Ethel Angeli T. Roxas, MPH

Ethel Roxas, MPH, a sociomedical scientist, is the Sr. Public Engagement & Collaboration Research Manager for the Research Theme in Health Equity & Translational Social Science (HETSS) at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine. She also was recently appointed as the Sr. Manager for Project ReConnect at UCLA Ecological Medicine and Psychedelic Studies Initiative. 

Ethel received her Master of Public Health with a certificate in Sexuality and Sexual Reproductive Health from Columbia Mailman School of Public Health. She graduated from Cornell University in 2016 with her B.S. in Human Biology, Health, & Society and a double minor in Global Health & Southeast Asian Studies. Ethel’s research background focuses on equitable access to sexual and reproductive health services for adolescents in the Philippines. She identifies as a Filipinx, Asian American who is deeply committed to health justice and equity research. She is honored to work on these trailblazing initiatives with like-minded individuals who are passionate about the interconnectedness of health equity, healing, nature, and the arts.