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Our Experts
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Experts List
Jan D. Hirsch
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Founding Dean, School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
Jan Hirsch's research interests are focused in the areas of pharmacoeconomics and outcomes research.
Expertise
- Comprehensive Medication Management (CMM)
- Medication Therapy Management
- Clinical Pharmacy
- Pharmacoeconomics
- Drug Development
- Gout Impact Scale
- Pharmaeutical Services
- Disease-specific Instruments
- Health Related Quality of Life
E. Alison Holman
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Professor of Nursing
E. Alison Holman studies the early post-event predictors of co-morbid trauma-related mental and physical health problems.
Expertise
- Physical health
- Acute Stress
- Acute Stress & Cardiovascular Disease
- Psychological Trauma
- Media Exposure
Dr. Susan Huang
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Professor and Director of Epidemiology and Infection Prevention, Department of Medicine, Division of Infection Diseases
Dr. Huang’s is one of the nation's leading experts on clinical epidemiology of highly antibiotic-resistant organisms.
Expertise
- MRSA
- Pandemics
- Epidemiology and Infection Prevention
- Infectious Diseases
- Antimicrobial Resistance
Mimi Ito
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Professor in Residence Informatics
Mizuko Ito is a cultural anthropologist of technology use, focusing on children and youth's changing relationships to media.
Expertise
- Media and Communications
- Anthropology
- Children/Video Games
- Technology
Peter Krapp
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Professor, Film & Media Studies
Expertise in: Secret communications & cryptologic history; cultural memory and media history; history of computing & simulations
Expertise
- Media History
- Cultural Memory
- Aesthetic Communication
- Cryptologic History
- Secret Communications
- Games and Simulations
- Philosophy of Media
- History of Computing
Charis Kubrin
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Professor
Charis E. Kubrin is Professor of Criminology, Law and Society and (by courtesy) Sociology.
Expertise
- Race, Ethnicity, and Crime
- Crime Trends
- Crime
- Immigration and Crime
- Rap Music and Media
- Criminal Justice Reform
Frank M. LaFerla
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Chancellor’s Professor and Dean
Frank M. LaFerla,Ph.D.,is the dean of the UCI School of Biological Sciences.His research focuses on the pathogenesis of Alzheimer’s Disease.
Expertise
- Learning and Memory
- Alzheimer's Disease
- Molecular Biology
- Neurodegenerative disorders
Joleah Lamb
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Assistant Professor, Ecology & Evolutionary Biology
Joleah Lamb studies natural buffers for mitigating infectious diseases that threaten coral reefs in coastal regions.
Expertise
- Coral Reefs Ecosystems
- Conservation Biology
- Ocean Health
- Ocean Pollution
- Disease Ecology
- Marine Protected Areas
Dr. Shaista Malik
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Professor of Medicine-Cardiology and Director of Susan Samueli Integrative Health Institute
Dr. Malik is a leader in preventative cardiology and the practice of integrative healthcare.
Expertise
- Internal Medicine
- cardiac rehabilitation
- Integrative Healthcare
- Cardiovascular Disease
- Preventive Cardiology
Gloria Mark
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Chancellor's Professor Informatics
Gloria Mark's research area is human-computer interaction (HCI) studying how technology has impacted individuals, groups, and society.
Expertise
- Information Technology
- Email Interruptions
- Human-Computer Interaction
- Multi-Tasking