Eunhee Victoria Park, M.P.H., is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Community Health Sciences at UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health. She received grants from National Institute of Drug Abuse/National Institute of Health, AAPI Data, UCLA Center for the Study of Women & Barbra Streisand Center, UCLA Asian American Studies Center, UCLA MCH Center of Excellence in the Geffen School of Medicine, and UCLA Academic Senate. Eunhee holds M.P.H. in Social and Behavioral Sciences from University of Hawaii at Manoa and B.A. in Political Sciences and International Relations from Sookmyung Women’s University in Seoul, South Korea.
Selected Works
Eunhee’s research focuses on diseases and health conditions that predominantly impact women (e.g., sexual and reproductive health, maternal and child health). She examines how these conditions manifest and progress differently in women, exploring the interplay between physical and mental health outcomes along with social determinants of health. She is interested in factors that can either mitigate or exacerbate health disparities in the United States and sub-Saharan Africa. Furthermore, she aims to develop behavioral interventions targeting these multifaceted health issues.
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Lai J, Park E, Amabile CJ, Boyce SC, Fielding-Miller R, Swendeman D, Oaks L, Marvel D, Majnoonian A, Silverman J, Wagman J. “They Don’t See Us”: Asian Students’ Perceptions of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment on Three California Public University Campuses. Journal of interpersonal violence. 2024 Mar 12:08862605241235912.
Park E, Lai, J, Wagman JA. Double Jeopardy: Asian Students’ Experiences of Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment and Xenophobia during COVID-19. 19th Hawaii International Summit on Preventing, Assessing, & Treating Trauma Across the Lifespan [Oral Presentation] Honolulu, HI, March 28 – April 1, 2022.
Park E, Yip J, Harville E, Nelson M, Giarratano G, Buekens P, Wagman J. Gaps in the congenital syphilis prevention cascade: qualitative findings from Kern County, California. BMC Infectious Diseases. 2022 Feb 5;22(1):129.
Park E, Stockman JK, Thrift B, Nicole A, Smith LR. Structural barriers to women’s sustained engagement in HIV care in southern California. AIDS and Behavior. 2020 Oct;24:2966-74.
Research Highlights
Eunhee is a co-principal investigator for the Double Jeopardy Study. Her team examines intersections of sexual violence and sexual harassment (SVSH), and anti-Asian racism and discrimination (in both covert and overt forms) that University of California (UC) students from Asian and Pacific Islander (API) communities have experienced. Eunhee utilizes mixed methods including 1) surveys and semi-structured in-depth interviews and 2) two transmedia storytelling methods including photovoice and installation art. The study assesses types of SVSH and gendered microaggressions against API women, and mental and physical health among API undergraduate and graduate students. She also examine changes after COVID-19 pandemic. The research methods are informed by intersectional, community engaged frameworks guided by trauma-informed practices and survivor-centered principles. To learn about the study, visit http://ucspeaksup.org/djstudy/
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