
Joyce R. Javier, MD, MPH, MS, FAAP, Associate Professor of Clinical
Pediatrics at Children's Hospital Los Angeles, Keck School of
Medicine at the University of Southern California and an Attending
Physician at AltaMed General Pediatrics
323-671-2093
4640 Sunset Blvd. MS#76 Los Angeles, CA 90027
Dr. Javier completed pediatrics residency training and a general
academic pediatrics fellowship at Stanford University. She is a general
pediatrician and physician scientist whose research over the past 18
years has focused on addressing health disparities among minority
immigrant populations. Her most recent studies focus on recruitment of
Filipino families in randomized controlled trials and using community
partnered participatory research to decrease mental health stigma and
preventing adolescent depression and suicide among Filipino youth by
partnering with parents and community stakeholders to implement and
evaluate evidence-based parenting interventions. Her work has been
funded by the National Institutes of Health NCATS KL2 and NICHD K23
awards, American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP), the SC CTSI, and the
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program. She currently
serves as an Executive Committee Member on the AAP Council on Community
Pediatrics, Co-chair of the Society for Pediatric Research Advocacy
Committee, and a member of Pediatric Policy Council. In 2018, she
received the AAP Local Hero Award and was named one of the 100 Most
Influential Filipina Women in the World by the Filipina Women’s Network.