Research
Donna Dahrouge, MPH, is Research Analyst. She works with researchers at the center to identify new funding sources, coordinate the grant writing process and oversee pre- and post-award project administration. Before joining HRA in May 2006, she was the Assistant Director of the UC Berkeley Center for Environment Public Health Tracking. She holds an MPH degree from UC Berkeley.
Carrie Graham, PhD, MGS, is Assistant Director of Research. She is a Medical Sociologist with a background in gerontology, health services research, and end-of-life care. She coordinated research for the Hospital to Home Project and is currently directing research for the Medi-Cal Access Project. Before joining HRA in 2004, she worked as an assistant adjunct professor in the UCSF Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, implementing and evaluating a model of community-based transitional care for elders and their caregivers. She also conducted a study of the level of service in hospice organizations. Prior to that, she worked at the Polisher Research Institute in Philadelphia working on a study of Quality of Life for seriously ill older adults. Carrie completed her doctoral work at UCSF, and a 2-year fellowship at the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies. She also holds an MGS from Miami University in Ohio and a BA in Sociology and African Studies from UC San Diego.
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Susan L. Ivey, MD, MHSA, Director of Research and Evaluation, is Adjunct Associate Professor in the Division of Community Health and Human Development at UC Berkeley, and teaches in the UCB/UCSF Joint Medical Program. She is conducting research in cardiovascular risks and immigrant health, and has recently been involved in examining the relationship between the built environment and physical activity in older adults and children. She has key interests in heart disease, overweight, and diabetes prevention, particularly in low-income and Asian immigrant populations. She is a researcher with CDC's Healthy Aging Research Network and has been associated with the CDC Prevention Research Center at UC Berkeley since 1997. Dr. Ivey is trained and board-certified in family medicine and practices medicine part-time with the City of Berkeley Public Health division. She has a Master's in Health Policy and Acute Health Services Management from George Washington University.
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Elaine Kurtovich, MPH, PT, is project coordinator. She has a clinical background in physical therapy. Before joining HRA in 2005, she was a field coordinator with Brenda Eskenazi's research group at UC Berkeley, worked as a health manager at a Head Start program in San Francisco's Chinatown neighborhood, and was a physical therapist in an orphanage in Tianjin, China. She holds an MPH with an emphasis in Maternal and Child Health from UC Berkeley.
McKenzie Oliver, MPH, is a Research Associate. She is currently working on the Medi-Cal Access Project, which is funded by the California Department of Health Care Services. Before joining HRA in October 2007 she was a research assistant at the San Diego State University (SDSU) Research Foundation, where she worked on community-based health interventions, including adolescent physical activity and cigarette smoking. She studied at SDSU, where she earned an MPH from the Graduate School of Public Health with an emphasis in Health Promotion, and also has a BS in Kinesiology with an emphasis in Fitness, Nutrition, and Health.
Winston Tseng, PhD, is Assistant Research Scientist in the Division of Community Health and Human Development at UC Berkeley. Prior to joining HRA, he was a Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award Postdoctoral Fellow in the Behavioral Factors in Heart Disease training program at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health. He is currently Chair-Elect of the Asian Pacific Islander Caucus of the American Public Health Association and an advisor on the CBPR Subcommittee at the National Center on Minority Health and Health Disparities. His major fields of specialty include health services research, racial and social inequities of health, community-based participatory research (CBPR), and nonprofit institutions and civil society. His community research and policy work focuses on health inequities facing ethnic minorities and immigrants and the role of health and social service organizations in mediating health inequities and improving community quality of life. He engages residents, community organizations, research institutions, and policy stakeholders to mutually plan, evaluate, and implement culturally and linguistically appropriate health education campaigns and multidisciplinary delivery models for primary and chronic care. He holds a PhD in Medical Sociology from the University of California, San Francisco, and a BA in Biology from Johns Hopkins University.