Jarrod Erdman is a graduate student researcher at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research (CHPR). Erdman supports the UCLA CHPR's Data Equity Center (DEC) and food insecurity studies through researching and evaluating policies and programs, conducting and analyzing qualitative data, formulating policy and program recommendations, and developing dissemination materials.

Prior to joining UCLA CHPR, Erdman interned at governmental and nonprofit organizations. He was a care coordinator at a managed care organization and an assistant campaign manager for a municipal election campaign.

Erdman is pursuing a master's degree in public health at the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health, specializing in health policy. He earned his bachelor's in science in anthropology from Binghamton University.