Kevin C. Heslin, Ph.D.

Kevin C. Heslin, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor, Department of Ophthalmology

Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
1731 East 120th Street
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Phone: (310) 869-5056
Email: keheslin@cdrewu.edu

Dr. Heslin received his PhD. in Health Services Research from the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). Dr. Heslin was a predoctoral fellow in the National Institute of Mental Health/UCLA AIDS Research Training Program. He is currently a principal research associate in the Research Centers in Minority Institutions at the Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science.

Research Interests

Dr. Heslin's research focuses on access to health services and health outcomes in underserved populations, particularly persons with HIV/AIDS and homeless persons. He was a collaborator on the HIV Costs and Utilization Study, the first nationally representative study of HIV patients in the U.S., as well as the UCLA Homeless Women's Health Study.

In 2002 and 2004, he received the Cornelius L. Hopper Award for Outstanding New Investigator Paper in Health Services Research and Policy from the Universitywide AIDS Research Program, University of California. He has also received research awards from the American Statistical Association, the Association of Schools of Public Health, and the Academy for Health Services Research.

Selected Publications

  1. Andersen R, Bozzette S, Shapiro M, St Clair P, Morton S, Crystal S, Goldman D, Wenger N, Gifford A, Leibowitz A, Asch S, Berry S, Nakazono T, Heslin K, Cunningham W. Access of vulnerable groups to antiretroviral therapy among persons in care for HIV disease in the United States. Health Services Research 2000;35(2): 389-416.
  2. Heslin KC, Cunningham WE, Marcus M, Coulter I, Freed J, Der-Martirosian C, Bozzette SA, Shapiro MF, Morton SC, Andersen RM. A comparison of unmet needs for dental and medical care among persons with HIV infection receiving care in the United States. Journal of Public Health Dentistry 2001;61(1):14-21.
  3. Heslin KC, Cunningham WE. African Americans and AIDS: Issues in access to care. Minority Health Today 2001(Supl):22-32.
  4. Heslin KC. Oral health is important but often overlooked. AIDS Alert 2001 Jun;16(6):72-3, 69.
  5. Coulter I, Heslin KC, Marcus M, Freed J, Der-Martirosian C, Guzman-Becerra N, Hays RD, Cunningham WE, Andersen RM, Shapiro MF. Association of oral health and generic health-related quality of life among patients with HIV. Quality of Life Research 2002;11 (1): 57-70.
  6. Gifford AL, Cunningham WE, Heslin KC, Andersen RM, Nakazono T, Lieu D, Shapiro MF, Bozzette SA. Access to research trials and experimental treatments: A population-based study in HIV disease. New England Journal of Medicine 2002; 346(18):1373-82.
  7. Heslin KC, Andersen RM, Gelberg L. Case management and access to services for homeless women. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2003; 14(1):34-51.
  8. Heslin KC, Andersen RM, Gelberg L. Use of faith-based social service providers in a representative sample of urban homeless women. Journal of Urban Health 2003; 80(3):371-382.
  9. Scott RP, Heslin KC. Historical perspectives on the care of African Americans with cardiovascular disease. Annals of Thoracic Surgery 2003;76 (Supl):1348-1355.
  10. Heslin KC, Andersen RM, Ettner SL, Cunningham WE. Racial and ethnic disparities in access to physicians with HIV-related expertise: Findings from a nationally representative study. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2005;20(3): 283-289.
  11. Kominski GF, Heslin KC, Harber P, Hurwitz E, Morgenstern H. Economic evaluation of four treatments for low-back pain: Results from a randomized controlled trial. Medical Care 2005;43(5):428-435.
  12. Ko M, Edelstein R, Heslin KC, Rajagopalan S, Wilkerson L, Coburn L, Grumbach K. Impact of the University of California, Los Angeles/Charles R. Drew University Medical Education Program on medical student intentions to practice in underserved areas. Academic Medicine 2005;80(9):803-808.
  13. Heslin KC, Andersen RM, Ettner SL, Belin T, Kominski GF, Morgenstern H, Cunningham WE. Do specialist self-referral insurance policies improve access to HIV-experienced physicians as a regular source of care? Medical Care Research and Review 2005;62(5):583-600.
  14. Bazargan M, Calderón JL, Heslin KC, Mendez C, Shaheen M, Ahdout J, Baker RS. A profile of chronic mental and physical conditions among African-American and Latino children in urban public housing. Ethnicity & Disease 2005;15(5):3-9.
  15. Gupta A, Heslin KC. Racial differences in response to cinacalcet as a treatment for uremic hyperparathyroidism [letter]. Kidney International 2006;69(6):1094.
  16. Heslin KC, Casey R, Shaheen MA, Cardenas F, Baker RS. Racial and ethnic differences in unmet need for vision care among children with special health care needs. Archives of Ophthalmology, 2006;124(6):895-902.
  17. Heslin KC, Robinson PL, Baker RS, Gelberg L. Community characteristics and violence against homeless women in Los Angeles County. Journal of Health Care for the Poor and Underserved 2007;18(1):203-218.
  18. Ko M, Heslin KC, Edelstein R, Grumbach K. The role of medical education in reducing healthcare disparities: The first ten years of the UCLA/Drew Medical Education Program. Journal of General Internal Medicine 2007;22(5):625-631.

Awards

Cornelius L. Hopper Award for Outstanding New Investigator Paper in Health Services Research and Policy (for “Racial and ethnic differences in access to physicians with HIV-related expertise”). Universitywide AIDS Research Program, University of California. February 20, 2004. Los Angeles, California.

Outstanding Abstract in Disparities Research (for “Racial and ethnic dfferences in access to physicians with HIV-related expertise: Findings from a nationally representative study”). Annual conference of Academy Health, June 29, 2003; Nashville, Tennessee.

Health Disparities Scholar (Recipient of Loan Repayment Program for Health Disparities Research), National Center for Minority Health and Health Disparities, National Institutes of Health; 2001-present.

Cornelius L. Hopper Award for Outstanding New Investigator Paper in Health Services Research and Policy (for “Do insurance policies allowing self-referral to specialists increase the use of HIV-experienced physicians?”). Universitywide AIDS Research Program, University of California. February 22, 2002. Sacramento, California.