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
Dr. Najib Aziz is Adjunct Professor of Department of Epidemiology of UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He has served as research scientist in the Departments of Microbiology, Immunology and Molecular Genetics (MIMG) and Pathology & Laboratory Medicine of UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine from 1988 to 2012.
Education
- MD, School of Medicine, Kabul University, Kabul, Afghanistan, 1978
- SC (ASCP), Specialist in Chemistry, certified by American Society of Clinical Pathologist, 2010
Dr. Hsu brings a diverse background and experience to inform his research and teaching. With training in both engineering and epidemiology, he has applied methods such as program optimization and modeling to the areas of risk assessment, mild traumatic brain injuries (concussions), and the role of firearms in homicide-suicide events. Recent projects have included a needs assessment of gang intervention workers, evaluating community-based programs for violence prevention, and investigating the role of culture and other factors in minority health.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MPH, Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- BS, Mechanical Engineering, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Nicole Hoff is the Kinshasa, DRC based country director and a senior administrative analyst within the UCLA-DRC Research Program at UCLA. Nicole earned her B.A. in Biology and Sociology, followed by a MPH in Epidemiology from Tulane University. Focusing in global health and infectious disease, She earned a PhD in Epidemiology from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health in 2014.
Education
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MPH, Epidemiology, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA
- BA, Biology and Sociology, Hood College, Frederick, MD
Jody Heymann, MD, PhD, is founding director of the WORLD Policy Analysis Center and served as dean of the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health from 2013-2018.
Center Affiliations
Education
- PhD, Harvard University, Boston, MA
- MD, Harvard University, Boston, MA
I joined UCLA in 2009 and am an Associate Adjunct Professor of Epidemiology and a member of the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. Prior to coming to UCLA I completed a postdoctoral fellowship at the International Agency for Research on Cancer, an agency of the World Health Organization.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, Columbia University, New York, NY
- MPH, Boston University, Boston, MA
- AB, The University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC
Dr. Su Yon Jung is an Associate Professor in the UCLA School of Nursing and an Adjunct Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Dr. Jung is a faulty member of the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center and the Genetics & Genomics Graduate Program in Bioscience. Dr. Jung is a molecular genetic cancer epidemiologist. She completed a postdoctoral fellowship in the Department of Epidemiology at the University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of Pittsburgh, Graduate School of Public Health, Pittsburgh, PA
- MPH, Occupational Health, The Catholic University of Korea, Graduate School of Public Health, Seoul, Korea
- BSN, Nursing Science, The Catholic University of Korea, Seoul, Korea
Mia Hashibe, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Member of the Cancer Control and Survivorship Program at the UCLA Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center. She also has a joint appointment in the Division of Digestive Diseases. She received her Bachelor of Science degree in Biology/Japanese at UCLA and her MPH and PhD in Epidemiology degrees from the UCLA School of Public Health. After obtaining her PhD, she held a postdoctoral fellow and scientist position at the International Agency for Research on Cancer in Lyon, France.
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- MPH, Epidemiology, University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA
- BS, Biology, University of Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA