Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola: 30 Years, 30 Voices

MONDAY, APRIL 28

PROGRAM #10757 12:00 PM PT 

Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola: 30 Years, 30 Voices. 

In this 30th anniversary edition, renowned expert on mental health, Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, revisits a conversation from three decades ago where he aired the findings of the largest mental health study conducted in the US on Mexican Americans. At that time, he identified the most prevalent mood disorders in the Mexican-origin population in California’s Central Valley. He also reported that living in a city and living longer in the US raised the chances of mental disorders. In this program, Dr. Aguilar-Gaxiola looks back on that landmark research, the changes it helped to spawn, its impact on mental health care for Mexican Americans, and the challenges ahead.

Guest: Dr. Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, Founding Director, UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities; Director, Community Engagement Program, Clinical and Translational Research Center; Professor of Medicine, UC Davis, Davis, CA.

Photo: UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities/Facebook

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