In 1987, the first of a series of reports by an FSPH research team led by Drs. E. Richard Brown and Robert O. Valdez found that 22% of California’s under-65 population lacked health insurance. The group followed those findings with studies breaking down who was uninsured, how it affected their health, and what it cost the healthcare system. The groundbreaking research called attention to a national problem and planted the seeds for healthcare reform in the U.S., culminating in the Affordable Care Act.

Informing Policy to Limit Harmful Exposures

Valentina Arputhasamy (MS ’21)

PhD Student, Biostatistics

Empowering Populations Through Research

Linh Chuong

PhD Candidate, Health Policy and Management

Addressing Disparities in Prehospital Care

Esmeralda Melgoza

PhD Candidate, Community Health Science