Joelle Wolstein May

Joelle Wolstein May, PhD, MPP, MA, is an adjunct assistant professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Health Policy and Management and research scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Her research focuses on modifiable and policy-relevant factors that influence health behavior and health outcomes, including disparities in health and access to care, social and environmental determinants of health, health behaviors, and chronic health conditions. She has studied barriers to health care and health disparities experienced by underserved populations, including people of color; lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender people; low-income populations; and immigrant populations. Wolstein is also an assistant professor in the Department of Public Health at Cal State University, Los Angeles.

She earned her PhD in Health Services at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, MPP at the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs, and MA in Latin American Studies at UCLA.