Stephen Ma, MPH is a research data analyst for the Health Economics and Evaluation Research Program at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. He provides support to the CalAIM PATH initiative, Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) Health Center Program, and LA County’s Parks After Dark program.

Ma completed an applied epidemiology fellowship with the Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists in Baltimore, MD. His work supported analysis, reporting, and dissemination of overdose data and prevention activities with the Baltimore City Health Department. His prior position as an epidemiologist was in Washington, D.C., supporting similar activities in overdose prevention with the DC Health Department.

Ma has a master’s degree in public health in epidemiology from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health and a bachelor of science in psychology from UC San Diego.