Jesus Torres, MD, MPH

Project Title/Research Interests: COVID-19 Vaccines: Uptake, Access, and Hesitancy in Vulnerable Populations

Mentor:
Breena R. Taira, MD, MPH

Background:
Dr. Jesus Torres is a current National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) fellow at UCLA. During residency at UCSF in Emergency Medicine, he conducted research and published on the effects of policy on health disparities of immigrant patients presenting to the emergency department. He obtained an MPH from Harvard University in quantitative methods and has a broad experience in infectious disease clinical trials. His research interests includes immigrant health and policy and clinical studies in emergency medicine.