Environmental and Occupational Health

Core Faculty

Faculty in the Department of Environmental & Occupational Health have a wide range of expertise in exposure science, toxicology, occupational medicine, risk assessment, epidemiology, urban health, climate change, environmental health disparities, and related disciplines.

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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Manijeh Berenji
Manijeh Berenji, MD, MPH, FACOEM

Assistant Clinical Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health

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Stephen Bondy, MA, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Environmental & Occupational Health

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Wayne Chang, MD, MS

Clinical Professor of Medicine

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Saurabh Chatterjee, MSc, PhD

Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Professor of Medicine, UCI School of Medicine

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Andrea De Vizcaya Ruiz, PhD

Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Graduate Program Director, Environmental Health Sciences

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Rufus Edwards
Rufus Edwards, PhD

Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Associate Dean of Faculty Affairs

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Marion Fedorak
Marion Fedoruk, MD

Clinical Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Scott E Hardy, MD

Clinical Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health

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Thomas Warner Hudson, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Masashi Kitazawa
Masashi Kitazawa, PhD

Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Affiliated, Population Health & Disease Prevention

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Michael Kleinman
Michael Kleinman, MS, PhD

Adjunct Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Co-Director, Air Pollution Health Effects Laboratory

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Karen Lincoln, PhD, MSW, MA, FGSA

Professor of Environmental and Occupational Health

Director of Center for Environmental Health Disparities Research

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Ulrike Luderer
Ulrike Luderer, MD, PhD, MPH

Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Director, Center for Occupational & Environmental Health

Affiliated, Population Health & Disease Prevention

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Robert Phalen, PhD

Professor of Medicine, Environmental & Occupational Health

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Nichole Quick, MD, MPH

Health Sciences Associate Clinical Professor, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health
Director of the Master of Public Health (MPH) Program
Director of Public Health Practice

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Marizen Ramirez, MPH, PhD

Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity & Inclusion

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David Richardson, PhD

Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Associate Dean of Research

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Nicole Sparks, MS, PhD

Assistant Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

DECADE Mentor

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Elaine Tonel, MD

Assistant Clinical Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Veronica Vieira, DSc

Chair & Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Affiliated, Department of Population Health and Disease Prevention

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Jun Wu
Jun Wu, PhD

Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health

Director, Graduate Programs in Environmental Health Sciences

Affiliated, Population Health & Disease Prevention

Affiliated, Epidemiology & Biostatistics

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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 Wen Public Health’s mission of promoting health equity while reducing the global burden of disease.

Jefferson Chan, MD, PhD

Clinical Professor of Pathology

Affiliated, Environmental & Occupational Health

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Chenyang Jiang, PhD

Professor of Civil & Environmental Engineering

Affiliated, Environmental & Occupational Health

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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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Charles Limoli, PhD

Clinical Professor of Radiation Oncology

Affiliated, Environmental & Occupational Health

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Researchers

Researchers contribute valuable expertise and insight to complement our full-time and affiliated faculty.

Jamie Baranda

Jamie Baranda

Visiting Scholar, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

Luisa Becker

Luisa Becker Bertotto

Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Nicholas B Cuvelier

Assistant Specialist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Qingqing He

Associate Specialist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

David Alexander Herman

Project Scientist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Jay (Heng-Wei) Hsu

Assistant Project Scientist, Environmental & Occupational Health (Kitazawa Lab)

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Gabe Ricardo Lara, PhD

Junior Specialist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health (Jun Wu’s Research Team)

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Jin Hwan Lim

Associate Specialist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Siok Lam Lim

Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Michael David Logue

Assistant Project Scientist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Shahir Fouad Masri, ScD

Associate Specialist in Air Pollution Exposure Assessment & Epidemiology, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Freddy Ramos

Junior Specialist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health (Jun Wu’s Research Team)

Haiou Yang

Specialist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

Yo Yumiketa

Yo Yumiketa, PhD

Visiting Scholar, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health

Postdoctoral Scholars

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Jose A. Jimenez Chavez, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Rachel Kim

Junior Project Specialist, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

Ram_Kumar

Ram Kumar, MS, PhD

Postdoc Scholar, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Matthew McFalls

Postdoctoral Scholar, Environmental & Occupational Health

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Marina Mejias Ortega

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health (Masashi Kitasawa Lab)

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Russell Morales, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health (APHEL Lab)

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Stacy Schkoda

Postdoctoral Scholar, Department of Environmental & Occupational Health

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Carolina Villanueva, MPH, PhD

Researcher/Postdoctoral Scholar, Environmental & Occupational Health