Center for Healthcare Policy and Research

Center for Healthcare Policy and Research

Center Membership

Membership and Eligibility

A wide range of resources are available to Center members, including proposal development and project management.  There are several kinds of membership, depending upon the type of applicant.
Availability of resources and eligibility to serve as a principal investigator for CHPR-housed projects may depend upon membership status (for complete details, please see our Policy Guidelines).
The membership types are:

Faculty Members

 Full-time faculty members within the university.

Affiliate Members

Individuals from other universities, government, industry and other outside organizations.  Affiliate members may participate in Center activities in accordance with university policy. 

Visiting Faculty

Temporary appointment with access to Center resources negotiated on a case-by-case basis. 

Member List

 

Rina E. Alcalay, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Communication

Jared D. Ament, M.D., M.P.H.
Neurosurgery Resident
Department of Neurosurgery

Thomas F. Anders, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Psychiatry and Behavioral Science

Rahman S. Azari, Ph.D.*
Lecturer
Department of Statistics

Aaron Bair, MD
Assistant Professor
Emergency Medicine, Academic Office

Dian Baker, Ph.D.
Postdoctoral Scholar
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Debra Bakerjian, Ph.D, R.N., F.N.P.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Thomas A. Balsbaugh, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Dept. of Family and Community Medicine

Heejung Bang, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics
Public Health Sciences

Laurel Beckett, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair, Division of Biostatistics
Public Health Sciences

Robert A. Bell, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept of Communication

Lars Berglund, M.D., Ph.D.
Director, UC Davis Clinical and Translational Science Center
Professor of Medicine and Associate Dean for Clinical and Translational Research

Klea D. Bertakis, M.D., M.P.H.*
Founding Director
Center for Healthcare Policy and Research
Professor and Chair
Dept. of Family and Community Medicine

Joshua Breslau, Ph.D., Sc.D.
Assistant Professor In-residence
Department of Internal Medicine

Robert Byrd, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Edward J. Callahan, Ph.D.
Associate Dean for Academic Personnel School of Medicine
Professor of Family Medicine

A. Colin Cameron, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Economics

Caroline J. Chantry, M.D.
Associate Professor
Dept of Pediatrics

David T. Cooke, M.D.
Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Dept of Surgery

Rosemary D. Cress, Dr.Ph.
Adjunct Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Natalia Deeb-Sossa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology

Adela de la Torre, Ph.D.*
Professor and Director
Chicana/o Studies

Holli DeVon, Ph.D., R.N.*
Associate Professor
Betty Irene School of Nursing

Robert W. Derlet, M.D.
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine

Louis L. Downs, Ph.D.
Tenured Associate Professor
Department of Counselor Education
California State University, Sacramento

Christiana M. Drake, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Graduate Group in Biostatistics
Department of Statistics

Jonathan M. Ducore, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Tonya Fancher, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Internal Medicine Residency Program

Bo Feng, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication

Joshua J. Fenton, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Family and Community Medicine

Erik Fernandez y Garcia, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Leonor Pabon Fernando, M.D.
Apheresis Medical Director
Department of Medical Pathology

Peter Franks, M.D.*
Professor
Dept. of Family & Community Medicine

Jorge A. García, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of General Medicine

Lorena Garcia, M.P.H., Dr. P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Drew Halfmann, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology

Robin L. Hansen, M.D.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Nasim Hedayati, M.D., M.S.
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

L. Jay Helms, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Economics

Stephen G. Henry, M.D., M.Sc.
Assistant Professor-in-Residence
Department of Internal Medicine


Donald M. Hilty, M.D.
Associate Professor
Clinical Psychiatry & Behavioral Science

Ladson Hinton, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences

Calvin H. Hirsch, M.D.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of General Medicine

Anthony F. Jerant, M.D.*
Associate Professor
Dept. of Family & Community Medicine

Nancy Ree Joye, M.D.
Clinical Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Sunny Kim, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopaedic Surgery

Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., M.P.H.
Distinguished Professor
Director, Institute of Population Health Improvement, Department of Emergency Medicine

Penelope Knapp, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
UC Davis Department of Psychiatry and Pediatrics

Patrick Marius Koga , M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Clinical Professor of Public Health
UC Davis

Richard L. Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H.*
Professor and Co-vice Chair, Research
Department of Internal Medicine
Former Director, CHPR

Penelope K. Knapp, M.D.
Professor Emerita
Departments of Psychiatry & Pediatrics
Medical Director, California Department of Mental Health

Nathan Kuppermann, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor and Chair
Department of Emergency Medicine

J. Paul Leigh, Ph.D.*
Professor
Public Health Sciences

Su-Ting Li, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

Zhongmin Li, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Ming-cheng Lo
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology

Albert Lowey-Ball, M.A., M.S
Adjunct Associate Professor
Health Policy & Economics
Alba, Inc.


 

Donald O. Lyman, M.D., D.T.P.H.
Chief, Division of Chronic Disease & Injury Control
California Department of Health Services

James P. Marcin, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Helene Margolis, Ph.D., M.A.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Craig M. McDonald, M.D.
Professor
Dept of Physical Med. & Rehabilitation

Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H.*
Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Director
Center for Healthcare Policy and Research

Frederick J. Meyers, M.D.
Executive Associate Dean
UC Davis School of Medicine

Lisa M. Soederberg Miller, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Human Development
UC Davis Department of Human Ecology

Hans-Georg Müller, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Statistics

Thomas S. Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H.
Executive Associate Dean
UC Davis School of Medicine

Hien Nguyen, M.D., M.A.S.
Associate HSC Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Daniel Nishijima, M.D.
Staff Physician
Department of Emergency Medicine

James Nuovo, M.D.
Professor
Department of Family and Community Medicine

Donald A. Palmer, Ph.D.
Professor
Graduate School of Mgmt

Richard J.D. Pan, M.D., M.P.H.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Jeanny K. Park, M.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Debora A. Paterniti, Ph.D.*
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Departments of Internal Medicine and Sociology
Deputy Director
Center for Healthcare Polcy and Research

Bonnie Raingruber, R.N., Ph.D.
Adjunct Professor
Hematology and Oncology and Center for Nursing Research

Julie Rainwater, Ph.D.
Research Sociologist
Division of General Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine

Ben Rich, Ph.D.
Professor and School of Medicine
Alumni Association Endowed Chair of Bioethics
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of General Medicine

John A. Robbins, M.D., M.H.S.*
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of General Medicine

David M. Rocke, Ph.D.
Distinguished Professor
Division of Biostatistics
Department of Public Health Sciences
School of Medicine

Patrick S. Romano, M.D., M.P.H.*
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Division of General Medicine
Department of Pediatrics

George G. Roussas, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Statistics

Boris H. Ruebner, M.D.
Professor Emeritus
Department of Pathology

Christian Sandrock, M.D., M.P.H., F.C.C.P.
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Internal Medicine

Marc B. Schenker, M.D., M.P.H.
Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences

Ulfat Shaikh, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Jeffrey Sherman, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology

Mary Lou Siantz, Ph.D., R.N..
Professor
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Alan W. Shindel, M.D.
Assistant Professor in Residence
Dept of Urology

Elena O. Siegel, Ph.D., R.N. 
Assistant Professor in Residence
Department of Internal Medicine
Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Peter E. Sokolove, M.D.
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine

Malathi Srinivasan, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of General Medicine

Dennis M. Styne, M.D.*
Professor and Chair
Department of Pediatrics

Farzaneh Tabnak, Ph.D.
Research Scientist Supervisor
Chief, Evaluation & Research Unit
California Department of Public Health
Cancer Detection Section

Daniel J. Tancredi, Ph.D.*
Assistant Professor (In Residence) of Pediatrics

Laramie Taylor, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Communication

Elisa Tong, M.D., M.A.
Assistant Professor
Department of Internal Medicine

Anthony J. Urquiza, Ph.D.
Psychologist
Department of Pediatrics

Garth H. Utter. M.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery

Jessica M. Utts, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Statistics

Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department of Hematology and Oncology
Director
Outreach Research & Education Program

L. Elaine Waetjen, M.D.*
Associate Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Donal Walsh, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Veterinary Medicine

Jane-Ling Wang, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Statistics

Deborah H. Ward, Ph.D.
Associate Clinical Professor
Betty Irene School of Nursing
Department of Internal Medicine

Nancy A. Warden, M.D. (Schonfeld-Warden)
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Daniel C. West, M.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics

Richard H. White, M.D.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Chief, Division of General Medicine
Director, Anticoagulation Service

Michael S. Wilkes, M.D., Ph.D.
Vice Dean, Medical Education
Office of the Vice Chancellor, Human Health Sciences and Dean

Barth Wilsey, M.D.
Associate Physician Diplomate

Department of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation

David Wisner, M.D.
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Surgery

Shagufta Yasmeen, M.D., M.R.C.O.G.
Assistant Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology

Peter Yellowlees, M.B.B.S., M.D.
Professor
Department of Psychiatry

 

B.K. Yoo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Public Health Sciences


Heather Young, Ph.D., R.N., G.N.P., F.A.A.N.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Nursing
Dean, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing

Nolan Zane, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology

*Center Executive Committee member

 

Please download and fill out a membership application if you would like to apply for membership. Send your completed application to:

Laura Bates Sterner 
lbsterner@ucdavis.edu

(916) 734-7918