Our Experts
Our experts are available to respond to media inquiries.
Experts List
Joshua Grill
Director of the Institute for Memory Impairments and Nerological Disorders at UCI
Joshua Grill directs a major Alzheimer's disease research institute helps lead the national strategy for AD clinical trial recruitment.
Expertise
- Neuroscience
- Clinical Trials
- Alzheimer’s Disease
- Neurodegenerative disorders
- Recruitment and Retention
Heidi Hardt
Associate Professor of Political Science
Heidi Hardt is an expert on NATO, defense, security, foreign policy, organizations, the EU, UN, operations, gender, climate and change.
Expertise
- NATO
- United Nations
- European Union
- Gender Issues
- Climate Change
- International Organizations
- US Foreign Policy
- Military Operations
- Organizational Change
- Defense
Jan D. Hirsch
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
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
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
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
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
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
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
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