I conduct a variety of studies, primarily qualitative in approach, examining the experience and meaning of health and illness to various communities or patient groups. Understanding how non-health professionals conceptualize, recognize and respond to risks to health or well-being and act (or not act) to prevent or minimize risks has been an interest threaded throughout many of my projects which are focused on understanding health disparities and vulnerable populations. A particular focus has been on chronic illnesses, including those affecting children’s oral health and multiple chronic illnesses that affect older adults. All of my research is community-based and much has been interdisciplinary or translational in intent. I have been involved in team research with wide range of faculty and researchers from all four clinical schools on the UCSF campus, the school of Public Health at UC Berkeley, as well as private research institutes in the San Francisco Bay Area.
Professor
M_Humanities & Social Sciences
+1 415 476-7234
Journal of public health dentistry
Journal of public health dentistry
Preventing chronic disease
Journal of health communication
Pediatric dentistry
Appetite
Journal of public health dentistry
Journal of dental hygiene : JDH
Health & place
Journal of ethnobiology and ethnomedicine
Journal of public health dentistry
The Journal of rural health : official journal of the American Rural Health Association and the National Rural Health Care Association
Journal of dental hygiene : JDH
Journal of cross-cultural gerontology
BMC public health
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Social science & medicine (1982)
International journal of geriatric psychiatry
Maternal and child health journal
Journal of black sexuality and relationships
Human organization
Journal of pediatric gastroenterology and nutrition
Journal of public health dentistry
International journal of geriatric psychiatry
Journal of aging research
Pediatric dentistry
Qualitative health research
NAPA bulletin
Pediatric dentistry
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
The American journal of geriatric psychiatry : official journal of the American Association for Geriatric Psychiatry
Medical anthropology quarterly
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Journal of public health dentistry
Health care for women international
American ethnologist
Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education
Pediatric dentistry
Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE
Journal of empirical research on human research ethics : JERHRE
Journal of gerontological nursing
Journal of gerontological nursing
BMC oral health
Journal of cross-cultural gerontology
The American journal on addictions
Health affairs (Project Hope)
Substance use & misuse
Journal of public health dentistry
Community dentistry and oral epidemiology
Journal of general internal medicine
Alzheimer disease and associated disorders
Journal of psychoactive drugs
Journal of medical toxicology : official journal of the American College of Medical Toxicology
The American journal of drug and alcohol abuse
The journals of gerontology. Series B, Psychological sciences and social sciences
Journal of health & social policy
Archives of family medicine
American journal of human biology : the official journal of the Human Biology Council
Research on aging
Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)
The New Zealand medical journal
The Gerontologist
The Gerontologist