Professor Richard J. Jackson
Dr. Richard Jackson serves as professor emeritus in the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. Jackson has held numerous leadership roles, including as the head of the California Department of Public Health (CDPH) in the role of State Public Health Officer from 2004-05. Jackson also served as an officer in them (U.S.) Epidemic Intelligence Service at CDC, and later served for nine years as Director of the CDC’s National Center for Environmental Health. The center included emergency response, the National Pharmaceutical Stockpile, the environmental laboratories, and numerous other activities; he was the lead for these activities on September 11, 2001.
Professor Michael Jerrett
Michael Jerrett is a professor of environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. He is an internationally recognized expert in climate change andthe use of Geographic Information Science (GIS) for exposure assessment and spatial epidemiology, including air quality and the impact of disease in areas with poor air quality. He is professor and immediate past chair of the Department of Environmental Health Sciences at the Fielding School, and has served on research projects and advisory committees for the (U.S.) National Academy of Science and the Environmental Protection Agency.
Professor Vickie Mays
Vickie Mays is a professor of psychology; director of the UCLA Center for Research, Education, Training and Strategic Communication on Minority Health Disparities; and a professor of health policy and management at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health. She is an authority on health policy, including the mental and physical health disparities affecting racial and ethnic minority populations, particularly African Americans.
Professor Karin Michels
Karin Michels is professor and chair of the Department of Epidemiology at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and has wide experience in epidemiology, disease prevention, public health, and statistical methods. In the context of COVID-19, Professor Michels has particular expertise in international comparisons, prevention measures, and future prediction models, and is researching how the pandemic has developed in multiple countries in Europe and Asia, including Germany, Italy, and the Republic of Korea. She is fluent in English and German.
Professor Linda Rosenstock
Dr. Linda Rosenstock is a professor of health policy and management and environmental health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a professor of medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She is an expert on the politics of health policy, environmental health, and occupational health and safety. She is the former director of the (U.S.) National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health.
Professor Steven Wallace
Steven Wallace, professor of community health sciences at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and associate director at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, is an expert on health policy as it relates to the aging population, racial and ethnic minorities, and immigrants.
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