Research
Our Work
The Health Equity Institute accomplishes our work through faculty-led health equity research projects, designing and coordinating campus research hubs and labs, and training MA-level students as health equity researchers and scholars.
Active Research
Funded Projects
- Hermanos De Luna y Sol: A community-based HIV prevention intervention, NIH (Emma V. Sanchez, PI)
- SF State Transforms: Advancing Faculty Equity at SF State, NSF (Laura Mamo, Co-PI with Dean Carmen Domingo)
- Research Ethics in STEM: Network Building and Graduate Student Training, NSF (Laura Mamo, Co-PI with Martha Kenney and Martha Lincoln)
- Stress, Hazardous Drinking and Intimate Partner Aggression in a Diverse Sample of Women and their Partners, NIH (Allen LeBlanc, with Tonda L. Hughes, PI)
- Impact of Minority Stress on Cardiovascular Disease Risk and Resilience (Allen LeBlanc, consultation)
- Structural Racism and Discrimination in Older Men’s Health Inequities (Allen LeBlanc, consultation)
- Disparities in early life educational environment and AD/ADRD: leveraging administrative linkages in a unique occupational cohort, NIH (Sepideh Modrek, MPI).
- Knowledge and Access to Medication Abortion on College Campuses in a Post-Dobbs Landscape, SFSU (Sepideh Modrek, PI)
- The long-term health effects of the New Deal: An 80-year follow-up of 4 cohorts, NIH (Sepideh Modrek, PI)
Research Labs & Hubs
- Science, Technology, and Society Hub (The STS Hub)
- Research & Education on Gender and Sexuality Hub (The REGS Hub -- Formerly CREGS)
- Reproduction and Health Equity Working Group (R&HE Working Group)
- Big Data and Health Equity Lab (Big Data Lab)
- Social, Environmental and Policy Influences on Health Equity Research Lab (SoEPI Lab)
Our Goals
- To lead interdisciplinary research and scholarship that provides the knowledge and recommendations to promote health equity
- To foster critical consciousness about the social determinants of health through educational and training activities
- To collaborate with campus organization, faculty, as well as community organizations and governmental agencies to promote health equity research and activities
Our Projects
- Student-Engaged Research
- Health Equity Education
- Faculty and Campus Collaboration
- Community Development & Engagement
View our complete list of projects
Our Partners & Selected Funders
- Federal, Foundation and non-profit Funding partners
- SFSU partnerships
- External University partners
- Community partners
View our complete list of partnerships
Our Track Record
HEI has offered students, staff, and other faculty opportunities as Co-Investigators, Research Leads, and student researchers through our team-based research projects. Our student alums are over one hundred students placed in Ph.D. programs, academic and industry positions, and primarily through non-profit and social change organizations. SF State faculty have benefited from grant support, training, and participation as fellows in HEI programs.
HEI has brought over 20 million dollars in research and training funds to the campus.