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Meet Our Center Members

Affiliated Faculty

Abdelmonem A. Afifi

Dean Emeritus, UCLA School of Public Health, Professor of Biostatistics & Biomathematics

Alina Dorian

Adjunct Assistant Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences

David Eisenman

Professor in Residence, Department of Community Health Sciences

Deborah Glik

Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences

Robert Kim-Farley

Professor-In-Residence, Department of Epidemiology and Community Health Sciences

Michael Prelip

Professor, Department Chair

Frank Quiambao

NESSI Founding Director

Shira Shafir

Adjunct Associate Professor

Sam Stratton

Adjunct Professor, Department of Community Health Sciences

Peter Katona, MD, PhD

Clinical Professor, Infectious Diseases, David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA

Students

Kendall Dunlop-Korsness

Kendall is a first year Masters student under the Community Health Sciences department. She's been working for CPHD since July 2017 to create a communications and marketing strategy. Her interests include global health, migrant health, refugee justice, food justice, and health promotion. She received her B.S. in Public Health from Oregon State University in Spring 2016, after which she spent a year working for the Immigrant and Refugee Community Organization. 

Grace Kim, MPH

Grace Kim is a Doctoral student under the Community Health Sciences department. She graduated with her MPH in Social and Behavioral Sciences from Yale School of Public Health. Her interests include health communication and entertainment education. She is currently working on a media content analysis of news coverage of mass trauma events, such as the school shootings in Newtown and Isla Vista, to better understand the role of media coverage in processes of community recovery.