Guest speakers who have joined our class:

Marina Acosta, MPH

Manager of Health Equity, LA Care

 

Patrick Allard, PhD

UCLA Professor of Society and Genetics

 

Olawale O. Amubieya, MD, PhD
UCLA pulmonolgist and researcher

 

Tracy Bastain, PhD, MPH 

Co-Director, USC MADRES Center for Environmental Health Disparities

 

Roshan Bastani, PhD

Director UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity

 

Carrie Breton, ScD

Co-Director, USC MADRES Center for Environmental Health Disparities

 

Arleen Brown, M.D., PhD

UCLA Professor of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research

 

Lara Cushing, PhD

UCLA Jonathan and Karin Fielding Presidential Chair in Health Equity, Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

 

Cindy Donis

Community Organizer, East Yard Communities for Environmental Justice

 

Diane Garcia-Gonzalez, PhD, MPH

Researcher, UCLA Healthy Climate Solutions

 

Mark Gold, DEnv

Deputy Secretary for Oceans and Coastal Policy

 

Ana Guzman

Family & Alumni Engagement Manager, FEAST For All • an L.A.-based non-profit organization

 

Tyrone Hayes, PhD

Professor, UC Berkeley Department of Integrative Biology

 

Ixel Hernandez, PhD candidate

Researcher, USC MADRES Center for Environmental Health Disparities

 

Alison Herrmann, PhD, MS

Associate Director, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity

 

Danielle Hoague, PhD Candidate

Graduate student researcher, UCLA Institute of the Environment and Sustainability

 

Michael Jerrett, PhD

Professor, Environmental Health Sciences, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health

 

Marjorie Kagawa Singer, PhD, MA, MN, RN, FAAN

Research Professor, UCLA’s Fielding School of Public Health

 

Liz Koslov

Assistant Professor, Urban Planning and Environment and Sustainability at UCLA

 

James Kyle, MD

Chief of Equity and Quality Medical Director, L.A. Care

 

Alex Li, MD

Chief Health Equity Officer, L.A. Care

 

Leticia Márquez-Magaña, PhD

Director of the Health Equity Research (HER) Laboratory, SFSU

 

Paul Ong, PhD

Director, UCLA Center for Neighborhood Knowledge

 

Samir Patel, MPH

Policy and Planning Unit, Los Angeles County Department of Public Health

 

Ninez Ponce, PhD, MPP

Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy

 

Jennifer D. Roberts, DrPH, MPH

Founder/Director, University of Maryland Public Health Outcomes and Effects of the Built Environment (PHOEBE) Laboratory

 

Dana Rizer

Former Director, FEAST For All– an L.A.-based non-profit organization

 

Ernesto Sosa, MSW, MPH

Director of Community Programs,UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity

 

Marlene Vega

Program Associate, FEAST For All • an L.A.-based non-profit organization

 

Amy Vu, MPH, RD

Director of Programs, FEAST For All • an L.A.-based non-profit organization

 

Steven Wallace, PhD

Associate Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy