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Brittany N. Morey, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Public Health

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NPR’s Academic Minute Podcast: The Role of Social Support for Chinese & Korean American Health

October 20, 2021 by bmorey1

The Academic Minute features researchers from colleges and universities around the world, keeping listeners abreast of what’s new and exciting in the academy and of all the ways academic research contributes to solving the world’s toughest problems and to serving the public good.

October 18-22, 2021 is “University of California, Irvine Week” on NPR’s “The Academic Minute.” On Wednesday October 20, 2021, the episode focused Dr. Morey’s research on the Central Role of Social Support in the Health of Chinese and Korean American Immigrants.

Listen to the podcast for October 20, 2021 here: https://www.npr.org/podcasts/564572329/the-academic-minute

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Academic Minute, American, Chinese, distress, Health, immigrants, immigration, Korean, NPR, podcast, social support, stress

Op-Ed: Systemic racism impacts Asian Americans as well

June 7, 2021 by bmorey1

Published: May 22, 2021

“More must be done to identify long-term solutions that can address the structural racism affecting the safety and health of Asian Americans.” My op-ed appears in the Orange County Register.

PDF version here:

Systemic-racism-impacts-Asian-Americans-as-well-–-Orange-County-RegisterDownload

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Asian Americans, Brittany Morey, health disparities, health disparity, health inequities, health inequity, immigration, immigration policy, op-ed, opinion, Orange County Register, public health, structural racism, systemic racism

Asian women who immigrate to U.S. may have higher breast cancer risk, research finds

April 18, 2020 by bmorey1

My research covered by NBC Asian America.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Asian American, breast cancer, cancer risk, health disparities, immigrant, immigration, NBC, research, women

Immigrant Asian American women may be at higher risk for breast cancer

April 18, 2020 by bmorey1

My work covered by UCR News.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: Asian American, breast cancer, cancer risk, immigrant, immigration, nativity, Preventing Chronic Disease, women

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Brittany N. Morey, PhD, MPH

Department of Health, Society, & Behavior
UC Irvine Joe C. Wen School of Population & Public Health
856 Health Sciences Quad, COHS 3527
Irvine, CA 92697
brittany.morey@uci.edu
(949) 824-1470

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