Center Staff

University of California, San Francisco

Directors and Staff

Charlene Harrington, Ph.D., RN
Principal Investigator,
Center for PAS
ph: 415-476-4030
fax: 415-476-6552
email

H. Stephen Kaye, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator and Co-Director,
Formal and Informal PAS Research Project
ph: 415-502-7266
fax: 415-502-5208
email Stephen Kaye

Mitch LaPlante, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator and Director,
Formal and Informal PAS Research Project
ph: 415-502-5214
fax: 415-502-5208
email Mitch LaPlante

Robert Newcomer, Ph.D.
Co-Principal Investigator and Director,
PAS Workforce Innovations Research Project
ph: 415-476-1408
fax: 415-476-6552
email Robert Newcomer

Susan A. Chapman, Ph.D., RN
PAS Workforce Study
ph: 415-502-4419
fax: 415-476-4113
email Susan Chapman

Arpita Chattopadhyay, Ph.D.
Senior Statistician
Division of General Internal Medicine
School of Medicine, UCSF
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-1364
ph: 415-206-6188
fax: 415-206-5586
email Arpita Chattopadhyay

Rani Eversley, Ph.D.
Project Consultant on Cultural Competence and Diversity
ph: 415-502-2209
fax: 415-476-6552
email Rani Eversley

Robyn Gershon, MHS, DrPH
Professor
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and
Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies School of Medicine
University of California, San Francisco
3333 California Street, Suite 265
San Francisco, CA 94118
email Robyn Gershon

Amy Houtrow, MD, MPH
UCSF Department of Pediatrics
500 Parnassus Avenue, Box 0136
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0374
ph: 415-476-2542
fax: 415-476-1343
email Amy Houtrow

Taewoon Kang, Ph.D.
Statistician, Formal and Informal PAS Research Project
ph: 415-502-5253
fax: 415-502-5208
email Taewoon Kang

Anna M. Nápoles, Ph.D., MPH.
UCSF Department of Medicine
Box 0856
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-0856
ph: 415-476-6290
fax: 415-502-8291
email Anna M. Nápoles

Melinda Neri
ph: 415-476-5164
fax: 415-476-6652
email Melinda Neri

Leslie Ross, PhD.
Specialist
ph: 415-502-5255
fax: 415-476-3915
email Leslie Ross

Teresa Scherzer, PhD., MSW
Assistant Adjunct Professor of Sociology
University of California, San Francisco
email Teresa Scherzer

Terence Ng, M.A.
Home and Community-Based PAS Research Project
ph: 415-502-6330
fax: 415-476-6552
email Terence Ng

Alice Wong, M.S.
Staff Research Associate
University of California, San Francisco
fax: 415-502-5208
email Alice Wong

Carrie L. Graham, PhD, MGS
Assistant Adjunct Professor, UCSF &
Assistant Director of Research,
UC Berkeley School of Public Health
fax: 510 643-7143
email Carrie Graham

Brooke Hollister, PhD
Assistant Professor, UCSF &
Institute for Health & Aging,
University of California, San Francisco
tel: 415-476-2309
fax: 415-476-3915
email Brooke Hollister

Elena Portacolone, MBA, MPH, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor,
Institute for Health & Aging,
University of California, San Francisco
tel: 510-830-9309
email Elena Portacolone

Amina Huda, MBA, MPH, PhD
Geriatric Nurse Practitioner
Stanford Senior Care
Stanford Hospital and Clinics
900 Blake Wilbur Dr.
Stanford, CA 94305
tel: 650-725-5222
email Amina Huda

Project Consultants

Letha Chadiha, Ph.D.
Associate Professor
School of Social Work
University of Michigan
1080 South University - #3692
Ann Arbor, MI 48109-1106
ph: 734-763-9396
fx: 734-763-3372
email Letha Chadiha

Martin Kitchener, MBA, Ph.D.
Professor, Cardiff Business School
Aberconway Building
Colum Drive
Cardiff, CF10 3EU
ph: +44(0)2920 876951
email Martin Kitchener



Nancy Miller, Ph.D.
Policy Sciences Graduate Program
University of Maryland Baltimore County
1000 Hilltop Circle
Baltimore, MD 21250
ph: 410-455-3889
fax: 410-455-1172
email Nancy Miller

Center On Disability at the Public Health Institute

Lewis E. Kraus, M.P.H., M.C.P.
Deputy Director
Center on Disability at the Public Health Institute
ph: 510-285-5600
fax: 510-285-5614
email Lewis Kraus

David Linnard, Ph.D.
Programmer
ph: 510-285-5600
fax: 510-285-5614
email David Linnard, what a guy



June Kailes, MSW
Disability Policy Consultant
ph: 310-821-7080
fx: 909-469-5503
email June Kailes

PHI (formerly the Paraprofessional Healthcare Institute)

Dorie Seavey, Ph.D.
Director of Policy Research, PHI
349 East 149th Street, Suite 401
Bronx, NY 10451
ph: 617-630-1694
fax: 718-585-6852
email Dorie Seavey

Joseph Angelelli, Ph.D.
Pennsylvania State Director, PHI
ph: 412-304-1463
email Joseph Angelelli

Abby Marquand, M.P.H.
Policy Research Associate,
PHI
ph: 718-928-2062
email Abby Marquand

Steven Edelstein, JD.
National Policy Director,
PHI
ph: 718-402-7413
email Steven Edelstein

Karen Kahn, Ph.D.
Director of Communications,
PHI
ph: 978-780-9844
email Karen Kahn

Jill Tabbutt-Henry, MPH.
Curriculum Writer,
PHI
ph: 207-878-9661
email ill Tabbutt-Henry

Hollis Turnham, JD.
Michigan State Director,
PHI
ph: 517-327-0331
email Hollis Turnham

Research Triangle Institute (RTI)

Joshua Wiener, Ph.D.
Senior Fellow and Program Director
Aging, Disability and LTC Program
RTI
701 13th Street, NW, Suite 750
Washington, DC 20005-3967
ph: 202-728-2094
fx: 202-728-2095
email Joshua Wiener

Wayne Anderson, Ph.D.
Senior Health Analyst, Aging, Disability and LTC Program
RTI
ph: 919-541-6998
email Wayne Anderson

Topeka Independent Living Resource Center

Mike Oxford, B.A.
Executive Director
50 SW Jackson Street, Suite 100
Topeka, KS 66603-3300
ph: 785-233-4572
fax: 785-233-1561
email Mike Oxford

The Burton Blatt Institute

Michael Morris, JD, CEO
CEO, Burton Blatt Institute
1667 K Street, NW Suite 640
Washington, DC 20006
ph: 202-296-2046
email Michael Morris

Steve Mendelsohn, JD
Consultant, Burton Blatt Institute
email Steve Mendelsohn