Dr. Robbins is a professor in the Environmental Health Sciences Department, and the School of Nursing. She holds faculty appointments with the UCLA Center for Occupational and Environmental Health, Molecular Toxicology IDP, and Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- MSN, Nursing, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ
- BSN, Nursing, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Dr. Beate Ritz joined the faculty of the School of Public Health at UCLA in 1995 and is Professor of Epidemiology with co-appointments in the Environmental Health department at the UCLA School of Public Health and in Neurology, UCLA School of Medicine; she is a member of the Center for Occupational and Environmental Health (COEH), the Southern California Environmental Health Science Center (SCEHSC), co-directed the NIEHS-funded UCLA Center for Gene-Environment Studies of Parkinson's disease and is the Interim Director for the APDA Center of Excellence in Parkinson's Disease R
Center Affiliations
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health, CA
- MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health, CA
- Doctoral Degree, Medical Sociology, University of Hamburg, Germany
- MD, Medical Examination Certificate, Physician Registration
Dr. Anne W. Rimoin is Professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and holds the Gordon–Levin Endowed Chair in Infectious Diseases and Public Health. She directs the UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health and is internationally recognized for her work on emerging infectious diseases, global health security, and One Health approaches to pandemic preparedness.
Center Affiliations
Education
- PhD, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg, Baltimore, MD
- MPH, University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health, CA
- BA, Middlebury College, Middlebury, VT
Dr. Dallas Swendeman, PhD, MPH, is an applied multi-disciplinary behavioral scientist whose research currently focuses on leveraging mobile phones’ nearly ubiquitous integration into our daily routines for innovative intervention and research methods, specifically for prevention, self-management, and treatment adherence and retention interventions targeting HIV/AIDS, substance use, sexual risk behaviors, mental health and quality of life.
Education
- PhD, Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MPH, Community Health Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- BA, Anthropology, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
Dr. Sheena Sullivan is an infectious diseases epidemiologist, with a focus on viral respiratory pathogens. She completed an MPH at the University of Western Australia in 2002 and her PhD in 2011 at UCLA. She is an Adjunct Assistant Professor of Epidemiology with the UCLA Fielding Schools of Public Health.
Education
- BSc (hons), Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia (1998)
- MPH, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia (2002)
- MS, University of California, Los Angeles, USA (2009)
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles, USA (2011)
Dr. Leeka Kheifets is a Professor of Epidemiology at the UCLA School of Public Health. She is widely known for her work in environmental and occupational epidemiology, and currently serves on several international and national committees that advise governments on environmental policy, including the Scientific Expert Group of the International Commission on Non-Ionizing Radiation Protection (ICNIRP).
Education
- PhD, Epidemiology, University of California, Berkeley, CA
- MA, Statistics, University of California, Berkeley, CA
Dr. Keller is an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Policy and Management. Her primary appointment is in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at Cedars-Sinai Medical Center. Dr. Keller's research focuses on the use, prescribing, and deprescribing of high-risk medications such as opioids, benzodiazepines, and antipsychotics in older adults. Dr.
Education
- PhD, Health Policy and Management, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- MPH, Health Policy and Management, University of California, Los Angeles, CA
- BA, Human Biology, Stanford University, Stanford, CA
Dr. Christie Younghae Jeon, ScD, is an Epidemiologist and Associate Professor at Cedars-Sinai Division of Hematology/Oncology, and Adjunct Associate Professor at UCLA Fielding School of Public Health in the Department of Epidemiology. The overarching goal of her research program is to develop prevention and early detection strategies for pancreatic and gastric cancers. Of specific interest is understanding the role of pancreatitis, diabetes and infections in these cancers.
Education
- ScD, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2010
- MS, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2007
- BA, University of California, Berkeley 2004
Dr. Joann G. Elmore is a professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and of medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, in the Department of Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She also serves as Director of the UCLA National Clinician Scholars Program. She is a national leader in academic general internal medicine and has a distinguished career as an investigator, mentor, administrator and educator.
Education
- Fellowship, Infectious Diseases, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- Fellowship, Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Clinical Scholars Program, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- MPH, Yale University, New Haven, CT
- MD, Honors in Research and Teaching, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA
- BS, Biology, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
As an infectious disease epidemiologist, my research focuses on the syndemics of substance use, mental health, and infectious diseases. I have led and collaborated on diverse projects examining vaccine-preventable diseases, hepatitis C, tuberculosis, and sexually transmitted infections with a particular emphasis on the intersecting epidemics of HIV, substance use, and mental health. Further, much of this work is grounded in Southern California, providing me with a nuanced understanding of the region’s unique public health challenges and health disparities.
Center Affiliations
Education
- PhD, University of California, Los Angeles
- MPH, Yale University
- BA, University of California, Santa Barbara