Meet the Team – Center for Health Equity

Roshan Bastani, Ph.D.

Director

Smriti Abraham, M.P.H.

Project Coordinator

Jenna Alarcon, M.P.H., C.H.E.S.

Project Coordinator

Analissa Avila, M.S.

Graduate Student Researcher

Michael Ballue, C.A.D.C. II, B.S.B.A.

Chief Strategy Officer, Behavioral Health Services, Inc.

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.

Senior Statiscian

Andrea Chirino, M.S.

Health Educator

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.

Burt Cowgill, Ph.D.

Catherine Crespi, Ph.D.

Lara Cushing, Ph.D.

Isabella de Sa, B.S.

Project Coordinator

Roger Detels, M.D.

Allison Diamant, M.D.

Adel Domingo, M.A.

Program Manager, Antelope Valley Partners for Health

Miriam Dvorsky, M.P.H.

Clinical Trials Coordinator

Daniel Eisenberg, Ph.D

Alison Elliott, M.P.H.

Project Coordinator

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

Beth Glenn, Ph.D.

Associate Director

Deborah Glik, Sc.D.

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

Neal Halfon, M.D., M.P.H.

Danielle Hari, M.D.

Associate Professor of Surgery, UCLA School of Medicine

Alison Herrmann, Ph.D., M.S.

Associate Director

Felicia Hodge, Dr.P.H., M.P.H.

Moira Inkelas, Ph.D., M.P.H.

Jessica Jablon, M.A.Ed.

California Program Coordinator, Sharsheret

Arnedra Jordan, M.P.A.

Project Manager, Black Women for Wellness

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, M.D., M.S.H.S.

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

Shannon La Cava, Psy.D.

Director, Simms/Mann-UCLA Center for Integrative Oncology

Virginia Li, Ph.D.

James A. Macinko, Ph.D.

Annette Maxwell, Dr.P.H.

Folasade (Fola) May, M.D., Ph.D., M.Phil.

Associate Director

William J. McCarthy, Ph.D.

Jenifer Metz, M.P.H.

California Health Collaborative, Every Woman Counts

Matthew Mimiaga, Ph.D.

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

Bergen Nelson, M.D.

Becky Nguyen, M.P.H., M.P.A.

Executive Director, Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation

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

Yoli Origel

Executive Director and Founder, Cancer Kinship

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

Sarine Pogosyan, M.B.A.

Health Equity Program Director, Community Clinic Association of Los Angeles County

Ninez Ponce, Ph.D.

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

Kim Reynolds, PhD

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

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

Wendy Rue

Chief Administrative Officer

Samantha Ruegsegger

Senior Manager, Cancer Support Strategic Partnerships, American Cancer Society

Monica Salinas, Ph.D.

Cultural Consultant and Philanthropist

Kathleen Shumaker, M.S.W., M.P.H.

Project Manager

Kirsten Schwarz, Ph.D.

Nahyaab Shaikh, M.P.H.

Health Educator

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

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

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

Ernesto Sosa, M.S.W., M.P.H.

Director of Community Programs

Phillip Sundin, M.S.

Graduate Student Researcher

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

Paula Tavrow, Ph.D., Ms.C.

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

Diana Balderas Trujillo, B.S.

Program Coordinator

Jessica Tuan, M.P.H.

Project Coordinator

Arturo Vargas Bustamante, Ph.D.

Steven Wallace, Ph.D.

May Wang, Dr.P.H.

Lauren Wisk, Ph.D.

Carrie Wong, M.D., Ph.D.

Post-Doctoral Fellow

Weng Kee Wong, Ph.D.

Winston Wong, M.D., M.S.

Scholar-in-Residence

Juliet Zhou, B.S.

Graduate Student Researcher