Faculty

Course Chairs

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiolam, MD, PhD
Distinguished Professor of Internal Medicine
Director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities (CRHD)
University of California, Davis

Laura K. Anderson, PhD
Associate Director, College of Education and Behavioral Sciences
University of Northern Colorado

Lana Andoni, PhD
Licensed Clinical Psychologist
Therapy4Kids, London, United Kingdom
Research conducted at the University of Massachusetts Boston

Jennifer Bartlett
Poet, Author, Biographer

Anna Fernandez, LMFT
Executive Director of Behavioral Health
Hope Services, San Jose, California

Nadine Gaab, PhD
Silvana and Christopher Pascucci Professor in Learning Differences
Harvard Graduate School of Education

Richard Goldwasser, MD
Child/Adolescent/Adult Psychiatrist;
Consultant to Redwood Coast, North Bay and other Regional Centers

Diana Howard, MD
Assistant Clinical Professor
UCSF Fresno Department of Family and Community Medicine

Eva C. Ihle, MD, PhD, FACLP, FAPA
Health Sciences Clinical Professor
UCSF Departments of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Pediatrics
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Program Director, Acute and Hospital-Based Behavioral Health Services
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital-Oakland

Jennifer Karlin, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
Clinical Director, The Reproductive Health Hotline (ReproHH)

Diwakar Krishnamurthy, PhD, PEng
Professor, Schulich School of Engineering
Department of Electrical and Software Engineering,
University of Calgary
Child Health & Wellness Researcher,
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
Kathy Leadbitter, PhD
Senior Lecturer, Division of Psychology & Mental Health
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Melissa Levin, MSW, LICSW
Senior Social Worker
Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
Programmatic Specialist, The Neuro-Inclusive Oncology Care and
Empowerment Program
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Irene Loe, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrics
Stanford University

Katherine E. McDonald, PhD
Professor, Department of Public Health
Associate Vice President for Research
Syracuse University

Lateef McLeod, PhD
Poet, Novelist, Activist, and Scholar

Steven Merahn, MD
Enterprise Chief Medical Officer, Perimeter Healthcare
President, Child Insights, LLC

Ari Ne’eman
Assistant Professor of Health Policy and Management
Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health
Co-Founder, Autistic Self Advocacy Network

Sheraden Nicholau
Deputy Director, Regional Office Operations
California State Council on Developmental Disabilities

Elizaveta Nosova
PhD Student in Education
The University of Manchester, United Kingdom

Megumi Okumura, MD, MS
Professor of Pediatrics
Fishbon Endowed Chair for Complex Pediatric to
Adult Primary Care Transition at UCSF Mount Zion
University of California, San Francisco

Stephanie Parker, MD
Clinical Director, YAI San Francisco Bay Area

Paula Rabaey, PhD, MPH, OTR/L, FAOTA
Associate Professor, Program in Occupational Therapy
University of Minnesota

Veronica Regueiro, PsyD
Clinical Director, CBEM

Caroline L. Roberts, PhD
Postdoctoral Associate
University of Minnesota

Carrie Rodrigues, NCSP, LEP
Program Specialist for Exemplar Leads
California Early Childhood Special Education Network (CalECSE)

Alexander Sherriffs, MD
Health Sciences Clinical Professor, M.D.
Medical Director, UCSF Fresno Alzheimer’s and Memory Center

Kavita Sreedhar
Co-founder & Executive Director, PRAGNYA
SDM Coach and SDP Independent Facilitator

Joseph Vera, MA/MPH, CCC-SLP
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Speech and Hearing Sciences
PhD candidate (ABD) in Social Work and Social Research
Portland State University

Rachel Willard-Grace, MPH
Associate Professor of Family and Community Medicine
Director of the Center for Excellence in Primary Care (CEPC)
University of California, San Francisco

Bethany Ziss, MD
Developmental-Behavioral Pediatrician
Allegheny Health Network, Pittsburgh, PA