Two Medi-Cal care programs designed to help seniors and disabled adults avoid being placed in nursing homes serve only a fraction of those presumed to be eligible, according to a study published today by the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, led by Dr. Ninez Ponce, the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health’s Fred W. and Pamela K.
I am a health services researcher with an abiding interest in the health and well-being of vulnerable populations. I am especially concerned with improving preventive medicine practice and the quality of health care for older adults.
Education
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MA, Columbia University, New York City, NY
Dr. Akihiro Nishi is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He is a social epidemiologist and medical sociologist specializing in social network analysis, network interventions, and evolutionary game theory (Nishi, Social Science & Medicine, 2015).
His research encompasses a broad range of topics, including:
Education
- Doctor of Public Health, Social and Behavioral Sciences, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 2013
- Master of Public Health, Quantitative Methods, Harvard University, Boston, MA, 2010
- MD Equivalent (Igakushi), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan, 2007
Dr. Nianogo is an Assistant Professor in the department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He is a general medicine physician-scientist and epidemiologist.
Center Affiliations
Education
- Post-doctoral fellowship, Systems science modeling, University of California, Los Angeles
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles
- MPH, Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles
- MD, General Medicine, Université de Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso
Courtney S. Thomas Tobin, PhD is an Associate Professor of Community Health Sciences and the Associate Dean for Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion at the Fielding School of Public Health. She is also a Faculty Affiliate of the Ralph J. Bunche Center for African American Studies and holds a join appointment in the Department of African American Studies at UCLA.
Education
- Postdoctoral Training, University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship
- Ph.D. Sociology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
- M.A. Sociology, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, Tennessee
- B.S. Psychology, Xavier University of Louisiana
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
Carol M. Mangione, M.D., M.S.P.H., F.A.C.P. is the Division Chief of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research and Professor of Medicine and Public Health. She holds the Barbara A. Levey, MD, and Gerald S. Levey, MD, endowed chair in medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA) and is professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.
Education
- MD, University of California, San Francisco, CA
- MSPH, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
- BS, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Education
- PhD
Dr. Beate Ritz joined the faculty of the School of Public Health at UCLA in 1995 and is Professor of Epidemiology with co-appointments in the Environmental Health department at the UCLA School of Public Health and in Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine; she is a member of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH), the Southern California Environmental Health Science Center (SCEHSC), co-directed the NIEHS-funded UCLA Center for Gene-Environment Studies of Parkinson's disease and is the Interim Director for the APDA Center of Excellence in Parkinson's Disease R
Center Affiliations
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health, CA
- MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health, CA
- Doctoral Degree, Medical Sociology, University of Hamburg, Germany
- MD, Medical Examination Certificate, Physician Registration
Dr. Keller is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Her primary appointment is in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Keller's research focuses on the use, prescribing, and deprescribing of high-risk medications such as opioids, benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics in older adults. Dr.
Education
- PhD, Health Policy and Management, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MPH, Health Policy and Management, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- BA, Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA