Semel HCI Center Core Staff
Wendelin Slusser, M.D., M.S.
Associate Vice Provost
Louise Ino
Finance, Operations & Administration Manager
Catie Imbery, M.P.H.
Operations & Research Coordinator
Tabia Richardson, Ph.D., M.P.H.
Senior Research Analyst
Pod Leaders
Pete Angelis
EatWell Pod Co-Leader
Burt Cowgill, PhD
ResearchWell Pod Co-Leader
Dana Cuff, PhD
BeWell Pod Co-Leader
Nicole Green, Ph.D., Ed.M
MindWell Pod Co-Leader
Dave Karwaski
BEWell Pod Co-Leader
Erinn McMahan
EngageWell Pod Co-Leader
Ted Robles, PhD
EngageWell Pod Co-Leader
Janet Tomiyama, PhD
ResearchWell Pod Co-Leader
Pod Support Staff
Student Staff & Fellows
Katrina Iguban
Administrative Assistant
Hannah Yip
Administrative Assistant
Callista O’Connor
Garden Coordinator, Bonnie Reiss Climate Action Fellow
Cooper Bowen
Garden Coordinator, Bonnie Reiss Climate Action Fellow
Shelby Lim
Garden Coordinator
Valeria Sanchez Garcia
Garden Coordinator, Bonnie Reiss Climate Action Fellow
Ashley Te
Garden Coordinator, Bonnie Reiss Climate Action Fellow
Jessica Fay
Graduate Student Researcher
Sebastian Garibay
Undergraduate Student Researcher
Past Leadership
Associate Vice Provost of the Healthy Campus Initiative
- 2012-2014: Dr. Michael Goldstein, Professor Emeritus, Fielding School of Public Health
EatWell
- 2012-2014: Dr. Wendy Slusser, Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at the David Geffen School of Medicine and Fielding School of Public Health; Medical Director of the UCLA Fit for Healthy Weight Program
- 2014-2015: Julie Kwan, Associate Director of the Louise M. Darling Biomedical Library and the Science and Engineering Library
MoveWell
- 2012-2013: Dr. Antronette Yancey*, Professor of Health Policy and Management at the Fielding School of Public Health; Co-Director of the UCLA Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Equity
- 2012-2016: Michael Deluca, Assistant Vice Chancellor, Campus Life at UCLA
- 2016-2017: Wendy Windsor, former Director of UCLA Recreation
- 2013-2019: Angelia Leung, Professor Emerita, World Arts and Cultures/Dance
BreatheWell
- 2012-2015: Dr. Linda Sarna, Dean, UCLA School of Nursing
ResearchWell
- 2016– 2017: Dr. Warner Hudson, Medical Director of Occupational and Employee Health for UCLA Health System
- 2016– 2017: Dr. Roshan Bastani, Professor of Health Policy and Management
Food Studies Undergraduate Minor
- 2014- 2018: Joseph Nagy, Professor Emeritus, English
*Deceased
The Semel Healthy Campus Initiative Center at UCLA is envisioned and supported by Jane and Terry Semel.
