Faculty

Heather Young, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Associate Vice Chancellor for Nursing, Dean and Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-2145 | Email: Heather.Young@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Deborah Ward, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Associate Dean for Academics and Health Sciences Clinical Associate Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-2215 | Email: Deborah.Ward@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Jill G. Joseph, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Dean for Research and Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-7315 | Email: Jill.Joseph@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Kenneth W. Kizer, M.D., M.P.H.
Director, Institute for Population Health Improvement, UC Davis Health System; Professor, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing; Distinguished Professor, UC Davis School of Medicine (Department of Emergency Medicine)
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-4754 | Email: iphi@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 

Mary Lou de Leon Siantz, Ph.D., R.N., F.A.A.N.
Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-7488 | Email: MaryLou.Siantz@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 

Tae Youn Kim, Ph.D., R.N.
Associate Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-2181 | E-mail: TaeYoun.Kim@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Ester Carolina Apesoa-Varano, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor 
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-1289 | Email: Ester.Apesoa-Varano@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Janice F. Bell, Ph.D., M.P.H., M.N.
Assistant Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-3038 | Email: Janice.Bell@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Elena O. Siegel, Ph.D., R.N. 
Assistant Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 703-5177 | Email: Elena.Siegel@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Jeri L. Bigbee, Ph.D., R.N., F.N.P.-B.C., F.A.A.N.
Adjunct Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-2145 | Email: Jeri.Bigbee@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Alberto Odor, M.D., M.S.
Associate Adjunct Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-2145 | Email: Alberto.Odor@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Peter Reed, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Associate Adjunct Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-2145 | E-mail: Peter.Reed@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Debra Bakerjian, Ph.D., F.N.P., R.N.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Vice Chair, Nurse Practitioner and Physician Assistant Programs
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-2145 | Email: Debra.Bakerjian@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu 

Jann Murray-Garcia, M.D., M.P.H.
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-3635 | Email: Jann.Murray-Garcia@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Molly Courtenay, Ph.D.
Visiting Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-1798 | Email: Molly.Courtenay@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Anna Zisberg, Ph.D. 
Visiting Associate Professor
Email: Anna.Zisberg@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

Leehu Zysberg, Ph.D.
Visiting Associate Professor
Contact Information: Phone: (916) 734-3064 | Email: Leehu.Zysberg@ucdmc.ucdavis.edu

The Nursing Science and Health-Care Leadership Graduate Group is composed of faculty from the Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing as noted above and the following members from other fields throughout UC Davis:

Graduate Group Chair:
Paul FitzGerald, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy

Aaron Bair, M.D., MSc, Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Emergency Medicine, University of California, Davis Medical Center

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

Shelley Blozis, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Psychology

Timothy W. Cutler, Pharm. D., Associate Professor of Clinical Pharmacy, Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy, UC San Francisco; Director, UC Davis- Sacramento Experimental Pharmacy Program

Christiana Drake, Ph.D., Admissions Chair, Biostatistics Graduate Group; Professor, Department of Statistics

Suzanne Eidson-Ton, M.D., Assistant Clinical Professor, Departments of Family and Community Medicine and OB/GYN

Nathan Fairman, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, School of Medicine

Scott Fishman, M.D., Professor and Chief of Pain Medicine, Department of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine

Estelle Geraghty, M.D., M.P.H., Assistant Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, School of Medicine

Ellen Gold, Ph.D., Professor and Chair, Department of Public Health Sciences

Donald M. Hilty, M.D., Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Ladson Hinton, M.D., Professor and Director of Geriatric Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences; Director of Education Core, Alzheimer's Disease Center

Calvin Hirsch, M.D., Professor of Geriatric Medicine, Department of Internal Medicine

Richard L. Kravitz, M.D., M.S.P.H., Professor and Co-Vice Chair of Research, Department of Internal Medicine

Nancy E. Lane, M.D., Director, UC Davis Center for Healthy Aging; Endowed Professor of Aging Medicine and Rheumatology, Department of Internal Medicine

Frederick J. Meyers, M.D., Executive Associate Dean, School of Medicine; Professor of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine 

Richard Michelmore, Ph.D., Professor, Department of Plant Sciences, Department of Microbiology and Immunology and Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology; Director, UC Davis Genome Center and Bioinformatics Program

Lisa Miller, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Department of Human and Community Development, UC Davis

JoAnne E. Natale, M.D., Ph.D., Professor and Medical Director, UC Davis Children's Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit

Thomas S. Nesbitt, M.D., M.P.H., Associate Vice Chancellor, Strategic Technologies and Alliances; Professor, Department of Family and Community Medicine

Debora Paterniti, Ph.D., Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Sociology, Department of Internal Medicine and Center for Healthcare Policy and Research

Anthony Philipps, M.D., Medical Director, UC Davis Children's Hospital Professor  Neonatology and Chair, Department of Pediatrics

Patrick S. Romano, M.D., Professor of General Medicine and Pediatrics, Department of Internal Medicine

Andreea Seritan, M.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

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

Hendry Ton, M.D., Associate Clinical Professor of Health Sciences, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Marlene M. von Friederichs-Fitzwater, Ph.D., M.P.H., Adjunct Associate Professor of Hematology and Oncology, Department of Internal Medicine; Director of Outreach Research and Education Program, UC Davis Cancer Center

Peter Yellowlees, M.B.B.S., M.D., Director, Health Informatics; Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Sheri Zidenberg-Cherr, Ph.D., Chair, Graduate Group in Nutritional Biology; Co-Director, UC Davis Center for Nutrition in Schools; Cooperative Extension Specialist/Lecturer, Department of Nutrition