Dr. Kelika Konda is based in Lima, Peru and her research focuses on strategies to prevent HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) within the local social and epidemiologic context. In 2013, she received a K01 from the NIMH to study relationships between gay men in Peru and to develop an HIV prevention intervention for gay men. The proposed intervention will focus on their sexual partnerships and include couples voluntary counseling and testing for HIV infection.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- MHS, International Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- BA, Barnard College of Columbia University, New York, NY
Dr. Timothy Brewer is Professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and of Medicine, and a member of the Division of Infectious Diseases, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
Education
- MD, New York Medical College, Westchester County, NY
- MPH, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- BA, History, Yale University, New Haven, CT
Dr. Brian D. Bradbury, MA, DSC, is currently an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Director in the Center for Observational Research at Amgen, Inc. leading the epidemiologic research program for medications used in the treatment of patients with kidney disease. Brian received his Doctor of Science in Epidemiology from Boston University in 2004 and a Master of Arts in Education & Psychology from Pepperdine University in 1998. Dr. Bradbury currently teaches the Introduction to Pharmacoepidemiology course (EPI 268).
Education
- DSc, Epidemiology, Boston University School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- MA, Education and Psychology, Pepperdine University Graduate School of Education & Psychology, Malibu, CA
Dr. Alexandra Binder is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and an Assistant Professor of Cancer Epidemiology at the University of Hawaiʻi Cancer Center. Dr. Binder received her Bachelor of Arts in Biology from Scripps College, her Masters of Science in Epidemiology from the Harvard School of Public Health, and her Doctorate of Science in Epidemiology, also from Harvard University.
Education
- ScD, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- MS, Epidemiology, Harvard School of Public Health, Boston, MA
- BA, Biology, Scripps College, Claremont, CA
The UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the UCLA School of Law offer a four year concurrent degree program. The program includes three years at UCLA Law and one year at UCLA Fielding. Applicants interested in this concurrent program must apply separately to UCLA Law and the Office of Student Services at UCLA Fielding.
Paul Dluzniewski is currently a Director in the Center for Observational Research at Amgen. As product area lead for the cardiovascular-metabolic group, his work is focused on therapies used to treat patients at elevated risk of cardiovascular disease. He leads evidence generation efforts by conducting epidemiologic research to inform the benefit-risk profile of Amgen’s therapies and highlight the clinical value of both marketed and pipeline products.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD
- MPH, Epidemiology, Boston University, Boston, MA
- BS, Biology, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA
Roger Detels M.D., M.S., Distinguished Research Professor of Epidemiology and Infectious Diseases, began his research career at the U.S. Naval Medical Research Unit in Taipei, Taiwan in 1966. In 1969 he joined the research staff of the National Institute of Communicable Diseases and Stroke.
Education
- MS, Preventive Medicine, University of Washington, Seattle, WA
- MD, Medicine, New York University, New York, NY
- BA, Biochemistry, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Dr. DerSarkissian is an epidemiologist whose expertise includes epidemiologic methodology and applications of modern methods to observational health data. She has a wide range of experience in pharmacoepidemiology and health economics and outcomes research, including studies on causal methods and global health. Dr.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- BA, Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Julia Bailey became interested in evolutionary biology and statistical genetics during her first degree working with insects. In graduate school she started studying Epidemiology and Human genetics. Most of her career has been focused on methods to find genes for complex traits using large extended pedigrees. These large, extended families allow the study of co-segregation of specific DNA and the clinical and subclinical phenotypes. Dr.
Education
- PhD, Genetic Epidemiology, Yale University School of Public Health, New Haven, CT
- BSc, Honors, Evolutionary Biology, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, Canada