Our Team

PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATORS & CO-INVESTIGATORS

Jennifer Wagman, PhD, MHS Principal Investigator
Assistant Professor, Fielding School of Public Health in the Department of Community Health Sciences, UC Los Angeles
Laury Oaks, PhD, MA UCSB Principal Investigator
Chair of and Professor in the Department of Feminist Studies, UC Santa Barbara
Dallas Swendeman, PhD, MPH UCLA Principal Investigator
Associate Professor In-Residence, Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, David Geffen School of Medicine, UC Los Angeles

Jay Silverman, PhD UCSD Co-investigator
Director of Research at Center on Gender Equity and Health
Professor of Medicine and Global Public Health at UC San Diego School of Medicine
Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD, MSPH UCSD Co-investigator
Faculty at Center on Gender Equity and Health, Assistant Professor at UC San Diego School of Medicine
Melissa Smith, MD UCSB Consultant
Director of Health Equity Initiatives, UC Santa Barbara
Lara Stemple, JD UCLA Consultant
Assistant Dean for Graduate Studies and International Student Programs at UCLA School of Law

Claire Amabile, BA Research Lead
Graduate Student Researcher at the Fielding School of Public Health, UC Los Angeles (Community Health Sciences Track)
Eunhee Park, MPH UCLA Graduate Student Researcher
PhD Student in Public Health (Community Health Sciences track)
Stephanie Sumstine, MPH UCLA Research Lead
Center Coordinator at UC Global Health Institute Women’s Health, Gender, and Empowerment
Scott Blair Graphic Designer & Web Designer / Front-end Developer at Qualcomm Institute, UC San Diego

Brittnie Bloom, MS UCSD Graduate Intern
PhD Student in Public Health (Global Health Track)
Cierra Raine Sorin, MA UCSB Graduate Intern
PhD Student in Sociology
Feminist Studies Doctoral Emphasis
Pieter Baker, MPH UCSD Graduate Intern
PhD Student in Public Health (Global Health Track)
Atreyi Mitra UCLA Undergraduate Intern
Majors in Human Biology and Society and Public Affairs

Nina Suh-Toma UCSD Undergraduate Intern
Major in Global Health
Vidhisha Mahesh UCSB Undergraduate Intern
Major in Psychological and Brain Science / Minor in Feminist Studies
Olivia Almon UCLA Undergraduate Research Assistant
Major in Sociology / Minors in Public Health and Environmental Systems and Society
Sean Sugai Co-Investigator
Undergraduate Student in the UCLA Institute for Society and Genetics and Department of Anthropology

Aaliyah Sade Murphy, MA Alumni
UCLA Undergraduate Intern
Majors in World Arts and Cultures (Emphasis in Arts Activism) and Global Health
Araz Majnoonian, BS Alumni
UCSD Undergraduate Intern
Majored in Public Health
Ariana Marmolejo, BA Alumni
UCSB Undergraduate Intern
Majored in Communication and Theatre
Christine Wenzel UCSD Undergraduate Intern
Major in Global Health

David Ahmadian, BS Alumni
UCSD Undergraduate Intern
Majored in Physiology and Neuroscience
Rachel Ng, BS, BA Alumni
UCSB Undergraduate Intern
Majored in Biological Sciences and Global Studies
Stoddy Carey, BA Alumni
UCSB Undergraduate Intern
Majored in Global Studies / Minored in Asian American Studies
Julie Yip, BS Alumni
Staff Member
Research Project Assistant at Center on Gender Equity and Health