Ninez A. Ponce, PhD, MPP, a Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a Senior Research Scientist at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, received a Doctorate of Philosophy in Health Services from the Department of Medicine, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a Master of Public Policy from Harvard University, Boston, MA. Dr. Ponce’s current research interests include increasing prevention and screening services use among linguistic and ethnic minorities, and developing innovative approaches to expand insurance markets to cover low-income immigrant populations.