Category Archives: Chicano Studies

Trifecta talk at MSU College of Communications Arts and Sciences

I gave a talk early this month at Trifecta Technology and Innovation for Health, at MSU’s College of Communications Arts and Sciences about some of the research going on with my collaborators there. I presented ongoing research on online health information seeking behavior (HISB) that examines various online channels (emailing providers, talking about health in chat… Read More »

Kesia Garibay wins SACNAS Public Health Award for Oral Health Poster

Undergraduate student Kesia Garibay, who was a research assistant for the Social Determinants of Health Lab last academic year and summer 2016 was the recipient of an award for the poster Oral Health Risks Among UC Merced Students (authors: Garibay K, Pena E, Vang P, Marines M, De Guzman K, Gonzalez M.) at the October… Read More »

The American Public Health Association 2015 annual meeting

I had a very insightful time at APHA in Chicago this year, I came away with more ideas for projects to start here in the SJV and had very helpful talks with other researchers.  Jennifer Mendiola presented several of the analyses we are working on at APHA. We presented as part of the three sections:… Read More »