Jarmin Yeh is affilidated faculty at Healthforce Center at UCSF and an associate professor in the Institute for Health & Aging, Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences, in the School of Nursing at UCSF. They are an affiliate faculty member with the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and UCSF Bioethics and teach in the UCSF Master of Science in Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership (MS-HAIL) Program.

Yeh’s work broadly investigates social justice issues that impact the quality of life of community-dwelling older adults, people living with dementia, and caregivers. They lead the CARING (Community Action Research in Gerontology) Lab, which encompasses a portfolio of community-engaged and interdisciplinary projects that aim to advance health equity in aging and serve as a co-director of the UCSF Emancipatory Sciences Lab, founded by Dr. Carroll L. Estes.

Yeh holds a bachelor’s degree in social welfare from the University of California, Berkeley, a master’s degree in public health and social work from Columbia University, and a doctorate in sociology from UCSF.