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Stella S. Yi, PhD, MPH (she/her/hers)

Associate Professor
NYU Grossman School of Medicine
New York, New York, United States

Stella Yi is an Associate Professor at the NYU Grossman School of Medicine, Department of Population Health, Section for Health Equity.  Dr. Yi is a researcher deeply committed to advancing social justice for Asian American and immigrant communities. Her specific content area expertise is on community-partnered initiatives focused on nutrition and eating, cardio-metabolic disease and the collection of disaggregated racial and ethnicy data at the local and state levels. Prior to joining faculty at NYU in 2014, she worked for six years at the NYC Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DOHMH) leading research and evaluation efforts of city nutrition policies and community-clinic initiatives. Given these experiences, she possesses a unique viewpoint on health, policy and research that encompasses a population-based perspective paired with an understanding of specific health needs and sociocultural norms of communities experiencing health disparities. Dr. Yi received her Masters in Public Health in Chronic Disease Epidemiology/Social Behavioral Sciences at the Yale School of Public Health and her doctorate in Epidemiology from the Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health.

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