Attachment3_CHIS_AB_TAC_and_DDRC_Membership

Attachment 3
CHIS Advisory Board, Technical Advisory
Committee, and Data Disclosure Advisory
Committee Membership
3A: CHIS Advisory Board
3B: CHIS Adult Technical Advisory Committee
3C: CHIS Adolescent Technical Advisory Committee
3D: CHIS Multicultural Technical Advisory Committee
3E: CHIS Sampling Design and Survey Methodology
Technical Advisory Committee
3F: CHIS Data Disclosure Advisory Committee

ADVISORY BOARD
CHAIR

MEMBERS, Continued

S. Kimberly Belshé, MPP, Secretary
California Health and Human Services Agency
1600 Ninth Street, Room 460
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-654-3345
Fax: 916-654-3343
Email: kbelshe@chhs.ca.gov
Alternate:
Sandra Shewry, MSW/MPH, Director
Department of Health Care Services
Email: sandra.shewry@dhcs.ca.gov

MEMBERS
Denise Adams-Simms, MPH, Executive Director
California Black Health Network
7851 Mission Center Court, Suite 260
San Diego, CA 92108
Ph: 619-295-5413
Fax: 619-295-5749
Email: das@cbhn.org
Felix Aguilar, MD, MPH (SCPHA Representative)
Medical Director and Chief Medical Officer
South Central Family Health Center
4425 S. Central Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90011-3629
Tel: (323) 908-4220
Fax: (323) 908-4262
Email: FelixA@scfhc.org
Alternate:
Robert Friis, PhD, Prof & Chair, Health Sciences Dept.
California State, Long Beach
Email: rfriis@csulb.edu
Diana Bontá, RN, DrPH
Vice President, Public Affairs
Kaiser Permanente, Southern California
393 E. Walnut Street
Pasadena, CA 91101
Ph: 626-405-6500
Fax: 626-405-2583
Email: Diana.M.Bonta@kp.org
Alternate:
Jean Nudelman, Director
Community Benefit Programs
Email: Jean.Nudelman@kp.org

Carmela Castellano-Garcia, JD, Chief Executive Officer
California Primary Care Association
1215 K Street, Suite 700
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-440-8170
Fax: 916-440-8172
Email: ccastellano@cpca.org
Alternate:
Amanda Stangis, Director of Programs
Email: astangis@cpca.org
Bruce Chernof, MD, Director & Chief Medical Officer
LA County Department of Health Services
313 N. Figueroa Street, Room 912
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Ph: 213-240-8101
Fax: 213-481-0503
Email: bchernof@ladhs.org
Alternate:
Irene Dyer, Director, Planning and Analysis
Email: idyer@ladhs.org
James Allen Crouch, MPH, Executive Director
California Rural Indian Health Board (CRIHBO)
4400 Auburn Boulevard, 2nd Floor
Sacramento, CA 95841-4129
Ph: 916-929-9761 X1010
Fax: 916-929-7246
Email: james.crouch@crihb.net
Alternate:
Carol Korenbrot, PhD, Director of Research
Email: carol.korenbrot@crihb.net
Lesley Cummings, MPA, Executive Director
California Managed Risk Medical Insurance Board
1000 G Street, Suite 450
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-324-4695
Fax: 916-324-4878
Email: lcummings@mrmib.ca.gov
Alternate:
Shelley Rouillard, Deputy Director Benefits and Quality
Monitoring Division
Email: srouillard@mrmib.ca.gov

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research,
California Department of Pubic Health, Department of Health Care Services, Public Health Institute
April 2008

MEMBERS, continued

MEMBERS, continued

C. Duane Dauner, MS, President
California Hospital Association
1215 K Street, Suite 800
Sacramento, CA 95814-3946
Ph: 916-552-7547
Fax: 916-552-7596
Email: cddauner@calhealth.org

Al Hernandez Santana, Executive Director
Latino Coalition for a Healthy California
th
1225 8 Street, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-448-3234
Fax: 916-448-3248
Email: anibal@lchc.org

Alternate:
Pamela Lane, VP Health Informatics
Email: plane@calhealth.org

Alternate:
Veronica Montoya, MSPPM, Deputy Director
Email: vmontoya@lchc.org

Joe Dunn, JD, Chief Executive Officer
California Medical Association
1201 J. Street, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-551-2038
Fax: 916-551-2070
Email: jdunn@cmanet.org

Mark Horton, MD, MSPH, Director
California Department of Public Health
PO Box 997377, MS 0500
Sacramento, CA 95899-7377
Ph: 916-558-1700
Fax: 916-558-1760
Email: mark.horton@cdph.ca.gov

Alternate:
Don Moulds, PhD, Vice President, Medical and
Regulatory Policy
Email: dmoulds@cmanet.org

Alternate:
Bonita (Bonnie) Sorensen, MD, Chief Deputy Director
Email: bonita.sorensen@cdph.ca.gov

Jonathan Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA
Director and Health Officer
Los Angeles County Department of Public Health
313 N. Figueroa Street, Room 909
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Ph: 213-240-8117
Fax: 213-481-0503
Email: jfielding@dhs.co.la.ca.us
Alternate:
Paul Simon, MD, MPH, Director
Health Assessment and Epidemiology
Email: psimon@dhs.co.la.ca.us
Sandra Naylor Goodwin, PhD
Executive Director
California Institute for Mental Health
th
nd
2125 19 Street, 2 Floor
Sacramento, CA 95818
Ph: 916-556-3480
Fax: 916-446-4519
Email: sgoodwin@cimh.org
Krista Hanni, MS, PhD (County representative)
Public Health Epidemologist, Monterey County Health
Department
1270 Natividad Road
Salinas, CA 93906-3122
Ph: 831-755-4586
Fax: 831-647-7650
Email: hannikd@co.monterey.ca.us

Wyatt R. (Rory) Hume, DDS, PhD, Provost and
Executive Vice President, Academic & Health Affairs
University of California
1111 Franklin Street, 12th Floor
Oakland, CA 94607-5200
Ph: 510-987-9697
Fax: 510-987-9715
Email: rory.hume@ucop.edu
Alternate:
Charles L. (Larry) Gruder, PhD, Executive Director
Special Research Programs
Email: charles.gruder@ucop.edu
Elizabeth M. (Betsy) Imholz, JD
Director of Special Projects
Consumers Union of U.S. Inc.
West Coast Regional Office
1535 Mission Street
San Francisco, CA 94103
Ph: 415-431-6747
Fax: 415-431-0906
Email: imhobe@consumer.org
Howard A. Kahn, MPAff, Chief Executive Officer
L.A. Care Health Plan
th
555 W. Fifth Street, 29 Floor
Los Angeles, CA 90013-3036
Ph: 213-694-1250 X4151 or X4102
Fax: 213-694-1246
Email: hkahn@lacare.org
Alternates:
Elaine Batchlor, MD, Chief Medical Officer
Email: ebatchlor@lacare.org
Rae Starr, Biostatistician
Email: rstarr@lacare.org

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research,
California Department of Pubic Health, Department of Health Care Services, Public Health Institute
April 2008

MEMBERS, continued

MEMBERS, continued

Wendy Lazarus, MPH, Founder & Co-President
Children’s Partnership
1351 3rd Street Promenade, Suite 206
Santa Monica, CA 90401
Ph: 310-260-1220, Ext. 11
Fax: 310-260-1921
Email: wlazarus@childrenspartnership.org

Kris Perry, LCSW, Executive Director
First 5 California
2389 Gateway Oaks Drive, Suite 260
Sacramento, CA 95833
Ph: 916-263-1050
Fax: 916-263-1360
Email: kperry@ccfc.ca.gov

Alternate:
Kristen Golden Testa, Director, CA Health Program
Email: ktesta@childrenspartnership.org

Gretchen Williams, Research Specialist
Email: gwilliams@ccfc.ca.gov

Agnes Lee, MPP, Director
Senate Office of Research
1020 N. Street, Suite 200
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-651-1500
Fax: 916-324-3944
Email: agnes.lee@sen.ca.gov
Ann Lindsay, MD (CCLHO Representative)
Health Officer, Humboldt County
529 I Street,
Eureka, CA 95501
Ph: 707-268-2181
Fax: 707-445-6097
Email: alindsay@co.humboldt.ca.us
Alternate:
Glennah Trochet, MD
Health Officer, Sacramento County
Email: TrochetG@SacCounty.net
Stephen W. Mayberg, PhD, Director
California Department of Mental Health
1600 9th Street, Room 151
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-654-2309
Fax: 916-654-3198
Email: stephen.mayberg@dmh.ca.gov
Christopher Ohman, MPA, President and CEO
California Association of Health Plans
1415 L Street, Suite 850
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-552-2910
Fax: 916-443-1037
Email: cohman@calhealthplans.org
Alternate:
Brianna Hintze, Sr. Policy Analyst
Email: blhintze@calhealthplans.org

Giorgio Piccagli, PhD, MPH (CPHA-N representative)
President, CPHA-N
100 Dorado Terrace
San Francisco, CA 94112
Ph: 415-333-5084
Fax:
Email: gapiccagli@gmail.com
Alternate:
Robert Benjamin, Past President CPHA-N
Email: robert.benjamin@acgov.org
Alonzo Louis Plough, MPH, PhD
Vice President for Program, Planning & Evaluation
The California Endowment
1000 North Alameda Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Ph: 213-928-8777
Fax: 213-253-0970
Email: aplough@calendow.org
Sandra Shewry, MSW/MPH, Director
Department of Health Care Services
1501 Capitol Avenue, Suite 6001, MS 0000
Sacramento, CA 95899-7413
Ph: 916-440-7400
Fax: 916-440-7404
Email: sandra.shewry@dhcs.ca.gov
Herrmann Spetzler, MA
Founder, California State Rural Health Association
Executive Director, Open Door Community Health Ctrs.
th
785 18 Street
Arcata, CA 95521
Ph: 707-826-8633 X124
Fax: 707-826-8638
Email: hspetzler@opendoorhealth.com
Alternate:
Desiree Rose, Executive Director
California State Rural Health Association
Email: drose@csrha.org

Sandra Perez, MS, MA, Director
Office of the Patient Advocate, State of California
Business, Transportation & Housing Agency
th
980 9 Street, Suite 500
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-324-6407
Fax: 916-445-2584
Email: sperez@dmhc.ca.gov
CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research,
California Department of Pubic Health, Department of Health Care Services, Public Health Institute
April 2008

MEMBERS, continued

EX-OFFICIO

Emily Spitzer, JD
Executive Director
National Health Law Program
1444 I St NW, 11th Floor
Washington, DC 20005
Ph: 202-289-7661 x305
Fax: 202-289-7724
Email: spitzer@healthlaw.org

E. Richard Brown, PhD
Principal Investigator, California Health Interview Survey
Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0812
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: erbrown@ucla.edu

Alternate:
Doreena Wong, Staff Attorney
Email: wong@healthlaw.org

David Grant, PhD
Director, California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd., Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0916
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: dgrant@ucla.edu

Ho L. Tran, MD, President and CEO
Asian & Pacific Islander American Health Forum
450 Sutter Street, Suite 600
San Francisco, CA 94108-3901
Ph: 415-954-9988 X302
Fax: 415-954-9999
Email: htran@apiahf.org
Alternate:
Marguerite Ro, Deputy Director
Email: mro@apiahf.org
Anthony E. Wright, Executive Director
Health Access
1127 11th Street, #234
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-442-2308
Fax: 916-497-0921
Email: awright@health-access.org
Alternate:
Hanh Kim Quach, Health Care Policy Coordinator
Email: hquach@health-access.org

Sue Holtby, MPH
Governing Board, California Health Interview Survey
Senior Research Scientist, Public Health Institute
210 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Ph: 831-427-4980
Fax: 831-458-3659
Email: sholtby@cruzio.com
Linette Scott, MD, MPH
Deputy Director, Health Information & Strategic Planning
California Department of Public Health
1616 Capitol Ave. #74.317 MS 5000
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-440-7350
Fax: 916-440-7357
Email: Linette.Scott@cdph.ca.gov

Ellen Wu, MPH, Executive Director
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
th
654 13 Street
Oakland, CA 94612
Ph: 510-832-1160 X304
Fax: 510-832-1175
Email: ewu@cpehn.org
Alternate:
Martin Martinez, Policy Director
Email: mmartinez@cephn.org

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research,
California Department of Pubic Health, Department of Health Care Services, Public Health Institute
April 2008

CHIS 2009 Adult Questionnaire
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

CHAIR
Anthony Iton, MD, MPH
Director and Health Officer
Alameda County Public Health Department
TAC CONTACT
David Grant, PhD
Director, California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
MEMBERS
Rachel Ballard-Barbash, MD, MPH
Associate Director, Applied Research Program
National Cancer Institute
Elaine Batchlor, MD
Chief Medical Officer
L.A. Care Health Plan

Nancy Breen, PhD
Program Officer, Applied Research Branch
National Cancer Institute
Deidre Browner, MPH
Biostatistician, Community Epidemiology
San Diego County Health & Human Services
Agency
Lily Chaput, MD, MPH
Chief
Cal Heart Disease & Stroke Prevention Program
California Department of Public Health
Angela Coron
Director, Community Benefit Programs
Southern California Region
Kaiser Permanente
Allison Diamant, MD, MSHS
Assistant Professor
Division of General Internal Medicine and Health
Services Branch
UCLA School of Medicine

Alternates
Rae Starr
Senior Biostatistician
L.A. Care Health Plan
Eleanor Young
Manager, Healthcare Outcomes & Analysis
L.A. Care Health Plan
Gail Bolan, MD
Chief, STD Control Branch
California Department of Public Health
Alternates
Joan Chow, DrPH, MPH
Chief, Epidemiology Unit, STD Branch
California Department of Public Health
Sarah Hendlish, MPH
Epidemiologist, STD Branch
California Department of Public Health
Paula Braveman, MD, MPH
Director, Center on Social Disparities in Health
Department of Family and Community Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Cathyn Fan, MPH
Research Scientist
Environmental Health Investigations Branch
California Department of Public Health
Don Fields
Chief, Program Data and Fiscal Monitoring
Section Medi-Cal Managed Care Division
Department of Health Care Services
George Flores, MD, MPH
Senior Program Officer, Disparities in Health
The California Endowment
Krista Hanni, MS, PhD
Public Health Epidemiologist
Office of the Health Officer/Epidemiology Unit
Monterey County Health Department
Alternate
Kristy Meyer
Research Analyst
Monterey County Health Department
Gary He, PhD
Epidemiology and Surveillance Lead
California Diabetes Program
California Department of Public Health

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Public Health, Department of
Health Care Services, Public Health Institute

Lisa Hershey, MPH
California Department of Public Health

Alonzo Plough, M.A., M.P.H., Ph.D.
Vice President, Program Planning and
Evaluation
The California Endowment

MEMBERS, Continued
Howard Kahn, MPAff
Chief Executive Officer
L.A. Care Health Plan
H. Stephen Kaye, PhD
Associate Adjunct Professor
Institute for Health and Aging
University of California, San Francisco
Sarah S. Mack, MPH
Deputy Director
Riverside County Department of Public Health
Alternate
Wendy Betancourt, MPH
Chief, Epidemiology and Program Evaluation
Riverside County Department of Public Health
Stephen Mayberg, PhD
Director
California Department of Mental Health
Alternates
Stephanie Oprendek, PhD
California Department of Mental Health
Tom Wilson
Research Manager
Chief, Statistics and Data Analysis
California Department of Mental Health
Ed Mendoza
Deputy Director
California Office of the Patient Advocate
Rene Mollow, RN, MSN
Associate Director, Health Policy
Department of Health Care Services
Neena Murgai, PhD
Chronic Disease Epidemiologist
Alameda County Department of Public Health
Jean Nudelman
Director, Community Benefit Programs
Northern California
Kaiser Permanente
Sandra Perez, MS, MA
Director
California Office of the Patient Advocate

Alternate (California Endowment)
Will Nicholas, PhD, MPH
Director of Research
The California Endowment
Nadereh Pourat, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Alina Salganicoff, PhD
Vice President and Director
Women’s Health Policy
Kaiser Family Foundation
Diane Schweitzer
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Rita Singhal, MD, MPH
Medical Director, Office of Women's Health
Los Angeles County Dept. of Public Health
Sharon Sugarmen, MS, RD, FDA
Research Scientist
Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section
Department of Health Care Services
Alternate
Susan Foerster, MPH, RD
Chief, Cancer Prevention and Nutrition Section
California Department of Public Health
Celeste Torio, PhD
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Terri Thorfinnson, JD
Chief, Office of Women’s Health
Department of Health Care Services
Glennah Trochet, MD
Chief Public Health Officer
Sacramento County Public Health Division
Alternate
Cassius Lockett, PhD
Epidemiology Program Manager
Sacramento County Public Health Division
Seleda Williams, MD
Public Health Medical Officer
Department of Health Care Services
Roberta Wyn, PhD
Associate Director for Research
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Public Health, Department of
Health Care Services, Public Health Institute

GUESTS
Alyssa Grauman, MPH
Research Associate
National Cancer Institute
Katie Marcellus
Policy Analyst
Department of Health Care Services
Meredith Milet, MPH
Program Epidemiologist, Environmental Health
Investigations Branch
California Department of Public Health
Svetlana Smorodinsky, MPH
Research Scientist, Environmental Health
Investigations Branch
California Department of Public Health

Christy McCain, MPH
Research Associate
Public Health Institute
Jane McKendry, PhD
Chief
Office of Health Information & Research
California Department of Public Health
Royce Park
Survey Operations Manager
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Elaine Zahnd, PhD
Senior Research Scientist & CHIS Coordinator
Public Health Institute

Fran Thompson, PhD
Epidemiologist
National Cancer Institute
EX-OFFICIO
E. Richard Brown, PhD
Principal Investigator
California Health Interview Survey
Director
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Sue Holtby, MPH
Governing Board
California Health Interview Survey
Senior Research Scientist & CHIS Coordinator
Public Health Institute
STAFF
Hildy Fong, MHS
Research Associate
California Health interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Nicole Lordi
Research Associate
Public Health Institute
Laura Lund, MA
CHIS Coordinator
Office of Health Information & Research
California Department of Public Health

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Public Health, Department of
Health Care Services, Public Health Institute

CHIS 2009 Adolescent Questionnaire
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

CHAIR
Antronette Yancey, MD, MPH (Chair)
Professor
UCLA School of Public Health

Kathy Chance
Medical Consultant
Children’s Medical Services Branch
Department of Health Care Services

TAC CONTACT
David Grant, PhD
Director, California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Serena Clayton, PhD
Executive Director
California School Helath Centers Association

MEMBERS

Angela Coron
Director, Community Benefit Programs
Southern California Region
Kaiser Permanente

Sally H. Adams, RN, PhD
Specialist, Division of Adolescent Medicine
University of California, San Francisco

Don Fields
Chief, Performance Measurement Section
Department of Health Care Services

Elaine Batchlor, MD
Chief Medical Officer
L.A. Care Health Plan

Stephen Mayberg, PhD
Director, California Department of Mental Health

Gail Bolan
Chief, STC Control Branch
California Department of Public Health
Alternates
Joan Chow, DrPH, MPH
Chief, Epidemiology Unit, STD Branch
California Department of Public Health
Sarah Hendlish, MPH
Epidemiologist, STD Branch
California Department of Public Health

Alternates, Dept of Mental Health
Stephanie Oprendek, PhD
California Department of Mental Health
Tom Wilson
Research Manager
Chief, Statistics and Data Analysis
California Department of Mental Health
Ed Mendoza
Deputy Director
California Office of the Patient Advocate

Nancy Breen, PhD
Program Officer, Applied Research Branch
National Cancer Institute

René Mollow, MSN, RN
Associate Director
Health Policy
Department of Health Care Services

Claire Brindis, DrPH
Executive Director
National Adolescent Health Information Center
UCSF

Jean Nudelman
Director, Community Benefit Programs
Northern California
Kaiser Permanente

Marina Chabot, MSc
Epidemiologist, Office of Family
Planning/Maternal Child and Adolescent Health
California Department of Public Health

David Núñez, MD
Chief
Asthma Program
California Department of Public Health

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Public Health, Department of
Health Care Services, Public Health Institute

Elizabeth Ozer, PhD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Division of Adolescent Medicine
UCSF
Sandra Perez, MS, MA
Director
California Office of the Patient Advocate
Alternate
Cori Reifman
Project Manager, Policy and Program Support
California Office of the Patient Advocate
Kris Perry, PhD, MSW
Executive Director
First 5 California Children and Families
Commission
Will Nicholas, PhD, MPH
Director of Research, The California Endowment
The California Endowment

Sue Babey, PhD
Research Scientist
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
May Jawad
Research and Survey Support Manager
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Chris Pankonin, MPH
Research Associate
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Neil Sehgal
Data Access and Confidentiality Manager
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Fran Thompson, PhD
Epidemiologist
National Cancer Institute
Alma Vega, MPH
Research Associate
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Susan Rabinovitz, RN, MPH
Associate Director for Adolescent Medicine
Children's Hospital Los Angeles

EX-OFFICIO

AJ Scheitler
Development and Grant Manager
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

E. Richard Brown, PhD
Principal Investigator
California Health Interview Survey
Director
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

Diane Schweitzer
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Sharon Sugerman, MS, RD, FADA
Research Scientist
Cancer Preention and Nutrition Section,
Research & Evaluation Unit
California Department of Public Health
Celeste Torio, PhD
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Eileen G. Yamada, MD, MPH, FAAP
Pediatric Consultant
Immunication Branch
California Department of Public Health

Sue Holtby, MPH
Governing Board
California Health Interview Survey
Senior Research Scientist & CHIS Coordinator
Public Health Institute
STAFF
Hildy Fong, MHS
Research Associate
California Health interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Nicole Lordi
Research Associate
Public Health Institute

GUESTS
Jill Abramson, MD, MPH, FAAP
Public Health Medical Officer, School Health
Connections
California Department of Public Health

Laura Lund, MA
CHIS Coordinator
Office of Health Information & Research
California Department of Public Health

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Public Health, Department of
Health Care Services, Public Health Institute

STAFF, continued
Christy McCain, MPH
Research Associate
Public Health Institute
Jane McKendry, PhD
Chief
Office of Health Information & Research
California Department of Public Health
Royce Park
Survey Operations Manager
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Elaine Zahnd, PhD
Senior Research Scientist & CHIS Coordinator
Public Health Institute

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Public Health, Department of
Health Care Services, Public Health Institute

CHIS 2009 Mulitcultural
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

CHAIR
Ellen Wu, MPH (Chair)
Executive Director
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

Josea Kramer, PhD
Associate Director, Education and Evaluation
Sepulveda Geriatric Research Education Clinical
Center

TAC CONTACT

Stephen Mayberg, PhD
Director
California Department of Mental Health

David Grant, PhD
Director, California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Boulevard, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024

Alternates
Stephanie Oprendek, PhD
California Department of Mental Health

MEMBERS
Denise Adams Simms, MPH
Executive Director
California Black Health Network
Nancy Breen, PhD
Program Officer, Applied Research Branch
National Cancer Institute
Deidre Browner, MPH
Biostatistician
Community Epidemiology
San Diego County Health & Human Services
Agency
Richard S. Baker, MD
Dean, College of Medicine
Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and
Science
Raquel Donoso, MPH
Executive Director
Latino Community Foundation
Gilbert C. Gee, PhD
Assistant Professor
Community Health Sciences
UCLA School of Public Health
Howard Kahn, MPAff
Chief Executive Officer
L.A. Care Health Plan
Marjorie Kagawa-Singer, PhD, RN, MN
Associate Professor
UCLA School of Public Health

Tom Wilson
Research Manager
Chief, Statistics and Data Analysis
California Department of Mental Health
Vickie Mays, PhD
Director
UCLA Center on Research, Education, Training
and Strategic Communication on Minority Health
Disparities
Ed Mendoza
Deputy Director
California Office of the Patient Advocate
René Mollow, MSN, RN
Associate Director
Health Policy
Department of Health Care Services
Joel Moskowitz, PhD
Director
UCB Center for Family and Community Health
Arnab Mukherjea, MPH
Chair
Health Research for Action
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
Jean Nudelman
Director, Community Benefit Programs
Northern California
Kaiser Permanente
Yolanda Partida, MSW, DPA
Director, National Program Office
UCSF Fresno Medical Education Program

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Public Health, Department of
Health Care Services, Public Health Institute

Sandra Perez, MS, MA
Director
California Office of the Patient Advocate

Bryce Reeve, PhD
Program Director, Outcomes Research
National Cancer Institute

Kris Perry, PhD, MSW
Executive Director
First 5 California Children and Families
Commission

Salma Shariff-Marco, PhD, MPH
Cancer Prevention Fellow
National Cancer Institute

Alonzo Plough, MA, MPH, PhD
Vice President
Program Planning and Evaluation
The California Endowment
Alternate
Will Nicholas, PhD, MPH
Director of Research
The California Endowment
Ninez Ponce, PhD, MPP
Associate Professor
UCLA School of Public Health;
Senior Research Scientist
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Delight Satter, MPH
Director
American Indian and Alaska
Native Research Program
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Diane Schweitzer
Blue Shield of California Foundation
Sora Park Tanjasiri, DrPH, MPH
Associate Professor
Department of Health Science
California State University, Fullerton
Celeste Torio, PhD
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Terri Thorfinnson, JD
Chief, Office of Women’s Health
California Department of Public Health and
Department of Health Care Services
Doreena Wong, JD
Staff Attorney
National Health Law Program
GUESTS
Ruben Cantu
Program Director
California Pan-Ethnic Health Network

Gordon Willis, PhD
Cognitive Psychologist
National Cancer Institute
EX-OFFICIO
E. Richard Brown, PhD
Principal Investigator
California Health Interview Survey
Director
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Sue Holtby, MPH
Governing Board
California Health Interview Survey
Senior Research Scientist & CHIS Coordinator
Public Health Institute
STAFF
Hildy Fong, MHS
Research Associate
California Health interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Nicole Lordi
Research Associate
Public Health Institute
Laura Lund, MA
CHIS Coordinator
Office of Health Information & Research
California Department of Public Health
Christy McCain, MPH
Research Associate
Public Health Institute
Jane McKendry, PhD
Chief, Office of Health Information & Research
California Department of Public Health
Royce Park
Survey Operations Manager
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
Elaine Zahnd, PhD
Senior Research Scientist & CHIS Coordinator
Public Health Institute

CHIS Collaborating Agencies: UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Public Health, Department of
Health Care Services, Public Health Institute

CHIS 2009 Sample Design and
Survey Methodology
Technical Advisory Committee (TAC)

CHAIR

MEMBERS, continued

A. A. Afifi, PhD
Dean Emeritus and Professor
UCLA School of Public Health
51-239C CHS, Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Ph: 310-825-0707
Fax: 310-276-2113
E-Mail: afifi@ucla.edu

Sandra Berry, MA
Senior Director
RAND, Survey Research Group
1700 Main Street
Santa Monica, CA 90407
Ph: 310-393-0411 x7779
Fax: 310-451-6921
E-Mail: Berry@rand.org

TAC CONTACT

Stephen J. Blumberg, PhD
Senior Scientist, Division of Health Interview
Statistics
National Center for Health Statistics,
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
3311 Toledo Road, Room 2112
Hyattsville, MD 20782
Ph: 301-458-4107
Fax: 301-458-4035
E-Mail: swb5@cdc.gov

Sunghee Lee, PhD
Survey Methodologist
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-2399
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: slee9@ucla.edu
MEMBERS
Ronald Andersen, PhD
Professor Emeritus
UCLA School of Public Health
61-243A CHS, Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Ph: 310-206-1810
Fax: 310-825-3317
E-Mail: randerse@ucla.edu
Thomas R. Belin, PhD
Associate Professor, Biostatistics
UCLA School of Public Health
51-267C CHS, Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Ph: 310-206-7361
Fax: 310-206-7361
E-Mail: tbelin@ucla.edu

Linda Bourque, PhD
Professor
UCLA School of Public Health
73-274B CHS, Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Ph: 310-825-4053
Fax: 310-794-1805
E-Mail: lbourque@ucla.edu
Nancy Breen, PhD
Program Officer
National Cancer Institute
6120 Executive Boulevard
Rockville, MD 20852
Ph: 301-496-4675
Fax: 301-435-3710
E-Mail: breenn@mail.nih.gov
J. Michael Brick, PhD
Vice President
Westat Statistical Group
1650 Research Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20850-3129
Ph: 301-294-2004, 301-251-1500
Fax: 301-294-2034
E-Mail: mikebrick@westat.com

CHIS Collaborating Agencies:
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Health Services, Public Health Institute
May 2009

MEMBERS, continued

MEMBERS, continued

Susan Cochran, PhD, MS
Professor
UCLA School of Public Health
71-245A CHS, Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Ph: 310-206-9310
Fax: 310-206-6039
E-Mail: cochran@ucla.edu

Marta Induni, PhD
Research Program Director
Survey Research Group
Public Health Institute
1700 Tribute Road, Suite 100
Sacramento, CA 95815-4402
Ph: 916-779-0336
Fax: 916-779-0265
E-Mail: minduni@surveyresearchgroup.org

William Cumberland, PhD
Professor and Chair, Dept of Biostatistics
UCLA School of Public Health
51-236B CHS, Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Ph: 310-206-9621
Fax: 310-267-2113
E-Mail: wgc@ucla.edu
Bill Davis, PhD
Statistician
National Cancer Institute
6130 Executive Blvd. PN/4096
Bethesda, MD 20892
Ph: 301-594-3582
Fax: 304-480-2046
E-Mail: davisbi@mail.nih.gov
Mark DiCamillo
Sr. Vice President
Field Research Corporation
222 Sutter Street, 2nd Floor
San Francisco, CA 94108
Ph: 415-392-5763
Fax: 415-434-2541
E-Mail: markd@field.com
Sherman Edwards
Vice President
Westat Statistical Group
1650 Research Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20850-3129
Ph: 301-294-3993
Fax: 301-294-3928
E-Mail: shermedwards@westat.com
Ismael Flores-Cervantes
Westat Statistical Group
1650 Research Blvd.
Rockville, MD 20850-3129
Ph: 301-251-1500
Fax: 301-294-2034
E-Mail: ismaelflores-cervantes@westat.com

Robert H. Lee
Director of Survey Operations
Survey Research Center
University of California - Berkeley
2538 Channing Way, # 5100
Berkeley, CA 94720
Ph: 510-642-0871
Fax: 510-643-8292
E-Mail: boblee48@berkeley.edu
Michael Link, PhD
Senior Survey Methodologist
Behavioral Surveillance Branch
Centers for Disease Control & Prevention
4770 Buford Highway, NE, Mailstop K-66
Atlanta, GA 30341-3717
Ph: 770-488-5444
Fax: 770-488-8150
E-Mail: mlink@cdc.gov
Laura Lund, MA
California Health Interview Survey Coordinator
Office of Health Information & Research
California Department of Health Services
MS 5103, Building 174
P.O. Box 997410
Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
Ph: 916-552-8113
Fax: 916-650-6889
E-Mail: llund@dhs.ca.gov
C. Jane McKendry, M.Ed.
Chief, Office of Health Information & Research
Center for Health Statistics
California Department of Health Services
MS 5103, Building 174
P.O. Box 997410
Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
Ph: (916) 552-8113
Fax: (916) 650-6889
E-Mail: jmckendr@dhs.ca.gov

CHIS Collaborating Agencies:
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Health Services, Public Health Institute
May 2009

MEMBERS, continued

MEMBERS, continued

Joel Moskowitz, PhD
Director
Center for Family and Community Health
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
140 Warren Hall
Berkeley, CA 94720-7360
Ph: 510-643-7314
Fax: 510-643-7316
E-Mail: jmm@uclink4.berkeley.edu

William Wright, PhD
Chief, Cancer Surveillance Section
Department of Health Services
601 North 7th Street, PO Box 942732, MS 592
Sacramento, CA 94234-7320
Ph: 916-322-5863
Fax: 916-327-4657
E-Mail: bill@ccr.ca.gov

Susan Pinkus
Director, Los Angeles Times Poll
Los Angeles Times
202 W. 1st Street
Los Angeles, CA 90012
Ph: 213-237-7993
Fax: 213-237-2505
E-Mail: susan.pinkus@latimes.com
John Rolph, PhD
Professor and Chair
Information & Operations Mgmt.
University of Southern California
BRI 401A, University Park, MC: 1421
Los Angeles, CA 90089-1421
Ph: 213-740-4829
Fax: 213-740-7313
E-Mail: jrolph@rcf.usc.edu
Kimberely Shoaf, DrPH
Assistant Director
Center for Public Health & Disaster Relief
UCLA School of Public Health
1145 Gayley Avenue, #304
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0840
Fax: 310-794-0889
E-Mail: kshoaf@ucla.edu
Richard Valliant, PhD
Professor
Joint Program for Survey Methodology
University of Maryland
1218 Lefrak Hall
College Park MD 20742
Ph: (301) 405-0932
Fax: (301) 314-7912
E-Mail: rvalliant@survey.umd.edu

Hongjian Yu, PhD
Associate Director for Statistical Support
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0923
Fax: 310-794-2686
E-Mail: hyu@ucla.edu

EX-OFFICIO
E. Richard Brown, PhD
Principal Investigator,
California Health Interview Survey
Director,
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0812
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: erbrown@ucla.edu
David Grant, PhD
Director, California Health Interview Survey
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0916
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: dgrant@ucla.edu
Sue Holtby, MPH
Governing Board
California Health Interview Survey
Senior Research Scientist
Public Health Institute
210 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Ph: 831-427-4980
Fax: 831-458-3659
Email: sholtby@cruzio.com

CHIS Collaborating Agencies:
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Health Services, Public Health Institute
May 2009

STAFF

STAFF, continued

Anh Nguyen, MPH
Research Associate
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-8362
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: anhnguyen9@ucla.edu

Ninez Ponce, PhD
Co-Principal Investigator
UCLA School of Public Health
Box 951772
Los Angeles, CA 90095-1772
Ph: 310-206-4021
Fax: 310-825-53317
Email: nponce@ucla.edu

Jenny Chia, PhD
Senior Statistician, Survey Production Manager
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0937
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: ychia@ucla.edu

Elaine Zahnd, PhD
Senior Research Scientist
Public Health Institute
2001 Addison Street, Suite 210
Berkeley, CA 94703
Ph: 925-283-6432
Fax: 925-283-6432
Email: ezahnd@webbnet.com

Lee Habte, MA
Data Access Center Manager
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-2684
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: lhabte@ucla.edu
Karen Markus
Administrator
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0925
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: kmarkus@ucla.edu
Royce Park
Survey Operations Manager
California Health Interview Survey
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0946
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: npark@ucla.edu

CHIS Collaborating Agencies:
UCLA Center for Health Policy Research, California Department of Health Services, Public Health Institute
May 2009

Data Disclosure
Advisory Committee
MEMBERS
George B. (Peter) Abbott, MD, MPH

3320 Brookwood Road
Sacramento, CA 95821
Ph: 916-283-4778
Fax: 916-283-4778(call first)
Email: pabbott@surewest.net
Representing: California State Rural Health Association

Robert Friis, PhD
Chairman, Department of Health Sciences
California State University Long Beach
1250 Bellflower Boulevard
Long Beach, CA 90840
Ph: 562 985-1537
Email: rfriis@csulb.edu
Representing: California Public Health Association

Lauri Medeiros (Alternate)
Executive Director,
California State Rural Health Association
2000 L Street, #100
Sacramento, CA 95814
Ph: 916-930-9330
Fax: 916-930-9329
Email: lmedeiros@csrha.org
Representing: California State Rural Health Association

Sue Holtby, MPH
Senior Research Scientist, Public Health Institute
210 High Street
Santa Cruz, CA 95060
Ph: 831-427-4980
Fax: 831-427-4984
Email: sholtby@cruzio.com

E. Richard Brown, PhD
Principal Investigator, CHIS
Director, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research

10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0812
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: erbrown@ucla.edu

John Kurata, PhD
Director, CHIS

10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-0946
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: jkurata@ucla.edu

Gary Feldman, MD
Health Officer, Riverside County
4065 County Circle Drive #412
Riverside, CA 92503
Ph: 951-358-5050
Fax: 909-358-4529
Email: gfeldman@co.riverside.ca.us
Representing: California Conference of Local Health Officers
(CCLHO)
Sarah Mack, MPH (Alternate)
Branch Chief, Health Statistics
Riverside County Health Department
4065 County Circle Drive, #412
Riverside, CA 92503
Ph: 951-358-6181
Fax: 909-358-5348
Email: ssmack@co.riverside.ca.us
Representing: CCLHO

Martin Martinez, MPP
Policy Director
The California Pan-Ethnic Health Network
654 Thirteenth St.
Oakland, CA 94612
Ph: 510-832-1160 X302
Fax: 510-832-1175
Email: mmartinez@cpehn.org
Michael Quinn
Chief, Office of Health Information & Research
California Department of Health Services
MS 5103, Building 174
PO Box 997410
Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
Ph: 916-552-8102
Fax: 916-650-6889
Email: mquinn@dhs.ca.gov
Jane McKendry (Alternate)
CHIS Coordinator, Office of Health Information & Research
Center for Health Statistics
California Department of Health Services
MS 5103, Building 174
PO Box 997410
Sacramento, CA 95899-7410
Ph: 916-552-8113
Email: jmckendr@dhs.ca.gov
David Berrigan, PhD, MPH
Applied Research Program
National Cancer Institute
Executive Plaza North MDC 7344, Room 4009A
Bethesda, MD 20892-7344
Ph: 301-451-4301
Fax: 301-435-3710
Email: berrigad@mail.nih.gov
Representing: NCI

STAFF
Neil Sehgal, MPH
Data Access and Confidentiality Manager, CHIS
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-2684
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: neil.sehgal@ucla.edu

Brandon Traudt
Data Access Center Coordinator
10960 Wilshire Blvd, Suite 1550
Los Angeles, CA 90024
Ph: 310-794-8319
Fax: 310-794-2686
Email: btraudt@ucla.edu