Office of Minority Health

Sela V. Panapasa, Ph.D.

Associate Research Scientist
Research Center for Group Dynamics
Institute for Social Research
University of Michigan

Member, Advisory Committee on Minority Health

Dr. Sela V. Panapasa has expertise in health disparities during middle to late life, minority health, and population-level health data for racial and ethnic minorities, particularly among Native Hawaiian and Pacific Islanders.

Dr. Panapasa has served on various committees, including the Census Bureau National Advisory Committee on Racial, Ethnic and Other Populations. She serves as guest editor and reviewer of academic journals and Federal grants and publishes studies on hard-to-survey population dynamics.