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Office of the Dean

Fine Arts 130
Phone: (323) 343-4600    FAX: (323) 343-5598
Website: Rongxiang Xu College of Health and Human Services

Administrators

Dean: Ronald E. Vogel
rvogel@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4600

Associate Dean: Tony Sinay
tsinay@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4737

Associate Dean: Veena Prabhu
vprabhu@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-4606

Resource Manager: Tara Herman
therman@calstatela.edu
(323) 343-5613

Overview

The College of Health and Human Services is committed to educating and preparing human services professionals to become innovative practitioners and leaders. The College promotes the integration of teaching, research, policy, and public service in an interdisciplinary context. Knowledge, skill, and caring provide the foundation for educating a diverse workforce of the future that effectively serves multicultural urban communities from a local and global perspective. The College strives to be student-centered, faculty and staff-focused, and community-minded.

The academic units within the College are:

• The Department of Child and Family Studies    
• The Department of Communication Disorders    
• The Department of Nutrition and Food Science  
• The Department of Public Health   
• The Patricia A. Chin School of Nursing   
• The School of Criminal Justice and Criminalistics   
• The School of Kinesiology   
• The School of Social Work    

Academic programs that are available in these departments and schools include audiology, child development, public health, urban community health, health policy, criminal justice, criminalistics, dietetics, exercise science, family studies, food science and technology, kinesiology, nursing (including advanced practice), nutritional science, physical education, social work, and speech-language pathology. (view Index of Academic Degrees, Certificates and Programs )  Academic programs within the College offer certificates in areas such as food safety, food science, law enforcement leadership, nurse practitioner specialties, parent educators, and sports nutrition. (view HHS Interdisciplinary Programs and Courses )

In addition to the academic programs, the College is also home to the California Forensic Science Institute (CFSI) at California State University, Los Angeles is committed to advancing the forensic sciences through a multidisciplinary program that focuses on research development, professional training, student support, and community engagement. We are dedicated to upholding the highest professional, scientific, and academic standards in our service to the University, forensic science profession, and justice community.

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