2018

Grants & Contracts

Fielding School Building

 

RICHARD AMBROSE


Assessing the Effects of Sediment Augmentation on the Marsh Plain and Tidal Creeks at the Seal Beach Wetland
Department of the Interior Fish and Wildlife Service & Southwest Wetlands Interpretive Association, $151,678 for two years

SUSAN BABEY


California Health Interview Survey 2015-2016 Policy Research Studies
The California Endowment, $527,000 for two years

ROSHAN BASTANI


Precision Health Approaches to Liver Cancer Control
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center/Clinical and Translational Institute/David Geffen School of Medicine, $200,000 for two years

ROSHAN BASTANI & BETH GLENN


Comparative Effectiveness of System Interventions to Increase Human Papillomavirus (HPV) Vaccine Receipts in Federally Qualified Health Centers (FQHC)
Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute, $6,476,899 for six years

HIRAM BELTRAN-SANCHEZ


Demographic Models and Hypotheses Testing of Delayed Effects on Adult Mortality
National Institute on Aging & University of Wisconsin, $166,349 for three years
Mexican Health and Aging Study III
National Institute on Aging & University of Texas, Galveston, $278,027 for five years

BARBARA BERMAN


E-cigarette and Tobacco Use Prevention for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Youth
UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, $299,816 for two years

CINDY CAIN


Building Neighborhood Social Capital: Trust, Safety, and Helpfulness
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $50,000
California End of Life Option Act at One Year: Convening Key Stakeholders
California Healthcare Foundation & University of California, San Francisco, $94,205 for one-and-a-half years

EMMELINE CHUANG


Qualitative Research, Project Management and Statistical Analysis - Task Order
Department of Veterans Affairs, $1,317,555

JASON CLAGUE AND THOMAS BELIN


Developing Statistical Methods for Spatial Relationships and Missing Teeth in Oral-Health Research
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, $55,013 for one-and-a-half years

BURTON COWGILL


Project Towards No Nicotine: Afterschool Tobacco Use Prevention Program
UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, $397,095 for two years

CATHERINE CRESPI


Investing in the HIV Care Continuum: Model-Based Methods to Translate Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Interventions (ATN) Findings into Policy Recommendations
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development & University of North Carolina, $155,161 for four years

REBEKAH ISRAEL CROSS AND CHANDRA FORD


Health Policy Research Scholars
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $120,000 for four years

JANET FRANK


Older Adult Mental Health Services: Future Recommendation for Workforce Education & Training
Archstone Foundation, $55,000 for two years

PATRICIA GANZ


A Model Clinical/Translational Research Program for Breast Cancer Survivors: A Focus on Cognitive Function After Breast Cancer Treatment
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, $250,000
Adjuvant Therapy Discussions: A Focus on Long Term and Late Effects of Treatment
Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, $340,000 for one-and-a-half years
NRG-S1418/BR006 - A Randomized, Phase III Trial to Evaluate the Efficacy and Safety of MK-3475
Merck and Company, INC & National Surgical Adjuvant Breast & Bowel Project Foundation, $463,856 for eight years

DEBORAH GLIK


C'este la Vie +
The African Network for Health Education, $300,000 for three years

PAMINA GORBACH AND STEVEN SHOPTAW


Men Who Have Sex with Men (MSM) and Substances Cohort at UCLA Linking Infections Noting Effects (MASCULINE)
National Institute on Drug Abuse, $9,458,924 for five years

JULIA HECK


Ambient Air Toxics and Breast Cancer Risk
UC California Breast Cancer Research Program, $867,768 for three years

JODY HEYMANN


Lancet Series on Gender
United Arab Emirates & Stanford University, $440,000
Advancing the Realization of the Right to Education and Work for Youth with Disabilities
Ford Foundation, $750,000 for two years

MICHAEL JERRETT


Effects of Brake and Tire Wear on Particulate Matter Composition, Reactive Oxygen Species, Placental Development and Birth Outcomes in Los Angeles
California Environmental Protection Agency Air Resources Board, $458,813 for two years
Building GIS into the Tobacco Control Policy Research of Southeast Asia
Fogarty International Center & Loma Linda University, $176,806 for four years

LEEKA KHEIFETS


Exploring Distance and Magnetic Fields Association in California Power Line Study
Electric Power Research Institute, $272,917 for two-and-a-half years
Exploring Pesticide Use in Plant Nurseries Under Power Line Rights of Way
Electric Power Research Institute, $307,213 for two years
Handbook of Biological Effects
Electric Power Research Institute, $75,696 for one-and-a-half years

GERALD KOMINSKI


California Health Policy Research Program 2018-2020
The California Endowment and University of California, Berkeley, $137,000 for two years
California Simulation of Insurance Markets
California Healthcare Foundation & University of California, Berkeley, $56,049
Demographic Analysis and Microsimulation Model Comparisons
California Health Benefit Exchange, $737,460

NIKLAS KRAUSE


Southern California Education and Research Center (NIOSH)
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $8,087,602 for five years

RANDALL KUHN


The Matlab Linked Database: A 40-Year Archive of Health, Population and Development Data in Rural Bangladesh
National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, $169,173 for two years

ELIZABETH ROSE MAYEDA


Racial Disparities in Alzheimer's Disease and Related Dementia: The Role of Blood Pressure Throughout Adulthood
National Institute on Aging, $772,168 for three years

JACK NEEDLEMAN


Utilization of Genetic Testing and Its Downstream Effects Using Longitudinal Claims Analysis
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $149,930

KIMBERLY PAUL & BEATE RITZ


Environmental Predictors of the Overlap of Neurodegenerative Disorders and Metabolic Dysfunction
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, $120,132 for two years

NINEZ PONCE


California Health Interview Survey
Archstone Foundation, $510,000 for four years; Kaiser Foundation Research Institute [National], $300,000 for two years; Kaiser Foundation Research Institute [Northern California], $1,350,000 for two years; Kaiser Foundation Research Institute [Southern California], $1,350,000 for two years; California Health Benefit Exchange, $1,352,628; California Children and Families Commission (First 5 California), $1,700,000 for two years; The California Endowment, $2,999,240 for two years; California Department of Public Health, California Tobacco Control Program, $1,500,000 for four years
Monitoring Access and Coverage: The California Health Interview Survey 2017-2018
California Healthcare Foundation, $716,000 for three years
Philippines Commission on Higher Education
Philippines Office of the President Commission on Higher Education & University of the Philippines Manila, $424,929 for two years

NADEREH POURAT


Children’s Oral Health Needs Assessment
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, $939,207
Chronic Disease Prevention Strategy in Los Angeles (CDPS): Community-Clinical Linkages (CCL) Evaluation Services
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, $183,736
Evaluating the Whole Person Care Pilot Program
California Department of Health Care Services, $4,000,000 for four years
Housing for Health (HFH) Evaluation Services
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, $96,600
Smokefree Multi-Unit Housing Evaluation Services
County of Los Angeles Department of Public Health, $1,135,157 for two years
Stockton Needs Assessment
Abbott Fund, $303,819

MICHAEL PRELIP


UCLA Public Health Scholars Training Program
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, $2,739,111 for five years
Health Net GoNoodle Evaluation
Health Net, Inc., $209,520 for five years

THOMAS RICE


Los Angeles Area Health Services Research Training Program
Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality, $2,564,835 for five years

BEATE RITZ


Environmental and Genetic Predictors of Parkinson’s Progression
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, $150,856

PETER SINSHEIMER


Pilot Camless Engine Demonstration Project
Southern California Edison, $250,000 for two years

ANNETTE STANTON


Understanding and Improving the Experience of Breast Cancer
The Breast Cancer Research Foundation, $250,000

MAY SUDHINARASET


Patient Centered Process Quality for Maternal and Child Health & Family Planning
Gates Foundation & University of California, San Francisco, $301,747 for three years

ONDINE VON EHRENSTEIN


Pesticide Exposure and Birth Outcomes
National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, $155,958 for two years

STEVE WALLACE
 


Linking State Policies to Latino and Asian American Immigrant Health Care Access
National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, $2,792,624 for five years

YIFANG ZHU


Impacts of Electronic Cigarette Emissions on Indoor Air Quality
UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program, $353,096 for two years

FRED ZIMMERMAN


Identifying Early Childhood Interventions in San Diego County, California, and Quantifying Their Impact on Health Equity
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation, $200,000 for two years