Department Contact List
Institute for Population Health Improvement Staff
Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., M.P.H.
Distinguished Professor and Director
Michael Hughes
Assistant Director
Allyn Fernandez-Ami, M.P.H.
Chief Administrative Officer
Jennifer Kilroy
Administrative Assistant
Valerie Levallois
Human Resources
Angela Moncayo
Analyst
Kristen Nishimi
Research Assistant
Mavi Parker
Executive Assistant
Karen Shore, Ph.D
Policy Analyst
Paul David Terry
Special Events and Communications
Helen Wu, Ph.D.
Rsearch Policy Analyst
Program Staff
California Active Communities
916-552-9943
California Arthritis Partnership Program
916-552-9993
Pamela Ford-Keach
Jacqueline Tompkins
California Cancer Registry
916-731-2500
Tanweer Ahmad
Sridevi Alla Venkata
Sarath Athota
Patty Call
Sara Cook
Shauntay Davis
Timothy Davison
Bob Fakes
Brenda Giddings
Elizabeth Guerrero
Rajiv Kairon
Kristina Kunkel
Jeff Kwiatek
Cheryl Moody
Cyllene Morris
Arti Parikh-Patel
Charle Remen
Jennifer Rico
Marilyn Scocozza
Janet Sockwell-Brown
Andrew Sutliff
Ben Wormeli
Kyle Ziegler
California Health eQuality
916-731-1370
Rayna Caplan
Scott Christman
Robert M. “Rim” Cothren
Patricia Clark
Santhosh Gnanasurian
Marco Gonzales
Leah Hart
Kaitlyn Heavrin
Chris Kim
Mark Koga
Rebecca Kriz
Akash Khurana
Rebecca Litman
Andrea Markley
Anshuman Mohapatra
Adrienne Scher
Lawrence Thomas
California Heart Disease and Stroke Prevention
916-449-5643
Lily Chaput
Toshi Hayashi
Nancy Pheatt
California Project LEAN
916-650-0409
Cindy Figgins (California Department of Public Health)
Every Woman Counts
916-449-5742
Bilwa Buchake
Brenda Nussey
Weihong Zhang
Medi-Cal Quality Improvement Program
916-734-6441
Desiree Backman
Brian Paciotti
Jennifer Kilroy
Tobacco Control Program
916-449-5442
Janette Chin
Laine' Clark
Edana Fielden
Gretta Foss-Holland
Humberto Jurado
Nicole Kwon
Patricia Laija
Cheryl Loehr
Amanda McCartney
Jennifer Miller
Mary Modayil
Linda Ono
Sandra Soria
