Gilbert C. Gee, PhD, is a faculty associate at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a professor in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, Department of Community Health Sciences. His research examines how racism and other forms of structural disadvantage contribute to health and health care disparities.
In addition, Gee's work examines stress, neighborhoods, and environmental justice using a multi-level and life course perspective. His work also examines the health of Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders, and he has served as the program chair for the Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus of the American Public Health Association. His studies have been conducted in the USA, Japan, and the Philippines.
Gee holds a bachelor's of arts in neuroscience from Oberlin College, a doctorate in social and behavioral sciences from the Johns Hopkins University School of Public Health, and post-doctoral training in sociology from Indiana University.
University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) Fielding School of Public Health researchers have been awarded $3 million to study the sexual and reproductive health of Asian immigrant women in the United States, the university announced on Monday.