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Location, location, location
How geography acts as a structural determinant of health
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Communities of color experienced fear and mistrust of institutions during COVID-19 pandemic
UC Riverside-led study calls for culturally sensitive health interventions to address trauma
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Study exposes plight of deported noncitizen veterans
UC Riverside-led research shows how deportation acts as a social determinant of health
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Salton Sea environment detrimental to respiratory health of local children
UC Riverside-led study focuses on caregivers’ take on how the sea affects their children’s health
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Mired in silence
Health of Southern California’s farmworkers needs to be a priority, says UC Riverside study
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Marginalized communities of color face high COVID-19 risk
UC Riverside study focused on farm-working communities in California’s Eastern Coachella Valley
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School of Medicine faculty receive grants to study opioid use and COVID-19 testing
Andrew Subica and Ann Cheney will focus their research on marginalized U.S. populations
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Mobile clinics can help address health care needs of Latino farmworkers
A University of California, Riverside, study that sought to determine barriers to health care among Spanish-speaking Latino farmworkers in rural communities has devised an innovative health care service delivery model that addresses many challenges these communities face. The researchers, led by Ann Cheney, a medical anthropologist and assistant professor in...
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Project aimed at improving Latino population’s access to healthy local foods receives new funding
UC Riverside School of Medicine to lead engagement project in eastern Coachella Valley
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PCORI award seeks to support students in recovery
Project is the first major effort in the UC system to assess the needs of students in recovery