Dr. May Wang joined the faculty as associate professor in the Department of Community Health Sciences in 2008. She received an undergraduate degree from the National University of Singapore, a master's degree in nutritional science from the University of Texas at Austin, and master's and doctorate degrees in public health from the University of California at Berkeley. After obtaining her doctorate degree, she completed a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University School of Medicine where she was trained in the emerging field of pediatric bone health research.
Education
- DrPH, Public Health Nutrition, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Steven M. Teutsch, MD, MPH is an adjunct professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health; Senior Fellow at the Public Health Institute; and Senior Fellow at the Leonard D. Schaeffer Center for Health Policy and Economics at the University of Southern California.
Center Affiliations
Education
- Residency, Internal Medicine, Pennsylvania State University, Hershey, PA
- MD, Medicine, Duke University, Durham, NC
- BA, Biochemical Science, Harvard College, Cambridge, MA
Stephanie L. Taylor is an Adjunct Associate Professor of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Dr. Taylor’s primary appointment is Senior Investigator at the Greater Los Angeles VA. As a health services researcher and sociomedical scientist with over 25 years’ experience in effectiveness and implementation research, Dr.
Education
- PhD, Sociomedical Sciences, Columbia University, New York, NY
- MPH, Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY
Dr. Marissa Seamans, PhD, MSPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology. Dr. Seamans’ research focuses on the intersection of social epidemiology and pharmacoepidemiology to address substance use and mental health. Her work explores the use of large healthcare databases to examine prescription drug use in families and the effectiveness of treatments for mental health and substance use disorders. Methodologically, Dr.
Education
- Postdoctoral, Mental Health, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Baltimore, MD
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- MSPH, Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC
- BA, Comparative Literature and Society, Columbia University, Columbia College, New York, NY
Elizabeth Rose Mayeda (she/her) is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Dr. Mayeda's research focuses on identifying modifiable determinants of cognitive decline and dementia among older adults. Her research program has both applied and methodological themes. Her research focuses on identifying effective population-level strategies to promote late-life cognitive and brain health. She also leads work addressing methodological challenges in longitudinal studies of cognitive aging and dementia risk.
Education
- Postdoctoral fellowship, University of California, San Francisco
- PhD, University of California, San Francisco
- MPH, Columbia University Mailman School of Public Health
- BA, University of California, Berkeley
James Macinko, Ph.D., is Professor of Health Policy and Management and Community Health Sciences. He is a health services researcher specializing in global health and health policy analysis. Main areas of research include assessing the impact of health reforms and policy changes, developing tools to evaluate health system performance, and exploring the role of health policies and services in the production and potential reduction of health inequities.
Center Affiliations
- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
- Center for Cancer Prevention and Control Research
- Center for Global and Immigrant Health
Education
- PhD, Health and Social Policy, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- MA, International Affairs, George Washington University, Washington, D.C.
- BS, Molecular and Cellular Biology, University of Arizona, Tucson
- BA, Religious Studies, University of Arizona, Tucson
Dr. Robbins is a professor in the Environmental Health Sciences Department, and the School of Nursing. She holds faculty appointments with the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Molecular Toxicology IDP, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- MSN, Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- BSN, Nursing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Dr. Anne Pebley is a social demographer and public health specialist who works on a wide range of issues related to social inequality and the determinants of health, both globally and in the United States. She is well-known for design, conduct, and analysis of social and health surveys, with the goal of answering key policy and basic research questions.
Education
- PhD, Sociology, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- MPS, International Development, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY
- BA, Comparative Communist Studies, Union College, Schenectady, NY
By training, I am both a clinical psychologist and an epidemiologist.
Graduate Education
- Ph.D., Clinical Psychology, University of California Los Angeles
- M.S., Epidemiology, University of California Los Angeles
Dr. Li joined UCLA in 2019. He shares a position between the Fielding School of Public Health, Environmental Health Sciences Department and the School of Nursing, with a joint-appointment in the Fielding School of Public Health, Epidemiology Department. Before his appointment at UCLA, Dr. Li had been working in China and Germany with extensive experience on occupational health. He is an active member of the International Commission on Occupational Health (ICOH) Scientific Committees on Cardiology in Occupational Health, and on Work Organisation and Psychosocial Factors.
Center Affiliations
- Center for Occupational and Environmental Health
- Southern California NIOSH Education and Research Center
Education
- Doctor of Security Science (Safety Sciences), University of Wuppertal, Wuppertal, Germany
- PhD, Public Health, Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea
- MD, Preventive Medicine, Tongji Medical University, Wuhan, China