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Dr. Irene Yen

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...

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...

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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).

Rebecca Martinez

Person: Staff Researcher

Rebecca Martinez (she/her/ella) is a Staff Researcher at UC Merced's HOPe Lab. She earned her BA in Public Health from UC Merced in 2021 and her MPH in Health Policy and Services from the University of Southern California in 2024. Born and raised in California's Central Valley, Rebecca has a deep...