Sofia Aguilar, a native of Los Angeles California, is a third-year student at the University of California, Merced pursuing an undergraduate degree in Public Health. She is a Student Researcher in Dr...
Brenda Castañeda-Castañeda is a Junior Specialist in Dr. Yen’s Housing, Opportunity and Place (HOPe) Lab in the Department of Public Health. Brenda assists with research on education and obesity...
Jeren Gochyyeva is from the Bay Area and is currently a second-year Computer Science and Engineering student at UC Merced. Her interest in data science and its applications in public health developed...
Rebecca Martinez (she/her/ella) is a Staff Researcher at UC Merced's HOPe Lab. She earned her BA in Public Health from UC Merced in 2021 and her Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Services...
Kimberly Montanez is a recent graduate from UC Merced with a bachelor's degree in public health. She will now be participating in a year-long internship with the National Health Corps as an outreach...
Irene Yen is the principal investigator and director of the HOPe Lab. She received her B.A. from Stanford University and her MPH and PhD from UC Berkeley. She is a social epidemiologist, a public...
