Research Interest:

Personal Statement

Nadereh Pourat (PhD and MSPH, UCLA) is a professor of health services at the UCLA School of Public Health. She is the director of research at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research and a member of UCLA/Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research.

Dr. Pourat's research focuses on assessing racial/ethnic and other disparities in access to care of underserved populations. Within this context, she has examined disparities in access to breast and cervical cancer screening among Asian Americans, access to care of undocumented and other immigrants, availability of employment-based insurance, access to care of injured workers, and access to STD care of publicly insured. Current areas of concentration include access to oral health care, disparities in outcomes of disease management, and impact of medical home assignment on access to care and patient outcomes within the safetynet system.

Dr. Pourat also has extensive experience in design and implementation of surveys of individuals and professionals and participates in design of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) by serving on the adult technical advisory committee and content specific technical workgroups including medical home, disability, and long term care content areas. Her selected current projects include an evaluation of the Disease Management Pilot Program for the Medicaid fee-for-service population in California; an evaluation of the Health Care Coverage Initiative in 10 California Counties under the Medicaid 1115 Waiver; and a project funded by National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to examine the impact of characteristics of dentists and their practice on access to oral health care of the population.

Detailed Biography:

Nadereh Pourat, PhD, is the director of research and the director of the Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. She is also a professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, adjunct professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry and a member of UCLA/Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research.

Pourat's research focuses on assessing disparities in access to care of underserved populations, including the role of the health care delivery system in disparities and health care outcomes. Within this context, she has examined disparities in access to breast and cervical cancer screening among Asian Americans, access to care of undocumented and other immigrants, availability of employment-based insurance, access to care of injured workers, access to STD care of publicly insured, and the role of dental care delivery system in access to oral health care. Pourat has also closely examined the current efforts in primary care redesign including implementation and outcomes of patient-centered medical home, safety-net system integration, and care delivery challenges and the outcomes of these efforts on access to care of underserved populations.

Pourat also has extensive experience in design and implementation of surveys of individuals and professionals and participates in design of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) by serving on the adult technical advisory committee and content specific technical workgroups including medical home, disability, and long term care content areas. Her selected current projects include an evaluation of the Low Income Health Program in 53 California Counties and an evaluation of the Delivery System Reform Incentive Payment program under the Medicaid 1115 Waiver; an evaluation of an intervention to improve delivery of oral health care to children 0-5 years of age in Los Angeles County; and the cost co-vice chair for the California Health Benefits Review Program to assess the cost impact of benefit mandate legislation proposed in California.

Pourat received her undergraduate degree in psychology from CSU Northridge and her master of science and doctorate in health services at UCLA.