Shu Farmer
Lecturer
Economics/Public Policy
Shared Lecturer Suite: SB1 3232 - for office hours only
Education
PhD, University of California, Los AngelesMA, University of California, Los Angeles
MA, University of California, Los Angeles
BA, Louisiana Tech University
BA, Louisiana Tech University
Research Interest
HIV/AIDS
Health Disparities
Race-Related Stressors
Global Health
Environmental Injustice
Health Promotion and Health Education
Healthcare Systems and Delivery
Community Health
Ethnic/Minority Population Health and Health Equity
mHealth and Telehealth
Dr. Shu Farmer (she/her/hers) is an Assistant Project Scientist with the David Geffen School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Community Health at the University of California, Los Angeles. Her research interests include health disparities, HIV stigma, HIV-related laws and policies, mental health, global health, and chronic disease prevention in resource-limited settings. She uses perspectives and methodologies from education, public health, and sociology to explore issues of stigma and health inequalities, life stressors and coping among racial and ethnic minorities. She is currently working on a manuscript, “HIV Stigma, Racism, Discrimination and Adherence to HIV Care among African Americans in Los Angeles County” which investigates experiences of race-related stressors that contribute to low adherence to ART (antiretroviral therapy), psychological distress, health inequality and medical mistrust among Black/African Americans living with HIV.
Before coming to The Merage School, Professor Farmer also worked at UC Irvine as a lecturer for two years and has been acknowledged as a five-time Thank a Teacher Program Recipient, Division of Teaching Excellence and Innovation. She also received a nomination for the Lecturer of the Year award for the academic year 2019-2020.
She received a PhD in Education, MA in Asian American Studies and a MA in East Asian Studies from the University of California, Los Angeles. She has a BA in Journalism and a BA in Speech Communications from Louisiana Tech University. She completed a postdoc in the David Geffen School of Medicine Infectious Diseases, Program in Global Health, Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior, Center for Community Health at the University of California, Los Angeles.
