Change Agents

This interview is part of the Leadership During the Time of COVID-19 series.

Albert Chang, MD is the Medical Director of the Student Health Center at UCI. Dr. Chang has specialties in Pediatrics and preventive care and attended medical school at Boston University School of Medicine. Dr. Chang’s areas of practice include Health Promotion, Disease Prevention, Preventative Medicine, Quality Measures and Process Improvements, and Implementation Science.

During this interview, Dr. Chang speak about COVID-19’s virus diagnosis, symptoms, treatment, preventive measures, and psychological and emotional effects.

Additional resources discussed during the interview:

OC Health Care Agency COVID-19 Information  https://occovid19.ochealthinfo.com/

University of California, Irvine COVID-19 information https://uci.edu/coronavirus/faq/index.php

University of California, Irvine Student Health Center https://shc.uci.edu/

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Dean Dr. Professor Richard Arum is an American sociologist of education and stratification, best known for his research on student learning, school discipline, race, and inequality in K-12 and higher education.

Dr. Arum has a B.A. in Political Science from Tufts University, an M.Ed. in Teaching and Curriculum from the Harvard University Graduate School of Education, and a Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California, Berkeley.

He is currently dean of the University of California, Irvine School of Education, as well as a senior fellow at the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation.

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Interview aired on July 10, 2019 

Jon Kaplan oversees the MBA Programs (Full-Time, Fully Employed and Executive) and Specialty Masters Programs (Master of Public Accountancy (MPAc), Master of Finance (MFin) and Master of Science of Business Analytics (MSBA)). In addition, Mr. Kaplan works in partnership with UCI schools to manage: MD/MBA, JD/MBA, Masters of Science in Engineering Management (MSEM) and Masters of Science in BioTech Management (MSBTM) Programs.

Mr Kaplan speaks about his leadership journey and the UCI MBA programs.

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Interview aired on 02/12/2020

Dr. Marc Madou is the Chancellor’s Professor of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering and Chancellor’s Professor (Joint Appointment) of Biomedical Engineering and Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering at the Henry Samueli School of Engineering at University of California, Irvine. Dr Madou has a PH.D. in Semiconductor Electrochemistry, Solid-State Physics Laboratory and a M.Sc. and B.Sc. in Physical Chemistry from the Rijksuniversiteit in Belgium. His research focuses on Miniaturization science (MEMS and NEMS) with emphasis on chemical and biological applications. Current projects include polymer actuators (for drug delivery), C-MEMS and CD based fluidics. Besides miniaturization techniques and materials choices.

Dr. Madou talked about his journey to be appointed Chancellor’s Professor at the University of California, Irvine and the science of miniaturization.

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Interview aired on 01/23/2020

With a 30-year career dedicated to excellence in scholarship and business education, Dr. Eric R. Spangenberg has served The Paul Merage School of Business at the University of California, Irvine, as dean since June 2014.

Dr. Spangenberg has led several initiatives, including engaging and strengthening ties with the external business community both locally and abroad. He has motivated strategic curricular updates to the MBA as well as development of a hybridized (partially online), part-time MBA program, one-year specialized masters programs in finance, data analytics and entrepreneurship, and a completely online minor in undergraduate business to help meet the University’s demand for business programs. He oversaw the Merage School strategic planning process articulating a clear vision and reward structure; led development of a differentiation strategy for the School; successfully navigated a (once a decade) UC Senate school review; and established an AACSB plan and process ensuring successful maintenance of accreditation. He has also prioritized the recruitment of faculty and students across several disciplines and programs thereby enriching diversity of the Merage School community.

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The radio show: Change Agents is a weekly show that focuses on remarkable individuals that are making an impact in business, education, government, society. My interviews are focused on my guests’ leadership journey and the impact that they are having in our community. Interviews are conducted live from 5:00pm to 6:00pm every Wednesday at KUCI 88.9FM.

Some of the prior guests of my show have included:

Dean Prof. Dr. Richard Arum, Dean of the UCI School of Education

Jon Kaplan, Assistant Dean at the UCI Paul Merage School of Business

Mario Cuevas Zamora, Mexican Consul in Orange County

Arlis Reynolds, Costa Mesa City Council Member

Karl Tokita, CEO of Chiron Total and former Board Member of the Irvine Public Schools Foundation

Alfredo Rubalcava, CEO of Magnolia Public Schools

Dr. Arvind Sathi, Director and Architect, Global Intelligence Automation at KPMG

About me: I am a recent EMBA’19 graduate from the UCI Paul Merage School of Business and a member of the Dean’s leadership circle at the Merage School. You can learn more about my educational endeavors and leadership journey from the following featured story interview: