Tyan Parker Dominguez, PhD, MPH, MSW

University of Southern California
School of Social Work
SWC 224
Los Angeles, CA
USA 90089-0411

Biographical Sketch: Tyan Parker Dominguez, PhD, MPH, MSW is a Clinical Associate Professor in the School of Social Work and a Research Associate in the Center for Social Disparities in Health at UCSF. With a background in medical social work, maternal and child health, and health psychology, Dr. Parker Dominguez is concerned with persistent racial/ethnic disparities in adverse birth outcomes. Her research focuses on the psychosocial and biological impact of stress on pregnancy, with a particular emphasis on the role of racism. Her work has been presented at meetings of the New York Academy of Medicine, the Society for Maternal/Fetal Medicine, the Society for Behavioral Medicine, and the American Public Health Association, among others. She has testified before the U.S. Secretary of Health and Human Services’ Advisory Committee on Infant Mortality, presented at the National Leadership Summit on Eliminating Racial and Ethnic Health Disparities, and appeared in the award-winning PBS documentary series Unnatural Causes: Is Inequality Making Us Sick?. She chairs the Board of Directors of the California Black Women’s Health Project, is a member of the Centers for Disease Control’s Racism and Health Workgroup, and co-chairs the Improving Pregnancy Outcomes Committee of the Maternal and Child Health section of APHA. In 2007, the MCH section honored Dr. Parker Dominguez with its Maternal and Child Health Young Professional of the Year award.

Papers:
4235.0 Eliminating disparities in infant mortality in the US: A matter of health equity