Joseph C Nwadiuko, MD, PhD, MPH, MSHP
Assistant Professor of Medicine (Hospital Medicine)
Department: Medicine
Contact information
UCLA Center For Health Policy Research,10960 Wilshire Blvd #1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Education:
BA (History)
Amherst College, 2008.
MPH (International Health Systems/Policy)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2014.
MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2015.
MSc (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2020.
PhD (Health Policy and Management (Economics Cognate))
University of California, Los Angeles, 2024.
Permanent linkBA (History)
Amherst College, 2008.
MPH (International Health Systems/Policy)
Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, 2014.
MD
University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, 2015.
MSc (Health Policy Research)
University of Pennsylvania, 2020.
PhD (Health Policy and Management (Economics Cognate))
University of California, Los Angeles, 2024.
Selected Publications
Nwadiuko J, Doua R, Nyawira L.: Health worker unemployment in countries with critical health worker shortages: a rapid synthesis of evidence from 33 countries. BMJ Glob Health 10: e021574, Nov 2025.Nwadiuko J, Carrillo E, Dekker AM, Zeidan A, Nelson AK, Simmes D, Parmar P.: Health Workforce Staffing in Immigration Prisons. J Gen Intern Med Oct 2025.
Whitelaw M, Casey A, Dekker A, Parmar P, Nwadiuko J, Zeidan A.: A Qualitative Review of Office of Inspector General Complaints Submitted by Individuals Held in ICE Detention. J Immigr Minor Health 2025.
Dekker AM, Zeidan A, Nwadiuko J, Jordan E, Parmar P.: A call for increased transparency and accountability of health care outcomes in US Immigration and Customs Enforcement detention centers. Lancet Reg Health Am 36: 100825, Jun 2024.
Buchanan C, Ahmed S, Nwadiuko J, Dekker AM, Zeidan A, Bitrán E, Urich T, Fischer B, Burner ERE, Parmar P, Terp S.: Deaths in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention: A Fiscal Year (FY) 2021-2023 update. AIMS Public Health 11: 223-235, Feb 2024.
Diaz C, Nwadiuko J, Saadi A, Patler C.: Advancing Research To Address The Health Impacts Of Structural Racism In US Immigration Prisons. Health Aff (Millwood) 42(10): 1448-1455, Oct 2023.
Nwadiuko J, Nishi A, Terp S, Dekker AM, Bustamante AV, Parmar P.: Solitary Confinement Use in Immigration Detention Before and After the Beginning of the SARS-CoV-2 Pandemic. J Gen Intern Med 38(7): 1789-1790, May 2023.
Lue N, Nwadiuko J, Parmar P, Zeidan A.: Trends in Sexual Assault Against Detainees in US Immigration Detention Centers, 2018-2022. JAMA 329(4): 338-339, Jan 2023.
Bustamante AV, Nwadiuko J, Ortega AN.: State-Level Legislation During the COVID-19 Pandemic to Offset the Exclusion of Undocumented Immigrants From Federal Relief Efforts. Am J Public Health 112(12): 1729-1731, Dec 2022.
Tiako MJN, Fatola A, Nwadiuko J.: Reported Visa Acceptance or Sponsorship for Non-US Citizen Applicants to US Internal Medicine Residency Programs. J Grad Med Educ 14(6): 680-686, Dec 2022.