Meet the Global Health Program Staff and Faculty

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Dr. Thomas Csordas (he/him/his)

Global Health Program Director

Distinguished Professor of Anthropology

Contact: ghp-director@ucsd.edu
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: ma-globalhealth@ucsd.edu
Erin Warren (she/her/hers)

Lead Undergraduate Advisor

Erin graduated with a BA in Communication Studies from Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. She previously worked in undergraduate advising for UC Berkeley's College of Letters and Science.

Contact: ghpadvising@ucsd.edu

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

PhD in Social Sciences, CIESAS Occidente Mexico, Coordinator for Hispanic/Latinx/Chicanx Affairs

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)

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.