Berkeley
Berkeley
Guendelman, Sylvia
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Reproductive health of immigrant women . Access
to health care for disadvantaged populations . Health along the
U.S.-Mexico border . Juvenile asthma.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-642-2848 642-1512
sylviag@uclink4.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Herrera, Rafael
Director - Admissions
Areas of Expertise: Community mental health. Crisis intervention.
Brief psychotherapy. Disaster mental health services.
Languages: English
Phone:510-642-0766 642-4341
rafa@socrates.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Manoleas, Peter
Lecturer/Field Work Consultant
Areas of Expertise: Substance abuse. Mental health. Cross-cultural
practice. Latino mental health
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-642-0929 642-4341
pgm@socrates.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Organista, Kurt
Associate Professor
Areas of Expertise: Chicano/Latino psychosocial problems. Acculturation
and adjustment of ethnic minorities to American society. Minority
mental health. Cognitive-behavioral therapy. Depression in Latinos.
HIV prevention with Mexican migrant laborers/Latinos
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-643-6671, 642-4341
drkco@uclink.berkeley.edu
Berkeley
Woodward-Lopez, Gail
Associate Director
Areas of Expertise: Areas of expertise include maternal and child
health, curriculum development, training, education and evaluation.
She is bilingual and has worked extensively with the Latino community
in California and Latin America. Dr. Woodward-Lopez can speak on
nutrition, breastfeeding, overweight children, among other health-related
topics. She's familiar with Mexican-American eating habits.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:510-642-2915
gwlopez@nature.berkeley.edu
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Davis
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Irvine
Irvine
De La Maza, Luis M.
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Sexually transmitted diseases, Chlamydia, Herpes,
Infectious Diseases
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-7450
lmdelama@uci.edu
Irvine
Ericson, Jonathon
Chair, Environmental Analysis and Design
Areas of Expertise: Principal research interests in environmental
health sciences, with emphasis on exposure assessment and development
of biomarkers. Research has been conducted on establishing the pre-Industrial
baseline levels of lead distribution and cadmium, lead in the urban
environment through environmental epidemiological survey, the durability
of natural glass for nuclear waste containment, and GIS/remote sensing.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-1000
jeericso@uci.edu
Irvine
James, Anthony
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Urban anthropology, psychological anthropology,
sociocultural change, socialization and educational anthropology,
comparative ethnicity; Mexico and United States Southwest Ethnohistory.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-5930
aajames@uci.edu
Irvine
Manetta, Alberto
Professor OB/GYN
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Manetta has a special interest in gynecologic
malignancies and complex pelvic surgeries.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:714-456-8019
amanetta@uci.edu
Irvine
Morrill, Calvin
Professor
Areas of Expertise: Law and Society; Organizational Change, Conflict,
Decision Making; Youth Conflict and Culture; Ethnography; Collective
Action and Social Movements in Organizations; Social Networks in
Public Health Contexts; Alternative Dispute Resolution
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824- 9322
calvin@uci.edu
Irvine
Thompson, Leslie
Assistant Professor - Psychiatry and Human Behavior
Areas of Expertise: Huntington's disease, Achondroplasia.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:949-824-6756
lmthomps@uci.edu
Irvine
Vaca, Federico
Assistant Clinical Professor
Areas of Expertise: Adult and childhood injury prevention, sports
injuries and traffic safety. Also deals with child seats, seatbelts
and crash tests.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:714-456-5239
fevaca@uci.edu
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles
Fitten, L. Jaime
Adjunct Associate Professor, Geriatrics
Areas of Expertise: Geriatrics, aging, Alzheimer's disease, dementia
and depression.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:818-891-7711 x7097
jfitten@ucla.edu
Los Angeles
Grijalva, Carlos
Professor - Psychology
Areas of Expertise: Research and teaching focus primarily on the
brain's role in psychosomatically related diseases, such as ulcers
and anorexia nervosa; recovery of functions after brain damage,
eating behavior and gastrointestinal functions.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:310-825-8277, 310-206-9552
grijalva@psych.ucla.edu
Los Angeles
Hayes-Bautista, David
Professor - Director The Center for the Study of Latino Health
Areas of Expertise: Medical sociology, social, health, economic
and political issues dealing with Latinos and Chicanos; AIDS, research
and demographics.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:310-794-0663 310-794-0664
dhayesb@ucla.edu
Los Angeles
Morales, Armando
Adjunct Professor - Psychiatry\Biobehavioral Sciences
Areas of Expertise: Child homicide, gang violence and Hispanic mental
health.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:310-825-0466
Los Angeles
Segundo, Jose P.
Professor Emeritus, Neurobiology
Areas of Expertise: Nervous system.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:310-825-9582
segundo@ucla.edu
Los Angeles
Telles, Cynthia
Assistant Professor - Director - Spanish Speaking Psycho-Social
Clinic
Areas of Expertise: Latino health issues
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:310-825-4568, 310-825-6501
ctelles@mednet.ucla.edu
Los Angeles
Torres-Gil, Fernando
Professor - Social Welfare; Associate Dean - Academic Affairs/Public
Policy
Areas of Expertise: Gerontology, the politics of aging, long-term
care and services to the elderly, social policy, health care, social
security and welfare reform
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:310-206-1994, 310-794-9305
torres@sppsr.ucla.edu
Los Angeles
Vargas, Jorge
Associate Professor, Pediatrics/Gastroenterology
Areas of Expertise: Parasitic infections, pediatrics and surgery
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:310-206-6134
jvargas@mednet.ucla.edu
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Merced
(Campus to open in Fall 2004)
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Riverside
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San Diego
San Diego
Easter, M.D., David W.
Associate Professor of Surgery
Areas of Expertise: Dr. Easter is a general surgeon with special
interests in oncology, resident education, and laparoscopic surgery
techniques.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:858-657-8735
deaster@ucsd.edu
San Diego
Lama, Ph.D., Juan
Assistant Research Scientist - Department of Medicine
Areas of Expertise: The molecular determinants of HIV pathogenesis;
understanding how HIV replicates, and how the virus takes advantage
of the cellular machinery to complete its life cycle, and in utilizing
HIV as a tool for gene therapy protocols. A member of the National
Hispanic Science Network on Drug Abuse, a nationwide organization
dedicated to fostering science among Hispanics and to increase the
involvement of Hispanic scientists in federally supported research.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:858-822-4211
jlama@ucsd.edu
San Diego
Ricote, Ph.D., Merceder
Assistant Research Molecular Medicine
Areas of Expertise: Molecular Biology. Studies the mechanisms by
which nuclear receptors regulate macrophage development and function.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:858-822-5664
mricote@ucsd.edu
San Diego
Urquidi, Ph.D., Virginia
Assistant Research Scientist - Department of Pathology
Areas of Expertise: Molecular Oncology Mechanisms of metastatic
spread of cancer; identification of targets or pathways of potential
therapeutic interest; translation of scientific discoveries to the
clinical practice via new methods of prevention, diagnosis and treatment.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:858-822-2082
vurquidi@ucsd.edu
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San Francisco
San Francisco
Holland, MD, Martin Carlos
Acting Chair - SFGH Medical Center
Areas of Expertise: Neurosurgery. Spinal cord injuries, brain surgery
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-206-8300
hollandm@neurosurg.ucsf.edu
San Francisco
Jarquin-Valdivia, MD, Adrian Alberto
Areas of Expertise: Risk of strokes, neurovascular and neurocritical
care Surgical Intensive Care Unit at SFGH Medical Center
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-719-3470
San Francisco
Muņoz, PhD, Ricardo
Director - Latino Mental Health Program - SFGH Medical Center
Areas of Expertise: Bilingual Stop Smoking Program on the Internet
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-206-5214
munoz@itsa.ucsf.edu
San Francisco
Ponce, LLB, Julian
Associate Dean, School of Dentistry
Areas of Expertise: Fiscal planning, point person for website for
S/D; legal issues; state and federal organizations; administration.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-476-1323
poncej@dentistry.ucsf.edu
San Francisco
Portillo RN, PhD, Carmen
School of Nursing
Areas of Expertise:
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-476-1630
cjport@itsa.ucsf.edu
San Francisco
Ramos-Gomez, DDS, Francisco
Areas of Expertise: Pediatric dentistry serving underserved communities;
clinical and research on early childhood caries (baby bottle tooth
decay); dental surgeon and health educator
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-476-6826
ramos@itsa.ucsf.edu
San Francisco
Starr, MD, Philip
Areas of Expertise: Neurosurgery at UCSF/VA Medical Center.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-719-8997
starrp@itsa.ucsf.edu
San Francisco
Villela, MD, Teresa
Assistant chair - Family/Community Medicine - SFGH Medical Center
Areas of Expertise: Educator, primary care physician and expert
on medical care with attention to cultural awareness and needs
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-206-6881
terevil@itsa.ucsf.edu
San Francisco
Wiemels, Ph.D., Joseph
Researcher
Areas of Expertise: Epidemiology and biostatistics.
Languages: Spanish/English
Phone:415-504-0577
jwiemels@epi.ucsf.edu
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Santa Barbara
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Santa Cruz
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