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

Professor of Internal Medicine and Director of the Center for Reducing Health Disparities (CRHD)

Sergio Aguilar-Gaxiola, M.D., Ph.D. 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 UC Davis 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 Inclusion office, Associate Dean for Faculty Development and Diversity, and a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Science. 

Assistant Director of Education, Center for Reducing Health Disparities

Additionally, Dr. Chadha is an Associate Professor and Clinical Psychiatrist, Medical Student Site Director for Adult Psychiatry Support Services, the Director of Diversity Education with the Office of Faculty Development & Diversity, and teaches Co-IOR Doctoring 3. 

Chief Administrative Officer

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

Administrative Coordinator and Executive Assistant  

Carmelita Ramirez joined the Center for Reducing Health Disparities in 2022 and is the Center’s Administrative Coordinator and Executive Assistant to Dr. Aguilar-Gaxiola the Center’s Director.

Project Manager

Katherine Ferry (she/her/ella) is the Project Manager for the Accountability, Coordination and Telehealth in the Valley to Achieve Transformation and Equity (ACTIVATE) project and the California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) Latino Technical Assistance Provider grant. She joined the Center for Reducing Health Disparities in 2022.

Project Coordinator

Karla Ornelas Hernandez is Project Coordinator for the Accountability, Coordination, and Telehealth in the Valley to Achieve Transformation and Equity (ACTIVATE) project. Karla joined the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities in 2021. 

Graduate Student Researcher

Javier Morla Estrada joined the Center for Reducing Health Disparities as a Graduate Student Researcher for the Accountability, Coordination, and Telehealth in the Valley to Achieve Transformation and Equity (ACTIVATE) project, in 2021. He is currently working on his Ph.D. in the Public Health Sciences Department at UC Davis.

Special Projects Coordinator

Joseph Hernandez serves as the Special Projects Coordinator for the California Reducing Disparities Project (CRDP) and the COVID-19 Engagement Alliance (CEAL) projects within the Center for Reducing Health Disparities. He joined the Center in 2022.

Project Manager

Kristen Weeks-Norton is the Project Manager for the California-wide, Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) STOP COVID-19 project. She joined the Center for Reducing Health Disparities at University of California, Davis in 2022.

Project Coordinator 

José Antonio López is Project Coordinator for the Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) STOP COVID-19 and the Program to Alleviate National Disparities in Ethnic and Minority Immunizations in the Community (PANDEMIC) projects within the University of California at Davis’ Center for Reducing Health Disparities (CRHD). He joined the Center in 2022.

Senior Project Manager

Maria Alaniz is a Senior Project Manager for the Program to Alleviate National Disparities in Ethnic and Minority Immunizations in the Community (PANDEMIC) and joined the Center for Reducing Health Disparities in 2018.

Senior Project Manager

Jill López-Rabin is the Senior Project Manager for the Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Cultural Transformation Model Learning Collaborative (ICCTM LC) and the Licensed Physicians from Mexico Pilot Program (LMPPP) projects. She joined the University of California at Davis’ Center for Reducing Health Disparities in 2018.

Project Coordinator

Krystal Mora Anaya is the Project Coordinator for the Interdisciplinary Collaboration and Cultural Transformation Model Learning Collaborative (ICCTM LC). She joined the Center in 2022.

Project Coordinator

Selena Regalado is a Project Coordinator for the Licensed Physicians from Mexico Pilot Program (LMPPP) project and a previous undergraduate student research assistant for the Center for Reducing Health Disparities. She rejoined the Center for Reducing Health Disparities in her new roll in 2022. 

Project Manager, MOVE IT UP² Project

Gabriela Alaniz is the Project Manager for the MOVE IT UP² Project in the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities (CRHD). She joined CRHD in 2021.  

Community Engagement Project Coordinator

José Lastra is the Community Engagement Project Coordinator for the MOVE IT UP Project in the UC Davis Center for Reducing Health Disparities. He joined the center in 2022.

Project Coordinator

Monica Hatch is a Project Coordinator for the Mobilizing Organizations Via the Equitable Integration of Testing – Treatment through Unified Partnerships (MOVE IT UP²) project and joined the Center for Reducing Health Disparities in 2022.  

Clinical Research Coordinator

José Florez is currently the lead Clinical Research Coordinator for our current MOVE IT UP project for the Center for Reducing Health Disparities. He joined the Center in 2022. 

Project Manager

Elliott Housman-Turrubiate is the Project Manager for the Together for Wellness | Juntos por Nuestro Bienestar. Elliott joined the Center for Reducing Health Disparities in 2022. 

Community Engagement Program Manager 

Vanessa Trujillo is the Community Engagement Program Manager for the Clinical and Translational Science Center and Center for Reducing Health Disparities at the University of California, Davis (UCD) and joined in this role in 2021.  

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.