Pilot Awardees
1. PI: Nana Entsuah, PharmD
Project Title: Evaluating a Physician-Pharmacist collaborative model for improving blood pressure amongst African Americans and decreasing the hypertension control disparity gap within a health system.
2. PI: Estelle Everett, MD
Project Title: Barriers to CGM use in an underserved population with poorly controlled diabetes
3. PI: Yuqing Guo, PhD, MN
Project Title: Develop and Test a Culturally Sensitive mHealth-Based Sleep Intervention to Reduce Blood Pressure Disparities Among Black and Hispanic Overweight/Obese Pregnant Women
4. PI: Annie Ro, PhD, MPH
Project Title: Type 2 Diabetes Medication and Management Among Older Latino Undocumented Patients After Full-Scope Medi-Cal Expansion
5. PI: Utpal Sandesara, MD, PhD
Project Title: Experiences and Needs of Informal Caregivers for Multiethnic Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease in a U.S. Urban Safety-Net Setting
6. PI: Dante Anthony Tolentino, PhD, MS, RN-BC
Project Title: Spatial Mapping of Diabetes Self- Management Education and Support (Dsmes) Utilization and the Determinants of Dsmes Engagement Among Asian Americans with Type 2 Diabetes in Southern California
7. PI: Priscilla M. Vásquez, PhD
Project Title: Multi-Level Determinants of Blood Pressure Control in Ethnically Diverse Hypertensive Patients in the Los Angeles County Safety Net Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
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Pilot Awardees (2022 - Current)
1. PI: Nana Entsuah, PharmD
Project Title: Evaluating a Physician-Pharmacist collaborative model for improving blood pressure amongst African Americans and decreasing the hypertension control disparity gap within a health system.
2. PI: Estelle Everett, MD
Project Title: Barriers to CGM use in an underserved population with poorly controlled diabetes
3. PI: Yuqing Guo, PhD, MN
Project Title: Develop and Test a Culturally Sensitive mHealth-Based Sleep Intervention to Reduce Blood Pressure Disparities Among Black and Hispanic Overweight/Obese Pregnant Women
4. PI: Annie Ro, PhD, MPH
Project Title: Type 2 Diabetes Medication and Management Among Older Latino Undocumented Patients After Full-Scope Medi-Cal Expansion
5. PI: Utpal Sandesara, MD, PhD
Project Title: Experiences and Needs of Informal Caregivers for Multiethnic Patients with End-Stage Liver Disease in a U.S. Urban Safety-Net Setting
6. PI: Dante Anthony Tolentino, PhD, MS, RN-BC
Project Title: Spatial Mapping of Diabetes Self- Management Education and Support (Dsmes) Utilization and the Determinants of Dsmes Engagement Among Asian Americans with Type 2 Diabetes in Southern California
7. PI: Priscilla M. Vásquez, PhD
Project Title: Multi-Level Determinants of Blood Pressure Control in Ethnically Diverse Hypertensive Patients in the Los Angeles County Safety Net Before and During the COVID-19 Pandemic
Featured Awardee
2022 Awardees
Year 1 (2022) Pilot Awardee Cohort
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2022 Awardees
Year 1 (2022) Pilot Awardee Cohort
Project Title:
El Corazón de la Comunidad: Protecting Those who Protect Low Income Hispanic/Latinx Americans
Dr. Jessie Borelli is an Associate Professor of Psychological Science at University of California, Irvine. She is a clinical psychologist specializing the field of developmental psychopathology; her research focuses on the links between close relationships, emotions, health, and development, with a particular focus on risk for anxiety and depression. In her work, Dr. Borelli is interested in harnessing relationship science to develop interventions to improve mental health and well-being. Jessie Borelli also maintains a small private practice where she sees children, adolescents, adults, couples and families, with a specialization in the areas of anxiety disorders, eating disorders, adoption, and parenting (www.compass-therapy.com).
Project Title:
El Corazón de la Comunidad: Protecting Those who Protect Low Income Hispanic/Latinx Americans
Dr. Jessie Borelli is an Associate Professor of Psychological Science at University of California, Irvine. She is a clinical psychologist specializing the field of developmental psychopathology; her research focuses on the links between close relationships, emotions, health, and development, with a particular focus on risk for anxiety and depression. In her work, Dr. Borelli is interested in harnessing relationship science to develop interventions to improve mental health and well-being. Jessie Borelli also maintains a small private practice where she sees children, adolescents, adults, couples and families, with a specialization in the areas of anxiety disorders, eating disorders, adoption, and parenting (www.compass-therapy.com).
2022 Awardees
Year 1 (2022) Pilot Awardee Cohort
Jessica Borelli, PhD
Project: El Corazón de la Comunidad: Protecting Those who Protect Low Income Hispanic/Latinx Americans
Jessica Borelli, PhD
Project: El Corazón de la Comunidad: Protecting Those who Protect Low Income Hispanic/Latinx Americans
Jessica Borelli, PhD
Project: El Corazón de la Comunidad: Protecting Those who Protect Low Income Hispanic/Latinx Americans
Jessica Borelli, PhD
Project: El Corazón de la Comunidad: Protecting Those who Protect Low Income Hispanic/Latinx Americans