About Us: Research and Program Staff

Royce Park
Survey Operations Manager

Royce Park is the survey operations manager for the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS) at the UCLA Center for Health Policy Research. Park supervises and contributes to the design, implementation, ongoing operations, and dissemination of survey findings. Prior to becoming the survey operations manager, Park worked as a programmer/statistician at the Center.

Prior to joining the Center, Park worked as a project director and data manager at Georgetown University's School of Nursing & Health Studies, as well as the George Washington University Center for Health Services Research and Policy. His responsibilities included the day-to-day operation of multiple NIH-funded studies in local, national, and international settings using A-CASI (audio-computer assisted self-interviewing), CASI, and web survey techniques.

Park graduated from UCLA in 2000 with a bachelor's degree in microbiology and molecular genetics. His previous research involved health issues among underserved populations, substance use/abuse, and HIV/AIDS risk behaviors.