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. The memberships are:
Faculty Members
- Full-time faculty members within the University;
Affliate 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.

Laura Bates Sterner
lbsterner@ucdavis.edu
(916) 734-7918
CHPR Member List
Rina E. Alcalay, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Dept of Communication
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
Thomas A. Balsbaugh, M.D.
Assistant Clinical Professor
Dept. of Family and Community Medicine
Laurel Beckett, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice-Chair, Division of Biostatistics
Public Health Sciences
Robert A. Bell, Ph.D.
Professor
Dept of Communication
Klea D. Bertakis, M.D., M.P.H.*
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
Natalia Deeb-Sossa, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Adela de la Torre, Ph.D.*
Professor and Director
Chicana/o Studies
Robert W. Derlet, M.D.
Professor
Department of Emergency Medicine
Christiana M. Drake, Ph.D.
Professor and Chair, Graduate Group in Biostatistics
Department of Statistics
Saskia Drösler, M.D.
Visiting Faculty Member
Niederrhein University of Applied Sciences
Krefeld, Germany
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
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
Chicana/o Studies
Drew Halfmann, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Sociology
Robin L. Hansen, M.D.
Professor
Department of Pediatrics
L. Jay Helms, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
Department of Economics
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
Donna Kalauokalani, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Management
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
Li, Su-Ting, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics
Li, Zhongmin, Ph.D.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Ming-cheng Lo
Associate Professor
Department of Sociology
Erich H. Loewy, M.D.
Professor of Medicine and Founding Chair of Bioethics (Emeritus)
Associate in Philosophy
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
Craig M. McDonald, M.D.
Professor
Dept of Physical Med. & Rehabilitation
Joy Melnikow, M.D., M.P.H.*
Professor
Departmentt of Family and Community Medicine
Associate Director
Center for Healthcare Policy and Research
Frederick J. Meyers, M.D.
Senior Associate Dean
Professor of Internal Medicine and Pathology
Chair of Internal Medicine
Charles Moore, M.D., M.B.A.
Professor
Department of Internal Medicine
Hans-Georg Müller, M.D., Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Statistics
Jann Murray-Garcia, M.D., M.P.H.
Postdoctorate Fellow
Thomas S. Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H.
Executive Associate Dean
UC Davis School of 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
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
Malathi Srinivasan, MD
Assistant 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
Jessica M. Utts, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Statistics
Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater, PhD, FAAPP
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Department of Hematology and Oncology
Director
Outreach Research & Education Program
Donal Walsh, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
School of Veterinary Medicine
Jane-Ling Wang, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Statistics
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
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
Nolan Zane, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Psychology
*Center Executive Committee member

