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Community-Led Solutions: How Local Organizing Committees Drive Change for Housing and Health Equity in California’s Central Valley

Publication: Journal Article

Martinez, Rebecca L., David Frausto, Juan Zavala-Sandoval, Anabel Serna, Claudia G. Corchado, Alexandra Alvarado, Janine Nkosi, and Irene Yen. 2024. “Community-Led Solutions: How Local Organizing Committees Drive Change for Housing and Health Equity in California’s Central Valley”. Journal of Participatory Research Methods 5 (2).

Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab

Meet Our Team | Conozca Nuestro Equipo

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About Us Our team is committed to catalyzing positive change within all communities. In line with this commitment, the HOPe Lab is actively reissuing valuable materials used by our esteemed partners, Faith in the Valley (Fresno) and Cultiva la Salud, to form Local Organizing Committees (LOC). The...

Welcome to our research lab

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Hello, I'm Dr. Irene Yen I'm the Principal Investigator and Director of the Lab. I'm a social epidemiologist and a public health professor at the University of California, Merced. My research is currently centered on the question of how place influences health. That is, how things like housing...

Dr. Irene Yen

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Person: Principal Investigator

Irene Yen is the principal investigator and director of the HOPe Lab. She received her B.A. from Stanford University and her MPH and PhD from UC Berkeley. She is a social epidemiologist, a public health professor at the University of California Merced and a Robert Wood Johnson Interdisciplinary...

LAB ALUM

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Sofia Aguilar

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Sofia Aguilar, a native of Los Angeles, California, graduated from the University of California, Merced in 2024 with a bachelor's degree in Public Health. She was a Student Researcher in Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health. In this role, Sofia...

Policy stakeholders' perspectives and use of data, research evidence, and misinformation in three counties in California, USA during the COVID-19 pandemic, 2020–2022

Publication: Journal Article

Murillo, Joshua, Tessa R. Pulido, Aerika Brittian Loyd, Andrew M. Subica, Irene H. Yen, and Denise D. Payán. 2025. “Policy Stakeholders’ Perspectives and Use of Data, Research Evidence, and Misinformation in Three Counties in California, USA During the COVID-19 Pandemic, 2020–2022”. Preventive Medicine Reports 54.

Rafael Lomeli

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Person: Research Assistant

Rafael Lomeli is a 2025 graduate of UC Merced, earning a bachelor's degree in Public Health with a minor in Psychology. Originally from Tracy, California, he enjoys listening to music, playing guitar and piano, and exercising or watching movies in his free time. Rafael plans to pursue a Master of...

LAB ALUM

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Sofia Aguilar Sofia Aguilar, a native of Los Angeles, California, graduated from the University of California, Merced in 2024 with a bachelor's degree in Public Health. She was a Student Researcher at Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health. In this...