Faculty Directory

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Wael Al-Delaimy, MD, PhD

Professor
waldelaimy@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Global mental health, Environmental health and climate change; Community Engagement, refugee and native health; Science and Research Ethics
Tala Al-Rousan, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor
talrousan@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Refugee health; Chronic disease management; Displacement and health
Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH

Professor and Dean
c1anderson@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Prevention; Nutrition and lifestyle interventions; Chronic disease epidemiology
Happy Araneta, PhD, MPH
Professor, Secondary Appointed
School of Medicine, Associate Dean of Diversity and Community Partnerships
haraneta@health.ucsd.edu
Gretchen Bandoli, PhD

Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed
gbandoli@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Perinatal epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology; Pregnancy mental health; Pregnancy substance use
Matthew "Mateo" Banegas, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed
mbanegas@health.ucsd.edu
Angela Bazzi, PhD, MPH

Professor
abazzi@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: HIV prevention; Substance use; Qualitative and mixed methods research
Ellen Beck, MD
Professor, Secondary Appointed
ebeck@health.ucsd.edu
John Bellettiere, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
jbellettiere@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Aging; Behavioral epidemiology; Chronic disease prevention
Charles Berry, PhD

Professor
ccberry@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Biostatistics; Statistical genomics of retroviral infection/transfection; Statistical computation
Nancy Binkin, MD, MPH
Professor
nbinkin@health.ucsd.edu
Cinnamon Bloss, PhD
Professor and Associate Dean for Academic Affairs
cbloss@health.ucsd.edu
Kerri Boutelle, PhD

Professor
kboutelle@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Weight loss; Binge eating; Cognition
Ryan Bradley, ND, MPH

Associate Professor
rybradley@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Complementary and integrative health; Nutrition; Dietary supplements
Kimberly Brouwer, PhD

Professor and Associate Dean for Education and Student Affairs
kbrouwer@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Substance use in economically and socially marginalized populations; Prevention and control of infectious diseases; Access to care
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
John M. Carethers, MD

Distinguished Professor, Secondary Appointed
Vice Chancellor for Health Sciences
Julie Celebi, MD

Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed
jcelebi@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Clinician well-being; Health equity; LGBTQ+ healthcare
Christina Chambers, PhD, MPH

Distinguished Professor, Secondary Appointed
chchambers@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Environmental causes of adverse pregnancy outcomes, birth defects, and childhood disabilities, with a special focus on human teratogens
Harvey Checkoway, PhD, MPH
Professor
hcheckoway@health.ucsd.edu
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
Brian Chen, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
b1chen@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Biomarker discovery/validation; Epigenetics; Aging
Hyunkeun Ryan Cho, PhD

Professor
hkc005@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Longitudinal/Functional Data Analysis; Causal Inference; Machine Learning; Clinical Trials; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Mental Health Disorders; Aging and Longevity Research
Michael Criqui, MD, MPH
Distinguished Professor, Secondary Appointed
mcriqui@health.ucsd.edu
Lori Daniels, MD, MAS, FACC, FAHA

Professor, Secondary Appointed
lbdaniels@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Cardiovascular disease; Novel biomarkers; Critical care cardiology
Victor De Gruttola, ScD

Professor
vdegruttola@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests:

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Steven Edland, PhD, MS

Professor
sedland@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Alzheimer’s disease (AD) etiology and risk factors; Genetic epidemiology of AD and related disorders; AD clinical trial design and methods
Elizabeth Eikey, PhD

Assistant Professor
eeikey@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Design, use, and impact of technologies on health; Digital mental health; Qualitative and mixed methods
Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD, MSPH

Associate Professor
rfieldingmiller@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Community-engaged research; Social and structural determinants of infectious disease; Global health
Richard Garfein, PhD, MPH

Professor
rgarfein@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: mHealth and medication adherence; Infectious disease consequences of substance use; Diagnostic test development studies
Todd Gilmer, PhD
Professor
tgilmer@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Health economics/Health finance; Risk adjustment; Mental health
Susan Glockner, MD
Lecturer
Carlos Gould, PhD
Assistant Professor
cagould@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Environmental health; Climate and health; Air pollution; Clean energy; Environmental epidemiology; Exposure science; Wildfires
Erik Groessl, PhD

Professor
egroessl@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Integrative health; Mind body interventions; Cost-effectiveness analysis
Mara Harrell, PhD, MS
Teaching Professor

mharrell@ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Public health ethics; Critical thinking; Writing
Sheri Hartman, PhD

Professor and Assistant Dean for Research Affairs
sjhartman@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Cancer survivorship; Health behavior change interventions; Patient reported outcomes, cognition, and quality of life
Alexandra Heaney, PhD

Assistant Professor
aheaney@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Climate-sensitive diseases; Health impacts of climate change; Environmental epidemiology; Disease forecasting
Eric Hekler, PhD

Professor
ehekler@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Behavioral health research methods; Community-driven design/collective action; Helping people help themselves/self-experimentation/N-of-1
Linda Hill, MD, MPH

Distinguished Professor and Associate Dean for Community Partnerships
llhill@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Injury prevention; Transportation safety; Displaced populations
Suzi Hong, PhD

Professor and Associate Dean for Faculty Affairs and Mentoring
s1hong@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Immune and inflammation biomarker research; Chronic stress and mental health outcomes; Cardiometabolic health and interventions
Samantha Hurst, PhD, MA
Professor
shurst@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Culture and Community Health, Health Equity and Social Justice, Qualitative and Mixed Methods

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Joachim Ix, MD, MAS

Professor, Secondary Appointed
joeix@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Electrolytes, Hemodialysis, Nephrology
Sonia Jain, PhD, MSc

Professor and Associate Dean for Research
sojain@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Biostatistics; Clinical trial design; Bayesian methods
Michelle Johnson, MD

Professor, Secondary Appointed
mlj001@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Health equity
Robert H. Kaplan, PhD, MPA

Professor and Assistant Dean for Student Affairs
rokaplan@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Health policy; Leadership studies; Negotiation issues
Georgia Kayser, PhD, MALD, BS
Assistant Professor
gkayser@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Environmental determinants of health; Children’s environmental health; Health disparities and inequities
Donna Kritz-Silverstein, PhD, MA
Professor and Assistant Dean for Education Program Affairs
dsilverstein@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Women’s health; Chronic disease epidemiology; Dental public health and dental education
Richard Kronick, PhD, MA
Professor
rkronick@health.ucsd.edu
Andrea LaCroix, PhD, MPH
Distinguished Professor
alacroix@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Healthy aging/longevity; Women's health; Physical activity
Ariel Lang, MD, MPH

Professor, Secondary Appointed
ajlang@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Anxiety and trauma; Psychotherapy and complementary/alternative interventions; Clinical trials
Brittany Larsen, PhD

Associate Professor
blarsen@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Physical activity; Diabetes prevention and management; Body composition
Gail Laughlin, PhD

Associate Professor
glaughlin@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Sex differences in aging; Cardiovascular disease epidemiology; Endocrine factors and health
Eric Leas, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
ecleas@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Cannabis; Tobacco; Data science
Sydney Leibel, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed
sleibel@health.ucsd.edu
Lin Liu, PhD
Associate Professor
l2liu@health.ucsd.edu
Kanya Long, PhD, MHS
Assistant Professor
kclong@health.ucsd.edu
Rohit Loomba, MD, MHSc
Professor, Secondary Appointed
roloomba@health.ucsd.edu

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Becky Marquez, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
bemarquez@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Obesity; Nutrition and physical activity; Latinx health
Maria Elena Martinez, PhD
Professor
e8martinez@health.ucsd.edu
Sara McMenamin, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor
smcmenamin@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Health insurance; Tobacco dependence treatment; Public policy
Audra Meadows, MD, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Secondary Appointed
a2meadows@health.ucsd.edu
Winta Mehtsun, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor, Secondary Appointed
wmehtsun@health.ucsd.edu
Karen Messer, PhD
Professor
kmesser@health.ucsd.edu
Lindsay Miller, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
lmmiller@health.ucsd.edu
Paul Mills, PhD
Professor
pmills@health.ucsd.edu
Ryan Moran, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed
rjmoran@health.ucsd.edu
Loki Natarajan, PhD
Professor
lnatarajan@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Modeling health behaviors: sleep, physical activity, diet, sedentary behavior; Analysis of a data derived from wearable sensors, such as accelerometers; 'Omics markers and chronic disease
Camille Nebeker, EdD, MS

Professor
nebeker@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Digital health research ethics; Research ethics education; Community capacity building
Annie Nguyen, PhD, MPH

Associate Professor
aln031@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Older adults; HIV; Resilient aging; Mental health; Quality of life; Community engagement
France Nguyen-Grozavu, PhD, MPH
Lecturer
fnguyengrozavu@health.ucsd.edu
Gregory Norman, PhD, MA
Professor
gnorman@health.ucsd.edu
Victoria D. Ojeda, PhD, MPH

Professor
vojeda@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Community-engaged research; Racial/ethnic disparities in access to physical and mental health services; Service design for justice involved individuals
Lawrence Palinkas, PhD
Professor and Interim Assistant Dean for Community Partnerships
lapalinkas@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Mental health services research, Implementation science, Prevention, Climate change and health equity, Community-engaged research, Qualitative and mixed methods
Kevin Patrick, MD, MS
Professor
kpatrick@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Innovation in health and healthcare; Mobile technologies
Corinne Peek-Asa, PhD, MPH
Distinguished Professor and Vice Chancellor for Research
cpeekasa@ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Development, Implementation, Dissemination, and Translation of injury and violence prevention programs and policies; International capacity building to reduce the burden of traumatic injury and violence
John Pierce, PhD
Distinguished Professor
jppierce@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Tobacco use, e-cigarettes; Initiation; Tobacco control
Heather Pines, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
hpines@health.ucsd.edu
Michael Pratt, MD, MSPE,MPH
Professor
mipratt@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Physical activity surveillance and measurement; Physical activity policy; Global health research capacity building

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Borsika Rabin, PhD, PharmD, MPH

Associate Professor
barabin@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Dissemination and implementation science; Adapting evidence-based interventions, theories, models, frameworks for dissemination and implementation science; Pragmatic measures; Underserved communities; Cancer prevention and control; COVID-19
Ramya Rajagopalan, PhD
Assistant Professor
rmrajagopalan@ucsd.edu
Brinda Rana, PhD

Teaching Professor
bkrana@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Transcriptomic, metabolomic, epigenomic, genome and proteomic adaptations to the environment/behavior; Research design and the health sciences; NASA Twins Study; NCI/NIH funded Transdisciplinary Research on Energetics and Cancer
Divya Reddy, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed
direddy@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Perinatal mental health; Maternal morbidity and mortality; STIs; Family planning; Clinical quality improvement
Vivian Reznik, MD, MPH
Professor, Secondary Appointed
vreznik@health.ucsd.edu
Andrew Ries, MD, MPH
Professor, Secondary Appointed
aries@health.ucsd.edu
Margaret Ryan, MD, MPH
Professor
m1ryan@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Vaccine-preventable infections; Military medicine; Risk communication
Rany Salem, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
rsalem@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Genetic epidemiology; Diabetes and diabetic complication; Complex traits, multivariate and longitudinal phenotypes
James Sallis, PhD
Distinguished Professor
jsallis@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Physical activity; Built environment; Behavior change
Deepa Sannidhi, MD
Assistant Professor, Secondary Appointed
dsannidhi@health.ucsd.edu
Armin Schwartzman, PhD
Professor
a7schwartzman@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Image analysis; High-dimensional data analysis; Time series
Argentina Servin, MD, MPH

Associate Professor, Secondary Appointed

arservin@health.ucsd.edu
Aladdin H. Shadyab, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
ahshadya@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Longevity; Geroscience; Women's health
Holly Baker Shakya, PhD
Professor
hshakya@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Social network analysis; Population sciences; Maternal/child/reproductive health
Yuyan Shi, PhD
Associate Professor
yus001@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Health economics; Behavioral economics; Drug policy
Murray Stein, MD, MPH
Distinguished Professor, Secondary Appointed
mstein@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Anxiety; Traumatic stress; Genetics
Matthew Stone, PhD
Assistant Professor
m3stone@health.ucsd.edu
David Strong, PhD
Professor
dstrong@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Tobacco control and regulatory science; Obesity and weight loss interventions; Tobacco related health disparities
Jose Ricardo Suarez, MD, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
jrsuarez@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Environmental chemical exposures; Life course research (children-adults); Mitigation of adverse health environments
Ronald Thomas, PhD
Professor
rgthomas@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Clinical trials design and analysis; Longitudinal data analysis; Alzheimer's Disease
Wesley Thompson, PhD

Professor, Non-Salaried
wkthompson@health.ucsd.edu
Christine Thorne, MD, MPH
Professor, Secondary Appointed
cthorne@health.ucsd.edu
Dennis Trinidad, PhD, MPH
Professor
dtrinidad@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Tobacco; Education; Health disparities/equity
Xin Tu, PhD
Professor
x2tu@health.ucsd.edu
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

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Florin Vaida, PhD
Professor
fvaida@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Longitudinal and clustered data analysis; Randomized clinical trials; NeuroAIDS and infectious diseases
Stephen Waterman, MD, MPH

Professor
shwaterman@health.ucsd.edu

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
Anne E. C. White, PhD

Assistant Professor
aecwhite@health.ucsd.edu

Research Interests: Doctor-patient Communication; Medical Sociology; Qualitative Methodologies; Conversation Analysis; Rural Health; Opioid Negotiations
Crystal Wiley Cené, MD, MPH
Professor, Secondary Appointment
UC San Diego Health CAO, Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion
ccene@health.ucsd.edu
Deborah Wingard, PhD
Professor
dwingard@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Faculty development; Diversity; Diabetes
Ronghui (Lily) Xu, PhD
Professor
rxu@health.ucsd.edu
Xinlian Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
xizhang@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Nonparametric function estimation; Single cell sequencing
Shu-Hong Zhu, PhD
Professor
szhu@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Tobacco control; Population behavioral pattern; Cannabis research
Jingjing Zou, PhD
Assistant Professor
j2zou@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Medical image analysis; Functional data; Machine learning
Christine Zoumas-Morse, MS, RD
Lecturer
czoumasmorse@health.ucsd.edu

Emeritus Faculty

Linda McEvoy, PhD
Professor
lkmcevoy@health.ucsd.edu
Research Interests: Healthy cognitive aging; Dementia; Brain aging
Ana Navarro, PhD

Professor Emerita

anavarro@health.ucsd.edu

Voluntary Faculty

Angelo Asheh, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
amasheh@health.ucsd.edu
Sara Baird, MD
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
s1baird@health.ucsd.edu
Barbara Brody, MPH

Health Sciences Clinical Professor

Research Interests: Cognitive behavioral skills training; Mobile health/community outreach; Aging policy
Joseph Caperna, MD, MPH
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
jcaperna@health.ucsd.edu
Sabrina Falquier, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
safalquier@health.ucsd.edu
Kathleen Fischer, MD, MPH

Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
kffischer@health.ucsd.edu
Regina Fleming, MD, MSPH
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
rfleming@health.ucsd.edu
Carla Fox, MD

Health Sciences Clinical Professor
c4fox@health.ucsd.edu
John Fox, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
j6fox@health.ucsd.edu
Christopher Granda, DO, MPH
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
cgranda@health.ucsd.edu
Rebecca LaVasseur, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
rlevasseur@health.ucsd.edu
Eric McDonald, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
Mary Moya, MD
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
mmoya@health.ucsd.edu
Camila Romero, MD
Health Sciences Assistant Clinical Professor
cxromero@health.ucsd.edu
Jose Suarez-Torres, MD, MPH, PhD
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
jsuareztorres@health.ucsd.edu
Sayone Thihalolipavan, MD, MPH
Health Sciences Clinical Instructor
sthihalolipavan@health.ucsd.edu
Jill Waalen, MD, MS, MPH
Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor
jwaalen@health.ucsd.edu

Faculty Directory

Victor De Gruttola, ScD

Angelo Asheh, MD

Sara Baird, MD

Joseph Caperna, MD, MPH

Kathleen Fischer, MD, MPH

Regina Fleming, MD, MSPH

Carla Fox, MD

John Fox, MD

Christopher Granda, DO, MPH

Rebecca LaVasseur, MD

Eric McDonald, MD

Mary Moya, MD

Camila Romero, MD

Jose Suarez-Torres, MD, MPH, PhD

Sayone Thihalolipavan, MD, MPH