Andrea N. Polonijo, PhD, MPH

VACCINATION

I co-authored an op-ed on COVID-19 vaccination and immunocompromised populations:

Opinion: Normal May Be a Long Way Off for About 10 Million Immunocompromised Americans (San Diego Union-Tribune)

I have provided expert commentary for news stories on COVID-19 vaccination:

What can happen if kids want a COVID vaccine but parents refuse? Experts weigh in (Miami Herald)

Vaccine rebels: The teens defying their parents to get the COVID vaccine (Teen Vogue)

US vaccinates 10 million against COVID but remains behind target (Agence France Presse)

Which Coachella Valley city is most vaccinated? A look at the data (Desert Sun)

'We're going to find an arm': California providers trying to keep COVID-19 vaccines from going to waste (Desert Sun)

Eisenhower conducted 'test' vaccine clinics. They weren't open to the public, but donors invited (Desert Sun)

My study on vaccine mandates was covered by Pharmacy Times, Medical Xpress, and News Medical:

Impact of HPV vaccination mandates on social inequalities: policy has limited impact on vaccine uptake because of individual decision making, study finds (UCR News)

Inside UCR covered my co-authored study on social determinants of shingles vaccination:

Study helps explain how shingles vaccination coverage differs among social groups (Inside UCR)

covid-19

My article on California's COVID-19 disparities appeared the U.S. World and News Report, Houston Chronicle, and other outlets:

How California’s COVID-19 surge widens health inequalities for Black, Latino and low-income residents (The Conversation)

I provided expert commentary for several news stories on COVID-19 prevention and inequalities:

The new mask guidance relies on an honor system. Do we trust each other enough to make it work? (Washington Post)

A year later, what you need to know to protect yourself and others from COVID-19 (CapRadio)

California's deadliest spring in 20 years suggests COVID undercount (Kaiser Health News)

Deadly and revealing: the toll that COVID-19 has taken on the African American community (Managed Healthcare Executive)

States with the best health infrastructure for coronavirus (WalletHub)

Social implications of COVID-19 (Inside UCR)

How heat affects coronavirus, and 7 other things to know before going out (Press Enterprise)

One in five Californians know someone who died of COVID-19 (KQED)

Riverside, San Bernardino counties plead for people to get tested for coronavirus (San Bernardino County Sun)

cosmetic procedures

I discussed stigma and cosmetic procedures for a front-page article in the Vancouver Province. Similar articles appeared in the Ottawa Citizen, National Post, and Times Colonist:

Is this the next botox? Vancouver at the leading edge of a fat melting treatment for double chins (Vancouver Province)

My study on cosmetic surgery and emotional health in women's magazines was covered by numerous media outlets:

Magazines show cosmetic surgery’s emotional lift (Reuters)

Hidden dangers of cosmetic surgery (CTV Vancouver News)

Women’s magazines downplay emotional health risks of cosmetic surgery, study finds (Science Daily)

Emotional health risks of cosmetic surgery downplayed in women’s magazines (Medical News Today)

I am available for media interviews about vaccine uptake and health disparities.