Improving health and health care requires innovation, persistence and passion. Meet 24 people to watch in 2024 from the UCSF School of Nursing who are leading the charge to champion health equity, shape health policy and change the way we think about health care.
Jarmin Yeh, PhD, MPH, MSSW, associate professor
Jarmin Yeh investigates social justice issues that impact the quality of life of older adults, people with dementia and their caregivers. She is implementing and evaluating a training program in California to equip In-Home Supportive Services caregivers with the skills they need to provide quality care while ensuring they also practice self-care to be able to thrive in a role that can be emotionally challenging. This year, she is engaged in three studies to improve caregivers’ resiliency as well as the Age-Friendly Health Systems initiative that seeks to implement a set of evidence-based practices into how care is delivered to older adults.
Yeh is also co-director of the UCSF Emancipatory Sciences Lab, which works to advance knowledge and the realization of dignity, access, equity, healing and social justice.
