PEHSU Region 9

Service area: Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and Tribal Nations 

The Region 9 PEHSU (Western States) was founded in 2015, when the University of California, San Francisco PEHSU and the University of California, Irvine PEHSU merged. Our PEHSU is based out of San Francisco at University of California San Francisco, and serves Arizona, California, Hawaii, Nevada, the Pacific Islands, and Tribal Nations. It is one of ten units that make up a national network of PEHSUs.   

Academic Affiliation: University of California at San Francisco 

Hospital Affiliation: University of California San Francisco Medical Center 

PEHSU Region 9

Specialties & comprehensive services

The Region 9 PEHSU provides expert clinical and public health evaluations of pregnant people, children and communities with suspected environmental health problems or concerns. Our team includes Pediatricians, Pediatric Clinical Toxicologists, Occupational & Environmental Medicine Physicians, Nurses and Industrial Hygienists and Public Health experts. Read more about our work here.  

Faculty & staff

Vickie Leonard, RN, FNP, PhD

Vickie Leonard, RN, FNP, PhD

UCSF, Childhood Cancer & the Environment Champion

Timur S. Durrani, MD, MPH, MBA

Timur S. Durrani, MD, MPH, MBA

Director

Mark Miller, MD, MPH

Mark Miller, MD, MPH

Region 9 WSPEHSU Director Emeritus, UCSF

Childhood Cancer & the Environment Program Lead

Gina Solomon, MD, MPH

Gina Solomon, MD, MPH

Principal Investigator

James Earl Schier Nolan, MPH

James Earl Schier Nolan, MPH

Associate Director

Clarisha Ware

Clarisha Ware

Program Coordinator