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Research | Donna Dahrouge, MPH | Carrie Graham, PhD, MGS | Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA | Elaine Kurtovich, MPH, PT | Winston Tseng, PhD
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Winston Tseng, PhD, is Assistant Research Scientist in the Division of Community Health and Human Development at UC Berkeley.
Prior to joining HRA, he was a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow in the Behavioral Factors in Heart Disease training program at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.
He is currently Chair-Elect of the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of the American Public Health Association and an advisor on the CBPR Subcommittee at the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities.
His major fields of specialty include health services research, racial and social inequities of health, community-based participatory research (CBPR), and nonprofit institutions and civil society.
His community research and policy work focuses on health inequities facing ethnic minorities and immigrants and the role of health and social service organizations in mediating health inequities and improving community quality of life.
He engages residents, community organizations, research institutions, and policy stakeholders to mutually plan, evaluate, and implement culturally and linguistically appropriate health education campaigns and multidisciplinary delivery models for primary and chronic care.
He holds a PhD in Medical Sociology from the University of California, San Francisco, and a BA in Biology from Johns Hopkins University.