People

Faculty

Lisa Soederberg M. Miller, Ph.D.

  • Professor
  • Human Ecology
  • UC Davis
Dr. Miller is a Professor of Psychology in the Department of Human Ecology and the Director of the Adult Development Lab. Her research focuses on understanding the cognitive and motivational processes underlying health behaviors and the role of technology in supporting healthy lifestyles, particularly in later life.

Debbie Niemeier, Ph.D.

  • Professor of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering
  • College of Engineering
  • Institute of Transportation and Studies
Deb Niemeier's research focuses on developing highly accurate, accessible processes and emissions modeling and urban models that can be used in the public and private sector.

Colleen Sweeney, Ph.D.

  • Professor
  • Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine
  • UC Davis School of Medicine
  • UC Davis
Dr. Sweeney is a Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine at UC Davis School of Medicine. Her research focuses on basic and translational breast cancer research and she is also an experienced and award-winning medical educator.

Adela de la Torre, Ph.D.

  • President, San Diego State University
  • San Diego State University
  • UC Davis
President Adela de la Torre is an agricultural and health economist, and nationally recognized expert on Latino and Chicano health issues.

Staff

Sophie Barbu, B.A.

  • Assistant Director
  • UC Davis ADVANCE Program
  • UC Davis
Sophie Barbu is the Assistant Director of the UC Davis ADVANCE Program. Ms. Barbu was selected for the competitive University of California Women’s Initiative for Professional Development award. She also serves as a member of the Status of Women at Davis Administrative Advisory Committee (SWADAAC) which is an advisory body to the Provost and Associate Vice Chancellor for Human Resources.

Erin Griffin

  • Lead, Evaluation and Analytics
  • Office of Medical Education
  • UC Davis School of Medicine
  • UC Davis
Erin specializes in quantitative analysis and evaluation of health outcomes studies and academic performance in higher education.

Student

Brynn Jensen, B.S.

  • Graduate Student; Engineer-In-Training
  • Department of Land, Air and Water Resources
  • UC Davis
Ms. Jensen is currently pursuing her Masters in Physical Hydrology part-time in the Department of Land, Air and Water Resources at UC Davis.

Emily Padhi, Ph.D.

  • Postdoctoral Scholar
  • UC Davis
I work as a Postdoctoral Scholar and am currently using proton NMR-based metabolomics to study changes in metabolism in both human and plant models with Dr. Carolyn Slupsky at the University of California Davis