Bay Area

Academic Partners

  • Stanford University

    Santa Clara County

    David Rehkoph ScD, MPH (drehkopf@stanford.edu): Co-Director of Stanford Center for Population Health Sciences, Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health and in the Department of Medicine

    https://www.stanford.edu/

  • San Francisco State University

    San Francisco County

    Juliana E Van Olphen PhD, MPH (jvo@sfsu.edu): Chair and Professor, Department of Public Health

    https://www.sfsu.edu/index.html

  • Dominican University of California

    Marin County

    Patti Culross MD, MPH (patti.culross@dominican.edu): Chair and Assistant Professor, Global Public Health Department

    https://www.dominican.edu/

  • San Jose State University

    Santa Clara County

    Gayle Cummings PsyD, MPH (jvo@sfsu.edu): Chair and Professor, Department of Public Health

    https://www.sjsu.edu/

  • CSU East Bay

    Alameda County

    Arnab Mukherjea DrPH, MPH (arnab.mukherjea@csueastbay.edu): Chair and Associate Professor, Department of Public Health

    Nicholas Lam PhD, MS (nicholas.lam@csueastbay.edu): California State University, East Bay

    Chandra Ganesh PhD, MBA (chandrakala.ganesh@csueastbay.edu): Associate Professor, Department of Public Health

    Michael Schmeltz DrPH, MS (michael.schmeltz@csueastbay.edu): Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health

    https://www.csueastbay.edu/

  • Touro University California

    Solano County

    Deirdra F. Wilson PhD, MPH (dwilson9@touro.edu): Chair and Assistant Professor, Department of Public Health

    Gayle Cummings PsyD, MPH (gcumming@touro.edu): Assistant Dean, College of Education & Health Science, Program Director and Associate Professor, Public Health

    Jay Shubrook DO (jshubroo@touro.edu): Medical Director and Director of Clinical Research

    https://tu.edu/

  • UC San Francisco

    San Francisco County

    Jesus Ramirez-Valles PhD, MPH (jesus.ramirez-valles@ucsf.edu): Chief of UCSF Division of Prevention Science and Professor, Medicine

    Karleen Rutherford-Rodeck (karleen.rutherford-rodeck@ucsf.edu): Executive Assistant to Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

    Mark Pletcher MD, MPH (Mark.Pletcher@ucsf.edu ): Director of Informatics and Research Innovation, UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute and Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics

    https://www.ucsf.edu/

  • University of San Francisco

    San Francisco County

    Dory Magasis Escobar PhD, MA (descobar4@usfca.edu): Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions

    Erin Grinshteyn PhD, MS (egrinshteyn@usfca.edu): Associate Dean and Associate Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions

    Laura Chyu PhD, MA (lchyu@usfca.edu): Program Director and Assistant Professor, School of Nursing and Health Professions

    Megan O'Banion PsyD (mgobanion@usfca.edu ): Senior Associate Dean, School of Nursing and Health Professions

    https://www.usfca.edu/

  • UC Berkeley

    Berkeley County

    Jason Corburn PhD, MCP (jcorburn@berkeley.edu): Director, Institute of Urban and Regional Development; Co-Director, Joint MPH-MCP degree program; Director, Center of Global Healthy Cities, and Professor in the Department of City and Regional Planning and School of Public Health

    Amani M. Allen PhD, MPH (amaniallen@berkeley.edu): Professor, Community Health Sciences and Epidemiology, School of Public Health

    David J.X. González PhD, MS (djxgonz@berkeley.edu): Assisstant Professor of Enviromental Health Sciences and Principal Investigator of EQUIS Lab

    Hector Rodriguez PhD, MPH (hrod@berkeley.edu): Professor, Health Policy & Management and Director, Center for Healthcare Organizational and Innovation Research

    Joshua Apte PhD, MS (apte@berkeley.edu): Associate Professor, Civil and Environmental Engineering

    Laura H. Kwong PhD (lakwong@berkeley.edu): Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

    Linda Neuhauser DrPH, MPH (Lindan@berkeley.edu): Clinical Professor, Community Health Sciences

    Michael C. Lu MD, MS, MPH (mclu@berkeley.edu): Dean, School of Public Health

    Morry Hermon MPA (morryhermon@berkeley.edu): Senior Director of Foundation Relations and Corporate Philanthropy, School of Public Health

    Nancy L Wilson (nlwilson@berkeley.edu): Executive Assistant to Michael Lu (Dean of Berkeley Public Health)

    Rosemarie de la Rosa DrPH, MS (rmd1025@berkeley.edu): Assistant Professor, Environmental Health Sciences

    Suzanne Teran MPH (steran@berkeley.edu): Associate Director, Labor Occupational Health Program

    Britt Bustamante PhD (blmb@berkeley.edu): Postdoctoral Scholar, School of Public Health

    https://www.berkeley.edu/

Community Based Organizations (CBOs)

  • Alcohol Research Group, PHI

    Alameda County

    Christina Tam, Scientist (ctam@arg.org): Conducts and disseminates research on the epidemiology of alcohol and other drug consumption and problems, alcohol health services research, and alcohol policies while also training future generations of researchers.

    https://arg.org/

  • Bay Area Community Health

    Alameda, Santa Clara County

    Ryan Polsky, Grant Writer (rpolsky@bach.health): Mission is to deliver exceptional health and social services that improve the quality of life for the individuals, families, and communities they serve.

    https://bach.health/

  • Community Health Partnership

    Santa Clara County

    Dolores Alvarado MPH, CEO (dolores@chpscc.org): advocates for quality, affordable, accessible, and culturally competent healthcare systems that demonstrate respect and compassion for our diverse communities.

    https://chpscc.org/

  • La Clinica de La Raza

    Alameda County

    Alberto Perez-Rendon, Manager of Cultura Y Bienestar (aperez-rendon@laclinica.org)

    Evelyn Riley, Behavioral Health Internship & Recruitment Coordinator (eriley@laclinica.org)

    Lauren Forsell, MPH, Senior Grants Manager: lforsell@laclinica.org

    Providing multi-lingual, accessible full-scope health care services in the East Bay no matter financial background. Includes youth services, clinical health education, specialized women's care, and general healthcare resources.

    https://laclinica.org/

  • Local Clean Energy Alliance

    Alameda County

    Jessica Guadalupe Tover, Energy Democracy Organizer (jessica@localcleanenergy.org): CBO in the Bay Area focused on promoting a clean energy future through the development and democratization of local renewable energy resources.

    https://www.localcleanenergy.org/

  • Maitri

    San Francisco County

    Zakia Afrin, SJD, LLB, Director, Survivor Advocacy (zakia@maitri.org): Dedicated in the SF Bay Area dedicated to helping families and individuals from South Asia facing domestic violence, cultural alienation, and/or family conflict.

    https://maitri.org/

  • One Accord Project

    Contra Costa County

    Sabrina Saunders, Executive Director (sabrinasaund64@yahoo.com): focuses on issues of health equity.

    https://oneaccordproject.org/

  • Public Policy Institute of California

    San Francisco County

    Lisa Cole, Director of Development

    Sarah Bohn, PhD, MA, Vice President of Research and Senior Fellow John and Lousie Bryson Chair in Policy Research

    Shannon McConville, MPP, Research Fellow

    Nonprofit think-tank with focuses on criminal justice, economy, health, k-12/higher education, environment, etc.

    https://www.ppic.org/

  • ReWork the Bay

    Alameda, Contra Costa, Marin, Napa, San Francisco, San Mateo, Santa Clara, Solano, Sonoma Counties

    Rob Hope, MPP, Director (rhope@sff.org): Community organization focused on workforce equity efforts and addressing income gaps in the Bay Area.

    https://reworkthebay.org/

  • San Francisco Public Health Foundation

    San Francisco County

    Tracey Packer, MPH, Director of Community Health Equity and Promotion (traceypacker13@gmail.com): Foundation in San Francisco focused on supporting community health workers in their ability to serve the area's most vulnerable as well as: communicable disease surveillance, healthcare services, working caregiver support, food insecurity resources, education, etc.

    https://sfphf.org/

  • YouthALIVE!

    Alameda County

    Gabriel Garcia, Advocacy Director (ggarcia@youthalive.org): Organization in Oakland dedicated to addressing violence and trauma through prevention, intervention, healing, and advocacy.

    https://www.youthalive.org/