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Victoria D. Ojeda, Assistant Professor, has focused for more than ten years, on the health of underserved and vulnerable populations, including immigrants, Latinos, women and children. She has published on health services issues including access to health insurance coverage, utilization of health and mental health services, and the financing of health care. Prior research also includes international collaborations with investigators in Mexico and the Netherlands. Dr. Ojeda’s current research focuses on substance use, HIV/AIDS, and mental health comorbidities, with a focus on migrant populations, including injection drug users and female sex workers. In addition, Dr. Ojeda also teaches in the UCSD-SDSU Joint Doctoral Program in Global Public Health.
Dr. Ojeda holds a BA in Psychology and Spanish from Brandeis University and she obtained her MPH and PhD in Community Health Sciences from the School of Public Health at UCLA. Dr. Ojeda completed a NIMH Post-doctoral fellowship in Mental Health Policy at the Department of Health Care Policy at the Harvard Medical School.
Selected Publications:
Strathdee SA, Lozada R, Ojeda VD, Pollini RA, Brouwer KC, Vera A, Cornelius W, Nguyen L, Magis-Rodriguez C, Patterson TL; Proyecto El Cuete. Differential effects of migration and deportation on HIV infection among male and female injection drug users in Tijuana, Mexico. (PLoS ONE. 2008 Jul 30;3(7):e2690). RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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Gilmer TP, Ojeda VD, Fuentes D, Criado V, Garcia P. Access to public mental health services among older adults with severe mental illness. (Int J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2009 Mar;24(3):313-8). RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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Ojeda VD, Bergstresser SM. Gender, race-ethnicity, and psychosocial barriers to mental health care: an examination of perceptions and attitudes among adults reporting unmet need. (J Health Soc Behav. 2008 Sep;49(3):317-34). RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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Depp C, Ojeda VD, Mastin W, Unützer J, Gilmer TP. Trends in use of antipsychotics and mood stabilizers among Medicaid beneficiaries with bipolar disorder, 2001-2004. (Psychiatr Serv. 2008 Oct;59(10):1169-74). RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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Gilmer TP, Ojeda VD, Barrio C, Fuentes D, Garcia P, Lanouette NM, Lee KC. Adherence to antipsychotics among Latinos and Asians with schizophrenia and limited English proficiency. (Psychiatr Serv. 2009 Feb;60(2):175-82). RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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Ojeda VD, Strathdee SA, Lozada R, Rusch ML, Fraga M, Orozovich P, Magis-Rodriguez C, de La Torre A, Amaro H, Cornelius W, Patterson TL. Associations between migrant status and sexually transmitted infections among female sex workers in Tijuana, Mexico. (Sex Transm Infect. 2009 Feb 10. [Epub ahead of print]) RESEARCH ARTICLE |
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