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Meet the Global Health Program Staff and Faculty


 For academic advising information please visit:

  • Dr. Thomas Csordas (he/him/his)

    Dr. Thomas Csordas (he/him/his)

    Global Health Program Director

    Distinguished Professor of Anthropology

    Contact: ghp-director@ucsd.edu

  • Dr. Brenda Wilson (she/her/hers)

    Dr. Brenda Wilson (she/her/hers)

    MA Academic Coordinator

    Contact: bkwilson@ucsd.edu

  • Brittany Wright, M.Ed. (she/her/hers)

    Brittany Wright, M.Ed. (she/her/hers)

    Graduate Advisor & Program Coordinator

    Brittany graduated from UC San Diego with a BA in Psychology and a Sociology minor. She received her Masters in Education specializing in Counseling and Guidance from Point Loma Nazarene University.  

    Contact Brittany for all questions pertaining to the MA program.

    Contact: ma-globalhealth@ucsd.edu

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    Jane Eichhorst

    Lead Undergraduate Advisor

    Coming soon!

    Reach out to Jane via the VAC or email for all issues pertaining to the undergraduate program.

    Contact: ghpadvising@ucsd.edu

    Academic Advising Hours

  • Olga L. Olivas Hernández (she/her/hers)

    Olga L. Olivas Hernández (she/her/hers)

    Coordinator for Hispanic/Latinx/Chicanx Affairs

    PhD in Social Sciences, CIESAS Occidente Mexico,

    Dr. Olga L. Olivas Hernández is an anthropologist with a particular research expertise in the US-Mexico border region, some of the themes she has explored are new spiritualities, mental health and migration, substance use/abuse, treatment, and healing systems in cultural context. She has a Ph.D. in Social Sciences with an emphasis in Social Anthropology from CIESAS Occidente, Mexico. Recent research projects include: Embodiment and Subjectivity in Religious Treatments for drug abuse; Life trajectories and substance abuse among Mexican Migrants in the U.S.-Mexico Border; and Cultural Perceptions of Emotional Wellbeing and Patterns of Help-Seeking in Tijuana, Mexico. Currently, she is researching Health and Migration Trajectories among asylum seekers stranded in mobility in Northern Mexico. 

  • Courtney Nunez (she/her/hers)

    Courtney Nunez (she/her/hers)

    Anthropology Chief Administrative Officer (CAO)

    Courtney Nunez graduated from UC Santa Barbara with a BA in Anthropology. She received her Master of Arts in Cultural Studies from Claremont Graduate University and recently completed her Master of Business Administration at UC San Diego’s Rady School of Management.

Office Location:

The Global Health Program Advising Office is located in the Social Science Building (near the Supercomputer Center and RIMAC). We're on the 1st floor in SSB 108.

Nearby Parking:

Mailing Address:

University of California San Diego
Global Health Program
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0532
La Jolla, CA 92093-0532


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