Health Equity Institute

On this Transgender Day of Remembrance, Out Magazine has published the #TransObituariesProject. "A special portion of this year's Out100 details the remarkable story of Layleen Cubilette-Polanco, 20+ lives lost in 2019, and how we can end the epidemic of violence," writes Executive Editor Raquel Willis. #TDOR #TDOR2019 Check out the project here:

Hello, Facebook friends and colleagues! If you're tuned into HEI on social media, you might have noticed our new presence on Twitter. Our latest newsletter is now available, with features on Our new Administrative Coordinator Ricky Khanijow... Dr. Laura Mamo's NSF award Recent news on HEI scholars the Neuro Tech Lab An upcoming talk at UCSF by director Jesus Ramirez-Valles, and more. http://ow.ly/lvSw50uGDID Watch this Facebook space for more updates and news from HEI!

We are hiring a new Director! The Health Equity Institute (HEI) at San Francisco State University seeks a new Director. Please visit our website for more information and how to apply: http://healthequity.sfsu.edu/job-opportunities

A special thank you goes to Ugo Edu our HEI Science, Justice, and Health Equity Post-Doctoral Fellow (pictured with Dr. Mamo) for all her important contributions to HEI. We are better for having you be part of our team. Thank you!

Anoshua Chaudhuri, Professor of Economics, along with faculty colleagues, Grace Yoo in Asian American Studies and Yeon-shim Lee from Social Work are collecting nationally representative data on H1B Visa holders. Their project aims at examining H1B visa families in Filipino, Korean, Chinese, and Indian immigrant populations and how these families maintain family relations and ties (e.g., motivation of migration, migration/assimilation process, socio-economic demographic condit...ions) with their home country. This study explores how cultural, social, workplace, and economic contexts influence: a) responsibilities and practices of elder care in local and transnational contexts for H1B visa families, b) negotiations with their networks of care (e.g., kin-networks), and c) decisions on care arrangements and care provision (e.g., cultural beliefs about caregiving arrangements and strategies, utilization of a nursing home) In addition, the investigators will examine the impact of transnational caregiving on H1B visa families, with a focus on economic, social, and psychological costs and benefits (e.g., financial remittance, health care costs for their older parents both living overseas as well as new immigrants, such as green card holders who do not qualify for Medicare); and implications for their workplaces in the U.S. They hope to make recommendations that are innovative, culturally sensitive, and useful for public policy and programmatic interventions that impact H1B workers in the United States.

HEI Affiliate Faculty and Assistant Professor of Psychology, Melissa Hagan, was featured in the SF State news. Melissa Hagan suggests that a more positive parent-child relationship as well as the child’s own ability to manage his or her response to stressful situations may help prevent negative health impacts associated with low socioeconomic status. http://ow.ly/hzXK30baKAW

Dr. Sepideh Modrek is working with HEI intern, Tatiana Mariscal, on visualizing historic data on benefits of The Works Progress Administration (WPA). The WPA was the largest temporary public sector employment program in the United States during the 20th century. Between 1935 and 1941, the WPA provided employment to over 8 million individuals in need, and provided income support and stability to households with over 20 million children. Dr. Modrek has initiated a project to explore the long-term health effects of the WPA on the well-being of children born from 1930-1940. To begin this process she is working with students to visualize the geographic variation in benefits.

Thank you to our 2017 student scholars for all of your hard work here at HEI and congratulations to those who are graduating!

HEI's Science Technology and Society (STS) Hub at their end of the year celebration

HEI’s student scholars showcased their research poster at SF State’s Graduate Research and Creative Works Showcase. Liz Schoyer, a 2016 HEI scholar, is graduating with her MPH and presenting her work at the grad symposium. Congratulations Liz! Find out more on our website: https://healthequity.sfsu.edu/about-hei/who