Emerson Shiang

Emerson has worked at UCSF since February 2022 in the Division of Prevention Science. He has worked as a project coordinator on a study on the lived experiences of older gay men and trans women in the SF Bay Area. Previously, Emerson worked at Bay Area nonprofits serving Asian American, Native Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander communities during the height of COVID. Emerson received his MPH at San Francisco State University with an interest in queer Asian American identities, health, and sexualities. Emerson’s leading principles in research are a dedication to community-engaged health equity research and seeking to understand how structural systems support or impede on identity formation and well-being. Emerson also teaches yoga and has been teaching since 2015. In his spare time, Emerson participates in the Leather Community, swims outdoor, watches movies with his AMC A-List Stubs membership, and eats his way through the city.