People

Core Staff

• Arianne Teherani, PhD, Founding Co-Director
• Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, Founding Co-Director
• Annie Rosenthal, MSW, Associate Director of Programs and Operations
• Rupa Basu, PhD, MPH, Senior Science Advisor
• Annemarie Charlesworth, MA, Research Specialist
• Sigal Maya, MS, Doctorate Research Specialist
• Veronique Whittaker, MPH, Doctorate Research Specialist 
• Claire Brindis, DrPH, Strategic Advisor

Postdoctoral Fellows:

• Rebecca Sugrue, PhD, UCSF
• Sophia Arabadjis, PhD, UCSB
• Caitlin Jones, PhD, UCSD
• Pearl Ante-Testard, PhD, UCSD

Pillar Chairs

• Orlando Harris, PhD, FNP, MPH, Education Co-Chair
• Oladele Ogunseitan, PhD, MPH, Education Co-Chair
• Seema Gandhi, MD, Health Systems Co-Chair
• Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH, Policy Co-Chair
• Emily Arnold, PhD, Policy Co-Chair
• Tarik Benmarhnia, PhD, Research Co-Chair
• David Eisenman, MD, MSHS, Research Co-Chair
• Neeta Thakur, MD, Research Co-Chair

UC Campus Leads

• UC Berkeley: David Ackerly, PhD, Meghana Gadgil, MD, MPH, FACP, Michael Lu, MD, MS, MPH
• UC Davis: Clare Cannon, PhD and Kathryn Conlon, PhD, MPH
• UC Irvine: Oladele Ogunseitan, PhD
• UC Los Angeles: David Eisenman, MD, MSHS
• UC Merced: Rebecca Ryals, PhD 
• UC Riverside: Jade Sasser, PhD
• UC San Diego: Tarik Benmarhnia, PhD
• UC Santa Barbara: Chris Funk, PhD
• UC Santa Cruz:  Audrie Lin, PhD

Initiatives

UC Climate Change and Mental Health Council 

• Manijeh Berenji, MD, Academic and Community Partnerships Lead
• Elissa Epel, PhD, Director for the UC Climate Change and Mental Health Council
• Jyoti Mishra, PhD, Associate Director for the UC Climate Change and Mental Health Council

Climate & Health Education Ambassador Program 

• Heather Whelan, MD, Education Ambassador Lead 

Clinical Faculty Decarbonization Fellowship

• Seema Gandhi, MD, Co-director
• Shira Abeles, MD, Co-director 
• William Pevec, MD, Co-director 

Climate-Ready Patient Outreach Tool

• Maggie Jones, MD
• Anu Ramachandran, MD