People
Core Staff
- Arianne Teherani, PhD, Founding Co-Director
- Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, Founding Co-Director
- Sapna E. Thottathil, PhD, MSc, Managing Director
- Jennifer Monroe Zakaras, MPH, Associate Director of Strategy and Communications
- Aliza Hayes, Project Coordinator and Administrative Associate
Fellows
- Karly Hampshire, Planetary Health Report Card Fellow
- Emma Lasky, Education Pillar Fellow
- Gunnar Mattson, Planetary Health Report Card Fellow
- Mira Miles, Health Systems Pillar Fellow
- Allan Ndovu, Center Fellow
- Kasem Salim, Research Pillar Fellow
- Erika Strickler, Planetary Health Report Card Fellow
- Qiao Yu, Center Fellow
Pillar Chairs
- Orlando Harris, PhD, FNP, MPH, Education Co-Chair
- Oladele Ogunseitan, PhD, MPH, Education Co-Chair
- Seema Gandhi, MD, Health Systems Co-Chair
- Rais Vohra, 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
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: Susana Ramirez, PhD, MPH
- UC Riverside: Jade Sasser, PhD
- UC San Diego: Tarik Benmarhnia, PhD
- UC Santa Barbara: Chris Funk, PhD
- UC Santa Cruz: Raquel Chamorro-Garcia, PhD
- UCSF Fresno: Rais Vorha, MD, FACEP, FACMT
Affiliated Faculty
- Manijeh Berenji, MD, Academic and Community Partnerships Lead
- Claire Brindis, DrPH, Strategic Advisor
- Elissa Epel, PhD, Director for the UC Climate Change and Mental Health Council
- Katherine Gundling, MD, Director of Point of Care Initiative
- Jyoti Mishra, Associate Director for the UC Climate Change and Mental Health Council
- Hilary Ong, MD, FAAP, UCSF Climate Hub Co-Lead
- Heather Whelan, MD, Education Ambassador Lead & UCSF Climate Hub Co-Lead
Faculty & Staff advancing Climate, Health and Equity at UC
- Jeremy Alberga, MA
- Janhavi Bonville, MPP
- Carol Camlin, PhD
- Annemarie Charlesworth, MA
- Stephanie Cheng, MD
- Craig Cohen, MD, MPH
- Robin Cooper, MD
- Nadia Diamond-Smith, PhD, MS
- Katherine Gruenberg, PharmD, MEd
- Won Ha, MA
- Rohini Haar, MD
- Stephanie Holm, MD, MPH
- Christine James, MD, MS
- Gayle Kouklis, MD
- Soo-Jeong Lee, RN, PhD, ANP
- David Lopez-Carr, PhD
- Dan Lowenstein, MD
- Rupa Marya, MD
- Wendy Max, PhD
- Jason Nagata, MD, MSc
- Torsten Neilands, PhD
- Tammy Nicastro, MS
- Jerry Nutor, PhD, RN, MS
- Kartika Palar, PhD
- Nikhil Ranadive, MD, MS
- Parya Saberi, PharmD
- Dean Schillinger, MD
- Andreea Seritan, MD
- Starley Shade, PhD
- Gina Solomon, MD, MPH
- Preeti Sukerkar, MD
- Emily Tuthill, PhD
- William Wolfe, MD
- Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH
- Marya Zlatnik, MD
