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 | ![]() |
Alicia LaFrance, Center Coordinator | ![]() |
Staff
Kyla Adams, CASS Project Health Communications Specialist | ![]() |
Mary Deems, CASS Project Health Education Consultant | ![]() |
Fernanda Florez, CASS Project Research Associate | ![]() |
Monique Hosein, Community Engagement Coordinator | ![]() |
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, 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 |
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 |
Sara Flocks | Legislative and Strategic Campaigns Director, California Labor Federation |
Gervais Tompkin, AIA | Principal, Plus Gervais Architects |
Jora Trang, JD | Chief of Staff and Equity, Worksafe |