Chandrakala Ganesh Faculty Profile
Chandrakala Ganesh
Associate Professor, Faculty Advising Fellow 2022-23
Department of Public Health
- E-mail: chandrakala.ganesh@csueastbay.edu
- Phone: (510) 885-2424
- Office: SF 541
- Office Hours: No office hours in Summer 2023
- BPharm, Dr. MGR Medical University, Chennai, India (1996)
- PGDM, SIES College of Management Studies, Navi Mumbai, India (1999)
- PhD (Health Policy and Administration), Penn State University (2010)
- Post Doctoral Training (Mental Health Economics), UC Berkeley School of Public Health (2011)
Not teaching this semester.
Guest Editor, Special Issue of Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics on Climate Change, Human Health, Law and Ethics. January 2021.
Ganesh, C., Schmeltz, M., Smith, J.A. (2021). Climate Change and the Legal, Ethical and Health Issues facing tHealthcare and Public Health Systems. The Journal of Law, Medicine and Ethics, 48(4), 636-642
Smith, J., and Ganesh, C. "Disease Surveillance." Chap. 5 In Climate Change, Public Health, and the Law, edited by Burger, M., & Gundlach, J. (Eds.). (2018). Climate Change, Public Health, and the Law. Cambridge University Press.
Ganesh, C. & Smith, J.A. (2017). Climate Change, Public Health and Policy: A California Case Study. American Journal of Public Health, 17(S3), doi: 10.2105/AJPH.2017.304047
Ganesh, C. & Smith, J. A. (2017). Using Multiple High-Impact Practices to Reduce Bottlenecks and Improve Student Learning in an Undergraduate Health Sciences Program. Journal of the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 17(2), 74-84.
Auh, E., Ganesh, C., Brown, T. et al. (2010). The employment of consumers with serious mental illness. Petris Report # 2010-5 submitted to the California Department of Mental Health. Available at http://www.dmh.ca.gov/Prop_63/MHSA/Publications/docs/5_PetrisCenter_Employment_Analysis_Final.pdf
Nov 2020 Co-author, The role of undergraduate education for climate change and public health, American Public Health Association Annual Meeting; Oct 2020; Online panel.
Nov 2019 Co-author, Advancing Adaptation to Climate Change in the Healthcare Sector – A Policy Analysis. American Public Health Association Annual Meeting; Nov 6, 2019; Philadelphia, PA. Oral presentation.
Nov 2017 Speaker, Implications of Climate Change for Public Health Surveillance Systems, American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA
Nov 2017 Speaker, Roundtable for Action on Climate Change and Mental Health, American Public Health Association, Atlanta, GA
Jan 2017 Poster Presentation at California Climate Change Symposium, Sacramento, CA
Nov 2016 Speaker, Climate Change Panel, American Public Health Association, Denver, CO.
Dec 2015 Poster Presentation, Bay Area Senior Health Policy Forum, Oakland CA
Apr 2015 Poster Presentation, Week of Scholarship, CSUEB
Sept 2014 Office of Faculty Development, Back to the Bay, Hayward, CA Poster Presentation, “Using QOLT rubric to promote student engagement in online and hybrid classes”
Jan 2014 Writing Across the Curriculum Conference organized by the Northern California chapter of Writing Across the Curriculum at San Francisco State University
2017: College of Science, Collaborative Research Award, “Climate Change in Tulare County,” 2018 – 2019 (Principal Investigator w/Jason Smith) $3000.00
2016: Office of the Chancellor CSU, Standardizing Problem-Based and Case-Based Learning in Health Sciences (with Jason Smith): $4,576
2014: Faculty Support Grant, California State University, Minigrant $5000
2014: Office of the Chancellor CSU, Promising Practices Program, Redesign of HSC3300, HSC 3350, HSC 3550 (with Jason Smith): $25,340.00
2009: Post-doctoral research fellowship from National Institute of Mental Health (T32 MH070335) administered by UC Berkeley
2006: Dissertation grant from the Agency for Health Care Research and Quality (R36HS01633101)
University Wide, CSUEB
2018-20 Member, Faculty Affairs Committee
2016-18 Academic Senator
2016 Reviewer, Special Grant Review Subcommittee
2016 Represented CSUEB at Tenure Tract Recruitment event at UC Berkeley
2014-16 Academic Senator
2015 Represented CSUEB at Tenure Track Recruitment event at UC Davis
2014 Member, Critical Thinking Assessment Project: Developed CSUEB Critical Thinking Rubric
2014 Member, Faculty Learning Community, Written Communication: Developed CSUEB Written Communication Rubric
2013-16 Participant, Back to the Bay participation
College of Science, CSUEB
2017 Volunteer, Science Festival
2017 Faculty Marshal at CSUEB Commencement Ceremony
2016 Health Sciences
2016 Faculty Marshal at CSUEB Commencement Ceremony
2015 Represented Health Sciences program at Preview Day
2015 Faculty Marshal at CSUEB Commencement Ceremony
2014 Represented Health Sciences program at Preview Day
2013- Member, Faculty Hearing Panel
Department of Nursing and Health Sciences, CSUEB
2018-19 Chair, Retention Committee
2017-18 Co-Chair, HSC Curriculum Committee
2017-18 Member, Tenure Track Search Committee
2016-17 Chair, Tenure Track Search Committee
2016-17 Member, HSC Curriculum Committee
2016-18 Member, HSC Faculty Affairs Committee, Member
2015- Member, HSC Program Transformation, Semester Conversion
2015-16 Member, Tenure Track Search Committee
2015 Participant, Health Sciences Assessment
2014-15 Chair, Tenure Track Search Committee Chair
2013-14 Co-Chair, Tenure Track Search Committee