Leadership
Associate Director & Professor, Global & Community Health
Co-Director, Global & Community Health; Professor, MCD Biology
Co-Director, Global & Community Health; Professor, Politics
“The Global and Community Health program offers a unique space for students, instructors, activists, and practitioners to come together and address issues of health justice grounded in research and informed by lived experience.”
– Laura Beth Bugg
“We seek to train the next generation of health leaders. Our core belief, embodied in this program, is that these individuals will need interdisciplinary training in both the natural and social sciences.”
– Grant Hartzog
“Global and Community Health builds on path-breaking UCSC research, expanding community connections, and inspiring student commitments to social justice to support the realization of health rights, health justice and improved health outcomes for all in the world at large.”
– Matt Sparke
Staff
Jeyson Aldana
- Pronouns
- he, him, his, his, himself
- Title
- Global & Community Health BA Advisor
- Department
- Global & Community Health
- Phone
- (831) 459-3727 (Office)
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, 117A
Heather Gardner
- Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Managing Director, Global and Community Health Program
- Department
- Social Sciences Division
- Phone
- (831) 459-3850
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, Suite 117
Leanna M Gervais
- Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- MCD Undergraduate Program Manager and Lead Adviser
- Department
- Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Thimann Laboratories, 305
Kylie Rose Gilpin
- Campus Email
Beth Ann Magyar
- Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Internship Coordinator
- Department
- Global & Community Health
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Social Sciences 1, 117-B
Mariah Peralta
- Pronouns
- she, her, her, hers, herself
- Title
- Undergraduate Advisor
- Department
- Molecular, Cell, & Developmental Biology Department
- Campus Email
- Office Location
- Thimann Laboratories, Office 389