Sela V. Panapasa, PhD

Assistant Research Scientist
University of Michigan
Institute for Social Research (ISR)
426 Thompson Street
Ann Arbor, MI
USA 48106

Biographical Sketch: Sela Panapasa is an assistant research scientist at the University of Michigan’s Institute for Social Research. Her research includes family support and intergenerational exchanges, population dynamics, racial/ethnic disparities and population-based survey research on Pacific Peoples. She recently completed the first representative study of Pacific Islander health and healthcare utilization and the assessment of federal data on Native Hawaiian Pacific Islander. She is Pacific Islander. Panapasa received her doctorate in sociology and demography from Brown University.

Papers:
3399.0 Patterns of risk behaviors among Samoan and Tongan adolescents in California: Results from the Pacific Islander Health Study 4256.0 Mentor engagement to encourage careers in public health: The Michigan mentored model 4291.0 Prevalence of hypertension and diabetes among Samoans and Tongans in California: Results from the Pacific Islander Health Study