Department of Health, Society, & Behavior

Core Faculty

Our faculty has expertise in the areas of health behavior, social determinants of health, social epidemiology, health disparities and health equity, community-based research, biobehavioral health, and health communication.

Dylan Roby
Dylan Roby, PhD

Chair & Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

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Sean Arayasirikul, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence of Health, Society, & Behavior

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Bernadette Boden-Albala, MPH, DrPH

Director & Founding Dean

Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

Affiliated, Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Professor of Neurology, School of Medicine

 

 

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Tim Bruckner, MPH, PhD

Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

Co-Director, Center for Population, Inequality, and Poverty

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Jason A. Douglas, PhD, MA

Vice Chair & Associate Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

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Ted Gideonse
Theodore K. Gideonse, MFA, PhD

Associate Professor of Teaching of Health, Society, & Behavior

Director of Undergraduate Affairs

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Suellen Hopfer
Suellen Hopfer, MS, PhD

Associate Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

Associate Professor of Pediatrics, UCI School of Medicine

Associate Professor of Asian American Studies, UCI School of Humanities

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Cynthia Lakon
Cynthia Lakon, PhD

Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

 

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Alana LeBron
Alana LeBrón, MS, PhD

Associate Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior
Associate Professor, Chicano/Latino Studies

Affiliated, Environmental & Occupational Health

Equity Advisor

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Brandy Lipton, PhD

Associate Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

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Brittany Morey, MPH, PhD

Assistant Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

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Denise Payan
Denise Diaz Payán, MPP, PhD

Associate Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

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Anamara Ritt-Olson
Anamara Ritt-Olson, PhD

Associate Professor in Residence, Health, Society, & Behavior

Director, Academic Program Development & Accreditation

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Annie Ro
Annie Ro, PhD

Associate Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

Director, Ph.D. in Public Health Program

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Sora Park Tanjasiri, MPH, DrPH

Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

Associate Director, Cancer Health Disparities and Community Engagement, Chao Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Affiliated, Epidemiology & Biostatistics

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Leigh Turner
Leigh Turner, PhD

Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

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Kristina Uban
Kristina Uban, PhD

Assistant Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior

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Affiliated Faculty

The interdisciplinary nature of public health as a field is reflected in the work of our affiliated faculty, who draw expertise from other areas of study to support UCI Public Health’s mission of promoting health equity while reducing the global burden of disease.

Scott Bartell

Scott Bartell, MS, PhD

Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Associate Dean of Academic Affairs

Affiliated, Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Affiliated, Health, Society, & Behavior

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Roxane Cohen Silver, PhD

Professor of Psychological Science

Vice Provost, Academic Planning and Institutional Research

Affiliated, Population Health & Disease Prevention

Affiliated, Health, Society, & Behavior

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Postdoctoral Scholars

Alein Haro-Ramos

Alein Haro-Ramos, MPH, PhD

UC Presidential Postdoctoral Fellow

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Ana Herrera, MPH, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Health, Society, & Behavior

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Amy Lee, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Health, Society & Behavior

Mandana Masoumirad

Mandana Masoumirad

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Health, Society, & Behavior

Allison Stolte

Allison Stolte, MA, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar, Health, Society, & Behavior

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