Daniel Eisenberg is a Professor of Health Policy and Management in the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA. His broad research goal is to improve understanding of how to invest effectively in the mental health of young people. He is a Principal Investigator of the Healthy Minds Network (HMN) for Research on Adolescent and Young Adult Mental Health.
Education
- Postdoctoral, Mental health Services Research, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- PhD, Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
- BA, Economics, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
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Education
- PhD, Educational Psychology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MD, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- BA, Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Dr. Nadereh Pourat, Ph.D., is the associate Center director and the director of the Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. She is also a professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, professor at the UCLA School of Dentistry and a member of UCLA/Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control Research. Pourat is the vice chair for cost in the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP).
Education
- PhD, Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MSPH, Health Services, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- BS, Psychology, California State University, Northridge, CA
Dr. Emmeline Chuang’s research focuses on how the organization and management of health and human services affects service access and quality of care, particularly for underserved populations. Her research has been funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse, the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, the Hitachi Foundation, and the William T. Grant Foundation.
Education
- PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, NC
- BA, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA
Kristen Choi, PhD, PMHNP-BC, FAAN is a Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner and health services researcher. Dr. Choi studies health services and policy approaches to mental health, trauma, and health disparities among children and other vulnerable populations. Her current research projects include studies on adverse childhood experiences, trauma-informed care, autism and developmental disabilities, and the intersection of homelessness and serious mental illness.
Education
- Post-Doctoral Fellowship, UCLA National Clinician Scholars Program, Los Angeles, CA
- PhD, Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
- MS, Health Policy and Management, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- BS, Nursing, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
Roshan Bastani, Ph.D., is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She is Director of the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity and Co-Director of the Center for Cancer Prevention and Control Research. In the Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, she is Director for Community Engagement. She served an 11-year term as Associate Dean for Research in the School of Public Health.
Education
- PhD, Psychology (Social/Health), University of Houston, Houston, TX
- MA, Psychology, Bombay University, Bombay, India
- BA, Psychology, Bombay University, Bombay, India
Dr. Arturo Vargas Bustamante is a Professor at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health in the Department of Health Policy & Management and serves as Faculty Research Director at the UCLA Latino Policy and Politics Institute. The primary focus of his research has been on health care access and utilization, particularly among Latinos/Hispanics and immigrants in the United States. He has also contributed to border and international health care research, as well as chronic care management research in primary care settings.
Affiliations
Education
- PhD, Public Policy, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2008
- MA, Economics, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2006
- MPP, University of California, Berkeley, CA, 2004
- Lic, El Colegio de México, 2000
Dr. Robert Brook is Professor of Medicine, and Health Policy and Management. He also directs the Clinical Scholars Program and is a Corporate Fellow at RAND and the Director of RAND's Health Sciences Program. Dr. Brook teaches a course entitled, "Quality of Care" in the Fielding School of Public Health, and leads a doctoral seminar on health services and health policy research as part of the Clinical Scholars core curriculum. He received his M.D. from the Johns Hopkins Medical School and his Sc.D. from the Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health. Dr.
Education
- MD, Johns Hopkins Medical School, Baltimore, MD
- ScD, Johns Hopkins School of Hygiene and Public Health, Baltimore, MD
Dr. Barbara Berman's research focuses on tobacco prevention among high risk adolescents and young adults, low-income multi-ethnic populations, and deaf and hard of hearing youth. Berman also works on developing effective cancer prevention and control programming, with a current emphasis on breast health and breast cancer, for adult populations. These cancer prevention and control programs are also geared toward deaf and hard of hearing women and health professionals.
The Department of Health Policy and Management in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and the Department of Public Policy in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs offer a concurrent degree program whereby students can work for the MPP in Public Policy and the MPH. Students must complete the program requirements for both degrees. Applicants interested in this concurrent program should contact the Department Public Policy and the Office of Student Services at UCLA Fielding.