Health Careers Opportunity Program
Health Professions Committee
The Health Professions Committee (HPC) is comprised of various faculty and staff at California State University, Fresno who are skilled in an array of different backgrounds ranging from the science, math, and English professors to Deans of colleges. The role of the HPC is to compose letters of recommendation for students who are applying for professional school. The Committee letter is designed to enhance the applicant’s chances of gaining admission into the applicant’s desired health professional school program.
Joy J. Goto, Ph.D.
Interim Dean, Division of Research and Graduate Studies
Education:
B.S., Chemistry, UC. Davis
Ph.D., Chemistry, UCLA
E-mail: JGoto@csufresno.edu
Alam S. Hasson, Ph.D.
Interim Vice Provost, Office of the Vice Provost
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, Oxford University
Ph.D., Chemistry, Birminham University
E-mail: ahasson@csufresno.edu
Vadim Keyser, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Philosophy
Education:
B.S. Philosophy/Biology, University of Maryland
Ph.D., Philosophy, UC Davis
E-mail: vkeyser@csufresno.edu
Christopher R. Meyer, Ph.D.
Dean, College of Science and Mathematics
Education:
B.S. Chemistry, CSU Chico
Ph.D., Biochemistry, UC Riverside
E-mail: cmeyer@csufresno.edu
Larry G. Riley, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Biology
Education:
B.S. and M.S. Biology, Fresno State
Ph.D., Zoology, University of Hawaii
E-mail: lriley@csufresno.edu
Brynn Saito, MA, MFA
Assistant Professor, Department of English
Education:
B.A., Philosophy, UC Berkeley
M.A., Religious Studies, New York University
M.F.A., Creative Writing, Sarah Lawrence College
E-Mail: bsaito@csufresno.edu
Ellen Woo, Ph.D., ABPP-CN
Assistant Professor, Department of Psychology, Fresno StateAssociate Adjunct Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UCSF
Education:
B.A., Psychology, California State University, Fresno
M.A. Psychology, California State University, Fresno
Ph.D., Clinical Psychology (Neuropsychology), Washington State University
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Clinical Neuropsychology, UCLA
E-mail: ewoo@csufresno.edu