Professor of Research,
Professor of Research
He/Him/His
Winston Tseng, PhD, is Professor of Research in the School of Public Health Division of Community Health Sciences and Lecturer in the Department of Ethnic Studies Asian American & Asian Diaspora Studies at the University of California, Berkeley. He is Associate Director of Research at Health Research for Action at UC Berkeley. He is also Visiting Professor at National Taiwan University College of Public Health and teaches in its Global Health Graduate Program.
Dr. Tseng’s participatory action research has focused on social determinants of health. He collaborates with underserved and immigrant communities across local, state, national, and global levels, particularly among Asian communities (e.g., Chinese, Hmong, Japanese, Korean, Vietnamese) and Pacific Islander communities (e.g., Samoan, Tongan), to understand their assets and needs, and develop, implement, and evaluate community-defined interventions to strengthen community infrastructure for improving health and social conditions of communities. His research focus areas have included building community health infrastructure, policy development, chronic conditions, healthy aging, and social & behavioral health.
Dr. Tseng served as an advisor (2019-2021) on the Asian American & Pacific Islander Standing Committee at UC Berkeley. He served as Chair (2012–2014) of the Community Health Planning and Policy Development Section of the American Public Health Association (APHA) and served as an APHA Governing Councilor (2015-2020). He received his PhD in Medical Sociology from UC San Francisco and his BA in Biology from Johns Hopkins University.
Email: winston@berkeley.edu
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LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/winston-tseng-4965809/