Aram Dobalian,

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Associate Adjunct Professor
Department of Health Services

Research Health Scientist
VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

North Hills, CA 91343

Aram Dobalian is a Research Health Scientist with the HSR&D Center of Excellence for the Study of Healthcare Provider Behavior at the VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System, and an Associate Adjunct Professor of Health Services at UCLA. He currently teaches Health Systems Organization and Financing (HS 200A/B) and Ethical Issues in Healthcare Management & Policy (HS M249L) in the EMPH program.

Dr. Dobalian received his Ph.D. in Health Services from the UCLA School of Public Health with an academic cognate in Social Psychology, and his J.D. from Whittier Law School where he was Editor-in-Chief of the Whittier Law Review. He received his M.P.H. in Health Services from UCLA, and his B.S. in Physics from Vanderbilt University. From 2001-2004, Dr. Dobalian was an Assistant Professor in the Department of Health Services Research, Management and Policy at the University of Florida, where he taught health law, health administration ethics, and health policy.

His research focuses on public health emergency preparedness including the public health impact of bioterrorism, hurricanes, earthquakes, and other natural and human-caused disasters. His research also spans nursing, long-term care, nursing home malpractice, advance care planning, and the role of pain in the use of health services.

Dr. Dobalian currently leads the development of the first national VA emergency preparedness research agenda, and serves as Principal Investigator of the National Program Evaluation of the VA Nursing Academy: Enhancing Academic Partnerships Program. The VA Nursing Academy enables stronger, mutually beneficial relationships between nursing schools and VA facilities by: Expanding faculty and professional development; Increasing nursing student enrollment; Providing opportunities for educational and practice innovations; and Increasing recruitment and retention of VA nurses as a result of enhanced roles in nursing education.