Dana Rose Garfin
Community Health Sciences & Public Health
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Dana Rose Garfin, PhD
Associate Professor-in-Residence, UCLA Fielding School of Public Health
Pronouns: she/her
dgarfin@ucla.edu
Bio:
Garfin investigates the effects of disasters, trauma, and collective stress on health and communication, with work informing risk messaging, resilience, and public discourse. Dana Rose Garfin was a Dialogue across Difference Faculty Fellow in 2024–25. She directs the REACH Lab, where she studies how traumatic events and community disasters affect people across the lifespan and how community-based interventions can support recovery. Her work uses longitudinal surveys, qualitative studies, and clinical trials to understand how individuals adapt to adversity.
