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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...

Health care utilization among women of reproductive age living in public housing: Associations across six public housing sites in San Francisco

Publication: Journal Article

Headen, Irene E., Leslie Dubbin, Alison J. Canchola, Ellen Kersten, and Irene H. Yen. 2022. “Health Care Utilization Among Women of Reproductive Age Living in Public Housing: Associations across Six Public Housing Sites in San Francisco”. Preventive Medicine Reports 27.

Changes in food insecurity and smoking status over time: Analysis of the 2003 and 2015 panel study of income dynamics

Publication: Journal Article

Kim-Mozeleski, Jin E., Hilary K. Seligman, Irene H. Yen, Susan J. Shaw, David R. Buchanan, and Janice Y. Tsoh. 2018. “Changes in Food Insecurity and Smoking Status over Time: Analysis of the 2003 and 2015 Panel Study of Income Dynamics”. American Journal of Health Promotion 33 (5): 698-707.

Racial/ethnic differences in associations between neighborhood social cohesion and meeting physical activity guidelines, United States, 2013-2014

Publication: Journal Article

Yi, Stella S, Chau Trinh-Shevrin, Irene H Yen, and Simona C Kwon. 2016. “Racial/Ethnic Differences in Associations Between Neighborhood Social Cohesion and Meeting Physical Activity Guidelines, United States, 2013-2014”. Preventing Chronic Disease 13: E165.

Reproducibility and implementation of a rapid, community-based COVID-19 "test and respond" model in low-income, majority-Latino communities in Northern California

Publication: Journal Article

Chamie, Gabriel, Patric Prado, Yolanda Oviedo, Tatiana Vizcaíno, Carina Arechiga, Kara Marson, Omar Carrera, et al. 2022. “Reproducibility and Implementation of a Rapid, Community-Based COVID-19 ‘test and Respond’ Model in Low-Income, Majority-Latino Communities in Northern California”. PLos One 17 (10).

Brenda Castañeda-Castañeda

Person: Staff Research Associate

Brenda Castañeda-Castañeda is a Staff Research Associate in Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health. Brenda is currently pursuing a Master's degree in Public Health at UC Berkeley. In her role at the HOPe Lab, Brenda assists with qualitative research...

"Housing is health care": Treating homelessness in safety-net hospitals

Publication: Journal Article

Managing the "hot spots": Health care, policing, and the goverment of poverty in the US

Publication: Journal Article

Fleming, Mark D., Janet K. Shim, Irene Yen, Leslie Dubbin, Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Christoph Hanssmann, and Nancy J. Burke. 2021. “Managing the ‘hot Spots’: Health Care, Policing, and the Goverment of Poverty in the US”. American Ethnologist, 1-15.

How neighborhoods influence health: Lessons to be learned from the application of political ecology

Publication: Journal Article

Chitewere, Tendai, Janet K. Shim, Judith C. Barker, and Irene H. Yen. 2017. “How Neighborhoods Influence Health: Lessons to Be Learned from the Application of Political Ecology”. Health & Place 45: 117-23.

Hello, I'm Dr. Irene Yen

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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...