RHE&BJ Affiliates & Staff
Project Director
Hendrix Erhahon is the Project Director for CERISH. He was educated at California State University, East Bay where he earned a Bachelor’s degree in General Biology in 2015, and a Masters in Healthcare Administration in 2017. Hendrix have worked for UCSF since May of 2017, previous working at the Rheumatology and Nephrology clinic at the UCSF medical center, and later on in in the Department of Family Healthcare Nursing. He worked under Dr. Audrey Lyndon in the recently published “Missed Nursing Care During Labor and Birth and Exclusive Breastfeeding During Hospitalization for Childbirth” June 9, 2020. He hopes that one day he will be earn his Doctorate in Nursing so he can play an even more active role in research, and the community. He joins our team very excited to learn, support, and assist the RHE&BJ core team.
Project Manager
Gabriela Negrete is a Project Manager for the CERISH team. Prior to joining CERISH, she worked with the SOLARS study as a Clinical Research Coordinator, led by Drs. Brittany Chambers and Anu Gomez in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. She also worked on the Human Milk Study and COVID-19 & Infant Feeding Study, under Dr. Ifeyinwa Asiodu in the Department of Family Healthcare Nursing. As a collaborator with members of the UCSF Anti-Racism in Research Task Force led by Drs. Monica McLemore and Tung Nguyen, Gabriela understands the importance of conducting research that is rooted in community partnership to address racism and health disparities. She is committed to centering and elevating the voices of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and Queer communities with the goal of participating in research grounded on racial equity and reproductive justice. In her spare time, she loves to cook, eat and sleep. She is super excited to join the RHE&BJ team and support all the wonderful work that has already been done!
Chakiya "Kiya" Clary
Project Manager
Chakiya "Kiya" Clary is a Project manager for the CERISH Team. In her prior work as a clinical research coordinator, she worked with the Saving Our Ladies from Early Births and Reducing Stress (SOLARS) study team to examine mediating relationships between interpersonal racism and adverse birth outcomes experienced by Black women in Oakland, led by Drs. Brittany Chambers and Anu Gomez in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. She also worked on the S.A.C.R.E.D Birth study under Dr. Karen Scott. She is committed to centering and elevating the voices of Black, Indigenous, People of Color, and Queer communities with the goal of participating in research grounded on racial equity and reproductive justice. In her spare time she enjoys spending time with her family, read and exploring nature.
Irene Friedman, RN
Clinical Research Coordinator
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