Dr. Melanie Sabado-Liwag (she/her/siya) is an Assistant Professor and Director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) program at California State University-Los Angeles. She received a PhD in Health Promotion Sciences at the School of Community & Global Health at Claremont Graduate University, MPH at California State University-Fullerton, and postdoctoral fellowship at the National Institute of Minority Health and Health Disparities at NIH in Bethesda, Maryland. With 20 years of experience working in Asian American and Pacific Islander communities, her research in minority health and health disparities aims to understand psychosocial, environmental, and cultural determinants related to adverse health and social outcomes across the life course. Dr. Sabado-Liwag is a mixed-methods scholar who uses advanced epidemiologic analyses to identify how these associations are related to risky behaviors, chronic disease, and mental health. Other efforts include working alongside communities of color and marginalized groups to develop evidence-based, culturally-tailored projects through community-based participatory research methods (CBPR) and mobile health (mhealth) strategies. She is currently the multiple-Principal Investigator for NIH/NIMHD RADx-UP SEA US, HEAR US study, RCMAR/FHCRC Principal Investigator for The FILLED project. Dr. Sabado-Liwag is a first-generation Filipina raised in Los Angeles (Tongva Land) and rooted by the people of Ilocos Sur and the Bago tribe of the Cordilleras.
Melanie Sabado-Liwag
Assistant Professor and Director of the Master of Public Health Program | California State University-Los Angeles