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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
Hardt is an expert on NATO, international organizations, defense, security, military ops and gender. www.heidihardt.com
Expertise
- Defense
- Organizational Change
- Military Operations
- US Foreign Policy
- International Organizations
- Gender Issues
- European Union
- Climate Security
- United Nations
- NATO
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
Dr. Shaista Malik

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