Your Supportive Team of Experts
Staff
- Led by the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine, our team of clinical, behavioral, and community-based health professionals work directly with young people ages 12-25 to make sure they have the resources to thrive, while our training and capacity building team works at a national scale to provide education, best practices, and hands-on support to schools, community-based organizations, and other partners meeting the everchanging needs of adolescents and young adults.
- In partnership with the Innovation Studio, which inspires, incubates, and accelerates innovative processes and technologies that improve the health of patients and their families. This includes many programs focused on care model innovation, clinical education and simulation, connected care, and accelerators like KidsX.
Sarah Cohen, BA
Innovation Strategist
Mona Desai, MPH
Hub Director and Coach
Belen Gonzalez
Logistics Lead
Frances LaSalle-Castro, MPH
Hub Advisor and Coach
Efe M. Oghoghome, MPH, CHES®
Health Communications Lead
Sophia Pennella, MPH
Hub Manager and Coach
Mia Humphreys Pozo, MSW
Associate Hub Director and Coach
National Advisory Board
Barbara Ball, PhD
Research Scientist at the Texas Institute for Child and Family Wellbeing at The University of Texas at Austin
Clark Bils, Psy.M.
Research Assistant at Answer
Claudia Borzutzky, MD
Division Chief at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Leslie Clark, PhD
Director of Intervention Science at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Bridgid Mariko Conn, PhD, ABPP
Assistant Professor and Licensed Psychologist at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Alejandra Cortez, LCSW
Program Manager at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Trese Flowers, DPA (c), MPH, ICPS
Program Manager at Morehouse School of Medicine
Rebecca Gudeman, JD, MPA
Senior Director of Health at the National Center for Youth Law
Miguel Martinez, MSW, MPH
Former Senior Program Manager at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Keith Nathaniel, EdD
4-H Youth Development Advisor at University of California
Ashley M. Papias, BA
Peer Advisor for Berkeley Hope Scholars
Cody Ragonese, MPH
Associate Director of Programs at Equimundo
Eunetra Rutledge, BA
Director of Distribution at Peer Health Exchange
Arlene Schneir, MPH
Former Division Administrator at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Deepa Shah, MHA
Former Innovation Manager at Children’s Hospital Los Angeles
Bhupendra Sheoran, MD, MBA
Chief Strategy Officer at Intuist.ai
Lauren Vasquez, MS, CHES®
Senior Program Specialist at University of Michigan Adolescent Health Initiative