Michael Huynh

Michael P. Huynh, MPH is a PhD candidate in Public Health at UC Irvine. His research interests broadly encompass social determinants of mental and physical health conditions among ethnic and immigrant groups. Specifically, he aims to study interpersonal relationships as a determinant of health using methods and theories grounded in social epidemiology and social psychology. In his doctoral research, he is examining the implications of friend support on the mental health of Asian American adolescents, with the hopes of informing directions to develop interventions for Asian American populations. Some of his current work also includes the impact of discrimination towards Asian American adults during the COVID-19 pandemic and how structural racism and intergenerational social contexts affect birth outcomes.

• Asian American mental health
• Social epidemiology
• Quantitative research methods

• Mental health
• Health disparities
• Interpersonal-level determinants of health

• UC Berkeley, MPH in Epidemiology/Biostatistics, 2018
• UCLA, BS in Human Biology and Society, 2016

• Project Manager/Research Analyst, UCLA

• Michael P. Huynh, Aggie J. Yellow Horse, Nancy M. Mai, Jay Mantuhac, & Anne Saw (2024). Discrimination and Psychological Distress Among Asian Americans During COVID-19: Gender Differences in the Moderating Role of Social Support. American Journal of Orthopsychiatry, 94(1), 23-32.

• Senxi Du, Helen Yang, Annie Ro, Michael P. Huynh, Courtney Hanlon, & Andrew Young (2023). Psychiatric Admissions Among Undocumented Immigrants at an Urban County Hospital. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU), 34(2), 613-624.

• Rebecca McGarity-Palmer, Anne Saw, Mengxue Sun, Michael P. Huynh, & David Takeuchi (2023). Mental Health Needs Among Asian and Asian American Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic. Public Health Reports, 138(3), 535-545.

• Michael P. Huynh, Senxi Du, Courtney Hanlon, Helen Yang, Andrew Young, & Annie Ro (2023). COVID-19-Related Emergency Department Visits Among Undocumented Patients in Los Angeles County. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved (JHCPU), 34(1), 263-274.