Antronette Yancey

Antronette K. Yancey, MD, MPH is currently a professor in the Department of Health Services, UCLA School of Public Health, and is Co-Director of the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity.  Dr. Yancey’s primary research interests are in chronic disease prevention and adolescent health promotion.  She returned to academia full-time in 2001 after five years in public health practice, first as Director of Public Health for the city of Richmond, VA, and as Director of Chronic Disease Prevention and Health Promotion, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services. Dr. Yancey has authored more than 100 scientific publications, including briefs, book chapters, health promotion videos, and among those, more than 75 peer-reviewed journal articles and editorials. She has generated more than $25 million in extramural funds, including four National Institutes of Health independent investigator (R01, R24) grants as principal investigator. She serves on the Institute of Medicine (IOM) Standing Committee on Childhood Obesity Prevention and Health Literacy Roundtable, and National Physical Activity Plan Steering Committee.  She chairs the Board of Directors of the Oakland, CA-based Public Health Institute.