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Lawrence Palinkas is a Clinical Professor in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Longevity Science at the University of California, San Diego. He is a medical anthropologist with expertise in preventive medicine, cross-cultural medicine, and health services research. His research interests primarily focus on behavioral health, global health, health disparities, implementation science, and community-based participatory research. Palinkas’s studies have examined psychosocial adaptation in extreme environments, mental health needs of older adults, cultural explanatory models of mental illness, and HIV/substance abuse prevention in Mexico. His work has been funded by prestigious organizations such as the National Science Foundation, NASA, and the National Institutes of Health. He is recognized as one of the top scholars in qualitative research and has authored over 475 publications in the field. Additionally, Palinkas has received multiple awards, including the Albert G. Frances Lomas Feldman Professor of Social Policy and Health, and has served in leadership roles in various scientific committees.
Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).