The PRISM Mentors are distinguished researchers with extensive experience in NIH-funded research and faculty development.
They represent a range of institutions, from universities with significant NIH support to non-research-focused institutions, bringing unique perspectives on how to navigate institutional barriers and opportunities.
Together, PRISM Mentors contribute a breadth of expertise across multiple areas of biomedical research, including:
- Cancer research
- Social psychology
- Health risk behaviors and intervention development
- Applied biostatistics
- Social work and medicine
- Preventive medicine and epidemiology
- Innovative data collection strategies
- Stakeholder-based participatory research methods
Each mentor has been carefully selected for their scholarly contributions and their proven commitment to mentoring early-career faculty. PRISM Mentors participate in Institute activities based on program needs and availability, ensuring faculty receive personalized, high-impact guidance.
Our Distinguished Mentors
Program Consultant for the Visiting Professors Program in the Department of Medicine at the
University of California, San Francisco
Learn More About Dr. Arreola
- Adjunct Assistant Professor and Co-Lead of the UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s Community Engagement and Research Program at the
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine - Adjunct Assistant Professor, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health University of California, Los Angeles
- Consultant, SoCal Pacific Islander Community Response Team
- Distinguished Professor, Health Policy and Management
- Director, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity
- Director, UCLA Center for Prevention Research
- Co-Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Research
- Director, Disparities and Community Engagement Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
- Professor, Department of Health Science
- CHER Institute Fellow Alumna, California State University, Long Beach
- Distinguished Professor of Preventive Medicine; Chair, Department of Population and Public Health Sciences
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
- Professor Emeritus, Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Morehouse School of Medicine
Professor Emerita, Maternal and Child Health
Gillings School of Global Public Health at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Learn More About Dr. Browne
- Professor; Licensed Psychologist, Colorado;
- Director, Addiction Counseling Program
Department of Psychology, Colorado State University
- Emeritus Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent Medicine, Indiana University School of Medicine
- Professor of Psychology, Psychological Sciences
Winston-Salem State University
- Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles
- Professor, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
- Senior Researcher and President
Kensington Research Institute, Silver Spring, Maryland - Faculty Affiliate, School of Social Work
California State University, Long Beach
Professor of Psychology; Director, Doctoral Program in Ecological-Community Psychology
Michigan State University
Learn More About Dr. Miller
- Professor, Department of Health Sciences; Director of the Student-Engaged Health Research (SEHR) Institute, California State University, Dominguez Hills
- Community-Based Researcher
APLA Health (AIDS Project Los Angeles)
- Professor of Biostatistics, College of Pharmacy; Director, Louisiana Clinical and Translational Science Center Community Engagement and Outreach Resource Core
- Director, XAVIER RCMI Cancer Center Community Engagement Core, Xavier University of Louisiana
Associate Dean of Academic Affairs and Administration, Emerita, Professor/Public Health Practitioner/Consultant/Mentor
Howard University, College of Nursing and Allied Health Sciences
Professor, School of Social Work
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Associate Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health
Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University
