About Us: Executive Leadership

David Grant, PhD
Director, California Health Interview Survey (CHIS)

David Grant, PhD, is the director of the California Health Interview Survey (CHIS). In this role, he oversees survey research projects and works both with researchers and data collection vendors. CHIS is the largest state health survey ever conducted in the United States.

Previously, he was an assistant professor of Sociology at Cleveland State University and a Survey Research Manager at the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (MTA). In addition to his involvement in conducting transit surveys, Grant was the Project Coordinator for the Multi-City Study of Urban Inequality (MCSUI) and its Los Angeles component, conducted at the UCLA Center for the Study of Urban Poverty. Grant's research has focused on urban demographic and economic restructuring, particularly in Los Angeles. When not at the Center, Grant enjoys the wonder of parenthood with his wife Suzanna and their children Natalie and Nolan, and is an avid hockey player and mountain biker.

Grant received his undergraduate degree at the University of Michigan and his master's and doctorate degrees (1998) in Sociology at UCLA.