Leah Cha

Biographic Data

ID914547
NAMELeah Cha
GIVEN NAMESLeah
FAMILY NAMECha
SIGNATURECHA L
AFFILIATIONSUniversity of Wisconsin–Madison
ORCID0000-0003-0760-8468
VERIFIEDYes
TOTAL WORKS7
TOTAL CITATIONS49
WORKS AS AUTHOR7
WORKS AS EDITOR0
FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR2020
LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR2026
H-INDEX2

  • Shifts in Racial Inequalities and White Backlash in the 21st Century U.S

    Open AccessApoorva Sarmal, Leah Cha et al.ARTICLEPersonality and Social Psychology…2026

    Progress toward racial equality over the course of U.S. history has not been linear, and reductions in racial inequalities have historically been met with racist backlash. In the current research, we examine whether shifts in racial inequalities in key structural areas in recent decades can be used to predict implicit and explicit racial attitudes among White U.S. residents ( N = 222,203). Consistent with the hypothesis that increasing racial equ…

  • Early life adversity and cardiometabolic risk in adolescents

    Open AccessLeah Cha, DaiJa Moorehead et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2026

    Early life adversity (ELA) is associated with cardiometabolic risk over the lifespan. While cumulative risk models of ELA have provided insights into those most vulnerable, emerging evidence suggests that ELA dimensions of threat and deprivation have distinct consequences for neurodevelopment. However, these dimensions remain understudied in relation to cardiometabolic risk. We assessed associations between ELA-comparing cumulative risk and dimen…

  • A Community Assessment of Psychological Distress in Pacific Islanders Across San Francisco Bay Area Churches During the Covid-19 Pandemic

    Open AccessLeah Cha, Jessica Thai et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2024References: 19

  • Asian American Self-Reported Discrimination in Healthcare and Having a Usual Source of Care

    Open AccessThomas K Le, Leah Cha et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2022

  • Highlighting Covid-19 racial disparities can reduce support for safety precautions among White U.S. residents

    Open AccessAllison L Skinner, Allison L Skinner-Dorkenoo et al.ARTICLESocial Science & Medicine2022Cited by: 30References: 5

  • Pacific Islanders in the Era of Covid-19

    Open AccessLeah Cha, Thomas K Le et al.ARTICLEJournal of Racial and Ethnic…2021

    BACKGROUND: Pacific Islanders (PIs), an indigenous, diverse population in the USA, have endured generational burdens of Western colonization and institutional racism that placed this population at socioeconomic and health disadvantages, such as in poverty, chronic disease, and now COVID-19. However, little is known about the impact of COVID-19 on this historically disadvantaged population. This study assessed the extent US PIs have been adversely…

  • Anti-Asian Xenophobia and Asian American Covid-19 Disparities

    Thomas K Le, Leah Cha et al.ARTICLEAmerican Journal of Public Health2020Cited by: 19

    Anti-Asian Xenophobia and Asian American COVID-19 Disparities Thomas K. Le BS, Leah Cha BA, Hae-Ra Han PhD, RN, and Winston Tseng PhD Affiliation Thomas K. Le is with the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD. Leah Cha is with the University of Wisconsin School of Medicine and Public Health, Madison. Hae-Ra Han is with the Johns Hopkins University School of Nursing and the Johns Hopkins University Bloomberg School of Public H…