Publications

STRONG Lab members team publications:

1.      Cruz ML, Christie S, Allen E, Meza E, Nápoles AM, Mehta KM. Traditional Healers as Health Care Providers for the Latine Community in the United States, a Systematic Review.Health Equity. 2022 Jun 15;6(1):412-426. http://doi: 10.1089/heq.2021.0099

2.      Denetclaw WF, Otto ZK, Christie S, Allen E, Cruz M, Potter KA, Mehta KM. Diné Navajo Resilience to the COVID-19 pandemic. PLoS One. 2022 Aug 4;17(8):e0272089. http://doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0272089.

3.      Mehta, K.M., Ceberio, N., Vernard, S. et al. Designing a biomedical coding program focused on inclusivity and agency. Nat Comput Sci 1, 242–243 (2021). https://doi.org/10.1038/s43588-021-00063-6

4.      Ceberio N, Le P, Bailey J, Vernard S, Coleman N, Carrasco YP, King T, Bibbins-Domingo K, Nguyen T, Parangan-Smith A, Uwaezuoke K, Rivers RC, Watson K, Márquez-Magaña L, Mehta KM. Virtual BUILD Research Collaboratory: A biomedical data science training using innovative pedagogy to address structures of racism and inequitable stress for undergraduates of color. PLoS One. 2024 Feb 27;19(2):e0294307. http://doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0294307 

5. Michaud, M., Evans, M., Mendez, R., Zapanta, J., Trochez, A., Mehta, K. M., Márquez-Magaña, L., & Parangan-Smith, A. (2024). Investigating the Impacts of a Modified Mindfulness Practice on Minoritized College Students' Chronic Stress. Integrative medicine reports, 3(1), 102–110. https://doi-org.ucsf.idm.oclc.org/10.1089/imr.2024.0009

6. Shak, E. B., Berry, L., Chow, B., Abramowitz, S., & Mehta, K. M. (2025). The Pre-Medical Health Coach (PHC) program: pre-medical students as volunteer health coaches at a safety-net hospital in California, 2016-2020. BMC medical education, 25(1), 322. https://doi-org.ucsf.idm.oclc.org/10.1186/s12909-024-06524-6

7. Bao, A., Jin, J., Smith, C., Hakimi, M., Mehta, K. M., Bhutani, T., & Fu, J. (2025). Alopecia areata severity and patient-reported intimacy: A cross-sectional survey study. JAAD international, 22, 20–22. https://doi-org.ucsf.idm.oclc.org/10.1016/j.jdin.2025.04.013