Meet HETSS | UCLA Medical School

Health Equity & Translational Social Science (HETSS)

The HETSS Team is comprised of a diverse, multidisciplinary group of dedicated individuals from the UCLA campus, UCLA Health system, Los Angeles County Public Health sector, and Los Angeles community, all collaborating together to achieve equitable care for all.

Leadership

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Sung-Jae Lee, PhD

HETSS Theme Co-Lead

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Alma Guerrero MD, MPH

HETSS Theme Co-Lead

Staff

Ethel Angeli T. Roxas, MPH

Ethel Angeli T. Roxas, MPH

Sr. Public Engagement & Collaboration Research Manager

Christina Diep

Undergraduate Student Intern

Advisory Board

Sonya Young Aadam

CEO of California Black Women's Health Project

Eraka Bath, MD

Eraka P. Bath, MD

Faculty Lead, Restorative Practices in Academic Medicine (RPAM)

Medell Briggs-Malonson, MD, MPH

Medell K. Briggs-Malonson, MD, MPH

Chief of Health Equity, Diversity and Inclusion for the UCLA Hospital and Clinic System

Arleen Brown, MD, PhD

Arleen F. Brown, MD, PhD

Co-Director of UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute

Dr. Enrico Castillo, associate director of residency education at UCLA Semel Neuropsychiatric Institute and public psychiatrist

Enrico Castillo, MD, MSHPM

Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry

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Rochelle Dicker, MD

HETSS Co-Founder

Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH

Eric Esrailian, MD, MPH

Chief of Vatche and Tamar Manoukian Division of Digestive Diseases

Nina T. Harawa, PhD, MPH

Nina T. Harawa, PhD, MPH

Core Director of CHIPTS Policy Impact Core

Christina E. Harris, MD

Vice President & Chief Health Equity Officer at Cedars-Sinai

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Helena Hansen, MD, PhD

HETSS Co-Founder

Carl Highshaw, DSW, MSW

Founder & President of The AMAAD Institute

Felica Jones

CEO of Healthy African American Families II

Catherine Julliard, MD, MPH

Catherine J. Julliard, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Surgery at UCLA

Terence Keel, PhD, MTS

Terence Keel, PhD, MTS

Professor at the Department of African American Studies and the UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics

Hannah Landecker, PhD

Hannah Landecker, PhD

Professor at the UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics

Dave McIntosh, PhD

Dave McIntosh, PhD

Vice Dean, Inclusive Excellence

Aaron Panofsky, PhD

Aaron Panofsky, PhD

Director and Professor at the UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics

Theodore Porter, PhD

Theodore Porter, PhD

Distinguished Professor Emeritus of History at UCLA

Shamsher Samra, MD, MPhil

Shamsher Samra, MD, MPhil

Assistant Clinical Professor of Emergency Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Breena Taira, MD, MPH

Breena Taira, MD, MPH

Associate Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine at UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine

Veronica Terriquez, M.Ed, PhD

Veronica Terriquez, PhD, MA

Director of Chicano Studies Research Center and Professor Professor of Chicana/o and Central American Studies and Urban Planning at UCLA

Stefan Timmermans, PhD

Stefan Timmermans, PhD

Professor at the Department of Sociology and the UCLA Institute for Society & Genetics

C. Jason Throop, PhD

Professor and Department Chair of Anthropology at UCLA

Till Von Wachter, PhD, MA

Till Marco von Wachter, PhD

Professor of Economics and Faculty Director of California Policy Lab at UCLA

Andrea Welsing, MPH

Andrea Welsing ,MPH

Director of Injury and Violence Prevention Program at the LA County Department of Public Health