Assistant Professor-in-Residence
UCLA
Chelsea L. Shover, PhD is an Assistant Professor-in-Residence at the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California Los Angeles. Her lab’s work unites quantitative data analysis with community based participatory research on overdose, substance use disorders, infectious diseases, and homelessness. Dr. Shover grew up in Pennsylvania, graduated from Harvard College, completed her PhD at UCLA, and did a postdoctoral fellowship at Stanford University. Dr. Shover’s work is funded by the National Institute on Drug Abuse and Centers for Disease Control and Prevention to improve overdose surveillance in Los Angeles and operate a toxicological surveillance program to identify emerging illicit drugs of concern. Alongside her academic research, Dr. Shover has worked in local government, community clinics, and policy advising capacities, all of which inform her team’s approach to urgent and complex public health problems.
