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Professor Sepassi is a pharmacist, health economist, and outcomes scientist whose research mission is to improve healthcare for immigrants in the United States. She focuses on generating empirical data to accomplish her main goals, which include identifying socioeconomic disparities and contributions of immigrants and disadvantaged populations that prevent access to high-quality healthcare. Her work quantifies the harmful health effects of discriminatory health policies on these populations and aids in the development of cost-effective interventions to bridge gaps and improve care. Professor Sepassi's research utilizes econometric, epidemiologic, data science, and causal inference methods to carry out quasi-experimental projects. She has considerable experience with the Medical Expenditure Panel Survey, California Health Interview Survey, and various insurance claims datasets. Her work has been funded by prestigious organizations such as the American Cancer Society and the Arthritis Foundation. She is a recipient of the 2024 Loan Repayment Program Award from the National Cancer Institute for her focus on access to targeted oral anticancer medications for self-identified racial and ethnic minority populations in the United States.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).