Our Team

Mikel Whittier, MHA is the inaugural director for Health Equity and Inclusion Excellence for UCLA Health. He has vast experience advancing health equity and racial equity in health care.

Kemi Reeves, DNP, MBA, GNP-BC, is the inaugural Directory of Nursing Health Care Equity for the UCLA Health System. Dr. Reeves works with partners across the health system to ensure a strong alignment between nursing practice and the strategic priorities for organizational health care equity.

Animesh Sabnis, MD, MSHS, MFA, FAAP, is the inaugural Director of Health Equity Analytics and Strategy for UCLA Health System. In this role, Dr. Sabnis works with partners across the health system to implement system-wide solutions for health inequities experienced by patient populations at UCLA Health and beyond. He serves as chair of the system-wide Equitable Care Committee, which develops institutional clinical equity strategy and sets priorities for equitable clinical care.

Beckett Maravelias is the Health Equity Consulting Specialist for UCLA Health. In Beckett's current role, Beckett is responsible for the design, implementation, and oversight of organizational educational frameworks and strategic learning initiatives that promote and foster equity, inclusivity, and cultural humility amongst UCLA Health staff, patients, and communities.

Dr. Catherine Weaver is the Medical Director of the UCLA Health Homeless Healthcare Collaborative (HHC). She is a founding leader of this innovative program that launched in January 2022 to bring the high-quality healthcare available at UCLA Health to our unhoused neighbors, meeting them where they are in the community.

Brian Zunner-Keating has served as the director of the Homeless Healthcare Collaborative since its inception in 2021. He is a registered nurse with expertise in community health and performance improvement. He is a registered nurse with clinical expertise in public and community health.

Dr. Chang received his MD from the University of Minnesota and completed a dual residency in Internal Medicine & Pediatrics at Tulane University. In New Orleans, he worked at the Charity and University hospitals, the Veteran Affairs Hospital, Tulane Medical Center, and the Ochsner Clinic Foundation. He joined the UCLA Center for AIDS Research & Education (CARE) as an HIV fellow in 2005 and joined the faculty in 2006. 

In 2016, Dr. Amy Weimer co-founded the UCLA Gender Health Program, a large comprehensive care program for transgender and gender-diverse patients of all ages. She is active in clinical care, education, advocacy and research within the transgender health care realm.

Dr. Rebecca Rada, DO, MBA, MS, AAHIVS is a queer, nonbinary Family Medicine physician at UCLA. Rebecca serves as the Associate Medical Director for Health Equity in the UCLA Gender Health Program and Rebecca is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine.