Education
Post Doctoral Training (Sociology) Indiana University, Bloomington, IN. 2002
Ph.D. (Health Policy and Management) The Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD. 1998.
B.A. (Neuroscience) Oberlin College, Oberlin, OH. 1993.
Gilbert C. Gee
Associate Professor
UCLA School of Public Health
Department of Community Health Sciences
Curriculum Vitae
Research Interests
My research examines how racism and other forms of structural disadvantage contributes to health and health disparities. In addition, my work examines stress, neighborhoods, and environmental justice using a multi-level and life course perspective.
Program Planning, Research, and Evaluation in Community Health Sciences, 2009
Influence of the Social and Physical Environment on Racial Health Disparities, 2009
Gee GC, Ponce N. (accepted). Associations between Racial Discrimination and Limited English Proficiency with Health-Related Quality of Life among Six Asian Ethnic Groups in California. American Journal of Public Health.
Chen J,* Gee GC, Spencer M, Danzinger S, Takeuchi DT. (accepted). Perceived Social Standing among Asian Immigrants in the U.S.: Do Reasons for Immigration Matter? Social Science Research.
Yoo HC, Gee GC, Lowthrop CK, Robertson. (accepted). Self-Reported Racial Discrimination and Substance Use among Asian Americans in Arizona. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.
Spencer M, Chen J, Gee GC, Fabian CG, Takeuchi DT. (accepted). Discrimination and Mental Health-Related Service Use in a Nationwide Study of Asian Americans. American Journal of Public Health.
de Castro AB, Gee GC, Takeuchi DT. (accepted). Examining Alternative Measures of Social Disadvantage among Asian Americans: The Relevance of Economic Opportunity, Subjective Social Status, and Financial Strain for Health. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health.
Bauermeister JA,* Zimmerman M, Caldwell C, Xue Y, and Gee GC. (accepted) What Predicts Sex Partner Age Differences among African American Youth? A Longitudinal Study from Adolescence to Emerging Adulthood. Journal of Sex Research
Ta VM, Holck P, Gee GC. (accepted) Generational status and family cohesion effects on the receipt of mental health services among Asian Americans: Findings from the National Latino and Asian American Study. American Journal of Public Health.
de Castro AB, Fujishiro K, Caberra SL, Tagalog E, Gee GC. (accepted). Occupational Health and Safety Issues among Nurses in the Philippines. American Association for Occupational Health Nurses Journal.
Gordon L,* Payne-Sturges D, Gee GC. (accepted). Environmental Health Disparities: Selected Case Studies Related to Asian and Pacific Islander Americans. Environmental Justice.
de Castro AB, Fujishiro K, Rue T, Tagalog E, Samaco-Paquiz L; Gee GC. (accepted) Associations between Work Schedule Characteristics and Occupational Injury and Illness. International Nursing Review.
Gee GC, Ro A,* Shariff-Marco S, Chae D. 2009. Racial Discrimination and Health among Asian Americans: Evidence, Assessment, and Directions for Future Research. Epidemiologic Reviews, 31(1): 130-151.
Shariff-Marco S, Gee GC, Breen N, Willis G, Reeve BB, Grant D, Ponce NA, Krieger N, Landrine H, Williams DR, Alegria M, Mays VM, Johnson TP, Brown ER. 2009. A Mixed-Methods Approach to Developing a Self-Reported Racial/ethnic Discrimination Measure for Use in Multiethnic Health Surveys. Ethnicity and Disease. 19: 447-453.
Gee GC and Walsemann KM.* 2009. Does health predict the reporting of racial discrimination or do reports of discrimination predict health? Findings from the National Longitudinal Study of Youth. Social Science and Medicine. 68:1676-1684.
Bauermeister JA,* Zimmerman M, Xue Y, Gee GC, Caldwell C. 2009. Working, Sex Partner Age Differences, and Sexual Behavior among African American Youth. Archives of Sexual Behavior. 38(5): 802-813.
Walsemann KM,* Gee GC, and Geronimus AT. 2009. Ethnic Differences in Trajectories of Depressive Symptoms: Disadvantage in Family Background, High School Experiences, and Adult Characteristics. Journal of Health & Social Behavior. 50:82-89.
de Castro AB, Garcia G, Gee GC, Tsai J, Rue T, Takeuchi DT. 2009. Smoking and the Asian American Workforce in the National Latino and Asian American Study. American Journal of Industrial Medicine.
Yoo HC, Gee GC, Takeuchi DT. 2009. Discrimination and Physical Health among Asian American Immigrants: Disentangling Racial from Language Discrimination Social Science and Medicine. 68: 726-732.
Bauermeister JA, Zimmerman M, Gee GC, Caldwell C, Xue Y. 2009. Work and Sex Trajectories among African American Youth. Journal of Sex Research. 46: 1-11.
Asakura T, Gee GC, Nakayama K, Niwa S. 2008. Returning Home: Work-Related Ethnic Discrimination and the Health of Japanese-Brazilians in Japan. American Journal of Public Health. 98: 743-750.
de Castro AB, Gee GC, and Takeuchi DT. 2008. Job-related Stress and Chronic Health Conditions among Filipino Immigrants. Journal of Immigrant and Minority Health. 10(6): 551-558
Yip T, Gee GC, and Takeuchi DT. 2008. Racial Discrimination and Psychological Distress: The Impact of Ethnic Identity and Age among Immigrant and United States-born Asian Adults. Developmental Psychology, 44(3): 787-800.
de Castro AB, Gee GC, and Takeuchi DT. 2008. Job Dissatisfaction and Physical and Psychological Health among Filipino Immigrants. American Association for Occupational Health Nurses Journal 56(1): 33-40.
Ryan A,* Gee GC, and Griffith DM. 2008. The Effects of Perceived Racial, Gender, and Economic Discrimination on Diabetes Management. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 19:149-163.
Gee GC, Ro A,* Gavin A, and Takeuchi DT. 2008. Disentangling the Effects of Racial and Weight Discrimination on BMI and Obesity. American Journal of Public Health. 98:493-500
MacLeod KE,* Gee GC, Crawford P, and Wang MC. 2008. Neighborhood Environment as a Predictor of Television Watching among Girls. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health. 62:288-292.
Walsemann, KM,* Geronimus AT, and Gee GC. 2008. Accumulating Disadvantage over the Life Course: Evidence from a Longitudinal Study Investigating the Relationship between Educational Advantages in Youth and Health in Middle-Age. Research on Aging. 30(2):169-199.
de Castro AB, Gee GC, and Takeuchi DT. 2008. Workplace Discrimination and Health among Filipinos in the U.S. American Journal of Public Health. 98:520-526
Kruger DJ, Reischl TM, and Gee GC. 2007. Community Social Perceptions Mediate the Effects of Neighborhood Physical Conditions on Mental Health. American Journal of Community Psychology. 40(3-4):261-271.
Gee GC, Lively K, Larsen L, Keith J,* Stone J,* and MacLeod KE.* 2007. Hungry for Respect: Discrimination among Adults Using Emergency Food Services. Journal of Health Disparities Research & Practice. 2(1): 1-20.
Gee GC, Pavalko E, and Long S. 2007. Age, Cohort, and Age Discrimination: Using the Life Course to Assess Self-reported Age Discrimination. Social Forces. 86(1): 265-290.
Gee GC, Spencer M, Chen J,* and Takeuchi DT. 2007. A Nationwide Study of Discrimination and Chronic Health Conditions among Asian Americans. American Journal of Public Health. 97(7):1275-1282.
Gee GC, Liang J, Krause N, Bennet J,* Kobayashi E, Fukaya T, and Sugihara Y. 2007. Trajectories of Alcohol Consumption among Older Japanese Followed from 1987-1999. Research on Aging. 29(4):323-347.
Takeuchi DT, Zane N, Hong S, Chae D, Gong F, Gee GC, Uhm S, Sue S, and Alegria M. 2007. Immigration and Mental Disorders among Asian Americans. American Journal of Public Health. 97(1):84-90.
Gee GC, Spencer M, Chen J,* Yip T, and Takeuchi DT. 2007. The Association between Self-Reported Discrimination and 12-month DSM-IV Mental Disorders among Asian Americans Nationwide. Social Science & Medicine. 64(10):1984-1996.
Gee GC, Delva J, and Takeuchi DT. 2007. Perceived Unfair Treatment and the Use of Prescription Medications, Illicit Drugs, and Alcohol Dependence among Filipino Americans. American Journal of Public Health, 97(5): 933-940.
Song Y, Gee GC, Fan Y, Takeuchi DT. 2007. Do Physical Neighborhood Characteristics Matter in Predicting Traffic Stress and Health Outcomes? Transportation Research Part F: Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 10F(2): 164-176.
Payne-Sturges D and Gee GC. 2006. National Environmental Health Measures for Minority and Low Income Populations: An Approach for Tracking Environmental Health Disparities. Environmental Research, 102(2): 154-171.
Gee GC, Ryan A,* Laflamme DJ, and Holt, J. 2006. The Relationship between Perceived Discrimination and Mental Health among African Descendents, Mexican Americans and Other Latinos in the New Hampshire REACH Study: The Added Dimension of Immigration Status. American Journal of Public Health. 96(10): 1821-1828.
Soobader M, Cubbin C, Gee GC, Rosenbaum A, and Laurenson J. 2006. Levels of Analysis for the Study of Environmental Health Disparities: The Role of Place and Social Theory. Environmental Research. 102(2): 172-180.
Payne-Sturges D, Gee GC, Crowder K, Hurley BJ, Lee C, Morello-Frosh R, Rosenbaum A, Schulz AJ, Wells C, Woodruff T, and Zenick H. 2006. Workshop Summary: Connecting Social and Environmental Factors to Measure and Track Environmental Health Disparities. Environmental Research. 102(2): 146-153.
Ryan A,* Gee GC, and Laflamme DJ. 2006. The Association between Self-Reported Discrimination, Physical Health and Blood Pressure: Findings from African Americans, Black Immigrants, and Latino Immigrants in New Hampshire. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved. 17:116-132.
Gee GC, Chen J,* Spencer M, See S, Kuester O, Tran D,* and Takeuchi DT. 2006. Social Support as a Buffer for Perceived Unfair Treatment among Filipino Americans: Differences between San Francisco and Honolulu. American Journal of Public Health. 96(4):677-684.
Gee GC, Curbow BC, Ensminger M, Griffin J, LaFlamme DJ, McDonnell K, LeGrande D, and Agnew J. 2005. Are You Positive? Workplace Drug Testing and Racial Minorities. Journal of Drug Issues. 35(4):755-778.
Gee GC and Payne-Sturges D. 2004. Environmental Health Disparities: A Framework Integrating Psychosocial and Environmental Concepts. Environmental Health Perspectives. 112(17):1645-1653.
Gee GC and Takeuchi DT. 2004. Traffic Stress, Vehicular Burden and Well-Being: A Multilevel Analysis. Social Science and Medicine. 59(2):405-414.
Gee GC. 2002. A Multilevel Analysis of the Relationship between Institutional and Individual Racial Discrimination and Health Status. American Journal of Public Health. 92(4): 615-623.
Reprinted in the American Journal of Public Health, 2008, Vol 98(Suppl. 1): S48-S56
Goto SG, Gee GC, and Takeuchi DT. 2002. Strangers Still? The Experience of Discrimination among Chinese Americans. Journal of Community Psychology. 30(2):211-224.
Crum RM, Puddy, I, Gee GC, and Fried L. 2002. Reproducibility of Two Approaches for Assessing Alcohol Consumption among Older Adults. Addiction Research and Theory. 10(4):373-385.
Gleghorn AA, Gee GC, and Vlahov D. 1998. Pharmacists’ Attitudes toward Pharmacy Sale of Needles/Syringes and Needle Exchange Programs in a City without Prescription Laws. Journal of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndromes and Human Retrovirology. 81 Suppl. 1: S89-93.
Craig NC, Gee GC, Johnson AR. 1992. C60 and C70 Made Simply. Journal of Chemical Education 69(8): 664-666.
Former/current student
Book Chapters, Reports & Other Publications
Gee GC, Ro A*. 2009. Racism and Health among Asian and Pacific Islander Americans: Historical Roots and Contemporary Evidence. In Eds: Trinh-Shevrin C, Islam N, Rey M. Health Issues in the Asian American Community. Jossey-Bass, Incorporated. Pp. 364-402.
Payne-Sturges D and Gee GC. 2005. Workshop Connecting Social and Environmental Factors to Measure and Track Environmental Health Disparities: Full Report. Publisher: U.S. EPA Office of Children’s Health Protection.
Agnew J, Gee GC, LaFlamme D, McDonnell K, and Curbow BC. 2002. Work Climate and the Age-Hostile Workplace. In Ed: Kumashiro M. Aging and Work. Philadelphia, PA: Taylor and Francis Books.
Gee GC. 1989. Biomed: On Donuts at 7:00 a.m. CAG Communicator. Vol. XIX(3):28.
Research Awards
NIH Merit Award. 2008. Group Award for “Multicultural Survey Methods Group,” recognition for outstanding leadership in the development of novel methods for the evaluation of data collection instruments used across populations with multiple languages and cultures.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific and Technical Achievement Award. 2008. For the article titled, “ Environmental Health Disparities: A Framework Integrating Psychosocial and Environmental Concepts” by Gee and Payne-Sturges.
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Scientific and Technical Achievement Award. 2008. For the article titled, “National Environmental Health Measures for Minority and Low Income Populations: An Approach for Tracking Environmental Health Disparities” by Payne-Sturges and Gee.
Best Published Paper. 2007. For the article titled, “A Nationwide Study of Discrimination and Chronic Health Conditions among Asian Americans.” From the Asian and Pacific Islander Caucus of the American Public Health Association.
Teaching and Mentoring Awards
Nominee, Professor of the Year. 2009. Nominated by the UCLA’s Students of Public Health for excellence in teaching.
Earl Lewis Honoree. 2007. Presented by University of Michigan student association in recognition of support to graduate students of color.
Does Racism Make Us Sick?
http://minority.unc.edu/institute/2007/
California Center for Population Research
http://www.ccpr.ucla.edu