Our Team

Healthforce Center at UCSF’s experienced management team and academic experts are nationally recognized for shaping health workforce policy, conducting complex research and evaluation initiatives, and designing and managing high-impact leadership development and capacity-building programs.

Our academic experts bring extensive interdisciplinary knowledge and methodological rigor across economics, sociology, public health, medicine, dentistry, nursing, and pharmacy and serve as high-level advisors for state and regional workforce initiatives.

Our leadership and program team bring decades of experience advising, designing, and managing high-impact policy, leadership, and capacity-building programs to equip organizations and leaders with the knowledge, tools and networks needed to transform our health care workforce and improve quality care for all.

Located within the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), the leading university dedicated to advancing health worldwide, our team at Healthforce Center is uniquely positioned to bring our clients the policy, research and evaluation, leadership and capacity-building expertise they need to build the health care workforce of the future.

Leadership

Elizabeth Mertz, PhD
Associate Director of Research
Rebecca Hargreaves, MPP
Deputy Director

Affiliated Faculty

Katrina Kimport, PhD
Affiliated Faculty
Jarmin Yeh, PhD, MPH, MSSW
Affiliated Faculty

Staff

Khadijat Alli
Research Analyst
Tim Bates
Senior Research Analyst
Lisel Blash, MPA
Research Analyst
Lela Chu
Research Analyst
Brianna Fennell
Program Associate
Margaret Fix, MPH
Research Analyst
Marie Hubbard, MSW
Senior Program Manager
Przemyslaw (Matthew) Jura
Research Analyst
Aubri Kottek, MPH
Research Analyst and Program Manager
Sutep Laohavanich, MS
Senior Manager
Shuang Liang, MS
Research Analyst
Xenia Mendez, MPH
Research Analyst
Jacqueline (Jackie) Miller
Senior Research Data Analyst
Kyoko Peterson, MPH
Research Assistant
Amy Quan, MPH
Research Analyst
Gustavo A. Sánchez
Administrative Officer II
Sofia Sandoval
Project Policy Analyst
Vaishnavi Vaidya, MPH
Program Manager
Aria Yow, MA
Program Manager