The California Labor Laboratory is a NIOSH Center of Excellence for Total Worker Health®. The Lab is a collaboration among investigators from UCSF, UC Berkeley, and the CA Department of Public Health Occupational Health Branch.

Leadership Team

Edward Yelin, Center Director

Cristina Banks, Associate Director for Outreach

Carisa Harris Adamson, Associate Director for Research

Laura Stock, Director of Community Engagement

Laura Trupin, Center Coordinator

Staff

Kyla Adams

Health Communications Specialist, CASS Project
Mary Deems, MPH

Health Education Consultant, CASS Project

Fernanda Florez

Research Associate, CASS Project

Monique A. Hosein, Dr.P.H.

Community Engagement Coordinator

Alicia LaFrance, MPH, MSW

Research Analyst

Michelle Meyer

Educational Coordinator
Rebecca Wolfe

Graduate Student Researcher
Catherine Woodward Calder

Web Designer

Trisha Iley

Research Analyst

Ima Varghese Mac

Research Analyst

Center Investigators

Paul Blanc, MD, MSPH – UCSF Department of Medicine

Member, Research Services Unit

Jing Cheng, MD, PhD – UCSF Division of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health

Member, Research Services Unit

Kristin Cummings, MD, MPH –CA Department of Public Health Occupational Health Branch

Co-PI, California Artificial Stone and Silicosis (CASS) Project

Kristen Harknett, PhD – UCSF Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences

Co-PI, Inequality in Job Conditions in the Service Sector Project

Robert Harrison, MD, MPH – CA Department of Public Health Occupational Health Branch

Co-PI, CASS Project

Amy Heinzerling, MD, MPH – CA Department of Public Health Occupational Health Branch

Co-PI, CASS Project

Ken Jacobs – UC Berkeley Labor Center

Member, Research Services Unit

Patti Katz, PhD – UCSF Department of Medicine and Institute for Health Policy Studies

Member, Research Services Unit

Niklas Krause, PhD – UCLA Department of Environmental Health Sciences

Consultant, Evaluation and Planning Core

Nari Rhee, PhD – UC Berkeley Labor Center

Co-Investigator, Emergent Working Conditions Project

Victor Rubin, PhD – PolicyLink

Director, Policy Forum

Daniel Schneider, PhD – Harvard University Kennedy School

Co-PI, Inequality in Job Conditions in the Service Sector Project

External Advisory Board

Garen Corbett, MA

Director, California Health Benefits Review Program

Steven Levy

Director, Center for Continuing Study of CA Economy

Jeffrey Pfeffer, PhD

Professor, Stanford School of Business

Ninez Ponce, PhD

Director, Health Policy Center and Principal Investigator, California Health Interview Survey, UCLA

Michael Reich, PhD

Professor of Economics, UC Berkeley

Beth Ross, JD

Labor and Employment Attorney

Steven Shortell, PhD

Dean Emeritus, School of Public Health,

Professor of Health Policy, UC Berkeley

Mitch Steiger

Legislative Advocate, California Labor Federation, Member, California Commission on Health and Safety and Workers’ Compensation

Gervais Tompkin, AIA

Principal, Plus Gervais Architects

Jora Trang

Chief of Staff and Equity, Worksafe