Carol
Aneshensel, Ph.D.,
Professor
Email: anshnsl@ucla.edu
Website:
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/chs/faculty/aneshensel/
Examines disparities in mental
health risk, especially gender and SES. Focuses on social stress and
psychosocial resources such as social support. Current work examines
impact of neighborhood structure, caregiving. Adolescent and aged
populations.
Emil
Berkanovic, Ph.D.,
Professor
Email: eberkanovic@bgerber.com
Aging;
ethnicity and health; international health; analysis of voluntary
health-related behaviors; program planning and evaluation; health
indicators.
Linda B. Bourque,
Ph.D., Professor
Email: lbourque@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.cphd.ucla.edu/
Natural,
technological and human-initiated disasters; intentional and unintentional
injury; ophthalmic clinical trials (e.g., PRK, LASIK);
and research methodology with particular attention to the design, data
processing and analysis of data collected with questionnaires in
population-based surveys.
Osman Galal,
M.D., Ph.D., Professor
Email: ogalal@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.iuns.org
International
health policies; health in developing countries with particular emphasis
on the Middle East. Growth and development in children. School children
health and nutrition as related to education.
Gilbert C. Gee,
Ph.D., Associate Professor
Email: gilgee@ucla.edu
Website:
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/chs/gee/gee.htm
Racism and other forms of
structural oppression (e.g., ageism, classism); racial and ethnic health
disparities; stressors at the individual and community level;
environmental justice.
Deborah Glik,
Sc.D., Professor
Email: dglik@ucla.edu
Website:
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/emph/fc_glik.html and
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/chs/hmrg/
Health
communication research including implementation and evaluation of an FAS
prevention campaign, pretesting and scripting of bioterrorism
preparedness messages, risk communication for environmental hazards,
entertainment media advocacy in areas of childhood disease prevention,
injury prevention, smoking, and disaster preparedness. Additionally
development of multimedia health curricula for children, patients, and
providers.
Michael S. Goldstein,
Ph.D., Professor
Email:
msgoldst@ucla.edu
Sociology of
medicine and health promotion; complementary and alternative medicine.
Gail
Harrison, Ph.D., Professor
Email: gailh@ucla.edu
International health and nutrition; pediatric and maternal nutrition;
dietary and nutritional status assessment.
Martin Iguchi, Ph.D., Professor
Email: iguchi@ucla.edu
Website:
http://www.rand.org/media/experts/bios/iguchi_martin_y.html
Drug abuse treatment and
prevention; drug policy; race and the criminal justice system; mental
health; HIV/AIDS; juvenile justice and child welfare.
Marjorie Kagawa-Singer,
Ph.D., M.A., M.N., R.N.,
Professor
Email: mkagawa@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.aancart.org
and
http://www.MinorityHealthDisparities.org
Health disparities in cancer
control among diverse ethnic populations; development of cross-culturally
valid concepts and measures to expand existing behavior theories in PH
using qualitative research methods, and applied through intervention
studies primarily in the Asian American communities. Cultural competency
training for health professionals, doctor/patient communication, and
end-of-life care in multicultural populations.
Snehendu B. Kar,
Dr.P.H., M.Sc., Professor
Email: kar@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.ph.ucla.edu/emph/
Health promotion, communication &
education, multi-cultural
issues in health promotion, empowerment of women & leadership development;
Asian American studies; international health; indicators of health
promotion and primary health care.
Virginia C. Li,
Ph.D., Professor
Email: vcl@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.virginiali.com
International health emphasizing women's
reproductive health and HIV prevention in China, reproductive health
indicators for rural areas of developing countries. Presently piloting a
reproductive health website for rural health workers and teachers in
poverty counties in China.
Michael C.
Lu, M.D., M.P.H., Associate
Professor
Email: mclu@ucla.edu
Racial-ethnic disparities in birth outcomes. Current projects
include an NIH-funded collaborative research network on child health
disparities, a project to develop a framework for monitoring the quality
of maternal health care in California, and a project to develop a
blueprint for improving birth outcomes in Los Angeles County. Currently
holds a
joint appointment in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology at David
Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Donald E.
Morisky, Sc.D., M.S.P.H.,
Sc.M., Professor
Email: dmorisky@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~dmorisky
Planning and evaluation of
patient- and community-based health education programs; international
health; adherence to medical recommendations; STI/HIVAIDS prevention;
hypertension, diabetes, and tuberculosis control (adolescents and adults).
Charlotte G. Neumann,
M.D., M.P.H., Professor
Email: cneumann@mednet.ucla.edu
Child health and nutrition in the U.S.A. and developing countries; with a
focus on functional outcomes of micronutrient deficiencies and food–based
solutions. Also PI and co–investigator on a number of obesity prevention
programs in the Los Angeles Unified School District and promotion of
improved diet and exercise in the school setting.
Anne Pebley, Ph.D., Professor, Chair
Email: pebley@ucla.edu
Website:
http://bixbyprogram.ph.ucla.edu and
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/chs/pebley/pebley.htm
Demographic
and population policy; maternal and child health; social determinants of
health behavior.
Kimberley
Shoaf, Dr.P.H.,
Associate Professor in Residence
Email: kshoaf@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.cphd.ucla.edu/
Public
health impact of disasters; program planning and evaluation; international
health; health in the Latino community.
Judith M. Siegel,
Ph.D., M.S.Hyg., Professor
Email: jmsiegel@ucla.edu
Psychological response to natural and human perpetrated disasters; obesity
prevention for students and personnel in the Los Angeles Unified School
District; health promotion in minority communities, with particular
emphasis on chronic disease prevention.
Dawn
Upchurch, Ph.D., Professor
Email: upchurch@ucla.edu
Women's health
and well being over the life course; complementary and alternative
medicine (CAM) and women's health, especially Traditional Chinese Medicine
and women's reproductive health during mid-life; biosocial models of
health; social demography; adolescent reproductive health.
Steven P.
Wallace, Ph.D., Professor, Vice Chair
Email: swallace@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.bol.ucla.edu/~swallace
Access to health care and health equity for older people, including
projects that identify inequities in health status and in the use of
health services for Latino, African American, Asian American, and
American Indian elders; analyses of public policies that impact older
adults; access to health care and public policies for immigrants from
Latin America; organizational capacity building projects in communities
of color; and projects that investigate equity of access for the elderly
to health resources within and between countries in Latin America.
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Martin
Anderson, M.D., M.P.H.,
Adjunct Professor
Email: manderso@ucla.edu
Health
services for adolescents; adolescent sexuality.
Carol
Archie, M.D., Adjunct
Associate Professor
Email: carchie@obgyn.medsch.ucla.edu
Alcohol and
drug abuse; pregnancy and prenatal care.
Marion
Taylor Baer, Ph.D., R.D.,
Adjunct Associate Professor
Email: mtbaer@ucla.edu
Website:
http://www.ph.ucla.edu/chs/mchnutrition
Nutrition
policies and programs (domestic); maternal and child health; access to
care, especially primary and preventive care, for children with special
needs; nutritional status of children with developmental disabilities.
Diana Bontá,
R.N., Dr.P.H., Adjunct Associate Professor
Email: diana_bonta@hotmail.com
Public
health leadership and program development; managerial and policy solutions
to community health issues
E. Richard
Brown, Ph.D., Professor
Email: erbrown@ucla.edu
Website:
http://www.healthpolicy.ucla.edu/rbrown.html
Public
health policy; health care policy; access to health care.
Jill DeJager,
M.P.H., R.D., Lecturer
Email:
JDejager@ashe.ucla.edu
College
student health and wellness promotion; nutrition, fitness and body image
education; stress reduction education.
Alina Dorian, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor
Email: adorian@ucla.edu
Emergency public health (domestic
& international); disaster relief; health education and health systems
management; child health; reproductive health.
Helen DuPlessis, M.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Assistant
Professor
Email: hduplessis@verizon.net
Managed care; prenatal care
and substance abuse.
Daniel
Ershoff, Dr.P.H., Adjunct
Professor
Email: daniel.ershoff@astrazeneca.com
Survey research methods; HMOs; smoking
cessation; applied evaluation research; cost-effectiveness analysis
Janet Frank,
Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor
Email: jcfrank@ucla.edu
Geriatrics and gerontology education and
program evaluation; aging and health behavior; health promotion for older
adults; translating geriatrics research into higher quality health care
practice.
Elizabeth
Frankenberg, Ph.D.,
Associate Professor
Email:
efranken@soc.ucla.edu
Maternal and
child health in developing countries; socioeconomic factors affecting
health; demography and sociology.
Tiffani Garnett,
M.P.H., Lecturer
Email:
TGarnett@ashe.ucla.edu
College student health and
wellness promotion and education; HIV/AIDS; mind/body connection; stress
reduction education; college alcohol use.
Kimberly
Gregory, M.D., M.P.H.,
Associate Professor in Residence
Email: gregory@cshs.org
Health
services research; maternal quality of care, cesarean delivery
(appropriateness); VBAC,
health disparities in pregnancy outcomes.
Ron Halbert, M.D., Adjunct
Associate Professor
Email: halbert@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.cerner.com
Outcomes research; epidemiology; health assessment and interventions in
defined populations; pharmaceutical and biotech industry; intentional
disasters.
David Heber,
M.D., Ph.D., Professor
Email:
dheber@mednet.ucla.edu
Clinical
nutrition and obesity; endocrinology and metabolism; cancer; women’s
health.
Dena Herman, Ph.D., M.P.H., R.D., Adjunct
Assistant Professor
Email: dherman@ucla.edu
Maternal and child health;
nutritional assessment with a focus on dietary quality; food security;
health disparities of underserved populations; international nutrition.
Neal
Kaufman, M.D., M.P.H.,
Adjunct Professor
Email: nkaufman@mailgate.csmc.edu
Pediatrics
and child health services; patient education; community-based health
promotion.
Robert Kim-Farley, M.D., M.P.H., Professor in
Residence
Email:
rkimfarley@ph.ucla.edu
Currently serves as the Director, Communicable Disease
Control and Prevention, Los Angeles County Department of Health Services.
Major areas of expertise are the reduction, elimination and eradication of
communicable diseases in populations; and the use of epidemiology for
evidence-based health policy.
Joel D. Kopple,
M.D., Professor in Residence
Email:
jkopple@labiomed.org
General
nutrition; amino acid metabolism; nutrition in acute and chronic renal
failure; nutrition in maintenance hemodialysis and chronic peritoneal
dialysis patients; nutrition in renal transplant recipients; metabolic
response to exercise training.
C. Kevin
Malotte, Dr.P.H., Adjunct
Associate Professor
Email: kmalotte@csulb.edu
Community-based participatory research with community
health members as health leaders, HIV and STD prevention intervention
research including HIV counseling and testing, provider training, and use
of new technologies in screening and prevention.
Kristen McKinney,
Ph.D., Lecturer
Email:
kmckinne@ashe.ucla.edu
Student learning and
development, particularly mental health and identity formation; program
evaluation and assessment of learning outcomes.
Carolyn A. Mendez-Luck, Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant
Professor
Email: camendez@ucla.edu
Informal caregiving; health and
aging of Latino populations; health insurance coverage and access to care
for racial/ethnic minorities.
Rena Orenstein,
M.P.H., Lecturer
Email:
rorenstein@ashe.ucla.edu
College
student health and wellness promotion and education; mind/body
connection; stress reduction education; college alcohol use.
Michael
Regalado, M.D., Adjunct
Associate Professor
Email:
michael.regalado@cshs.org
Sleep
organization in high risk infants; early childhood intervention for
infants at risk for developmental disabilities; parenting assessment.
Michael G.
Ross, M.D., Professor
Email: mikeross@ucla.edu
Pregnancy, prenatal care and fetal
development.
Mary Jane
Rotheram-Borus, Ph.D.,
Professor
Email: rotheram@ucla.edu
Child and community psychology and
psychiatry. Design, implementation and dissemination of cognitive
behavioral interventions for multiple populations, including high risk
youth and families. Development and implementation of programs promoting
healthy lifestyles for families, and decreasing risk of negative health
and mental health outcomes for high risk populations. Research interests
also include HIV/AIDS prevention with adolescents, suicide among
adolescents, homeless youths, assessment and modification of children's
social skills, ethnic identity, group processes, and cross-ethnic
interactions.
Steven
Rottman, M.D., Adjunct
Professor
Email: rottman@ucla.edu
Website: http://www.cphd.ucla.edu/
Emergency medicine and disaster
relief; infectious diseases; preparing public health agencies for man-made
and natural disasters; interaction of public health other emergency
management agencies;
EMS systems and prehospital
care.
Wendelin
Slusser, M.D., M.S., Adjunct
Assistant Professor
Email: wslusser@ucla.edu
Website:
http://www.pediatrics.medsch.ucla.edu/chat/
Breastfeeding
policy and promotion; international maternal and child health; child
nutrition with a focus on school based intervention programs; Pediatric
Residency Education with a focus on Community Pediatrics.
Samuel
Stratton, M.D., M.P.H.,
Adjunct Professor
Email: strattos@ucla.edu
Health risk assessment
for local community disaster hazards using verified models; defining
priority rural Public Health issues including demographics of access to
health care at the US-Mexico Border; health care sector capacity in
public health disasters, or the ability of the acute health care system to
develop "surge" capacity in disasters; exploration of current research
techniques and methods used in public health disaster research.
Bonnie Taub,
Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor
Email: btaub@ucla.edu
Medical
anthropology; disease and health services in Latin America.
Paula Tavrow,
Ph.D., Adjunct Assistant Professor
Email:
ptavrow@ucla.edu
Website:
http://bixbyprogram.ph.ucla.edu/
Reproductive health in sub-Saharan Africa, particularly of adolescents;
community-based approaches to improve women and children's health in
sub-Saharan Africa; performance of health providers in under-resourced
clinics and hospitals.
Pamela Viele, Ph.D., Lecturer
Email: pviele@ashe.ucla.edu
Student health; alcohol abuse;
patient and community health education.
Valentine
M. Villa, Ph.D., Adjunct
Associate Professor
Email: vvilla@ucla.edu
Website: http://healthpolicy.ucla.edu
Gerontology and aging; Health Disparities among the Older adult
population; the Impact of racism / discrimination on health; the
differential Impact of public policy on Diverse populations; social,
health, and economic issues affecting minority elderly and their families.
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