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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, a public health professor at the University of California Merced and a Robert Wood Johnson Interdisciplinary Research Leadership fellow. My research is currently centered on the question of how place influences...
Our current research on housing, opportunity, place, and education
Educational Trajectories and Health This is a National Institutes of Health (NIH) funded study investigating education trajectories, the paths people take to complete their education, how it differs by sex, race/ethnicity, and family circumstances, and what the effect of different trajectories is on...
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 in Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health. In this role, Sofia...
Sofia Aguilar
Undergraduate Research Assistant Alum 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...
Sofia Aguilar
Educational attainment past the traditional age of completion for two cohorts of US adults: Inequalities by gender and race/ethnicity
Cohen, Alison K., Sarah Ryan, Louisa H. Smith, Robert K. Ream, Maria Glymour, Andrea Lopez, and Irene H. Yen. 2021. “Educational Attainment past the Traditional Age of Completion for Two Cohorts of US Adults: Inequalities by Gender and Race/Ethnicity”. Race and Social Problems.
Understanding the benefits of different types and timing of education for mental health: A sequence analysis approach
Vable, Anusha M, Catherine dP Duarte, Rae Wannier, Alec M Chan-Golston, Alison K Cohen, Maria Glymour, Robert K Ream, and Irene H Yen. 2021. “Understanding the Benefits of Different Types and Timing of Education for Mental Health: A Sequence Analysis Approach”. The Journals of Gerontology: Series B.
Housing stability and Hepatitis C infection for young adults who inject drugs: Examining the relationship of consistent and intermittent housing status on HCV infection risk
Morris, Meghan D, Irene H Yen, Steve Shiboski, Jennifer L Evans, and Kimberly Page. 2020. “Housing Stability and Hepatitis C Infection for Young Adults Who Inject Drugs: Examining the Relationship of Consistent and Intermittent Housing Status on HCV Infection Risk”. Journal of Urban Health 97 (6): 831-44.
Does the type and timing of educational attainment influence physical health? A novel application of sequence analysis
Vable, Anusha M, Catherine dP Duarte, Alison K Cohen, Maria Glymour, Robert K Ream, and Irene H Yen. 2020. “Does the Type and Timing of Educational Attainment Influence Physical Health? A Novel Application of Sequence Analysis”. American Journal of Epidemiology 189 (11): 1389-1401.