UCLA CHPR researchers presenting at the 2025 APHA conference

Published On: October 28, 2025

UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR) staff, faculty, students, and affiliates are featured in 20 scientific presentations, panel discussions, and poster sessions on topics including: food insecurity among college students, community engagement in tobacco control policy efforts, barriers to care among immigrants, law enforcement and its effect on health care access among Latino/a and Asian adults, and more.

Visit the UCLA CHPR booth (#1501) to:  

  • Meet some of our researchers, staff, and students.
  • Get demos of our data dashboards and online query tools, including the California Health Interview Survey’s AskCHIS™ and AskCHIS™ Neighborhood Edition (NE), California Elder Index, and Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islander (NHPI) Data Policy Lab social determinants of health dashboards.
  • Learn about a new UCLA Data Equity Center opportunity that will help states build equitable data infrastructures.
  • Pick up CHPR swag, including tote bags, stickers, bears, and more.

UCLA CHPR staff and students are presenting the following sessions: 

Monday, November 3

Association of Food Insecurity with Health Impacts of Climate-related Events
10:45 a.m.–11:00 a.m. 
Presenter: Sue Babey
Co-authors: Joelle Wolstein May, Ninez A. Ponce

Improving the Reach of the Medicare Savings Program (MSP) to Older Adults Using the California Elder Index (CEI)
12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. 
Presenter: Lauren Vuong
Co-authors: Mohammad Khorgamphar, Natalie Kim, Qianyun Wang, Sithara Diunugala, Kathryn Kietzman, Imelda Padilla-Frausto

Empowering Voices: Understanding Barriers and Facilitators of Community Engagement in Tobacco Control Policy Efforts
2:45 p.m.–3:00 p.m. 
Presenter: Sue Babey
Co-authors: Zully Guerra, Evelyn Odunayo-Ojo, Sabina Cervantes, Tricia Yong, Luiza Arakeylan, Peggy Toy

Tuesday, November 4

Engaging with Community to Inform Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drugs (ATOD) Policy
This session features two presentations by UCLA CHPR Director of Research Sue Babey, PhD, who will share findings from a five-year evaluation of a California Tobacco Prevention Program (CTPP) initiative:

Wednesday, November 5

Campus Predictors of Food Pantry Use Among College Students in California
8:45 a.m.–9:00 a.m. 
Presenter: Joelle Wolstein May
Co-authors: Tabashir Nobari, Sue Babey, AJ Scheitler, Sarah Stigers

Avoidance of Public Programs Due to Immigration Concerns from 2019 to 2023 and Associations with Access to Care
10:50 a.m.–10:55 a.m.
Presenter: Joelle Wolstein May
Co-author: Sue Babey

Presentations co-authored by UCLA CHPR staff, affiliates, and students:

Political Determinants of Latino Health 
Sunday, November 2 | 2:30 p.m.–4:00 p.m.
This session features presentations on two follow-on surveys of the UCLA CHPR's California Health Interview Survey (CHIS): the Latino Youth Health Study and the Research on Immigrant Health and State Policy (RIGHTS) Study:

Student Perceptions of the Campus Food Environment at Minority Serving Institutions
Sunday, November 2 | 5:00 p.m.–6:00 p.m.
Presenter: Tabashir Nobari
Co-authors: Alyssa Lederer, M. Pia Chaparro, et al.

Session: Digital Health and Healthcare Innovation for People with Disabilities
Monday, November 3 | 10:30 a.m.–Noon 
Moderators: Shreya Paul, Vijay Vasudevan

Impact of SNAP on California College Students’ Academic Performance
Tuesday, November 4 | 12:30 p.m.–1:30 p.m. 
Presenter: Tabashir Nobari
Co-authors: Sue Babey, Joelle Wolstein May, Sarah Stigers, AJ Scheitler

The largest gathering of public health professionals, the APHA Annual Meeting and Expo brings more than 12,000 members of the public health community together to experience robust scientific programming, poster sessions, meetings, networking, and more. The 2025 meeting theme is “Making the Public’s Health a National Priority.” 

See the full list of our APHA sessions and presentations using CHPR and CHIS data.

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