Dr. Paul Simon is an Adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and an Adjunct Research Professor in the Department of Population and Public Health Sciences at USC Keck School of Medicine. Dr. Simon received his MD from the University of Michigan School of Medicine and his MPH in Epidemiology from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He completed a two-year fellowship in field epidemiology with the Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS Program) at the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC).
Education
- MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MD, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- BA, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Julia Heck is a co-author of research listed in the National Cancer Institute’s Epidemiology and Genomics Research Program Research Highlights for 2021.
Dr. Sander Greenland was among the most highly cited researchers in the world in 2021, according to Clarivate Analytics.
Dr. Roger Detels delivered the 47th Lester Breslow Distinguished Lecture at UCLA FSPH.
Dr. Susan Cochran was honored by the UCLA School of Law’s Williams Institute with the 2022 Impact Award.
Dr. Onyebuchi Arah received the 2021 Outstanding Contributions to Epidemiology award from the American College of Epidemiology.
Dr. Onyebuchi Arah has been elected by the membership of the Society for Epidemiologic Research to serve as the society's president-elect (2021-22), president (2022-23), and past president (2023-24).
About Dr. Shafir
Education
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
- MPH, University of California, Berkeley
- BS, Loyola Marymount University
Dr. Teresa Seeman, PhD, is Professor of Epidemiology at the Fielding School of Public Health and of Medicine in the Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Trained as an epidemiologist, with post-doctoral training in neuroendocrinology, her research interests are inter-disciplinary, focusing on role of social and psychological factors in health and aging, with particular interest in elucidating the biological pathways through which such factors impact on health.Working in both community- and laboratory-based contexts, her work has documented the widespread health effects of protective
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- BA, French Literature, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MS, Public Health, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
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