Meet our new CHHS Tenure Track Faculty!

School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Emergency Management 

maryanne diaz
Dr. Maryanne Diaz, Assistant Professor, School of Criminology, Criminal Justice and Emergency Management 

Dr. Maryanne Diaz 

Research Specialties/Fast Facts

  • Current research focuses on drug use, drug policy, policing and criminal justice education
  • Analysis of police misconduct records from across the state of California using the Police Records Access Project
  • Is herself a CSULB CCJEM alum, completing both her BS and MS in the CCJEM Program! 

Dr. Diaz's Google Scholar Link

 

School of Social Work 

 

Leslie Moorehad
Dr. Leslie Moorehead, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Dr. Leslie Moorehead

Research Specialties/Fast Facts

  • Social and economic factors in chronic musculoskeletal pain
  • Pain equity and chronic pain with broader interests in health equity, intersectionality, disability studies and trauma informed care
  • Worked as a Licensed Independent Clinical Social Worker in Washington State before coming to The Beach, and brings a career that bridges clinical practice with policy and systems-level research

 

 

James Green
Dr. James Green, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Dr. James Green

Research Specialities/Fast Facts 

  • Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist and Social Worker
  • 10 years of practice experience in schools providing trauma-focused care
  • Use of interpretivist qualitative methods and participatory action research to work with people whose epistemologies have been silenced or discounted by academia. 

 

 

Madonna Cadiz
Dr. Madonna Cadiz, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Dr. Madonna Cadiz 

Research Specialities/Fast Facts

  • Exploring how structural and systemic inequities (e.g. structural racism, anti-immigration discrimination) may inform the mental health and well-being of immigrant individuals and families
  • Deepening understanding of acculturation and ethnic-racial identity developmental processes among immigrant adolescents and young adults
  • Received her undergraduate degree from USC, and then went across town to get her MSW and PhD at UCLA! 

 

Trey Jenkins
Dr. Trey Jenkins, Assistant Professor, School of Social Work

Dr. Trey Jenkins

Research Specialities/Fast Facts

  • Structural determinants of mental health and wellbeing among Black transgender people and other marginalized communities, with a focus on loneliness, belonging, discrimination, and structural vulnerability
  • Black trans feminist and anti-oppressive social work scholarship that advances liberation and healing through relational approaches to wellbeing
  • Qualitative, arts-based, and community engaged research that centers on lived experience to transform social work practice, policy and mental health equity

Department of Health Care Management 

Hace Ho
Dr. Hyesung Hace Oh, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Care Management

Dr. Hyesung Hace Oh

Research Specialities/Fast Facts

  • Interdisciplinary health economist and health care management scholar
  • Research examines how financing policy and consolidation in health care markets affect access to care and health outcomes, with a particular focus on Medicaid and Medicare beneficiaries and historically underserved communities
  • Holds a PhD in Health Services Research and a Master's in economics from Brown University as well as an MPH/MBA from Johns Hopkins University

 

Department of Physical Therapy 

Jeff Rodrigues
Dr. Jeff Rodrigues, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

Dr. Jeff Rodrigues

Research Specialities/Fast Facts

  • Use of inspiratory muscle training to strengthen the diaphragm and improve functional outcome measures in older individuals
  • Use of ultrasound to assess healing of the sternum after open heart surgery via sternotomy in regard to traditional sternal precautions
  • Has helped rehab hundreds of heart and lung transplant recipients

 

 

 

Dr. Kristin DeMars
Dr. Kristin DeMars, Assistant Professor, Department of Physical Therapy

Dr. Kristin DeMars

Research Specialities/Fast Facts 

  • Role of physical therapy in reducing secondary stroke risk
  • Development of community-based rehabilitation programs to reduce secondary stroke risk
  • Clinical and physiological assessment of collegiate athletes following sport-related concussion

 

Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

 

 

Franklin Moreno
Dr. Franklin Moreno, Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Consumer Sciences

Dr. Franklin Moreno

Research Specialities/Fast Facts 

  • Youth and family experiences of safety and insecurity across multiple contexts of community violence
  • Youth emotional security related to gangs and law enforcement
  • Supporting and examining the role of caregivers in actively protecting their children, in the contexts of community violence

 

Department of Health Science 

 

 

Lionel Levine
Dr. Lionel Levine, Assistant Professor, Department of Health Science

Dr. Lionel Levine 

Research Specialities/Fast Facts

  • Specializes in the intersection of computer science, data analytics, and healthcare, exploring how responsible, scalable AI can improve clinical outcomes and population health
  • 15 years of expertise as a Health AI researcher, professor, and healthcare IT domain leader
  • Holds a Master's degree in Healthcare Policy and Management from Carnegie Mellon University, and both a Master's and Ph.D. in Computer Science from UCLA