CHIPTS Feature Spotlights

Joanna Barreras, PhD, MSW is an Assistant Professor in the School of Social Work at California State University, Long Beach and the Associate Director of Research and Evaluation at Bienestar Human Services, Inc. Her scholarly work focuses on addressing comorbidities and disparities linked to HIV among Latinx—as health inequities continue to affect Latinx communities. Specifically, … Continue reading Mark Etzel Scholarship Awardee Spotlight: Joanna Barreras, PhD, MSW

Sae Takada, MD, PhD, MHS, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, Department of Medicine, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She obtained her MHS in Global Health Policy and Planning at the University of Tokyo, and MDPhD in Health Policy at Harvard. She … Continue reading William E. Cunningham Scholarship Awardee Spotlight: Sae Takada, MD, PhD, MHS

Jesse Clark, MD, MSc, is an Associate Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Medicine, Division of Infectious Diseases, and Department of Family Medicine. A member of the CHIPTS Combination Prevention Core, his research focuses on questions of HIV prevention and STI control among men who have sex with men (MSM) and transgender women (TW) in the … Continue reading Spotlight: Jesse Clark

Elena Rosenberg-Carlson, MPH, is a Public Administration Analyst with the Administrative Core at UCLA CHIPTS. She currently provides project management and analytical support for three CHIPTS projects dedicated to enhancing the implementation science knowledge necessary for Ending the HIV Epidemic. Elena recently returned to her home state of California after 11 wonderful (and chilly!) years … Continue reading Spotlight: Elena Rosenberg-Carlson

The CHIPTS community continues to mourn the passing of Dr. Billy Cunningham on January 3rd, 2020. Dr. Cunningham has been an integral member of the CHIPTS scientific […]

Diane Tan, MSPH, PhD(c) is a PhD candidate in Health Policy and Management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She is currently writing her dissertation […]

Ian W. Holloway, PhD, LCSW, MPH is a licensed clinical social worker and an Associate Professor of Social Welfare in the UCLA Luskin School of Public Affairs. His applied […]

Sung-Jae Lee, PhD is an Associate Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine, with a joint […]

Dilara Üsküp began working on HIV/AIDS as an undergraduate at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor. As part of Dr. Nesha Haniff’s Pedagogy of the Action program […]

David Goodman-Meza, MD, MAS, is a Core Affiliate in the Combination Prevention Core at CHIPTS and a Clinical Instructor

Scott Comulada, DrPh, is an Associate Professor-in-Residence at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences with a secondary appointment […]

Norweeta Milburn, PhD is a Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences in the Division of Population Behavioral […]

Latoya Small, MSW, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Luskin School of Public Affairs, Department of Social Welfare and is part of the Policy Impact Core at CHIPTS.  Her research examines how social determinants of health are associated with HIV treatment outcomes in both the U.S. and Sub-Saharan Africa.  More specifically, her work aims … Continue reading Spotlight: Latoya Small, MSW, PhD

Pamina M. Gorbach, MHS, DrPH, is a Professor in the Department of Epidemiology in the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and Division of Infectious Diseases in the David Geffen School of Medicine. Her research focuses on bio-behavioral dynamics of sexual health, with a focus on HIV transmission, acquisition and progression, especially around substance abuse.  … Continue reading Spotlight: Pamina M. Gorbach, MHS, DrPH

Corrina Moucheraud, MPH, ScD is an Assistant Professor in the Fielding School of Public Health, in the Department of Health Policy and Management and her research focuses on global health policy and systems. She uses quantitative and qualitative data to answer questions about how to effectively and equitably deliver high-quality health care in low-resource settings. … Continue reading Spotlight: Corrina Moucheraud, ScD, MPH

Chunqing Lin, PhD, is a Core Scientist in the Methods Core at CHIPTS.  She is currently an Assistant Professor-in-Residence in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences at the UCLA Semel Institute Center for Community Health. Her primary research interest is in implementation science in healthcare settings, which was cultivated during her doctoral dissertation study that … Continue reading Spotlight: Chunqing Lin, PhD

Jeanne Miranda, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Medicine and the Fielding School of Public Health at UCLA and is a core scientist in the Combination Prevention Core at CHIPTS. Her major research contributions have been in evaluating the impact of mental health care for ethnic minority communities. She conducted a … Continue reading Spotlight: Jeanne Miranda, PhD

Damilola Jolayemi, MSc is the Program Coordinator for the Combination Prevention Core at UCLA CHIPTS. Her interest in HIV began while she was pursuing her Master of Science in Global Health at Northwestern University. Damilola, an American of Nigerian origin, was motivated to study global health because she was interested in addressing and alleviating the multiple … Continue reading Feature Spotlight: Damilola Jolayemi, MSc

Ronald Brooks, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family Medicine at UCLA and a core scientist in the Combination Prevention Core at CHIPTS.  He began working in the field of HIV as a part-time statistician at the UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center and was the first to examine the geographic distribution of … Continue reading Feature Spotlight: Ronald Brooks, PhD

Dr. Nina Harawa co-directs the Policy Impact Core at CHIPTS.  She is an Associate Professor-in-Residence with the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA and a Professor with Charles R. Drew University (CDU) of Medicine and Science, where she leads CDU’s HIV Cluster.  She also co-directs the National Coordinating Center for the NIA-funded Resource Centers … Continue reading Feature Spotlight: Nina Harawa, PhD, MPH

Kara Chew, MD, MS, is a Core Scientist in the Combination Prevention Core at CHIPTS. She is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Center for Clinical AIDS Research and Education (CARE), Department of Medicine, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. Growing up in San Francisco, Kara took … Continue reading Feature Spotlight: Kara Chew, MD, MS

Erik Storholm, PhD is a core affiliate in the Combination Prevention Core at CHIPTS. He is an Associate Behavioral Scientist at the RAND Corporation and a Licensed Clinical Psychologist. He is also a scholar in the UCLA HIV/AIDS, Substance Abuse and Trauma Training Program and an affiliate research scientist in the Department of Research and … Continue reading Feature Spotlight: Erik Storholm, PhD

Michael Li’s first introduction to public health was as a volunteer for a non-profit HIV services organization after completing his undergraduate education in molecular biology at the University of California, Irvine. His interest in the humanistic aspects of health grew from his involvement with vulnerable communities, eventually shifting his career to infectious disease case management … Continue reading Feature Spotlight: Michael Li, PhD, MPH

Emeka Okafor, PhD is currently a postdoctoral fellow in the Division of Infectious Diseases, in the Departments of Medicine and Family Medicine at UCLA.  After receiving his Bachelor of Science degree in Biochemistry from the University of Lagos, Nigeria, he moved to Jacksonville to pursue his Master’s degree in Public Health at the University of … Continue reading Feature Spotlight: Emeka Okafor, PhD