EPIDEMIOLOGY - Key Persons


Aladdin H. Shadyab

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Alan Larson

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Support Coordinator

Alexandra Heaney

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Climate-sensitive diseases; Health impacts of climate change; Environmental epidemiology; Disease forecasting

Alysa Sweeney

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst

Amy Weisbaum

Job Titles:
  • Preventive Medicine Residency Program Coordinator

Ana Navarro

Job Titles:
  • Professor Emerita

Andrea LaCroix

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor
Research Interests: Healthy aging/longevity; Women's health; Physical activity

Andrew Ries

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Secondary Appointed

Andrew Sarkin

Job Titles:
  • Project Scientist
Research Interests: Program evaluation; Behavioral health services; Suicide prevention

Angela Bazzi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Research Interests: HIV prevention; Substance use; Qualitative and mixed methods research

Angelo Asheh

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Clinical Instructor

Anne E. C. White

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Doctor-patient Communication; Medical Sociology; Qualitative Methodologies; Conversation Analysis; Rural Health; Opioid Negotiations

Annie Nguyen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Argentina Servin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed

Ariel Lang

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Secondary Appointed
Research Interests: Anxiety and trauma; Psychotherapy and complementary/alternative interventions; Clinical trials

Armin Schwartzman

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Audra Meadows

Job Titles:
  • Adjunct Professor, Secondary Appointed

Barbara Brody

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Clinical Professor / Research

Becky Marquez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Research Interests: Obesity; Nutrition and physical activity; Latinx health

Brian Chen

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Biomarker discovery/validation; Epigenetics; Aging

Brittany Larsen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Research Interests: Physical activity; Diabetes prevention and management; Body composition

Camila Romero

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician
  • Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

Camille Nebeker

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Digital health research ethics; Research ethics education; Community capacity building

Carla Fox

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Clinical Professor

Carlos Gould

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Environmental health; Climate and health; Air pollution; Clean energy; Environmental epidemiology; Exposure science; Wildfires

Chadwick Campbell

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Chadwick Campbell, PhD, MPH Assistant Professor ckc003@health.ucsd.edu Research Interests: HIV prevention; Sociology of health and illness; Intersectionality; Stigma; Social and structural factors in the HIV epidemic; Qualitative Methods

Charles Berry

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Biostatistics; Statistical genomics of retroviral infection/transfection; Statistical computation

Chelsea Isom

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Cheryl Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Dean
Research Interests: Prevention; Nutrition and lifestyle interventions; Chronic disease epidemiology

Christina Chambers

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor, Secondary Appointed
Research Interests: Environmental causes of adverse pregnancy outcomes, birth defects, and childhood disabilities, with a special focus on human teratogens

Christine Thorne

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Secondary Appointed

Christopher Granda

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Clinical Instructor

Cinnamon Bloss

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Assistant Dean for Academic Affairs

Corinne Peek-Asa

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research

Daniel Ageze

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

David Dimmock

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

David Strong

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Deborah Wingard

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Deepa Sannidhi

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Secondary Appointed

Dennis Trinidad

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Assistant Dean for Faculty Affairs and Mentoring

Dina Rodgers

Job Titles:
  • Bachelor of Science in Public Health ( BSPH ) Program Coordinator

Divya Reddy

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed
Research Interests: Perinatal mental health; Maternal morbidity and mortality; STIs; Family planning; Clinical quality improvement

Donna Kritz-Silverstein

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Assistant Dean for Education Program Affairs

Elizabeth Eikey

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Design, use, and impact of technologies on health; Digital mental health; Qualitative and mixed methods

Ellen Beck

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Secondary Appointed

Emily Bruno

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Eric Hekler

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Associate Dean for Community Partnerships
Research Interests: Behavioral health research methods; Community-driven design/collective action; Helping people help themselves/self-experimentation/N-of-1

Eric Leas

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Cannabis; Tobacco; Data science

Eric McDonald

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Clinical Professor

Erik Groessl

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Integrative health; Mind body interventions; Cost-effectiveness analysis

Florin Vaida

Job Titles:
  • Professor

France Nguyen-Grozavu

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Gail Laughlin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Research Interests: Sex differences in aging; Cardiovascular disease epidemiology; Endocrine factors and health

Georgia Kayser

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Gregory Norman

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Gretchen Bandoli

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed
Research Interests: Perinatal epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology; Pregnancy mental health; Pregnancy substance use

Harvey Checkoway

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Non-infectious disorders related to environmental exposures, e.g., pesticides and parkinsonsis; Occupational risk factors for non-infectious disorders; Biomarkers of clinical outcomes

Heather Fagan

Job Titles:
  • Director of Finance and Operations / Assistant Business Officer

Heather Pines

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Holly Baker Shakya

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Social network analysis; Population sciences; Maternal/child/reproductive health

Irena Kramer

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst

James Sallis

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor

Jane Moon

Job Titles:
  • Master of Public Health ( MPH ) Program Coordinator

Jennifer Beaudette

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst

Jennifer Cloney

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Support Coordinator

Jill Waalen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician Diplomate
  • Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor

Jingjing Zou

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Medical image analysis; Functional data; Machine learning

Joachim Ix

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Secondary Appointed
Research Interests: Electrolytes, Hemodialysis, Nephrology

Job Godino

Job Titles:
  • Associate
  • Research Scientist

John Bellettiere

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

John Fox

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Clinical Professor

John M. Carethers

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor, Secondary Appointed / Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
Research Interests: Clinician well-being; Health equity; LGBTQ+ healthcare

John Pierce

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor

Jordan Kohn

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Project Scientist
Research Interests: Aging and Mental Health, Biological Psychiatry, Social Determinants of Health, Bioinformatics and Data Science

Jose Burgos

Job Titles:
  • Associate Project Scientist

Jose Ricardo Suarez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Jose Suarez-Torres

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor

Joseph Caperna

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Clinical Professor

Joseph Risser

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Julie Celebi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed

Kanya Long

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Karen Chi-Lynn Chen

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Karen Messer

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Kathleen Fischer

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician Diplomate
  • Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

Kathryn McHenry

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Katie Sheehan

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst

Kerri Boutelle

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Weight loss; Binge eating; Cognition

Kevin Patrick

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Kimberly Brouwer

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Associate Dean for Education and Student Affairs
Research Interests: Substance use in economically and socially marginalized populations; Prevention and control of infectious diseases; Access to care

Lawrence Palinkas

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Mental health services research, Implementation science, Prevention, Climate change and health equity, Community-engaged research, Qualitative and mixed methods

Leanne McKenzie

Job Titles:
  • Education Programs Administrative Support
  • Education Programs Support Coordinator

Liesl Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst

Lin Liu

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Linda Hill

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor and Assistant Dean for Community Border Health Partnerships
Research Interests: Injury prevention; Transportation safety; Displaced populations

Linda McEvoy

Job Titles:
  • Emeritus Faculty

Lindsay Miller

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Liz Kelly

Job Titles:
  • Senior Financial Analyst - Supervisor
  • VCHS Research Service Core Liaison

Loki Natarajan

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Lori Daniels

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Secondary Appointed
Research Interests: Cardiovascular disease; Novel biomarkers; Critical care cardiology

Lydia Grypma

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Mara Harrell

Research Interests: Public health ethics; Critical thinking; Writing

Margaret Ryan

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Maria Elena Martinez

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Martha Anderson

Job Titles:
  • Dean

Mary Devereaux

Job Titles:
  • Academic Coordinator

Mary Richards Moya

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician
  • Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

Matthew "Mateo" Banegas

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed

Matthew Stone

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Melissa Bishop

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician
  • Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

Melissa Campos

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Meredith Pung

Job Titles:
  • Research and Faculty Support Analyst Supervisor

Michael Criqui

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor, Secondary Appointed

Michelle Johnson

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Secondary Appointed

Michelle Ramirez

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Michelle Zive

Job Titles:
  • Academic Coordinator

Mike Davison

Job Titles:
  • Fiscal Affairs and Operations Specialist

Muriel Croom

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst

Murray Stein

Job Titles:
  • Distinguished Professor, Secondary Appointed

Nancy Binkin

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Nancy Carballo

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Nicole Wertheim

Job Titles:
  • Founder and CEO of Brain Power Incorporated
Dr. Wertheim is founder and CEO of Brain Power Incorporated, the world's largest manufacturer of ophthalmic, instruments and chemicals. He has served as an advisor, chairman or board member of 18 private and public companies in banking, health care, aerospace, real estate, transportation and several high tech industries. Dr. Wertheim's contributions in eye care and other scientific fields have touched millions. His company, Brain Power Incorporated, produces more than 4,000 optical related products. He was the first to discover and produce UV light dye absorbers for eyeglasses, and to find that UV light caused cataracts and retinal deterioration. A passionate community leader, Dr. Wertheim has supported numerous programs in education, research and the arts. He and his wife, Nicole, are also members of the Giving Pledge, to which he and some of the world's wealthiest people, including Warren Buffett and Bill and Melinda Gates, promised to donate more than half of their wealth to philanthropic causes. The gift to UC San Diego was made in honor of the Wertheims' 48th wedding anniversary.

Nina Vo

Job Titles:
  • Senior Faculty Compensation and Operations Analyst
  • Senior Financial and Faculty Compensation Analyst

Paul Mills

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Ramsey Salem

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Ramya Rajagopalan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor

Randy Brooks


Rany Salem

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Rebecca Conahan

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician
  • Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

Rebecca Fielding-Miller

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
  • Faculty Member
Research Interests: Community-engaged research; Social and structural determinants of infectious disease; Global health

Rebecca LaVasseur

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Clinical Instructor

Regina Fleming

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor

Richard Garfein

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: mHealth and medication adherence; Infectious disease consequences of substance use; Diagnostic test development studies

Richard Kronick

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Robert H. Kaplan

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
Research Interests: Health policy; Leadership studies; Negotiation issues

Rohit Loomba

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Secondary Appointed

Ronald Thomas

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Rosemarie Subala

Job Titles:
  • Master of Public Health ( MPH ) Program Coordinator

Ryan Bradley

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor
Research Interests: Complementary and integrative health; Nutrition; Dietary supplements

Ryan Moran

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed

S. Hatta

Job Titles:
  • Project & Program Coordinator

Sabrina Falquier

Job Titles:
  • Health Sciences Clinical Professor

Sally Romero

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Samantha Hurst

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Culture and Community Health, Health Equity and Social Justice, Qualitative and Mixed Methods

Santosh Vetticaden

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Sara Baird

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician
  • Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor

Sara McMenamin

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor

Sheri Hartman

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor and Assistant Dean for Research
Research Interests: Cancer survivorship; Health behavior change interventions; Patient reported outcomes, cognition, and quality of life

Shu-Hong Zhu

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Sonia Jain

Job Titles:
  • Professor and Interim Associate Dean for Research
Research Interests: Biostatistics; Clinical trial design; Bayesian methods

Stella Tripp

Job Titles:
  • Biostatistics Graduate Program Coordinator

Stephen Waterman

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Epidemiology of vector-borne diseases and evaluation of vector control interventions; Vaccine preventable diseases epidemiology and vaccinology; Binational/border surveillance of infectious diseases

Steven Edland

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Alzheimer's disease (AD) etiology and risk factors; Genetic epidemiology of AD and related disorders; AD clinical trial design and methods

Susan Glockner

Job Titles:
  • Lecturer

Susan S. Madsen


Suzi Hong

Job Titles:
  • Faculty Member
  • Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Mentoring
Research Interests: Immune and inflammation biomarker research; Chronic stress and mental health outcomes; Cardiometabolic health and interventions Faculty member, Suzi Hong, PhD, speaks on KPSB Midday Edition about how COVID-19 patients may experience psychological disorders from the virus.

Sydney Leibel

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed

Sydney Lim

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Director of Development

Tala Al-Rousan

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Refugee health; Chronic disease management; Displacement and health

Todd Gilmer

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
Research Interests: Health economics/Health finance; Risk adjustment; Mental health

Tonya Jackman Hampton - CHRO

Job Titles:
  • Chief Human Resources Officer

Tricia Skipper

Job Titles:
  • Associate Physician

Trish Sanchez

Job Titles:
  • Senior Financial Analyst
  • Member of Administration Leadership Team

Tristan Merica-Jones

Job Titles:
  • Financial Analyst

Tyler DeLong

Job Titles:
  • Communications Specialist
  • Communications, Marketing, Media Relations

Vicky Segall Byrne

Job Titles:
  • Executive Assistant & Project Analyst

Victoria Ojeda

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Community-engaged research; Racial/ethnic disparities in access to physical and mental health services; Service design for justice involved individuals

Vivian Reznik

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Secondary Appointed

Wael Al-Delaimy

Job Titles:
  • Professor

Wesley Thompson

Job Titles:
  • Professor, Non - Salaried

Winta Mehtsun

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor, Secondary Appointed

Xin Tu

Job Titles:
  • Professor
Research Interests: Semiparametric models for within- and between-subject attributes for longitudinal study; Statistical and machine learning models for mental health and psychosocial research; Causal inference for clinical trial and observational study data

Xinlian Zhang

Job Titles:
  • Assistant Professor
Research Interests: Nonparametric function estimation; Single cell sequencing

Yadira Galindo - CCO

Job Titles:
  • Director of Communications
  • Communications

Yuyan Shi

Job Titles:
  • Associate Professor