Leaders and Mentors at CHER
Researchers with a history of NIH funding serve as CHER Institute Mentors. Some of these Mentors come from institutions with significant NIH support, and others come from low resource institutions, leading to a range of experiences and barriers in navigating institutional support.
Together, CHER Institute Mentors have a breadth of research experience in the areas of collaborative biomedical research, including cancer, social psychology, health risk behaviors, applied biostatistics, social work, medicine, preventative medicine, epidemiology, innovative data collection strategies, and stakeholder-based participatory research methods.
In each case, faculty members were selected based on their scholarly contributions to their respective specialty focus within the broad fields of public health. Faculty Mentors participate in the various components of the CHER Institute based on availability and need.
Mentors participate in various components of the CHER Institute, based on their availability and the needs of the program.
Our Distinguished Mentors
Sonya Arreola, PhD, MPH
Director, Arreola Research
Principal Investigator, Global Men’s Health and Rights Study
University of California, San Francisco
Mona AuYoung, PhD, MS, MPH
Adjunct Assistant Professor and Co-Lead, UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute’s (CTSI) Community Engagement and Research Program (CERP)
UCLA Geffen School of Medicine
Roshan Bastani, PhD
Professor, Health Policy and Management
Director, UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity
Director, UCLA Center for Prevention Research
UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Director, Disparities and Community Engagement
Co-Director, Cancer Prevention and Control Research
Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center, UCLA
Niloo Bavarian, PhD
Associate Professor Department of Health Science
CHER Institute Fellow Alumna
California State University, Long Beach
Ricky N. Bluthenthal, PhD
Associate Dean for Social Justice & Professor
Department of Preventive Medicine
Keck School of Medicine, University of Southern California
Ronald L. Braithwaite, Ph.D.
Professor Behavioral Sciences and Health Education, Emeritus
Morehouse School of Medicine
Dorothy C. Browne, DrPH, MPH, MSW
Professor Emerita, Maternal and Child Health, Gillings School of Global Public Health at the
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
Bradley T. Conner, PhD
Professor
Licensed Psychologist, Colorado PSY.0003880
Director, Addiction Counseling Program
The Department of Psychology, Colorado State University
J. Dennis Fortenberry, MD, MS
Indiana University School of Medicine
Professor of Pediatrics, Section of Adolescent Medicine
Division Chief, Adolescent Medicine / Adjunct Professor, School of Public Health
Professor of Medicine at Indiana University School of Medicine
Naomi Hall-Byers, Ph.D. MPH
Professor of Psychology, Psychological Sciences
Winston-Salem State University
Nina T. Harawa, PhD, MPH
Professor, David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles Professor, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science
Hugh Klein, PhD
Senior Researcher and President, Kensington Research Institute (Silver Spring, Maryland)
Faculty Affiliate, School of Social Work, California State University–Long Beach
Robin Miller, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychology
Director, Doctoral Program in Ecological-community Psychology
Michigan State University
Matt Mutchler, PhD
Professor of Health Science & Director of Urban Community Research Center
California State University, Dominguez Hills
Daniel Sarpong, PhD
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
Fernando Wagner, ScD, MPH
Professor, School of Social Work
University of Maryland, Baltimore
Yan Wang, MD, DrPH
Associate Professor, Department of Prevention and Community Health
Milken Institute School of Public Health, George Washington University
Applications are available upon request!
Please email any questions about the CHER Institute to Dr. Wendy Nomura