STEVEN WALLACE, PH.D.

Co-Principal Investigator, Coordinating Center

Address
School Of Public Health
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Suite 1500, 10960 Wilshire Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Phone
(310) 794-0910

Fax
(310) 794-2686

Email
swallace@ucla.edu

Biography
Dr. Steven P. Wallace, Ph.D., is a professor at the UCLA School of Public Health, Vice-Chair of the Department of Community Health Sciences, and Associate Director of the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Dr. Wallace is a leading scholar nationally in the area of aging in communities of color, having published widely on topics including access to long-term care by diverse elderly, disparities in the consequences of health policy changes on racial/ethnic minority elderly, and the politics of aging. He has published over 50 peer-reviewed articles in journals such as American Journal of Public Health, PanAmerican Journal of Public Health, Journal of Gerontology: Social Sciences, and Social Science and Medicine. He has also published over 20 book chapters and numerous policy briefs. Ten of his articles have been reprinted in edited books.

His current research includes several studies that identify the gaps in health policies for underserved elders in the state, determine access to care barriers for Mexican immigrants in California and the U.S., and explore determinants of community capacity for public health advocacy. He is a past chair of the Gerontological Health Section of the American Public Health Association, Co-PI of the coordinating center for NIA's Resource Centers for Minority Aging Research, and PI of several projects that provide community-based training on how to use data to advocate for improving access to care for underserved populations in California. He serves on the editorial boards of several academic journals and acts as a consultant to several foundations and federal agencies on strategic directions for aging funding. He received a Fulbright Fellowship for research and lecturing in Chile in 2000 where he studied the impact of public policies on health equity among the elderly. He earned his doctorate in Sociology from the University of California, Los Angeles.