Alex Ortega
ProfessorÂ
Health Management and Policy
Drexel University
United States of America
Biography
"Alex Ortega, PhD, an epidemiologist, health services researcher, and community health interventionist, is Professor and Chair of the Department of Health Management and Policy and Director of the Center for Population Health and Community Impact in the Dornsife School of Public Health at Drexel University. Prior to his appointment at Drexel, Professor Ortega served on the public health faculties of UCLA, Yale University, and The Ohio State University. He has also been a Visiting Professor at Johns Hopkins University and Columbia University. At UCLA, he held a variety of leadership positions including the Director of the UCLA Institute for Social Research, Director of the UCLA Center for Population Health and Health Disparities, and Associate Director of the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center. His UCLA health disparities research center was one of only five funded nationally by NHLBI. "
Research Interest
Health services research
Publications
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"Alcalá HE, Chen J, Langellier BA, Roby DH,Ortega AN. The impact of the Affordable Care Act on health care access and utilization among Latinos. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine, 2017;30:52-62. PMC Journal: In process. "
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"Ortega AN, McKenna RM, Langellier BA, Alcala HE, Roby DH. Experiences in care by parental citizenship and language use among Latino children in California. Academic Pediatrics, in press. PMC: No federal funds for this study. "
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"Kuo AA, Sharif MZ, Albert SL, Glik D, Prelip ML, McCarthy WM, Roberts C, Belin T, Ortega AN. Training the next generation of Latino health researchers: A multi-level, transdisciplinary, community-engaged approach. Health Promotion Practice, in press. PMC Journal: In process. "
