2023 Funded CCRI Projects

Project Team
The Keeping it REAL Project: Re-storying Health Equity through Artistic Expression & the Amplification of Lived Experiences
Dawn Bounds, PhD, PMHNP-BC
Dawn Bounds, PhD
Assistant Professor, Sue & Bill Gross School of Nursing
Mariangeles Soto-Diaz, MFA
Mariangeles Soto-Diaz, MFA
Artist, Educator
Adriadne Meyers
Adriadne Meyers
UCI School of Nursing
Project Team
Improving Knowledge and Awareness of Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias among Promotores in Santa Ana, California
Christian Salazar, PhD, MPH
Christian Salazar, PhD, MPH
Associate Researcher
UCI MIND
Mariangeles Soto-Diaz, MFA
Guillermo Alvarez, BA
Program Coordinator
Latino Health Access
Maria Corona, PhD
Maria Corona, PhD
Neuropsychologist
UCI MIND
Project Team
Reducing Korean American Mental Health Service Use Disparities Through Capacity-Building with Faith and Community Empowerment (FACE)
Biblia Cha, PhD, MPH
Biblia Cha, PhD, MPH
Post-Doctoral Scholar
UCI School of Medicine
Hyepin Im, CPA, MBA, MDiv
Hyepin Im, CPA, MBA, MDiv
President, CEO
Faith and Community Empowerment LA
Project Team
Stress and Resilience Measurement for Vietnamese Americans
Jacqueline Kim, PhD
Jacqueline Kim, PhD
Assistant Professor In Residence, Medicine, School of Medicine
Becky Nguyen, MPH, MPA
Becky Nguyen, MPH, MPA
ED Vietnamese American Cancer Foundation
George M. Slavich, PhD
George M. Slavich, PhD
Professor of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
UCLA
Project Team
Multidisciplinary Scientific Collaborative Engagement and Person-Centered Assessment in a Racially Diverse Faith-Based Community
Fawaz Al Ammary, MD, PhD
Fawaz Al Ammary, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
UCI School of Medicine
Amin Rafiq
Amin Rafiq
President, CEO Islamic Center of Irvine
Project Team
Community Led Soil Lead Sampling Project in Avocado Heights, California
Karen Valladares
Karen Valladares
PhD Student Environmental and Occupational Health, UCI
Daniel Talamantes
Daniel Talamantes
PhD Candidate Avocado Heights Vaquer@s
Veronica Vieira, DSC
Veronica Vieira, DSC
Professor and Chair, Environmental and Occupational Health Public Health
Alana LeBron, PhD
Alana LeBron, PhD
Associate Professor of Health, Society, & Behavior
Scott Bartell, PhD
Scott Bartell, PhD
Professor of Environmental & Occupational Health