Faculty

• 1969      B.A., Syracuse University, New York (English)
  
• 1972      M.A., New School of Social Research, New York (Anthropology)
  
• 1981       Ph.D., University of California, Los Angeles, CA (Anthropology

Culture and Health
Ethnography and Fieldwork 
Health Policy
History of Medicine and Public Health
Professional and Lay Knowledge

• National Institute of Mental Health, Developing Disaster Mental Health Research Capacity through Education – Child & Family Disaster Research Training & Education, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, 2004-2009 (Principal Evaluator)
• UniHealth Foundation, Integrating Community-based Dental and Primary Care Services on Los Angeles’ Westside, UCLA School of Dentistry, 2005-2009 (Co-Investigator)
• The California Endowment. Alert Latinos to Overcome Diabetes Collaborative, Mission Community Hospital, 2005-2008 (Principal Evaluator)
• US Department of Health and Human Services, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Child Traumatic Stress Initiative – Treatment and Service Adaptation Center, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, 2005-2009 (Principal Evaluator)
• UniHealth Foundation. Children’s Abuse and Violence Intervention Center Services for Children Impacted by Medical Trauma and Traumatic Loss, Long Beach Memorial Medical Center, 2006-2008 (Principal Evaluator)
• The California Endowment. Pacoima Beautiful Capacity Building Grant, Pacoima Beautiful, 2006-2008 (Principal Evaluator)
• Howard Hughes Medical Institute. Precollege Science Education Initiative for Biomedical Research Institutions, UCLA School of Dentistry, 2007-2012 (Co-Investigator)
• The California Endowment, California Dental Pipeline Program, UCLA School of Dentistry, 2007-2010 (Co-Investigator)
• US Environmental Protection Agency, Community Action for a Renewed Environment (CARE) Program, Reducing Toxic Risks in Pacoima, California. Pacoima Beautiful, Oct. 2007-2009 (Principal Evaluator)

• American Anthropological Association
• American Association for the Advancement of Science
• American Association of University Professors
• American Public Health Association
• Society for Disability Studies
• Society for Applied Anthropology
• Society for Medical Anthropology
• Society for Psychological Anthropology
• Society for Urban, National, Transnational/Global Anthropology
• Society for the Anthropology of Work