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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
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Cristina Banks, Associate Director for Outreach
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Carisa Harris Adamson, Associate Director for Research
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Laura Stock, Director of Community Engagement
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Alicia LaFrance, Center Coordinator
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Staff

Kyla Adams, CASS Project Health Communications Specialist
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Mary Deems, CASS Project Health Education Consultant
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Fernanda Florez, CASS Project Research Associate
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Monique Hosein, Community Engagement Coordinator
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Michelle Meyer, Educational Coordinator
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Rebecca Wolfe, Graduate Student Researcher
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Catherine Woodward Calder, Web Designer
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Trisha Iley, Research Analyst
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Ima Varghese Mac, Research Analyst
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Center Investigators

Paul Blanc, MD, MSPH, UCSF Department of Medicine - Member, Research Services Unit
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Jing Cheng, MD, PhD, UCSF Division of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health - Member, Research Services Unit
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Kristin Cummings, MD, MPH, CA Department of Public Health Occupational Health Branch - Co-PI, CASS Project
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Kristen Harknett, PhD, UCSF Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences - Co-PI, Inequality in Job Conditions in the Service Sector Project
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Robert Harrison, MD, MPH, CA Department of Public Health Occupational Health Branch - Co-PI, CASS Project

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Amy Heinzerling, MD, MPH, CA Department of Public Health Occupational Health Branch - Co-PI, CASS Project
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Ken Jacobs, UC Berkeley Labor Center - Member, Research Services Unit
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Patti Katz, PhD, UCSF Department of Medicine and Institute for Health Policy Studies - Member, Research Services Unit
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Niklas Krause, PhD, UCLA Department of Environmental Health Sciences - Consultant, Evaluation and Planning Core
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Nari Rhee, PhD, UC Berkeley Labor Center - Co-Investigator, Emergent Working Conditions Project
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Victor Rubin, PhD, PolicyLink - Director, Policy Forum
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Daniel Schneider, PhD, Harvard University Kennedy School - Co-PI, Inequality in Job Conditions in the Service Sector Project
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External Advisory Board

Garen Corbett, MADirector, California Health Benefits Review Program
Jeffrey Pfeffer, PhDProfessor, Stanford School of Business
Ninez Ponce, PhDDirector, Health Policy Center and Principal Investigator, California Health Interview Survey, UCLA
Michael Reich, PhDProfessor of Economics, UC Berkeley
Beth Ross, JDLabor and Employment Attorney
Steven Shortell, PhD

Dean Emeritus, School of Public Health,

Professor of Health Policy, UC Berkeley

Sara FlocksLegislative and Strategic Campaigns Director, California Labor Federation
Gervais Tompkin, AIAPrincipal, Plus Gervais Architects
Jora Trang, JDChief of Staff and Equity, Worksafe