My research interests include medical professions, healthcare organizations, patient-provider interactions, race and ethnicity, and qualitative methods. I am currently working on two projects: one focuses on maternal health care experiences in the US and the other explores racialized health care experiences of racial and ethnic minorities in the US. My research has been published in numerous outlets including the Journal of Health and Social Behavior, Sociology of Health and Illness, and Qualitative Health Research.

Ph.D., Sociology, University of California–Los Angeles, 2014
M.A., Sociology, University of California–Los Angeles, 2009
B.A., Sociology, Princeton University, 2005

Oh Nelson, H. 2022. Conflicted Care: Doctors Navigating Patient Welfare, Finances and Legal Risk. Palo Alto, CA: Stanford University Press.

Oh Nelson, H. and K. Lutfey Spencer. 2021. "Sociological Contributions to Race and Health: Diversifying the Ontological and Methodological Agenda." Sociology of Health and Illness, Special Issue on Ethnicity.

PBHL 2001: Introduction to Public Health

PBHL/ETST 3002: Ethnicity, Health and Social Justice

PBHL 3030: Health Policy