New Faculty in Division of Health Policy and Management
We are pleased to announce that Julie Dang, M.P.H., Ph.D. has joined the Department of Public Health Sciences as an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Division of Health Policy and Management.
Dang joins the Department from the Office of Community Outreach and Engagement at the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center, where as Executive Director she has worked to mitigate cancer health disparities in underserved communities and minority populations. She earned her Ph.D. in health policy from the University of California, Berkeley in 2018 and her Master's in Public Health from San Jose State University in 2008.
Julie Dang, Ph.D., M.P.H.
On of her primary research interests is improving the vaccination rates of the human papillomavirus (HPV) vaccine, shown to be effective at preventing cervical cancer. She has developed, implemented, and evaluated strategies to increase diverse and underserved community participation in biospecimen donationn, clinical trials, and cancer screenings/prevention through conducting needs assessments, creating culturally appropriate, ethnically specific, and cognitively empowering educational materials, promoting community outreach and education, and engaging in community-based participatory research.
According to Chair Brad Pollock, "Dr. Dang has worked to engage diverse and underserved populations in cancer control and prevention research, a and has developed collaborative research agendas across academic disciplines, community organizations, and government agencies. She is committed to training the next generation of health disparities researchers and will continue to provide research internships and mentorship to UC Davis students. She is a wonderful addition to the Department."