SOCIAL DETERMINANTS OF VACCINATION AMONG FARMWORKERS
Farmworkers face elevated risk of vaccine-preventable diseases while also encountering structural barriers to vaccination shaped by working and living conditions. This project examines how social and occupational contexts influence vaccine uptake among California’s agricultural workforce. It aims to (1) identify the working conditions and social determinants that shape vaccination behavior and (2) inform targeted, context-sensitive interventions to improve vaccine access and uptake in agricultural settings.
The project is funded by a Supporting Labor Research and Education in the Central Valley Grant from the University of California, Merced Community and Labor Center (2024).
STIGMA AS A FUNDAMENTAL CAUSE OF HEALTH INEQUALITIES
Stigma remains an underexamined mechanism through which health inequalities are produced and maintained. This project tests whether stigma operates as a fundamental cause of health inequalities among sexual and gender minority populations. It also examines whether state-level structural stigma moderates associations between sexual and gender minority status and disparities in highly preventable diseases.
This project is funded by a University of California Hellman Faculty Fellows Award from the Hellman Foundation (2024-2025).
SOCIOECONOMIC INEQUALITIES IN CHILDHOOD VACCINATION IN DENMARK
This multi-pronged project investigates socioeconomic inequalities in childhood vaccination in Denmark, with attention to family- and community-level socioeconomic conditions and the role of misinformation in shaping vaccination gaps.
This collaborative project with Vibeke Tornhøj Christensen (VIVE, The Danish Center for Social Science Research) and Richard Carpiano (University of California, Riverside) is funded by the Novo Nordisk Foundation (2018–2025).