Staff

Irish Del Rosario
Irish Del Rosario

Irish Del Rosario is the field project manager for Dr. Ritz’s studies, including the Parkinson's Disease Environmental and Genetics study, the Parkinson's Disease Registry Project, and the Human Placenta Project at UCLA.

She graduated from the UCLA FSPH Masters program in Public Health in 2015 during which she gained experience as a grant writer and coordinator for refugee resettlement and rights. She also previously conducted research addressing maternal and reproductive health in Bangladesh.

As a field manager, she is responsible for organizing and supervising the studies’ field work and protocols including subject recruitment, interviewing and biological sample collections, IRB submissions, and data preparation for reports and papers.