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Alice Kuo, MD, PhD, MEd
CHAT Director

Hometown Mempis, TN
Undergraduate Harvard University
Medical school UCLA
Residency Internal Medicine and Pediatrics, Cedars-Sinai
Graduate school UCLA Graduate School of Education
Interests early childhood development, literacy, child care, medical education, qualitative research methods

Wendy Slusser, MD, MS
CHAT Co-Director

Hometown  New York, NY
Undergraduate Princeton University
Medical school Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons
Residency Babies Hospital, Columbia University
Graduate school Institute of Human Nutrition, Columbia Univ.
Interests infant and child nutrition, community-based policy and program evaluation

Victor Perez, MD, MPH

Hometown Long Beach, CA
Undergraduate UCLA
Medical school Johns Hopkins
Residency Pediatrics, Harbor-UCLA
Graduate school UCLA School of Public Health
Interests community/place-based development, cultural health issues, underserved populations, racial/ethnic disparities in health

Karen Fond, MSN, PNP

Hometown Monterey, CA
Undergraduate UC San Francisco
Graduate school/PNP UCLA School of Nursing
Interests developmental and behavioral pediatrics, ADHD, childhood literacy, lactation, parent education

 

Alma Guerroero, MD

Hometown Santa Barbara, CA
Undergraduate UC San Diego
Medical school UC Los Angeles
Emailaguerrero@mednet.ucla.edu
Interests early childhood development, ethnic health disparities, parent education, community-based program implementation and evaluation

Rashmi Shetgiri, MD

Hometown Mumbai, India
Undergraduate Drew University
Medical school UMDNJ
Emailrshetgiri@mednet.ucla.edu
Interests Youth development and child mental health

Debra Lotstein, MD

Hometown Connecticut
Undergraduate University of Michigan
Medical school Stanford
Residcency Cedars-Sinai
Graduate School UCLA School of Public Health
Interests transition of care for youth with special health care needs, quality improvement, mindfulness, yoga

Martin Anderson, MD, MPH

Virginia Barrow, MD, FAAP

Carlos Lerner, MD, MPhil