Brittany N. Morey, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Public Health

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UC Davis Center for Poverty & Inequality Panel on Racial & Ethnic Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic

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On May 12, 2021, Dr. Brittany Morey was one of four speakers on a panel hosted by the UC Davis Center for Poverty & Inequality Research entitled, “Racial and Ethnic Disparities During the COVID-19 Pandemic.” The other panelists included Dr. Gwenetta D. Curry (University of Edinburgh), Dr. Leah Hibel (UC Davis), and Dr. Emilia Simeonova (Johns Hopkins University). Dr. Morey spoke on the COVID-19 disparities experienced by Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders during the pandemic.

A recording of the panel may be viewed on YouTube here.

IAPHS Webinar–COVID-19 and Health Equity for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Communities: When No Data Equals No Disparities

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This panel webinar was hosted by the RacismLab of the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Science. Speakers included Lan Đoàn of NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Roopa Kalyanaraman Marcello of New York City Health + Hospitals, Corina Penaia of the Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander Data Policy Lab, and Stella Yi of the NYU Grossman School of Medicine. Brittany Morey was the session moderator. The panel focused on COVID-19 data reporting and practices for AAs and NHPIs as a form of structural racism. Efforts to address the impact of COVID-19 on AA and NHPI communities were discussed.

A recording of the webinar is available to IAPHS members: https://iaphs.org/covid-19-and-health-equity-for-asian-american-native-hawaiian-and-pacific-islander-communities-when-no-data-equals-no-disparities/

Recipient of ICTS Pilot Award 2020

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I am thankful to be awarded a UCI Institute of Clinical and Translational Science Pilot Award for 2020-2021 for my project entitled “Neighborhood Risk and Resilience for Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander Respiratory Health Disparities.” https://www.icts.uci.edu/funding/pilots%20and%20grants/2020-pilot.php

Track us better: Overlooked Pacific Islanders hit hard by coronavirus

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The heavy burden didn’t surprise Brittany Morey, a public health professor at UC Irvine researching social and health inequities in Pacific Islanders.

Pacific Islanders are likely more vulnerable to coronavirus since they are more likely to face poverty, live in dense neighborhoods and crowded homes, and work low-wage essential jobs that increase their risk of exposure.

And while public health researchers lump Pacific Islander data with Asians, they probably share more social-economic traits and chronic conditions with African Americans, Morey said.