Team: Education and Training
Aaron Norr, PhD
Dr. Aaron Norr is the Senior CAP Director of Education and Training at UCAAN. He is also an Investigator with the VA Veterans Integrated Services Networks (VISNs) 20 Mental Illness Research Education and Clinical Center and a licensed clinical psychologist. Prior to joining UCAAN, he served as the Deputy Director of Education at the VA…
Elizabeth (Liz) Ollen, PhD
Dr. Elizabeth Ollen is the Director of Online Learning at UCAAN. Dr. Ollen oversees the planning and management of the online training resources for the ACEs Aware initiative (ACEs Aware Learning Center). Dr. Ollen is also a licensed clinical psychologist who specializes in supporting children and adolescents who have experienced trauma and serves as the clinical…
Alejandra Plasencia
Alejandra Plasencia is a Training Coordinator in the UCAAN Education and Training Department and the UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence. Her first role at UCLA was that of a Program Assistant. Prior to joining UCLA, she provided behavioral and academic support to children with special needs in elementary school as an adult assistant and then…
David Plasencia
David Plasencia is the translation coordinator in the UCAAN Education and Training Department, UCLA Department of Psychiatry Division of Population Behavioral Health (DPBH), and UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence. He is a military veteran who served in the Marine Corps for six years. David earned his B.A in Linguistics with a minor in translation from…
Keyla Ruiz
Keyla Ruiz is a Program Assistant in the UCAAN Education and Training Department and the UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence. Prior to working at UCLA, Keyla worked at the MADRES Center at the University of Southern California (USC) in a research study that investigated how environmental health factors affected maternal and child health outcomes. She…
Tiffany Santana
Tiffany Santana is a Program Coordinator for UCAAN and the UCLA Prevention Center of Excellence. For five years she has worked under the Division of Population Behavioral Health within the Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at UCLA. Prior to joining UCLA, Tiffany worked at EF Academy, an international boarding school located in New…
Christine Thang, MD
Christine Thang, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of General Pediatrics at UCLA. She completed her undergraduate, medical school, and residency training at UCLA. In addition, she completed a two-year medical education fellowship at UCLA and is a current Educational Scholars Program fellow of the Academic Pediatric Association. She is the Education…
Paola Tiburcio
Paola Tiburcio is a program assistant in the UCAAN Education and Training Department and a Communications Specialist at the UCLA Department of Psychiatry Division of Population Behavioral Health (DPBH). Paola brings more than five years’ experience in administration, related to education and training development to her role. Prior to working at UCLA, Paola was a…
Alison Wood
Alison Wood is a Data Analyst in the UCAAN Education and Training Department and the UCLA Division of Population Behavioral Health. She previously worked as a research coordinator at the USC Brain and Creativity Institute, where her work concentrated on exploring the impact of music education on child development. Alison earned a BA in Psychology…