Dr. Moore is an Adjunct Professor of Biostatistics with research interests in biomedical data science and statistical genetics. He focuses on the development, evaluation, and application of artificial intelligence and machine learning methods for developing predictive models of clinical outcomes including risk of common diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and neuropsychiatric diseases such as Alzheimer's.
Education
- Ph.D., Human Genetics, University of Michigan
- M.A., Applied Statistics, University of Michigan
- M.S., Human Genetics, University of Michigan
- B.S., Biological Sciences, Florida State University
Findings from a new UCLA report reveal that immigrants living in California are much less likely than others to have a gun in their home — just 7.7% of immigrants had a firearm in 2021 versus 22.3% of all California adults. But 24.0% of immigrants report being “very worried” about being a victim of gun violence, while 12.9% of the adult population overall said they were very worried.
Dr. Penelope Fu, MD, MPH, FAMIA, FAAP, is VP/Chief Medical Information Officer (CMIO) at City of Hope, and Adjunct Professor of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Most recently, she was CMIO and Division Chief and Fellowship Director, Division of Pediatric Hospital Medicine at Los Angeles County Harbor-UCLA Medical Center in Torrance, California. She was also previously CMIO and CIO at the Los Angeles County Department of Health Services, one of the largest public health service delivery systems in the country.
Education
- MD, Boston University, MA
- MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- BS, Boston University, MA
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
Dr. Xi Zhu, PhD, is a Professor and the Paul Torrens Chair in Healthcare Management in the Department of Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Dr. Zhu received his PhD in Sociology from the University of Minnesota. His research focuses on micro and macro organizational behaviors in healthcare delivery systems.
Center Affiliations
- Center for Healthcare Management
- Center for Cancer Prevention and Control Research
- UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
- UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity
Education
- PhD, Sociology, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN
- MS, Business Administration, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
- BS, Accounting/Applied Mathematics, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, China
Education
- PhD, Statistics, Stanford University
- MS, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Iowa State University
- BM, Clinical Medicine, China Medical University
I like working in an academic environment because of the variety of projects I get to work on and because I get to work with many great students on research projects, paper writing, and as dissertation advisor. I've supervised over 30 Biostatistics doctoral dissertations to date and have helped doctoral students from numerous departments with their dissertations!
Education
- PhD, Statistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1989
- MS, Statistics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1987
- B.Math, Mathematics, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, 1984
Dr. Smith has extensive experience teaching applied research skills. Since joining the UCLA faculty in 2001, she has co-taught several popular courses designed to enhance students’ skills in public health research including EPIDEM 411: Research Resources in Epidemiology and EPIDEM 230: Sexually Transmitted Disease Prevention and Control.
Education
- SAS Certified Base Programmer for SAS 9, SAS Institute, Cary, NC
- UC President’s Postdoc Fellow, University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health, CA
- DrPH, Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health, CA
- MPH, Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health, CA
- MS, Biology, California State University Los Angeles, CA
- BS, Biology, Loyola Marymount University, Los Angeles, CA
Education
- PhD, Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA, 2004
- MS, Statistics, University of California, Davis, CA, 2001
- BS, Mathematics, Boğaziçi University, Istanbul, Turkey, 1999