Bio/CV
Brian Villa (he/him) is a Postdoctoral Scholar with IHD and UC Berkeley's School of Public Health. He received his B.A. in South and Southeast Asian Studies, an MPH in Health and Social Behavior, an MSW in Strengthening Organizations and Communities, and a Doctor of Public Health degree from UC Berkeley. He is the Research Projects Director for Professor Emily Ozer’s research lab and serves as a core member of the San Francisco Unified School District (SFUSD) and UC Berkeley Research-Practice Partnership. One of the projects he supports explores the impact of youth-led participatory action research (YPAR) on school decision-making processes. Prior to graduate school, he taught Ethnic Studies at a high school in San Francisco through the Pin@y Educational Partnerships. He also worked as the Community Health Program Manager at the RYSE Youth Center in Richmond, CA.
