Tamra Burns Loeb, Ph.D

Tamra Burns Loeb, Ph.D., a SACERT and IMB faculty member, is a counseling psychologist, behavioral science researcher, and Adjunct Associate Professor in the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM). She conducts qualitative, integrated mixed-methods, and quantitative research to document disparities in the social determinants of health and identify barriers to health care access and utilization. Dr. Loeb’s research also focuses on developing novel methods to assess the impact of patient level characteristics, including trauma and adversity, among individuals at risk for or living with chronic disease. Her work examines outcomes in health and mental health care, program implementation, and has also focused on the development of behavioral interventions to reduce health risks.