Manijeh Berenji

Dr. Berenji is a double board-certified physician specializing in Occupational and Environmental Medicine (OEM) as well as Public Health and General Preventive Medicine, and board-eligible in Clinical Informatics. She is Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Occupational and Environmental Medicine at UC Irvine School of Medicine as well as Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Environmental and Occupational Health at the Wen School of Public Health. She is currently the Chief of Occupational Health at VA Long Beach Healthcare

System, where she leads both employee health and wellness operations as well as the Environmental Health Clinic. She is the co-lead for AI for the Desert Pacific VA Healthcare Network, leading AI initiatives across the Southwest United States. She is Lead of Academic and Community Partnerships with the University of California Center for Climate, Health and Equity, where she is spearheading efforts to enhance academic and industry partnerships; evaluating new methodologies to enhance emergency preparedness surrounding climate-related events; working with community leaders on identifying practical climate solutions; and

developing climate curricula for medical students and residents. She is Chair of the Council on OEM Science as well as of the Health Informatics, Occupational Toxicology, and Environmental Health sections of the American College of Occupational and Environmental Medicine. She is

currently pursuing board eligibility in Health Care Administration, Management, and Leadership through the American Board of Preventive Medicine’s Practice Pathway. She is Chair of the American Medical Informatics Association’s Climate Health and Informatics Working Group as well as the Public Health Informatics Working Group, leading initiatives on resilience informatics, public health innovation, and learning health systems. She is also part of the California Consortium of Public Health Informatics and Technology based at Cal State Long Beach. She is also a certified medico-legal evaluator and qualified medical examiner in the state of California.