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In memoriam: Steven Wallace, 63, renowned expert in public health equity and beloved mentor


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Steven Wallace helped mentor promising scholars from under-represented groups who pursued careers in research related to aging, immigration and other areas of public health.
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April 9, 2021
Steven Wallace, an internationally renowned scholar on aging in communities of color and immigrant health and health policy, has died. He was 63.
Among his important research and community-based projects with the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, Wallace developed new approaches to assessing the economic security of older people through the California Elder Economic Security Standard Index, a tool that measures the actual cost of basic necessities for older adults, which was adopted into law in California and was used by the World Health Organization in its 2020 Decade of Healthy Aging report and will be used in California’s master plan on aging. He also led teams that enhanced community organization capacity to advocate for better air qu ....

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