Our Team | Center for Reducing Health Disparities | UC Davis Health

Professor of Internal MedicineDirector of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities (CRHD)

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, MD, PhD is Professor of Clinical Internal Medicine, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis. He is the Founding Director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at UC Davis Health and the Director of the Community Engagement Program of the UCD Clinical Translational Science Center (CTSC). 

Director of Education, Center for Reducing Health Disparities

Dr. Hendry Ton is the Associate Vice Chancellor for Health Equity, Diversity and Inslucion office, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity, and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. 

Associate Director of Education, Center of Reducing Healthcare Disparities

Dr. Puja Chadha serves as an Associate Professor of Clinical Psychiatry, Medical Student Site Director, Adult Psychiatry Support Services
Director of Diversity Education in the Office of Faculty Development and Diversity, Co-Instructor of Record Doctoring 3, and Associate Director of Education at the Center of Reducing Healthcare Disparities. 

Associate Director of Education, Center for Reducing Health Disparities

Dr. Swati Rao is an Assistant Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science and the Associate Director of Education at the Center for Reducing Health Disparities.

Chief Administrative Officer

Andrea Nuñez serves as the Center for Reducing Health Disparities' Chief Administrative Officer and joined the Center in 2017.

Senior Project Manager, California Reducing Disparities Project and ACTIVATE project

Cassie Chandler is the Senior Project Manager for the California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) and ACTIVATE project for the Center for Reducing Health Disparities.

Project Coordinator, ACTIVATE Project

Karla Ornelas Hernandez is Project Coordinator for the ACTIVATE Project for the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities. 

Research Data Analyst, ACTIVATE Project and Licensed Physicians from Mexico Pilot Program (LPMPP)

Jeffrey Duong is a Research Data Analyst for the Center for Reducing Health Disparities and the Evaluation Coordinator for the ACTIVATE project and LPMPP projects. 

Senior Project Manager, Licensed Physicians from Mexico Pilot Program (LPMPP)

Jill Lopez-Rabin is the Senior Project Manager for the LMPPP project and joined the University of California at Davis’ (UCD) Center for Reducing Health Disparities in 2018.

Project Coordinator, Licensed Physicians from Mexico Pilot Program (LPMPP)

Darlene Ruiz is Project Coordinator for the LPMPP Evaluation Project within the University of California at Davis’ Center for Reducing Health Disparities.

Senior Project Manager, Solano Innovations Project

Maria Alaniz is a Senior Project Manager and joined the Center for Reducing Health Disparities in 2018.

Consultant

Rachel Guerrero, is a License Clinical Social Worker, with over 40-years of experience in the field of mental health both as a direct services provider and public mental health state administrator. 

Consultant

Dr. Heather Diaz is an Associate Professor at Sacramento State University in Health Sciences, assigned to the Community Health Education curriculum.