Leadership and Core Research Team

Our research is shaped in close partnership with community members, bilingual research partners, and trainees who bring lived experience and cultural expertise. These workgroups guide study design, materials development, recruitment, data interpretation, and dissemination.

Spanish Community Workgroup

Spanish 

Kenya Morales-Luna, BA

Jennifer Rueda Verduzco, BA

Henri A Coronado-Volta, MPH

Catalina Porterfield

Andrea Perez Portillo, PhD, LICSW

Raul Benavides Leon, MD

Jessica Luu, BS

Vania Buck, MSW

Larissa Aroche, MD, MPH 

Maria Anakotta

Vietnamese Community Workgroup

Vietnamese 

Jessica Luu, BS

Thuy Duong 

Nguyen Tran

Anna (Nguyen) Tran

Amber Young Luc

Chinese Community Workgroup

Chinese 

Jessica Luu, BS 

Mei Po Yip

Jasmine Chau

Eunice Chung, BS

Jessica Jue, MD

Xinyang Ren, PhD

Shao-Yun Chien, PhD

Howard Chou

Healthcare Worker (HCW) Research Team

Healthcare Worker (HCW) Research Team

Emily Ahrens, RN, PhD 

Katyayani Strohl, MSW 

Stélio Tembe, MD

Larissa Aroche, MD, MPH

Hareen Seerha, BS

Students/Trainees

We regularly work with undergraduate students, graduate and health professional students, residents, and fellows from various disciplines. Trainees contribute to qualitative and quantitative research, data analysis, and dissemination, and receive mentorship in equity-focused, community-engaged research.

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