Measurement Core Leaders
Jose Luis Calderón, M.D.
Charles Drew University
RCMI
1731 E. 120th St.
Los Angeles, CA 90059
Phone:
(310) 761-4729
drcalderon@sbcglobal.netDr.
Jose Luis Calderón received his MD from Harvard Medical School in 1982
and trained in Family Medicine at the Brooklyn Health Sciences Center
and in Neurology at NYU/Bellevue Hospital Center, NY. He has completed
graduate fellowships in Epidemiology at the Bloomberg School of Public
Health, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, and in Health Services
Research at the Health Service Research Institute of the American
Association of Medical College, Washington,
Dr. Calderón is
currently an Assistant Professor at the Charles Drew University of
Medicine and Science where he is director of the NIH funded Center for
Cross-cultural Epidemiological Studies (DUCES), the RCMI Translational
Research Network MICRO Core, and the RCMI-Biometry/Survey Research
Core. He is also director of the Drew/UCLA EXPORT Center of Excellence
Measurement Core, funded by the Agency for Healthcare Research Quality
(AHRQ). His area of expertise in education and research is in
cross-cultural health, cultural competence, health communication and
the impact of poverty on healthcare access, utilization and health
outcomes. He has given numerous workshops and seminars in this area
nationally. Dr. Calderón is also President of the Association for the
Behavioral Science and Medical Education (ABSAME) and chairs the
Mentoring Committee of ABSAME. He retired from medical practice in NY
in 1993. Since relocating to California, he has devoted his full time efforts to medical research, undergraduate and
post-graduate research mentoring, research administration and medical
education.
Ronald Hays, Ph.D.
UCLA School of Medicine
GIM/HSR
UCLA Med GIM & HSR, Box 951736
911 Broxton Plz
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736
Phone:
(310) 794-2296
Fax:
(310) 794-0732
hays@rand.org
Dr.
Ron Hays is Professor of Medicine at UCLA and a Senior Health Scientist
at RAND. Dr. Hays has contributed to the development of research
instruments to assess patient evaluations of health care,
health-related quality of life, and other health outcomes. He has used
these tools to assess individuals with diverse medical disorders and
identify determinants of patient outcomes of health care. He has also
studied adherence to medical regimens among individuals infected with
HIV and other issues at the nexus of health, behavior, and the health
care system. Currently, he is one of the Principal Investigators for
CAHPS® II, a five-year project that extends previous research on
consumer assessment of health care. In this investigation, the research
team is developing measures to assess consumer evaluations of
hospitals, nursing homes, group practices, and individual physicians,
as well as developing tools to report these assessments to health care
providers and consumers, including consumers with specific medical
problems (e.g., mobility impairments). Dr. Hays has published 289
research articles and 28 book chapters. He is a former associate editor
of Quality of Life Research and deputy editor of Medical Care.
Leo Morales, M.D., Ph.D.
GIM/HSR
UCLA Med GIM & HSR, Box 951736
911 Broxton Plz
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1736
Phone: (310) 794-2296
Fax: (310) 794-0722
morales@rand.org
Dr.
Leo S. Morales is an Assistant Professor in the Division of General
Internal Medicine and Health Services Research at the UCLA School of
Medicine and a Natural Scientist at RAND. He received a medical degree
from the University of Washington and a doctorate in philosophy from
the RAND Graduate School of Policy Studies. He completed a residency in
primary care internal medicine at the University of California at San
Francisco and is board certified in internal medicine. He is currently
conducting psychometric research on the cross-cultural equivalence of
survey instruments and substantive research on disparities in health
care, immigrant and Latino health and cultural competence in health
care. Dr. Morales is currently the recipient of grants from the
Commonwealth Fund, the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation and the National
Institutes of Health. Dr. Morales also see patients and supervises
medical residents at the UCLA Medical Center.
