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Vickie Mays is a Professor in the Department of Psychology and the Department of Health Services at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). She is also the Director of the UCLA Center for Research, Education, and Training in Strategic Communication for Minority Health Disparities. Her teaching encompasses health behaviors among racial and ethnic minority groups, research ethics, and the social determinants that influence mental health and disorders. Her research is notably focused on mental and physical health disparities impacting racial and ethnic minority populations. Professor Mays has a long history of involvement in research and policy development, particularly concerning the contextual factors surrounding HIV/AIDS as it relates to these populations. Her work investigates barriers to education and health services and the role of discrimination on mental and physical health outcomes. She has been a Co-Principal Investigator of the California Quality of Life Survey, examining mental health disorders in a population-based context. Dr. Mays has actively contributed her expertise to various Congressional committees regarding health disparities and has received numerous accolades for her research contributions.
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