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Brittany N. Morey, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor of Public Health

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Study: Gaps in data on Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders alarming amid COVID

September 16, 2021 by bmorey1

Axios: “September 16, 2021-Native Hawaiians and Pacific Islanders are one of the fastest-growing populations, yet data collection on the community at the federal and state levels remains “virtually nonexistent,” according to a new study published in the Journal of Health Politics, Policy, and Law.”

Read full article here: https://www.axios.com/covid-data-native-hawaiians-pacific-islanders-7814153f-8f00-4f44-8f1d-862fbd35a8e2.html

Filed Under: News Tagged With: COVID-19, data disaggregation, data equity, Journal of Health Politics Policy and Law, Native Hawaiians, Office of Management and Budget, Pacific Islanders, pandemic, political power, structural racism

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

UCI Program in Public Health Lunchtime Lecture

October 1, 2020 by bmorey1

“The Burden of COVID-19 on Pacific Islander Communities.” A talk for the UCI Program in Public Health Lunchtime Lecture Series on Sept. 17, 2020.

View recorded lecture here.

Filed Under: News Tagged With: colonization, community health, COVID-19, data disaggregation, health equity, lecture, lunchtime, Native Hawaiians, Pacific Islanders, structural racism, UCI

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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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