Parker Laboratory collaborates and helps facilitate public health work in settings that have been or are currently impacted by conflict. This includes providing expert advice; program evaluation; analytic expertise and training (statistical, qualitative, spatial); and drafting reports and publica…
The Park Lab examines relationships between lifestyle and environmental exposures and disease risk as well as their interactions with genetics and epigenetics.
Dr. Milam, a professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, is a health behavior scientist whose research includes the psychological and behavioral adaptation to stress and disease, with a focus on young adult cancer survivorship. He is an expert in understanding barriers to follo…
The Kim Stress, Coping, & Health in Context Lab is led by Dr. Jacqueline H. J. Kim at the University of California, Irvine (UCI). Our research aim is to examine physical and mental health across these diverse contexts, with the goal of translating findings to create or enhance psychosocial in…
We aim to improve public health by addressing communication phenomena. Our research involves examining factors influencing vaccine decisions, communication about cancer screening, and vaccine misinformation. We are committed to leading research efforts to improve the health and lives of communiti…
Health Systems & Policy Research focuses on health policy, insurance coverage, health disparities, and health care spending and delivery.
Dr. Yan’s research examines epidemiology of vector-borne diseases and vector biology with a special focus on malaria. The research addresses the ecological mechanisms of malaria epidemics in high-elevation areas in Africa, impact of environmental modification on malaria epidemiology and transmiss…
The Environmental Health & Disease Laboratory uses mouse models to study Gulf War illness and design therapeutics. The lab also focuses on examining the impact of climate change-induced co-stressors, such as increased salinity stress, harmful algal blooms, and Vibrio vulnificus exposure, part…
Dr. Edwards’s research interests are human exposures to air pollution, indoor air pollution, paint emissions, and emissions of climate-altering pollutant species.
Dr. Wu is focused on population-based research of environmental exposure assessment, environmental epidemiology, and environmental health disparity. She also works with local and regional community partners on environmental justice issues related to air pollution, soil contamination, and climate …
Health inequities among Asian American subgroups, particularly Chinese, Korean, and Vietnamese Americans. Our main study will examine sleep and cardiovascular disease risk.
Dr. Ritt-Olson’s work focuses on factors that promote mental health, resiliency, and well-being among culturally diverse adolescents and young adults. Her recent efforts have expanded her passion for digital approaches to more novel ways of utilizing social media and technology to improve health….
