Dr. LaCroix is Distinguished Pro​fessor of Epidemiology in the Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science at the University of California, San Diego. She is also the Director of the Women’s Health and Reproductive Justice Research Program at UCSD and the Faculty Director for the Grant Writing Course (GWC) in the UC San Diego Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs.  She is an expert in healthy aging and women’s health who has provided leadership to numerous large women’s health and aging research programs. 

Ginger Hazen became the Director of the Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) in late 2018, a newly created position at UC San Diego. Ginger is responsible for the administrative arm of the office, including strategic planning, staffing and personnel management, operations focused on continuous improvement, and marketing/communication. She oversees all aspects of the faculty development programs, data analytics, and special initiatives sponsored by OFA. In consultation with the Faculty Directors, she is responsible for managing faculty development and special initiatives from the strategic planning stage through implementation, enhancement, reporting, and dissemination/publication.  Ginger is committed to the development of an engaged, diverse and inclusive community for faculty and staff based on a culture of respect in academic medicine.

​Mariko Poupard joined the Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) in early 2019. She is the Project Coordinator for the NIH-funded UC San Diego FIRST program​. She is committed to delivering excellent professional development programming for faculty in academic medicine and to building a strong community of support that leverages their wealth of experience and expertise.​​​

Yelda Serin joined the Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) in early 2022. Yelda is the lead for Summer Institutes for NIH-funded FOCUS, LAUNCH, and RAPID programs. She manages Raising Advancement and Parity for Infectious Disease Researchers (RAPID), a faculty development program sponsored by the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) with the goal of providing strong mentorship, professional development, and research training to improve the long-term success of early career faculty and transitioning postdoctoral scholars from underrepresented groups. She is also responsible for the collection, analysis, and dissemination of faculty and program data and for the evaluation of program effectiveness. She is committed to partake in the initiatives to enhance the recruitment, retention, and success of an engaged, diverse, and inclusive faculty in Health Sciences.

Morgan Mouchka joined the Health Sciences Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA) in 2019.  Morgan manages the San Diego IRACDA Program, a prestigious NIH-funded postdoctoral program aimed at diversifying biomedical sciences, and a Grant Writing Course (GWC) for junior faculty through the OFA. Morgan coordinates pedagogical training and teaching and professional development opportunities for the postdoctoral fellows.  She is also a passionate educator and is committed to equity, inclusivity, and innovation in teaching and mentoring.