People

All
Leadership
Faculty
Advisory Committee
Staff

Roshan Bastani, PhD

Director

leadership
Analissa Avila

Graduate Student Researcher

staff
Michael Ballue, CADC II, BSBA

Chief Strategy Officer, Behavioral Health Services, Inc.

advisory-committee
Thomas Belin, Ph.D.

faculty
Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, Ph.D.

faculty
Barbara Berman, Ph.D.

faculty
Jacqueline Casillas, M.D., M.S.H.S.

Associate Director

leadership
Cindy Chang, M.S.

Senior Statistician

staff
Kristen R. Choi, Ph.D., M.S., R.N.

faculty
Emmeline Chuang, Ph.D.

faculty
Paul Chung, M.D., M.S.

faculty
Brian Cole, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.

faculty
Angela Coron, MPH

Managing Director, Community Benefit, Kaiser Permanente Southern California

advisory-committee
Burt Cowgill, Ph.D.

faculty
Catherine Crespi, PhD

faculty
Lara Cushing, Ph.D.

faculty
Roger Detels, M.D.

faculty
Allison Diamant, M.D.

faculty
Daniel Eisenberg, Ph.D

faculty
Jonathan Fielding, M.D., MPH, M.A., MBA

faculty
Yvonne Flores, Ph.D., M.P.H.

faculty
Chandra L. Ford, Ph.D.

faculty
Patricia Ganz, M.D.

faculty
Gilbert Gee, Ph.D.

faculty
Lillian Gelberg, M.D

faculty
David Gere, PhD, MA

Professor & Director, UCLA Art & Global Health Center

advisory-committee
Beth Glenn, PhD

Associate Director

leadership
Deborah Glik, Sc.D.

faculty
Pamina Gorbach, M.H.S., Dr.P.H.

faculty
Neal Halfon, MD, MPH

faculty
Cynthia Harding, MPH

Chief Deputy Director, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

advisory-committee
Patti Harvey, RN, MPH, CPHQ

Senior Vice President, Medicare Clinical Operations and Population Care, Kaiser Foundation Hospitals and Health Plan, Inc.

advisory-committee
Alison Herrmann, PhD, MS

Associate Director

leadership
Felicia Hodge, DrPH, MPH

faculty
Moira Inkelas, PhD, MPH

faculty
Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Ph.D., R.N., M.N.

faculty
Neal Kaufman, M.D., M.P.H.

faculty
Robert Kim-Farley, M.D., M.P.H.

faculty
Gerald F. Kominski, Ph.D.

faculty
Niklas Krause, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

faculty
Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS

Deputy Director, Division of Chronic Diseases & Injury Prevention, LA County Department of Public Health, Office of Senior Health, LA County

advisory-committee
Virginia Li, Ph.D.

faculty
Aliza Lifshitz, MD

Internist, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center; Founder and Editor-in-Chief, VidaySalud.com

advisory-committee
James A. Macinko, Ph.D.

faculty
Annette Maxwell, DrPH

faculty
Folasade (Fola) May, MD, PhD, MPhil

Associate Director

leadership
William J. McCarthy, Ph.D.

faculty
Matthew Mimiaga, Ph.D.

faculty
Donald Morisky, Sc.D., M.S.P.H., Sc.M.

faculty
Bergen Nelson, M.D.

faculty
Roch Nianogo, M.D., Ph.D.

faculty
Alexandra Nordyke, BA

Project Assistant

staff
Chon Noriega, PhD, MA

advisory-committee
Anthony Ortiz-Luiz

Executive Director, Valley Care Community Consortium

advisory-committee
Anne Pebley, Ph.D., M.P.S.

faculty
Sonia Pinal

Health Systems Manager, State & Primary Care Systems

advisory-committee
Ninez Ponce, Ph.D.

faculty
Michael Prelip, M.P.H., D.P.A.

faculty
Kim Reynolds, PhD

faculty
Beate Ritz, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

faculty
Natalie Rodgers

Student Assistant

staff
Linda Rosenstock, M.D., M.P.H.

faculty
Wendy Rue

Chief Administrative Officer

staff
Monica Salinas, PhD

Cultural Consultant and Philanthropist

advisory-committee
Kirsten Schwarz, Ph.D.

faculty
Judith Siegel, Ph.D., M.S.

faculty
Paul Simon, M.D., M.P.H.

faculty
Wendy Slusser, M.D., M.S.

faculty
Phillip Sundin, M.S.

Graduate Student Researcher

staff
Peter G. Szilagyi, M.D., M.P.H.

faculty
Paula Tavrow, PhD, MsC

faculty
Marion Taylor-Baer, Ph.D., R.D.

faculty
Lina Tieu, MPH

Graduate Student Researcher

staff
Jessica Tuan, M.P.H.

Project Coordinator

staff
Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Ph.D.

Professor

faculty
Steven Wallace, Ph.D.

faculty
May Wang, Dr.P.H.

faculty
Lauren Wisk, Ph.D.

faculty
Carrie Wong, M.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

staff
Weng Kee Wong, Ph.D.

faculty
Winston Wong, MD, MS

Scholar-in-Residence, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity

faculty
Xi Zhu, Ph.D.

faculty
Yifang Zhu, Ph.D.

faculty
Frederick J. Zimmerman, Ph.D.

faculty

Roshan Bastani, PhD

Analissa Avila

Michael Ballue, CADC II, BSBA

Thomas Belin, Ph.D.

Hiram Beltrán-Sánchez, Ph.D.

Barbara Berman, Ph.D.

Jacqueline Casillas, M.D., M.S.H.S.

Cindy Chang, M.S.

Kristen R. Choi, Ph.D., M.S., R.N.

Emmeline Chuang, Ph.D.

Paul Chung, M.D., M.S.

Brian Cole, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.

Angela Coron, MPH

Burt Cowgill, Ph.D.

Catherine Crespi, PhD

Lara Cushing, Ph.D.

Roger Detels, M.D.

Allison Diamant, M.D.

Daniel Eisenberg, Ph.D

Jonathan Fielding, M.D., MPH, M.A., MBA

Yvonne Flores, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Chandra L. Ford, Ph.D.

Patricia Ganz, M.D.

Gilbert Gee, Ph.D.

Lillian Gelberg, M.D

David Gere, PhD, MA

Beth Glenn, PhD

Deborah Glik, Sc.D.

Pamina Gorbach, M.H.S., Dr.P.H.

Neal Halfon, MD, MPH

Cynthia Harding, MPH

Patti Harvey, RN, MPH, CPHQ

Alison Herrmann, PhD, MS

Felicia Hodge, DrPH, MPH

Moira Inkelas, PhD, MPH

Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, Ph.D., R.N., M.N.

Neal Kaufman, M.D., M.P.H.

Robert Kim-Farley, M.D., M.P.H.

Gerald F. Kominski, Ph.D.

Niklas Krause, M.D., M.P.H., Ph.D.

Tony Kuo, MD, MSHS

Virginia Li, Ph.D.

Aliza Lifshitz, MD

James A. Macinko, Ph.D.

Annette Maxwell, DrPH

Folasade (Fola) May, MD, PhD, MPhil

William J. McCarthy, Ph.D.

Matthew Mimiaga, Ph.D.

Donald Morisky, Sc.D., M.S.P.H., Sc.M.

Bergen Nelson, M.D.

Roch Nianogo, M.D., Ph.D.

Alexandra Nordyke, BA

Chon Noriega, PhD, MA

Anthony Ortiz-Luiz

Anne Pebley, Ph.D., M.P.S.

Sonia Pinal

Ninez Ponce, Ph.D.

Michael Prelip, M.P.H., D.P.A.

Kim Reynolds, PhD

Beate Ritz, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.

Natalie Rodgers

Linda Rosenstock, M.D., M.P.H.

Wendy Rue

Monica Salinas, PhD

Kirsten Schwarz, Ph.D.

Judith Siegel, Ph.D., M.S.

Paul Simon, M.D., M.P.H.

Wendy Slusser, M.D., M.S.

Phillip Sundin, M.S.

Peter G. Szilagyi, M.D., M.P.H.

Paula Tavrow, PhD, MsC

Marion Taylor-Baer, Ph.D., R.D.

Lina Tieu, MPH

Jessica Tuan, M.P.H.

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Ph.D.

Steven Wallace, Ph.D.

May Wang, Dr.P.H.

Lauren Wisk, Ph.D.

Carrie Wong, M.D.