The maternal mortality rate in the United States exceeds that of any other developed country and it increased significantly in 2020, according to a new analysis. Outcomes are particular troubling for Black women, who face a risk nearly three times that of white women, putting their risk of maternal mortality rates on a par with that of women in Central American countries.
Dr. Aria Fallah is a fellowship trained pediatric neurosurgeon who practices at UCLA Mattel Children’s Hospital and Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center. He is an Associate Professor of Neurosurgery and Pediatrics at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. He is board certified in Neurosurgery by the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. He is also board certified by the American Board of Pediatric Neurological Surgery.
Education
- Fellowship, Pediatric Neurosurgery, Miami Children's Hospital, Miami, FL, 2015
- Residency, Neurosurgery, University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, Toronto, Canada, 2014
- MSc, Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, 2013
- MD, McMaster University School of Medicine, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, 2008
Education
- PhD, Statistics, Stanford University
- MS, Bioinformatics and Computational Biology, Iowa State University
- BM, Clinical Medicine, China Medical University
Education
- PhD, Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2007
- MS, Statistics, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, 2004
- BS, Economics and Statistics, Bocconi University, Milan, Italy, 2002
Education
- PhD Statistics/Social Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1999
- MS Statistics/Social Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA, 1996
- BS Economics and Mathematics, University of Texas at Austin, 1994
Dr. W. Scott Comulada, DrPH, is Professor-in-residence in the UCLA Departments of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences and Health Policy and Management, Director of the Semel Institute Center for Community Health, a statistician, and a public health researcher. His work focuses on the development and evaluation of AI-enhanced digital health interventions that incorporate chatbots and virtual reality.
Semel Institute Center for Community Health
Education
- DrPH, Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2006
- MS, Biostatistics, University of California, Los Angeles, CA, 2000
- MPH, Biostatistics, Loma Linda University, Loma Linda, CA, 1998
- BS, Biophysics, Pacific Union College, Angwin, CA, 1993
Sudipto Banerjee, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Biostatistics at the Fielding School of Public Health and in the Department of Statistics at the College of Physical Sciences with an affiliate appointment in the UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability.
Education
- PhD, Statistics, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, 2000
- M.STAT, Indian Statistical Institute, Calcutta, India, 1996
- BS (Honours), Presidency College, University of Calcutta, Kolkata India, 1994
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
Education
- PhD, Statistics, University of California, Irvine, CA
- MS, Statistics, University of California, Irvine, CA
Dr. Marc Suchard has been recognized by the National Institute of Statistical Sciences with the institute’s 2021 Jerome Sacks Award for Cross-Disciplinary Research.