Recent Keynotes, Plenaries, Named Lectures, University Forums
May 2022. University Forum: How to tell a true story about COVID-19 inequities (recording)
April 2022. UC Santa Cruz Social Sciences Distinguished Alumni Award (recording)
April 2022. John R. Lewis College Necessary Trouble Series on Pathways to Thriving Communities (recording)
In the News
February 3, 2022: Equity gaps in COVID-19 deaths closed for some racial and ethnic groups, widened for others during vaccine rollout in California
New research from UC Santa Cruz, Stanford University, and UC San Francisco shows how racial and ethnic disparities in COVID-19 deaths across California changed as the rollout process for vaccines began.
September 29, 2021: Geographically targeted COVID-19 vaccination is more equitable and averts more deaths than age-based thresholds alone
New Science Advances study co-authored by Assistant Professor of Sociology and Global and Community Health Alicia Riley uses data on two different states–California and Minnesota– showing COVID-19 vaccination prioritized lower-risk white people above higher-risk people of color.
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