Marizen R. Ramirez

Biography

Marizen R. Ramirez, Ph.D., is Associate Dean for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion and Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the University of California, Irvine Wen School of Population & Public Health. She also serves as Co-Director of the California Center for Injury and Violence Prevention. Ramirez received her Ph.D. in Epidemiology from the University of California at Los Angeles in 2002.

Ramirez has built a research program focused on injury and violence prevention, with particular emphasis on school-based violence, trauma-informed care, and occupational injuries. She has served as principal investigator or multiple principal investigator on numerous federally funded studies, including projects supported by the National Institutes of Health, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health, and the Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute. Her work includes the development and evaluation of Link for Equity, a culturally responsive trauma-informed care program for BIPOC students, and research examining the implementation and effectiveness of anti-bullying legislation. She previously held the Leon S. Robertson Professorship in Injury Prevention at the University of Minnesota and served as Associate Dean for Research and Director of the Midwest Center for Occupational Health and Safety.

Ramirez has published over 120 peer-reviewed articles and has mentored numerous graduate students and postdoctoral fellows. She serves on the editorial board of Injury Epidemiology and has participated in review panels for the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and the National Institutes of Health. She is an elected board member of the Society for the Advancement of Violence and Injury Research and serves on the National Occupational Research Agenda Traumatic Injury Prevention Council.

Education

• B.A. in Molecular Cell Biology, Emphasis in Neurobiology, Minor in Music, University of California at Berkeley, 1995
• M.P.H. in Epidemiology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1998
• Ph.D. in Epidemiology, University of California at Los Angeles, 2002

Distinctions

• Leon S. Robertson Professorship in Injury Prevention, 2021
• Community-Engaged Scholar Award, University of Minnesota, 2021
• California Alumni Scholar, University of California at Berkeley, 1991
• Distinguished Teaching Assistant of the Year, Department of Epidemiology, University of California at Los Angeles, 1999
• Abstract of the Year, American Public Health Association, Public Health Law Section, 2014
• Research Paper Award, International Society for Agricultural Safety and Health, 2017
• 1st Place Clinical Research Award, College of Surgeons Committee on Trauma, Resident Paper Competition, 2019
• Delta Omega Honorary Society, University of California at Los Angeles, 1998
• Faculty Teaching Award, University of Iowa College of Public Health, 2012
• Research Highlight, The Saban Research Institute of Children's Hospital Los Angeles, 2006