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Corinne Peek-Asa, Ph.D.

Vice Chancellor for Research

Thank you for your interest in inviting Vice Chancellor of Research Corinne Peek-Asa to your event. To ensure that your request is received and considered in a timely manner, please complete and submit the form below. Please allow up to five business days for notice of the VCR's availablity.

If you have an urgent request, please email vcr-assistant@ucsd.edu after submitting this form. 

This event request is intended for internal UC San Diego campus use. If you have a meeting request or if you are a member of the general public, please coordinate with the VCR’s Executive Assistant Stephanie Watson, s4watson@ucsd.edu.

 

Corinne Peek-Asa, Ph.D. is the Vice Chancellor for Research (VCR) overseeing the Office of Research Affairs (ORA) which plays a key role in the university's billion-dollar research enterprise. VCR Peek-Asa guides the university’s research mission to provide the vision and support for our faculty, staff, postdoctoral scholars, and students to excel in scholarship, research and discovery, and ensure that our campus has the research administration structure needed for such a thriving research portfolio. 

From our innovative and interdisciplinary Organized Research Units to the offices which manage the incredibly complex business of contracts and grants, most of the ORA units work behind the scenes with efficiency and expertise. This includes a dynamic innovation engine that assists communities on-campus and off-campus in growing ideas into sustainable startups and thriving companies. 

From our innovative and interdisciplinary Organized Research Units to the offices which manage the incredibly complex business of contracts and grants, most of the ORA units work behind the scenes with efficiency and expertise. This includes a dynamic innovation engine that assists communities on-campus and off-campus in growing ideas into sustainable startups and thriving companies. 

VCR Peek-Asa is also a professor with distinction of epidemiology at UC San Diego. She was formerly the Associate Dean for Research in the College of Public Health and the William Battershell Distinguished Professor at the University of Iowa. Her research focuses on the epidemiology, implementation, and translation of programs and policies to prevent acute traumatic injuries and violence. She directs an NIH-funded International Trauma and Violence Research Training Program and was the Director of the CDC-funded Injury Prevention Research Center from 2004 to 2020. VCR Peek-Asa is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine and serves on the NAM Accelerating Progress in Traumatic Brain Injury Forum. She was a 2010 ResearchAmerica! Public Health Hero. The impact of VCR Peek-Asa’s work to reduce the burden of traumatic injury and violence led to numerous public health advancements, local and federal policies, and prevention programs.

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Executive Assistant:
Watson, Stephanie A.
(858) 822-3439
s4watson@ucsd.edu

For meeting, event and speaking requests please cc: vcr-assistant@ucsd.edu

Media requests? Email Debra Bass, dbass@ucsd.edu

Read more about VCR Peek-Asa and UC San Diego’s research enterprise: 

 

If you have a media request for VC Peek-Asa or the Office of Research Affairs, please contact Debra Bass, dbass@ucsd.edu.

Office of Research Affairs supports the campus's ambitious research goals with wide-ranging support services. ORA is comprised of academic research, support and compliance oversight. This includes the following: