JM, Fernandez A, Bibbins-Domingo K. PMID: 33532794.
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    12. Association of US state policy orientation with adverse birth outcomes: a longitudinal analysis. J Epidemiol Community Health. 2021 Jan 06. Riley AR, Collin D, Grumbach JM, Torres JM, Hamad R. PMID: 33408163.
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    13. Quantifying Lifecourse Drivers of International Migration: A Cross-national Analysis of Mexico and the United States. Epidemiology. 2021 01; 32(1):50-60. Zeki Al Hazzouri A, Zhang L, Murchland AR, Grasset L, Torres JM, Jones RN, Wong R, Glymour MM. PMID: 33009250.
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    14. Associations between spousal caregiving and health among older adults in Mexico: A targeted estimation approach. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2021 05; 36(5):775-783. Torres JM, Mitchell UA, Sofrygin O, Rudolph KE, López-Ortega M, Sharif MZ, Wong R, Glymour MM. PMID: 33258494.
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    15. Association Between Health Care Utilization and Immigration Enforcement Events in San Francisco. JAMA Netw Open. 2020 11 02; 3(11):e2025065. Yasenov VI, Hainmueller J, Hotard M, Lawrence D, Gottlieb LM, Torres JM. PMID: 33170259.
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    16. Socioeconomic status and colorectal cancer screening behaviors in a vulnerable multiethnic population. Ethn Health. 2020 Oct 29; 1-17. Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Rivadeneira NA, Torres JM, Sarkar U, Hiatt RA. PMID: 33121258.
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    17. Elevated Depressive Symptoms and the Risk of Stroke among the Mexican Older Population. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 11; 68(11):2579-2586. Meza E, Eng CW, Sáenz JL, Gilsanz P, Glymour MM, Torres JM. PMID: 32880905.
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    18. US Migration Status of Adult Children and Cognitive Decline Among Older Parents Who Remain in Mexico. Am J Epidemiol. 2020 08 01; 189(8):761-769. Torres JM, Sofrygin O, Rudolph KE, Haan MN, Wong R, Glymour MM. PMID: 31942611.
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    19. When Is Hope Enough? Hopefulness, Discrimination and Racial/Ethnic Disparities in Allostatic Load. Behav Med. 2020 Jul-Sep; 46(3-4):189-201. Mitchell UA, Dellor ED, Sharif MZ, Brown LL, Torres JM, Nguyen AW. PMID: 32787721.
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    20. Difficulty and help with activities of daily living among older adults living alone with cognitive impairment. Alzheimers Dement. 2020 08; 16(8):1125-1133. Edwards RD, Brenowitz WD, Portacolone E, Covinsky KE, Bindman A, Glymour MM, Torres JM. PMID: 32588985.
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    21. Nativity, Neighborhoods, and Body Composition in the Sacramento Area Latino Study on Aging. Gerontologist. 2020 02 24; 60(2):239-249. Durazo EM, Haan MN, Dang K, Aiello AE, Torres JM. PMID: 31774118.
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    22. Associations Between Social Factor Documentation and Hospital Length of Stay and Readmission Among Children. Hosp Pediatr. 2020 01; 10(1):12-19. Pantell MS, Kaiser SV, Torres JM, Gottlieb LM, Adler NE. PMID: 31888952.
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    23. Deportation Worry, Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factor Trajectories, and Incident Hypertension: A Community-Based Cohort Study. J Am Heart Assoc. 2019 12 03; 8(23):e013086. Torres JM, Deardorff J, Holland N, Harley KG, Kogut K, Long K, Eskenazi B. PMID: 31771437.
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    24. Using change in a seat belt law to study racially-biased policing in South Carolina. Prev Med. 2020 01; 130:105884. Riddell CA, Kaufman JS, Torres JM, Harper S. PMID: 31705937.
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    25. Do Deviations From Historical Precipitation Trends Influence Child Nutrition? An Analysis From Uganda. Am J Epidemiol. 2019 11 01; 188(11):1953-1960. Epstein A, Torres JM, Glymour MM, López-Carr D, Weiser SD. PMID: 31497852.
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    26. Associations between unstable housing, obstetric outcomes, and perinatal health care utilization. Am J Obstet Gynecol MFM. 2019 11; 1(4):100053. Pantell MS, Baer RJ, Torres JM, Felder JN, Gomez AM, Chambers BD, Dunn J, Parikh NI, Pacheco-Werner T, Rogers EE, Feuer SK, Ryckman KK, Novak NL, Tabb KM, Fuchs J, Rand L, Jelliffe-Pawlowski LL. PMID: 33345843.
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    27. Interventions Addressing Food Insecurity in Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review. Ann Fam Med. 2019 09; 17(5):436-447. De Marchis EH, Torres JM, Benesch T, Fichtenberg C, Allen IE, Whitaker EM, Gottlieb LM. PMID: 31501207.
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    28. Inequalities in elevated depressive symptoms in middle-aged and older adults by rural childhood residence: The important role of education. Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2019 11; 34(11):1633-1641. Murchland AR, Eng CW, Casey JA, Torres JM, Mayeda ER. PMID: 31318472.
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    29. Association of Perceived Immigration Policy Vulnerability With Mental and Physical Health Among US-Born Latino Adolescents in California. JAMA Pediatr. 2019 Aug 01; 173(8):744-753. Eskenazi B, Fahey CA, Kogut K, Gunier R, Torres J, Gonzales NA, Holland N, Deardorff J. PMID: 31233132.
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    30. Association of Preterm Births Among US Latina Women With the 2016 Presidential Election. JAMA Netw Open. 2019 07 03; 2(7):e197084. Gemmill A, Catalano R, Casey JA, Karasek D, Alcalá HE, Elser H, Torres JM. PMID: 31322687.
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    31. Having an Adult Child in the United States, Physical Functioning, and Unmet Needs for Care Among Older Mexican Adults. Epidemiology. 2019 07; 30(4):553-560. Torres JM, Rudolph KE, Sofrygin O, Wong R, Walter LC, Glymour MM. PMID: 30985533.
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    32. An online experiment to assess bias in professional medical coding. BMC Med Inform Decis Mak. 2019 06 20; 19(1):115. Torres JM, Hessler-Jones D, Yarbrough C, Tapley A, Jimenez R, Gottlieb LM. PMID: 31221169.
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    33. Identifying Food Insecurity in Health Care Settings: A Systematic Scoping Review of the Evidence. Fam Community Health. 2019 Jan/Mar; 42(1):20-29. De Marchis EH, Torres JM, Fichtenberg C, Gottlieb LM. PMID: 30431466.
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    34. Reconsidering the Relationship between Age at Migration and Health Behaviors among US Immigrants: The Modifying Role of Continued Cross-border Ties. Adv Med Sociol. 2019; 19:17-45. Torres JM, Ro A, Sudhinaraset M. PMID: 30655659.
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    35. Longitudinal associations between having an adult child migrant and depressive symptoms among older adults in the Mexican Health and Aging Study. Int J Epidemiol. 2018 10 01; 47(5):1432-1442. Torres JM, Rudolph KE, Sofrygin O, Glymour MM, Wong R. PMID: 29982496.
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    36. Cross-border ties, nativity, and inflammatory markers in a population-based prospective study of Latino adults. Soc Sci Med. 2018 08; 211:21-30. Torres JM, Epel ES, To TM, Lee A, Aiello AE, Haan MN. PMID: 29885570.
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    37. Worry About Deportation and Cardiovascular Disease Risk Factors Among Adult Women: The Center for the Health Assessment of Mothers and Children of Salinas Study. Ann Behav Med. 2018 02 05; 52(2):186-193. Torres JM, Deardorff J, Gunier RB, Harley KG, Alkon A, Kogut K, Eskenazi B. PMID: 29538629.
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    38. Lifetime Socioeconomic Status and Late-life Health Trajectories: Longitudinal Results From the Mexican Health and Aging Study. J Gerontol B Psychol Sci Soc Sci. 2018 01 11; 73(2):349-360. Torres JM, Rizzo S, Wong R. PMID: 27140821.
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    39. ICD Social Codes: An Underutilized Resource for Tracking Social Needs. Med Care. 2017 09; 55(9):810-816. Torres JM, Lawlor J, Colvin JD, Sills MR, Bettenhausen JL, Davidson A, Cutler GJ, Hall M, Gottlieb LM. PMID: 28671930.
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    40. The centrality of social ties to climate migration and mental health. BMC Public Health. 2017 07 06; 17(1):600. Torres JM, Casey JA. PMID: 28679398.
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    41. Cross-border Ties as Sources of Risk and Resilience: Do Cross-border Ties Moderate the Relationship between Migration-related Stress and Psychological Distress for Latino Migrants in the United States? J Health Soc Behav. 2016 12; 57(4):436-452. Torres JM, Alcántara C, Rudolph KE, Viruell-Fuentes EA. PMID: 27803264.
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    42. Transnational ties and the health of sub-Saharan African migrants: The moderating role of gender and family separation. Soc Sci Med. 2016 11; 168:63-71. Afulani PA, Torres JM, Sudhinaraset M, Asunka J. PMID: 27639482.
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    43. A longitudinal analysis of cross-border ties and depression for Latino adults. Soc Sci Med. 2016 07; 160:111-9. Torres JM, Lee A, González HM, Garcia L, Haan MN. PMID: 27239901.
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    44. A life-course perspective on legal status stratification and health. SSM Popul Health. 2016 Dec; 2:141-148. Torres JM, Young MD. PMID: 29349135.
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    45. Walking the Line: Navigating Market and Gift Economies of Care in a Consumer-Directed Home-Based Care Program for Older Adults. Milbank Q. 2015 Dec; 93(4):732-60. Torres JM, Kietzman KG, Wallace SP. PMID: 26626984.
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    46. Civic Stratification and the Exclusion of Undocumented Immigrants from Cross-border Health Care. J Health Soc Behav. 2015 Dec; 56(4):438-59. Torres JM, Waldinger R. PMID: 26582512.
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    47. Childhood poverty and depressive symptoms for older adults in Mexico: a life-course analysis. J Cross Cult Gerontol. 2013 Sep; 28(3):317-37. Torres JM, Wong R. PMID: 23783887.
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    48. Migration circumstances, psychological distress, and self-rated physical health for Latino immigrants in the United States. Am J Public Health. 2013 Sep; 103(9):1619-27. Torres JM, Wallace SP. PMID: 23865667.
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    49. Cross-border ties and self-rated health status for young Latino adults in Southern California. Soc Sci Med. 2013 Mar; 81:79-86. Torres JM. PMID: 23312794.
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    50. A portrait of older californians with disabilities who rely on public services to remain independent. Home Health Care Serv Q. 2012; 31(4):317-36. Kietzman KG, Wallace SP, Durazo EM, Torres JM, Choi AS, Benjamin AE, Mendez-Luck C. PMID: 23216515.
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    51. Independence at risk: older Californians with disabilities struggle to remain at home as public supports shrink. Policy Brief UCLA Cent Health Policy Res. 2011 Dec; (PB2011-10):1-8. Kietzman KG, Durazo EM, Torres JM, Choi AS, Wallace SP. PMID: 22220347.
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    52. "I want to be taking my own last breath": patients' reflections on illness when presenting to the emergency department at the end of life. J Palliat Med. 2011 Mar; 14(3):293-6. Grudzen CR, Stone SC, Mohanty SA, Asch SM, Lorenz KA, Torres JM, Morrison M, Ortiz JM, Timmermans S. PMID: 21288124.
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    53. Paramedic and emergency medical technicians views on opportunities and challenges when forgoing and halting resuscitation in the field. Acad Emerg Med. 2009 Jun; 16(6):532-8. Grudzen CR, Timmermans S, Koenig WJ, Torres JM, Hoffman JR, Lorenz KA, Asch SM. PMID: 19438412.
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