Blair Barker, MPH
Lecturer – Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1123
blair.craddock@csuci.edu
Areas of expertise include community health, particularly long-term services and support,
aging population, health outcomes and social determinants of health.
Ronald Berkowsky, PhD
Assistant Professor – Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1171
Ronald.berkowsky@csuci.edu
Areas of expertise include Gerontology/Aging and technology use in healthcare. His
research focuses on the impact of technology on health and well-being, particularly
among older adults.
Juan Betancourt, MPH
Lecturer – Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1123
juan.betancourt@csuci.edu
Jasmine Betka, MPH
Lecturer – Health Science
Office: Solano 1115
jasmine.betka@csuci.edu
Linkedin profile
Areas of interest in health science include utilizing a public health lens to assess
systemic inequities and health barriers. Areas of expertise include college health
education with a focus on technical health writing, LGBTQ+ health, inclusive sexual
health, mental health, and social wellness.
Jennifer Burris, PhD, RD
Lecturer – Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1123
Jennifer.burris@csuci.edu
Dr. Burris is a Registered Dietician with extensive experience working in areas of
acute care, sports nutrition and pediatric care. Her research interest focuses on
the integrated role of nutrition and physical activity to promote patient wellness.
Thomas A. Clobes, PhD
Assistant Professor – Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1172
Appointments: Calendly - Clobes, Thomas
thomas.clobes@csuci.edu
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Dr. Clobes has spent over 20 years in the pharmaceutical and medical device industries,
bringing relevant real-world experience to the classroom. His research interests range
from diabetes patient adherence to health policy and clinical use of medical cannabis.
Sonsoles de Lacalle, MD, PhD
Chair of Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1122
Sonsoles.delacalle@csuci.edu
ReasearchGate.net profile
Dr. deLacalle is a neuroscientist with research interests in cognitive decline during
aging, and Alzheimer's disease.
Lydia Dixon, PhD
Associate Professor – Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1167
Lydia.dixon@csuci.edu
Linkedin profile
Lydia Dixon website
Dr. Dixon is trained as a cultural and medical anthropologist, and specializes in
ethnographic and qualitative research, particularly with a focus on reproductive and
community health in Mexico and Southern California.
Joshua Gold
Assistant Professor of Health Science
Office: Solano Hall-First Floor; Room 1160
joshua.gold@csuci.edu
Grounded in the socio-ecological model, my research program operates at the intersection
of social-health psychology and public health, exploring the role social and psychological
factors play in health promotion and chronic disease prevention. In particular, my
studies have focused on obesity across the lifespan and its relationship with psychosocial
constructs such as rurality, subjective-wellbeing, and weight-based stigmatization.
More recently, my research and training have adopted an implementation and dissemination
focus as I look to build a research program aimed at developing, testing, evaluating,
and disseminating healthy behavior change interventions in underserved communities
Melissa Gutierrez-Jimenez, MA
Lecturer – Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1115
Melissa.gutierrez@csuci.edu
Areas of expertise includes the study of Kinesiology, physical education, health education,
and preventive care through wellness, nutrition, and physical activity.
Geri-Lyn Himebaugh, MA
Lecturer - Health Science
Office: Bell Tower West-First Floor 1145
geri-lyn.himebaugh@csuci.edu
Linkedin profile
Areas of expertise include direct patient care, health education, wellness promotion
through nutrition & fitness counseling, higher education policies & leadership, budget
& finance, and university healthcare administration.
Kristen Linton, MSW, PhD
Associate Professor – Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1120
Kristen.linton@csuci.edu
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Dr. Linton has extensive experience working as a medical social worker. Her research
focuses on the effects of community-based interventions for ethnically-diverse populations
(particularly among brain injury survivors and their caregivers) as well as intimacy
and sexual health among people with disabilities.
Ashley Parks, DrPH, MPH
Lecturer – Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1123
ashley.parks@csuci.edu
ResearchGate.net profile
Areas of expertise include healthcare quality, performance improvement, finance, information
technology, health service, research, and project management.
Daniel Thomson
Lecturer – Health Science
Office:
daniel.thomson@csuci.edu
Ashley Winans, DHSc, MSHI, MA
Lecturer – Health Science
Office: Solano Hall 1123
ashley.winans694@csuci.edu
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Areas of expertise include health data analysis, health informatics, health information
technology, population health, with particular focus on the use of health technologies
in rural areas.