Dr Sabanayagam joined the Division of Cardiology in 2020 as faculty member of the Adult Congenital Heart Disease (ACHD) Program and Co-Director of the Cardio-Obstetrics Program. Prior to this she graduated from the ACHD fellowship program at UCSF and then went on to join the COACH program The Ohio State University and Nationwide Childrens Hospital in Columbus Ohio.

Abigail Arons, MD's research has touched on Medicaid, Delivery of Health Care, Obesity, Internal Medicine, Mass Media, Psychiatry, and Learning.

Abigail Gutmann-Gonzalez is a project director at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health.

Abigail (Abbi) Phillips (formerly Eastburn) is a clinician educator who practices general internal medicine in the inpatient and outpatient setting in the SFVA healthcare system. She is the site director for the UCSF ambulatory continuity clinic for residents at the San Bruno VA clinic.

Dr. Abigail Shatkin-Margolis cares for patients with female pelvic floor disorders. She specializes in diagnosing and treating pelvic organ prolapse (when an organ such as the bladder drops into the vagina), urinary and fecal incontinence, genitourinary and rectovaginal fistulas (abnormal connections between various pelvic organs), overactive bladder and bladder pain syndrome.

Addison Cuneo, MD's research has touched on Child, Pain Management, Pancreatitis, Chronic Pancreatitis, Medication Adherence, Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, and Self Report.

Adeena Khan is an assistant clinical professor in internal medicine. She received her bachelor degree in Neurobiology from the University of Washington. She completed her medical school and internal medicine residency at the University of Washington.

Adrienne Green is a Clinical Professor of Medicine, Chief Medical Officer for UCSF Medical Center and Vice President for Medical and Regulatory Affairs for UCSF Health. In her role as CMO, Dr. Green is responsible for alignment of all adult inpatient and hospital based services with the mission and vision of UCSF Health and the academic missions of the UCSF campus.

Dr. Aenor Sawyer, has more than two decades of experience in development and evaluation of health technologies, telemedicine and remote medical management.

Aida Venado Estrada, MD's research has touched on Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis, Lung Transplantation, Atrophy, Stomach, Hemolysis, Pulmonary Fibrosis, and Diaphragm.

Aileen Chang, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Dermatology at the University of California, San Francisco. She is Director of the Dermatology Consult Service at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center and co-Director of the Social Determinants of Health Curriculum for the UCSF Department of Dermatology.

Aimee Abu-Shamsieh's research has touched on Congenital Limb Deformities, Parasitic Diseases, Syphilis, Human Viral Hepatitis, Immunization, Communicable Disease Control, and Pediatrics.

Aimee Kao, MD, PhD's research has touched on Neurodegenerative Diseases, Lysosomes, Cathepsin D, Frontotemporal Dementia, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, Dura Mater, and Peptide Hydrolases.

With 10+ years of experience in public health and wellness, Aimée is passionate about driving key strategic and operational initiatives, as well as overseeing complex projects.

My research focus aims to understand how gene-regulatory elements control gene expression in mammals, as it relates to the genetic basis of development, evolution and disease. I am working on several projects: elucidating the mechanism of congenital limb malformation (acheiropodia), dissecting factors involved in bat wing development and understanding the genetic cause of scoliosis.

Akiko Hata, PhD's research has touched on Hereditary Hemorrhagic Telangiectasia, Ribonuclease III, Bone Morphogenetic Proteins, MicroRNAs, Post-Transcriptional RNA Processing, Vascular Smooth Muscle, and Bone Morphogenetic Protein 4.

Alex Ernst is a Senior Program Manager and Technical Advisor based in San Francisco at UCSF within the Institute for Global Health Sciences.

Alexandra Apple is a neuropsychologist who cares for older adults and adults with early neurodegenerative disease. She specializes in cognitive assessment of a wide variety of neurological and neuropsychiatric disorders.

Alexandra Bicki, MD, MPH's research has touched on Diabetes Complications, Medically Uninsured, Needs Assessment, Suicidal Ideation, Nurses' Practice Patterns, Hypertension, and Renal Insufficiency.

Alexandra Highet, MD, MSc is currently a general surgery resident with the UCSF Department of Surgery. She completed her undergraduate degree at Williams College, where she double majored in Art History and French.

Alexandra Klein, PhD's research has touched on Emotions, Neural Pathways, Fear, Vagus Nerve, Gyrus Cinguli, Nucleus Accumbens, and Cues.

Dr. Alexandra Lee, PhD, MSPH, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Geriatrics in the UCSF Department of Medicine. Her research focuses on diabetes in older adults and aims to understand how diabetes management approaches should change as people age and develop competing health priorities.

Dr. Alexandra Nelson is a neurologist who cares for patients with disorders that affect both movement and cognition, such as Huntington's disease, spinocerebellar ataxia and atypical parkinsonism. She also works closely with her patients' families.

Alexandra Salvi, PhD's research has touched on Animals, Neural Pathways, Brain-Derived Neurotrophic Factor, Neurons, Cerebral Cortex, Mice, and Corpus Striatum.

Alexandra Sullivan, PhD's research has touched on Aggression, Social Class, Family Conflict, Depression, Parents, Child Abuse, and Major Depressive Disorder.

Alexandra graduated with a BS in Psychology with a Biology emphasis and a minor in Social and Ethnic Relations from UC Davis. Holds a MS from UCSF in Healthcare Administration and Interprofessional Leadership.

Alexis Beatty, MD, MAS is a cardiologist and health services researcher who studies innovative delivery models for cardiovascular disease care to improve outcomes and reduce disparities. She received a career development award from the Department of Veterans Affairs to develop and test a mobile application to improve participation in cardiac rehabilitation, called VA FitHeart.

Dr. Alexis Colley is a General Surgery resident at UCSF. Dr. Colley was raised in Santa Cruz, California and attended Whitman College in Walla Walla, WA, for her undergraduate studies in Biology and Spanish.

Alexis Oddi's research has touched on Female, Cerebrospinal Fluid, Risk Factors, Young Adult, Aged, Middle Aged, and Adult.

Alexis Sullivan's research has touched on Pregnancy, Age Factors, Depression, Vulnerable Populations, Anxiety, Cohort Studies, and Caregivers.

I'm a pediatric immunologist and rheumatologist dedicated to improving our understanding of immune regulation to advance care for patients with immune system disorders. My clinical practice is focused on diagnosing and managing patients with complex or unknown immune system disorders.

Alice Hm Chen, MD, MPH is chief health officer at Centene Corporation, a leading healthcare enterprise committed to transforming the health of the communities it serves, one person at a time. At Centene, she is responsible for implementing strategies, policies and programs that improve population health for its more than 28 million members.

Dr. Alice K. Rutatangwa is a pediatric neurologist who evaluates and cares for children with inflammatory and demyelinating diseases of the central nervous system, which comprises the brain, optic nerves and spinal cord.

Alice Fok, MD, PhD's research has touched on Actins, Caenorhabditis elegans Proteins, Epithelial Sodium Channels, Ion Channels, Actinin, Schizosaccharomyces pombe Proteins, and Touch.

Alice Hua, PhD (she / her) is a clinical psychologist at the UCSF Medical Student Well-Being Program. In this role, she provides free, short-term, confidential therapy services to UCSF medical students, as well as consultations for mental health services and resources.

Alice C. Huang received her medical degree from Albany Medical College and completed her pediatric residency training at Nicklaus Children's Hospital in Miami, Florida. She attained her pediatric gastroenterology fellowship training at Stanford’s Lucile Packard Children's Hospital in Palo Alto, California.

Alicia Fernandez, M.D. is Professor of Medicine at UCSF, a general internist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Associate Dean of Population Health and Health Equity for UCSF SOM. She is the founding Director of the UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence, a HRSA and UCSF funded initiative to increase academic diversity.

Alicia Ljungdahl's research has touched on Autistic Disorder, DNA Copy Number Variations, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Biomarkers, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Humans, and High-Throughput Screening Assays.

Alinda Amuiri's research has touched on Electrons, Positron-Emission Tomography, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Cognitive Dysfunction, Frontotemporal Dementia, and tau Proteins.

Alisa D. Gean, MD is a Professor Emerita of Neuroradiology and Adjunct Professor Emerita of Neurology and Neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Gean obtained both her BS and MD degrees at Stanford University.

Alisa serves as a Strategic and Technical Advisor in Global Health Sciences, supporting strategic activities and new initiatives.

Alisa Yee, NP's research has touched on Hospital Emergency Service, Attitude to Health, Abdominal Pain, Physician Assistants, United States, Adult, and California.

Dr. Holloway is an expert in comparative genomics and statistical analysis of high-throughput sequence data. Her postdoctoral work focused on integrating population genomic data with gene expression data to understand the underlying genetic basis for gene expression variation.

Alison S. Baskin, M.D. is currently a general surgery resident with the UCSF Department of Surgery. She completed her undergraduate studies at Stanford University majoring in Human Biology with a minor in Economics, followed by medical school at the University of Michigan where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society.

I am an epidemiologist who does community-driven, policy-relevant applied epidemiology and public health research to study social and environmental determinants of health inequities, and possible interventions that could reduce these inequities.

Alison Comfort is an Assistant Professor at UCSF in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. Trained as a health economist, she seeks to identify individual and social network factors affecting care-seeking decisions and health outcomes, both here in the United States and in countries including Uganda and Madagascar.

Dr. Alison DeDent specializes in pulmonary and critical care medicine and sub-specializes in interstitial lung disease. She attends in the UCSF Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Clinic, the UCSF and Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG) Medical Intensive Care Unit (ICU), the UCSF Neuro ICU, and the ZSFG Fellow's Chest Clinic.

Alison El Ayadi is Associate Professor within the Departments of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences and Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. She obtained her ScD in Social Epidemiology from Harvard University, her MPH in Reproductive Health Monitoring & Evaluation from Tulane University, and her BA in Anthropology from Colby College.

Alison (Allie) Giovanelli, PhD, is a clinical psychologist and Assistant Professor in Pediatrics - Adolescent Medicine at UCSF. She completed her PhD in a joint program in Clinical and Developmental Psychology at the University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, and her clinical internship at Stanford University School of Medicine / The Children's Health Council.

Dr. Alison Huang is Professor of Medicine, Urology, and Epidemiology & Biostatistics; Director of Research for General Internal Medicine at UCSF Health; Director of the UCSF Women's Health Clinical Research Center; and a clinical scientist dedicated to advancing scientific understanding and improving management of the impact of aging on women’s health and genitourinary health.

Dr. Alison Jacoby is an obstetrician and gynecologist who specializes in treating fibroids, with a focus on alternatives to hysterectomy and minimally invasive surgical techniques. She founded the UCSF Comprehensive Fibroid Center to provide personalized care for women with fibroids.

Alison Baker Nair, MD received her undergraduate degree from Grinnell College in Grinnell, IA. She received her MD from the University of Chicago's Pritzker School of Medicine in 2009 after which she completed her residency in pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Alison Rustagi is an Assistant Professor at UCSF and a primary care doctor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the San Francisco VA. Dr. Rustagi’s focus is on precision prevention. The goals of her research are to maximize the benefits of preventive health services such as cancer screening, minimize their harms, and improve equitable access, as well as harmonize best practices for implementation.

Alissa Bernstein, PhD, MPH, MA is a medical anthropologist and health policy researcher focused on understanding and improving the assessment, diagnosis, and care of people with Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias, with a specific focus on primary care in safety net settings.

Dr Alissa (Riesner) Peterson is a Clinical Professor of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is a graduate of UCSF Medical School and Psychiatry Residency Training Program.

I have focused my clinical research in the field of type 2 diabetes and obesity and have developed a three-pronged research program that is unified under this theme. The first arm consists of using existing cohort studies to test novel biomarkers that predict diabetes and cardiovascular disease.

Dr. Allison Bond is an Infectious Disease and Hospital Medicine physician with academic interests in clinical reasoning and the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases among patients being cared for by non-ID clinicians.

Allison Kratka, MD's research has touched on Biomedical Research, Commerce, Propranolol, Muscle Weakness, Medical Economics, Disease Eradication, and Antithyroid Agents.

Allison Maker, PhD's research has touched on HIV-1, Carbon-Nitrogen Ligases, Protein Multimerization, Cadherins, X-Ray Crystallography, Phosphoproteins, and Cell Membrane.

Dr. Murphy is the Medical Director of the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Neonatal Intensive Care Unit at Providence Santa Rosa Memorial Hospital, a 12-bed level 3 Community NICU. A 20-year Neonatal Resuscitation Instructor, Dr. Murphy uses immersive simulation-based mock codes to train staff and has a constant focus on quality improvement and partnering with the community.

Allison Tatarsky is the Director of the Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI) at the University of California, San Francisco. Allison has nearly 15 years of experience working alongside and in service of ministries of health on malaria elimination strategy, policy, program implementation, and operational research.

Allison Webber, M.D. joined UCSF Department of Medicine- Nephrology in 2009 after completing her training at the New York Presbyterian Hospital- Weill Cornell Medical Center in General and Transplant Nephrology.

Allison Williams, PhD's research has touched on Neisseria meningitidis, Glycosyltransferases, Peptides, Listeria monocytogenes, Uridine Diphosphate N-Acetylglucosamine, Multienzyme Complexes, and Physiological Stress.

Dr. Allyson Cook Chapman is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Palliative Medicine at UCSF. She primarily cares for patients on the Inpatient Palliative Medicine Services and in the ICU. She is board certified in General Surgery, Surgical Critical Care, and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Alyssa Lindsey's research interests include abortion, maternal health, contraception, full spectrum doula care, and doula support.

Alyssa Murillo, MD MSc is a general surgery resident at UCSF. She is currently in her first clinical year. Dr. Murillo has a BS in Neuroscience from the University of Rochester and her MS in Medical Physiology from Loyola University.

Dr. Perez graduated from Jefferson Medical College and completed Internal Medicine residency at Brigham and Women's Hospital. She received her Master of Education at the Harvard Graduate School of Education.

Amanda Marr Chung's research has touched on Parasitic Pregnancy Complications, Professional Practice Gaps, Quality of Health Care, Health Services Accessibility, Anti-Infective Agents, Disease Eradication, and Artemisinins.

Amanda Bryson, MD, MPH's research interests include Long-acting reversible contraception, Contraception, Adolescent and young adult health, and Sexual and reproductive health.

Dr. Amanda Downey is a pediatrician and psychiatrist who cares for adolescents and young adults with eating disorders. She works with patients and their families to develop a treatment plan that honors their unique strengths and challenges.

Amanda Ling, NP, RN, MS's research has touched on Social Stigma, Mental Health Services, Psychiatric Nursing, Gender Identity, Nurse Practitioners, Educational Models, and Sexual and Gender Minorities.

Amanda Munoz, MD's research has touched on Phlebotomy, Laparoscopy, Preschool Child, Blood Component Transfusion, Operative Time, Appendicitis, and Appendectomy.

Dr. Noroña-Zhou is the Assistant Director of the Intergenerational Developmental Health Programs (IDHP) and the Division of Developmental Medicine, a research scientist in the UCSF Center for Health and Community, and a licensed Clinical Psychologist.

Amanda Paulson, PhD's research interests include tumor cell population dynamics, epithelial mesenchymal transition, cell cell interactions, and cancer.

Dr. Raymond is a medical dermatologist and her clinical focus includes: general dermatology, complex medical dermatology, teledermatology, and high risk skin cancer. She is the Director of the High Risk Skin Cancer Clinic, where she sees patients who are immunosuppressed due to solid organ transplant, bone marrow transplant, or various genetic syndromes.

Amandine Godier-Furnemont earned her undergraduate degree at Columbia University. She then completed her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at Columbia University, during which she spent two years researching at the Georg-August University of Gottingen in Germany.

Dr. Fitzsimmons is an Assistant Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science and the School of Medicine’s Anatomy Department. Prior to her return to academia for her doctorate research, she worked for over a decade in clinical practice with an emphasis on acute care and acute rehabilitation.

Amelia Deitchman, PharmD, PhD's research interests include computational modeling, pharmacokinetics, pharmacometrics, protein binding, and HIV.

Ami is the Chief Medical Officer for Population Health and Clinical Integration at UCSF Health. She is also an Associate Professor in Internal Medicine.

Amie Lee, MD is an Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Breast Imaging section in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. She received her medical degree from UCSF in 2009.

Dr. Meg Autry is a board-certified obstetrician / gynecologist and the interim Chief of Obstetrics and Gynecology at UCSF, Fresno. In her clinical practice, she does obstetrics and complex gynecology. Her areas of interest include family planning and benign gynecology.

Amy Becker, PhD's research has touched on Gadolinium, X-Ray Computed Tomography, Quality Control, Radiation Dosage, Radiation Scattering, Breast, and Radiology.

Dr. Byers is Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences with a joint appointment in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics. She is an epidemiologist with a background in aging research, methods, and biostatistics.

Dr. Evans completed her MD training at University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry and then continued on to do her residency there as well. She also did a Fellowship year in Pathology and was awarded the Bradford Fellowship in Infectious Diseases while at Rochester.

Amy Fan, PhD's research has touched on Bacterial RNA, Leukemia, Dioxygenases, Myelodysplastic Syndromes, Cancer Vaccines, Interleukin-3, and Core Binding Factor Alpha 2 Subunit.

Dr. Amy Fiedler is a cardiac surgeon who specializes in caring for patients with heart failure, including those who need heart transplantation. Her focus is on restoring patients' quality of life. Seeking to deliver holistic care, she believes in the powerful connection between mind and body and in the importance of trust and open communication between patient and provider.

Dr. Amy Gelfand is a board-certified child neurologist and Director of Pediatric Headache at UCSF. She specializes in diagnosing and treating children who suffer from a variety of headache disorders, as well as children with childhood periodic syndromes such as abdominal migraine that may be precursors to migraine headache later in life.

Amy Kwok, MD, MPH, FACS's research interests include Surgical Critical Care, Trauma Surgery, and Acute Care Surgery.

Amy M Lin joined the UCSF faculty in 2005 as a genitourinary medical oncologist.

Amy J. Markowitz, JD is a freelance editor, scientific writing mentor and instructor, and curriculum development consultant, with particular expertise in medicine and health policy.

Dr. Amy Ou is a hospitalist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, where she is also the Associate CMO of the Department of Care Coordination.

Her research has been on the effects of ambient air pollution during pregnancy on adverse birth outcomes including preterm birth, low birth weight and birth defects. The projects have expanded to evaluate social factors including neighborhood socioeconomic status and acculturation and comorbidities including diabetes and hypertension during pregnancy.

Amy Whittle, MD is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at UCSF. Her areas of interest include children with special health care needs, mental health and developmental disorders, doctor-patient communication, and social determinants of health.

Ana Carolina Coll, MD's publications include "Characteristics of adolescent fathers in Buenos Aires." (Int J Adolesc Med Health, 2011).

Full-scope midwifery care, clinical leadership, community partnerships, teaching and mentoring, and anti-racism, equity and structural change.

• Working as an NSF PRFB Postdoctoral Fellow in Saul Kato's lab, to establish tardigrades as a model in systems-level neuroscience.

As a Program Manager in the Neurology department at UCSF, I have been involved in co-authoring research publications that explore various dimensions of genetic testing for Alzheimer's disease, including geriatricians' perspectives on its practical utility, insurance coverage for such testing, and risks of discrimination related to AD biomarkers in long-term care insurance.

Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSc, is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Division of Hematology / Oncology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General and a thoracic oncologist at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

I am a professor in the Department of Pediatrics who is passionate about leveraging the expertise we have at UCSF and in our community to make child health and wellness a reality for all children the Bay Area.

Dr. Garber is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is a nutritionist, with a PhD in Human and Clinical Nutrition from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and a Registered Dietitian (RD) from UCSF.

Andrea Hasenstaub, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Coleman Memorial Laboratories in the Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at the University of California, San Francisco. She received her BS in Mathematics and Engineering at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena, California; a M.Phil.

Dr. Andrea Jackson is an obstetrician and gynecologist who specializes in providing Black-identifying patients with reproductive health care that meets the needs of the whole person. She also specializes in complex contraception and abortion services, with a particular focus on caring for women who have chronic illnesses.

Andrea Long, MD, FACS's research interests include Simulation medical education, Transfusion medicine, LGBTQ Healthcare, Global health, and Diversity and inclusion.

Dr. Andrea Park is a facial plastic surgeon who cares for patients who have irregularities of the head or neck, whether these conditions are congenital, acquired or results of cancer treatment. Aiming to help her patients look and feel their best, she believes that trust, service and open communication are essential to a thriving patient-physician relationship.

Andrea Postier, PhD, MPH is a researcher with expertise in pediatric pain and palliative care for children with chronic conditions and serious illness.

Dr. Seritan is a geriatric psychiatrist who works to understand and manage the psychiatric manifestations of neurodegenerative diseases.

Angel Chen Kuo, EdD, CPNP-PC is a Clinical Professor and Vice Chair (Administration / Academic Programs) of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing in the School of Nursing. She also serves as Associate Director of UCSF Program for Interprofessional Practice and Education.

Dr. Angela Chang is an allergist and immunologist who cares for children with allergic diseases and problems linked to allergies. Her expertise includes food allergies, eczema, allergic rhinitis, asthma and hives.

We are broadly interested in how the molecular properties of viral proteins and antibodies constrain their evolution and co-evolution.

Angela Rivers, PhD, MD is a Pediatric Hematologist / Oncologist. It is her career goal to work to improve the lives of both children and adults with sickle cell disease.

Angela is a seasoned professional in the realm of academic research, with a general interest in facilitating scientific revelations. Her experience spans laboratory, clinical, and administrative settings.

Angela Suen, MD's research has touched on Professional-Family Relations, Social Isolation, Single-Blind Method, Pilot Projects, Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease, Intensive Care Units, and Internet.

Angelique received her B.S. in psychology in 2010 and her M.S. in neuroscience with a specialization in neurodegeneration in 2012 at King’s College London, England. She worked under the guidance of Dr. Frank Hirth investigating the effects of TDP-43 on Excitatory Amino Acid Transporter 1 (EAAT1) using a transgenic drosophila model of TDP-43 related ALS.

Dr. Hargrave is a general internist who is committed to a career in patient-oriented research aimed at improving health outcomes for people who have experienced trauma through identifying and addressing gaps in care using implementation science strategies.

Anita Ho (PhD, MPH) is a bioethicist and health services researcher with a unique combined academic training and experience in philosophy, clinical / organizational ethics, public health, and business.

Dr. Anita Moon-Grady is the director of the UCSF Fetal Cardiovascular Program. With training in both pediatric cardiology and neonatal / perinatal medicine, she specializes in pediatric and fetal echocardiography (imaging the heart with ultrasound) and intraoperative assessment during congenital cardiac surgery and fetal surgery.

Anke Hemmerling, MD PhD MPH, is an Associate Adjunct Professor in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and the Director of the Interdisciplinary MPH Program in the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

Ankitha Shetty, PhD, MS's research has touched on Signal Transduction, Transcription Factor AP-1, Fos-Related Antigen-2, Gene Expression Regulation, Interleukin-4, Cell Differentiation, and Mice.

Ann Chang's research has touched on Prospective Studies, Overactive Urinary Bladder, Double-Blind Method, Adrenergic Agonists, Tolterodine Tartrate, Yoga, and Hot Flashes.

Ann Chu, PhD's research has touched on Psychotherapy, Parents, Post-Traumatic Stress Disorders, Preschool Child, Socialization, Infant, and Poverty.

Ann Lazar, PhD, MS's research has touched on Phase I as Topic Clinical Trials, Intervertebral Disc Degeneration, Phase II as Topic Clinical Trials, Heavy Ion Radiotherapy, Triazoles, Occupational Noise, and Intervertebral Disc.

Ann Petru, MD is a Pediatric Infectious Diseases physician who has been working at Children’s Hospital Oakland since completing her residency there. She was involved in many clinical trials in the 1980s and 1990s, then started to focus more on HIV and AIDS as that epidemic started to affect children.

Ann Poncelet, MD is Professor of Neurology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She specializes in the treatment of neuromuscular disorders, particularly brachial neuritis, inflammatory myopathies and neuropathies, myasthenia gravis, and neuromuscular complications of rheumatologic disorders.

Ann Raftery's research has touched on Pulmonary Tuberculosis, Acetamides, Public Health, Tuberculosis, Drug Administration Schedule, Multidrug-Resistant Tuberculosis, and Adolescent.

Anna Victoria Molofsky, MD, PhD's research has touched on Superior Colliculi, Stromal Cells, NF-E2-Related Factor 1, Zebrafish Proteins, Synapses, Neurogenesis, and Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor p16.

Anna Butrymowicz, MD, joined the department as an assistant professor in August 2018. While her principal role is to open and run the department's newest location at the Berkeley Outpatient Center, she will also be part of the general otolaryngology-head and neck surgery group practice headquartered at the ambulatory site on the Mount Zion campus.

Dr. Anna Chang is Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine. She is an educator, a mentor, a clinician, and a leader. She is board certified in Geriatric Medicine and Hospice and Palliative Medicine.

Dr. Anna Chodos is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General and the Division of Geriatrics, both within the Department of Medicine at UCSF. Her clinical work is in outpatient specialty care in geriatrics and dementia care.

Anna Fiskin is a psychiatrist with training in medical anthropology who specializes in cultural psychiatry and global mental health. She is a currently the assistant medical director at Chinatown North Beach Mental Health Services, where she works with a diverse patient population from China, Cambodia, Laos, and Vietnam.

Dr. Anna Haemel is a dermatologist who treats patients with all types of skin disease. Her expertise includes care for patients who have internal organ involvement and underlying systemic disease, such as rheumatologic conditions and inflammatory bowel disease.

Dr. Anna Malkina is a nephrologist who specializes in diagnosing and managing acute and chronic kidney diseases, hypertension (high blood pressure) and kidney stones. She is passionate about patient education and engaging patients in self-care.

Anna Meyer, MD, is a Professor of Clinical Otolaryngology, Director of Medical Student Curriculum, Director of Otolaryngology Curriculum for Primary Care Pediatrics Residency, and Director of the Cochlear Implant Interconnect Program in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at the University of California, San Francisco.

Annabel Frank, MD's research has touched on Internship and Residency, Large-Core Needle Biopsy, Factor Xa, Medical Education, Documentation, Medical Faculty, and Factor Xa Inhibitors.

Dr. Annalisa Post is a perinatologist, an obstetrician who cares for patients with high-risk or complicated pregnancies. She has a special focus in pregnancies with fetal complications, such as birth defects, genetic disorders, and complex multiple gestations.

Anne Findlay's research has touched on Brain Mapping, Hearing Loss, Speech, Glioma, Deafness, Cerebral Dominance, and Language.

Dr. Glowinski is the Robert Porter Distinguished Professor and Child and Adolescent Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (CAPBS) Division Chief at UCSF (Mission Bay and Oakland campuses) and also serves as the Medical Director for the Schwab Dyslexia and Cognitive Diversity.

Dr. Anne Kinderman is a Clinical Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, and provides clinical care as an attending physician in the UCSF Division of Palliative Medicine.

Anne Rosenthal, MD's research has touched on Middle Aged, Self Report, Female, San Francisco, Physician-Patient Relations, Physicians, and Family Physicians.

Dr. Schafer is Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at UCSF and Chief of Endocrinology and Metabolism at the San Francisco VA Health Care System. She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Anne M. Suskind, MD, MS received her undergraduate training at Haverford College, where she earned a bachelor degree in Anthropology with honors investigating the anthropological influences surrounding women’s health issues.

Dr. Thorson is Medical Co-Director of the UCSF Cardiac Rehabilitation and Wellness Center. She has an avid interest in Cardiovascular disease prevention with early identification and intervention in persons at potential risk of developing heart and vascular disease.

I am a pediatric emergency medicine physician and researcher in global health and acute management of infectious diseases. My research focuses on clinical decision-making during the care of sick children, especially those with undifferentiated febrile illness.

Anneliese Taylor is the Head of Scholarly Communication at the UCSF Library where she provides guidance to UCSF students, faculty, and staff on scholarly communication topics. She is an expert in scholarly publishing, open access models and policies, author copyrights, researcher identity platforms, and systems for capturing and assessing research attention and impact.

Annemieke Van Zante, MD, PhD's research has touched on Cell Adhesion Molecules, Endothelium, Anti-Bacterial Agents, Tropheryma, Aqueous Humor, Differential Diagnosis, and Amino Acid Sequence Homology.

Dr. Molinaro is a principal investigator in the Brain Tumor Research Center at UCSF and the Co-Director of the Clinical and Biostatistics Core for the newly funded UCSF Brain SPORE as well as the Co-Director of the Biospecimen and Biostatistics Core for the newly funded UCSF Brain P01.

Annsa Huang, MD's research has touched on Hepatitis C, Liver Neoplasms, Eclampsia, Antiviral Agents, Liver Cirrhosis, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, and Premature Birth.

Anoushka Sinha, MD's research has touched on Paintings, Teaching, Educational Models, Patients, Quarantine, Medicine in Literature, and Betacoronavirus.

Antonia Biggs, PhD's research has touched on Legal Abortion, Family Planning Services, Postcoital Contraception, Unwanted Pregnancy, Self-Management, Pregnancy, and Induced Abortion.

Anusha Allawala, PhD's research has touched on Computer-Assisted Signal Processing, Cellular Mechanotransduction, Pain Measurement, Deep Brain Stimulation, Artifacts, Nociception, and Epilepsy.

Dr. Agarwal is a cardiologist with special interest in Non-invasive Cardiology, in particular adult congenital heart disease (ACHD) and cardio-obstetrics. Her additional clinical interests include the use of transthoracic echocardiography and cardiopulmonary exercise stress testing.

Anya Edwards (Greenberg) is a general surgery resident at UCSF. She completed her undergraduate studies at UCLA where she majored in Mathematics and Business / Economics. She started her career as a healthcare consultant at Deloitte Consulting before getting her MBA at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and then transitioning to healthcare management roles at UCSF Health.

People who experience traumatic or enduring psychological stress are more likely to develop psychiatric disorders as well as cardiovascular, autoimmune and neurodegenerative disorders. Our research is focused on revealing how psychological stress drives the development of mental and physical disorders.

Dr Singh is a board certified gastroenterologist with special interest in colon cancer prevention, high quality colonoscopy. Her other interests include patients with high risk for colon cancer with Lynch Syndrome, FAP and management of patients with a family history of colorectal cancers.

Dr. Sundaram is a biomedical engineer, physician, and scientist with an interest in airway smooth muscle biology. Her laboratory focuses on tethering pathways used by muscle to transmit force.

Dr. Bell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (FCM) in the School of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Prior to joining FCM, she was a postdoctoral scholar with the Preterm Birth Initiative at UCSF.

I care for all variety of critically ill children, teenagers, and young adults in the ICU. My particular areas of interest are thinking about how to make our system more equitable and just for patients, and how we train the next generation of physicians to be anti-oppressive in their thinking and practice.

Archana Venkataraman, PhD's research has touched on Septal Nuclei, Enterochromaffin Cells, Fear, Zona Incerta, Thalamus, Mechanoreceptors, and Subthalamic Nucleus.

Dr. Archna Eniasivam is an Associate Professor in the Departments of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics committed to advancing health systems toward health equity and justice. She is one of two inaugural UCSF Health DEIB Physician Leads working towards a culture where all feel valued and can flourish.

Argentina is a biologist with a PhD degree in molecular neuroscience from the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid, Spain. Her doctoral work focused on microtubule-dependent transport of AMPA receptors during synaptic plasticity processes in hippocampal neurons.

Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health and the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Thompson-Lastad is trained as a medical sociologist and conducts qualitative and community-engaged research focused on the role of integrative healthcare in advancing health equity.

Arianne Teherani, PhD is Professor of Medicine and Education Scientist in the Center for Faculty Educators at the University of California, San Francisco School of Medicine. Dr. Teherani is the Founding Co-Director of the University of California, Center for Climate Health and Equity.

Ariel Deardorff is the Director of Data Science & Open Scholarship at the UCSF Library. In her role she leads a team focused on empowering researchers to engage with open research and reproducible data-driven science.

Arielle Klepper, MD, PhD's research has touched on Hepatocytes, Cooperative Behavior, Viral Genes, Needle Biopsy, Inventions, Science, and Viral Core Proteins.

Dr. Arpita Desai is an oncologist who specializes in the treatment of patients with genitourinary cancers, in particular kidney and prostate cancers. She is the Medical Director of the GU Medical Oncology program at UCSF

Ashley Manchanda, DO's publications include "Autoimmune rheumatic diseases in women with coronary microvascular dysfunction: a report from the Women's Ischemia Syndrome Evaluation-Coronary Vascular Dysfunction (WISE-CVD) project." (Front Cardiovasc Med, 2023).

Ashley Mason, PhD, is an Associate Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF. She is core research faculty at the UCSF Osher Center and a clinical psychologist leading behavioral sleep medicine treatment in the UCSF Osher Center Clinic.

I am a doctoral student in Global Health Sciences at UCSF.

Aubri Kottek's research has touched on Organizational Culture, Dental Health Services, Graduate Dental Education, Organizations, Oral Health, Stakeholder Participation, and Monozygotic Twins.

Audrey Brown is a General Surgery resident. She studied Mechanical Engineering and Product Design at Stanford University and then worked as a Mechanical Engineer, primarily for an aeronautics company. She received her MD from Oregon Health and Sciences University in 2018.

Ava Yap, MD, MHS was born in Canada and spent her upbringing in Hong Kong before moving to the US for college. She is now a general surgery trainee at UCSF. She previously worked in a range of healthcare systems in Canada, Peru, Ecuador, Uganda and Malaysia, all which fostered a dedicated interest in addressing the global health inequity witnessed during her travels.

Avery� Seefeld� is a Program Coordinator at UCSF working on� the African Health Markets for Equity� (AHME) evaluation and the Strengthening Person-centered Accessibility, Respect,� and Quality (SPARQ) project.� The overall goal of AHME is to increase access to quality health services for the poorest individuals in Kenya and Ghana.

Dr. Ayca Erkin-Cakmak is a pediatric endocrinologist who cares for children with conditions related to hormonal issues.

Dr. Ayesha Appa is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital and a clinician investigator triply board-certified in Infectious Diseases, Addiction Medicine, and Internal Medicine.

Aylin Ulku joined the faculty at UCSF in July 2012 as an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine. After completing her Combined Internal Medicine-Pediatrics Residency at Yale-New Haven Hospital, she continued as Chief Resident in the Primary Care Internal Medicine Residency at Waterbury / Yale-New Haven Hospitals.

Dr. Barbie Klein, PhD, MS (she / her/hers) is an Associate Professor with joint appointments in the Department of Anatomy in the School of Medicine and the Department of Cell and Tissue Biology in the School of Dentistry, is the co-director of the Anatomy Learning Center, and is the Faculty Advisor for the Willed Body Program at the University of California, San Francisco.

Beatrice Huang's research has touched on Self-Management, Mentoring, Primary Care Physicians, Patient Selection, Walk Test, Risk Management, and Primary Health Care.

Dr. Winger’s research is focused on advancing precision medicine to improve therapeutics and outcomes for patients with cancer and other blood diseases.

Beth works with faculty and leadership to help shape their ideas into digital products and services. She helps internal innovators identify executable product roadmaps and particularly enjoys leveraging participatory design methods and working with diverse populations.

Beth Bourdeau PhD is an Academic Specialist in the Department of Medicine's Division of Prevention Science at the University of California, San Francisco. She received her doctoral training in Child Development and Family Studies at Purdue University, with a concentration in Marriage and Family Therapy, and completed a post-doctoral fellowship at UC Berkeley's School of Public Health.

Dr. Cohen is an internist and clinical investigator whose research focuses on health outcomes in patients with posttraumatic stress disorder. She is Principal Investigator of the Mind Your Heart Study, a prospective cohort study designed to examine the effects of posttraumatic stress disorder on cardiovascular health.

Beth Harleman is UCSF Professor of Medicine and Vice Chief of Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. As Vice Chief of Medicine at ZSFG, Beth runs the Inpatient Medical Service, develops programs to support faculty engagement and leadership, and promotes equity, quality and safety in patient care.

Elizabeth Mertz, PhD, MA, is a professor at the University of California, San Francisco, with a joint appointment in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, School of Dentistry and in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Nursing.

Beth Phillips is a Project Director with the Innovations for Choice and Autonomy (ICAN) Program, a joint collaborative between the Family and Community Medicine Department and Institute for Health and Aging at UCSF and partners in Africa.

Betty Dong, PharmD, FCCP, FASHP, FAPHA, AAHIVP provides pharmacy care under a collaborative prescribing protocol for patients with HIV and HCV infection, and chronic disease states, including hypertension, anticoagulation, diabetes, thyroid, and medication nonadherence.

Bhavika Kaul, MD, MAS's research interests include Interstitial Lung Disease, Radiomics, Leadership in Medicine, Public Policy, and Health Services Research.

Biftu has been a clinician-educator in the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital Division of the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences since 2017. She works clinically in Labor and Delivery, Gynecology and Family Planning at ZSFG.

Dr. Shi is an academic hospitalist and clinician-educator at UCSF, in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She cares for patients directly on the hospital medicine service, attends and teaches on medicine wards, and provides medical consultation to surgical services.

Bonnie N. Joe, MD, PhD, is a Professor in Residence and Chief of Breast Imaging in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. Developing a breat imaging program was a natural progression of Dr. Joe’s research interest in breast MRI, female pelvic MRI, and fetal MRI.

Brenda Rodgers's research has touched on DNA Damage, Radiation Dosage, Litter Size, Radioactive Hazard Release, Murinae, Fetus, and Power Plants.

I am a physician scientist who works in translational cancer research and medical oncology. My clinical practice is in the Cancer Immunotherapy Clinic, where I work with patients with solid organ cancers who are being treated on early phase immunotherapy trials.

Bridget O’Brien, PhD has been a faculty member in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine, since 2008. She is a professor of medicine and an education scientist in the Office of Medical Education's Center for Faculty Educators.

Dr. Ostrem has expertise in Maternal-Fetal and Neonatal Neurology and treats babies, children, young adults, and pregnant patients with neurological symptoms and disorders. She completed her M.D. and Ph.D.

Dr. Brie Williams is a Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations and a physician trained in geriatrics and palliative care. She directs Amend at UCSF and co-directs the Aging Research In Criminal Justice Health (ARCH) Network.

Dr. Britt-Marie Ljung is a pathologist, a specialist in analyzing samples to diagnose disease. She one of several UCSF doctors who perform fine needle aspirations, a simple procedure in which a needle is inserted through the skin to draw material from a lump.

Brooke Hollister, PhD, is an Assistant Professor of Sociology in the Institute for Health & Aging at the University of California, San Francisco.

Bryn Boslett is an Associate Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases. She specializes in HIV and related conditions including Hepatitis C, pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP), and HIV primary care.

Cameron Dietiker, M.D. is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the UCSF Department of Neurology where she treats people with movement disorders in the Movement Disorders and Neuromodulation Center at the Mt. Zion campus as well as the Memory and Aging Center at the Mission Bay campus.

Camila is a complex care pediatrician, hospitalist, and public health practitioner who seeks to improve health equity by dismantling systems of oppression. She is passionate about antiracism in medical practice and medical education.

Camilla Gomes, MS MD joined the UCSF Department of Surgery as a General Surgery resident in June 2020. She obtained her MD degree on April 2020 from the Boston University School of Medicine in Boston, MA.

Camilla Teng, PhD's research has touched on Acrocephalosyndactylia, Craniosynostoses, Mesoderm, Skull, Palate, Biological Evolution, and Osteogenesis.

Dr. Candy Tsourounis is Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Tsourounis is involved in providing evidence-based reviews of recently approved prescription medications and performing medication utilization analyses in the Department's Medication Outcomes Center.

Dr. Pellegrini is the Director of Cardiac Electrophysiology at the San Francisco VA, with a focus in atrial fibrillation and atypical atrial arrhythmias. She is particularly interested in the impact of cardiovascular risk factor modification on atrial fibrillation.

Cara Smith Gueye, PhD, MPH's research interests include malaria surveillance, collaboration, Senegal, entomological surveillance, and Malaria.

Caravella McCuistian PhD is a Clinical Psychologist and Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research interests include addressing health disparities among underserved populations including substance-using populations, racial / ethnic minorities, women, and individuals living with HIV.

Dr. Carina Marquez is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) and the Equity Lead in the UCSF Center For AIDS Research (CFAR).

Dr. Harris and her team performs research in a variety of areas focused on understanding and preventing work related injuries and improving human performance, productivity and health. Her epidemiological research assesses and adjusts for healthy worker survivor bias in the assessment of physical, personal and work psychosocial factors associated with Carpal Tunnel Syndrome and subsequent work disability.

From 2017-2021, Dr. Carla Perissinotto served as the first Associate Chief for Geriatrics Clinical Programs at UCSF.

Carlie Tanner, MD, PhD's research has touched on Diseases in Twins, Parkinsonian Disorders, Tardive Dyskinesia, Substantia Nigra, Parkinson Disease, Torticollis, and Levodopa.

Dr. Carlin Senter is Professor and Director of Primary Care Sports Medicine within the Division of Sports Medicine and Shoulder Surgery. She is a primary care sports medicine doctor who focuses on helping patients of all ages stay active, reduce injury risk and achieve peak performance.

Dr. Carly Demopoulos is a clinical neuropsychologist and developmental neuroscientist. Her expertise is in utilizing multimodal neuroimaging, behavioral, and neuropsychological data to investigate the impact of sensorimotor abilities on children with neurodevelopmental disorders, with a particular focus on autism spectrum disorders (ASD).

Dr. Carly Zapata is Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Palliative Medicine. She serves as an attending physician on the Palliative Care Consult Service at Parnassus, the Symptom Management Service in the Helen Diller Cancer Center, and the Outpatient Palliative Care Service at Parnassus.

Dr. Peralta is a clinician investigator. She is Associate Professor of Medicine in Residence and Co-Founder and Executive Director of the Kidney Health Research Collaborative (KHRC).

Carol Chen, MD, MPH's research has touched on Geographic Mapping, Jaundice, Failure to Thrive, Bed Occupancy, Lung Diseases, Hemosiderosis, and Travel-Related Illness.

Caroline Fichtenberg, PhD's research has touched on Social Work, Delivery of Health Care, Social Support, Contact Tracing, Health Services Research, Bacterial Sexually Transmitted Diseases, and Sexually Transmitted Diseases.

Dr. Caroline Hastings is a Professor of Pediatrics and is specialty boarded in Pediatric Hematology Oncology. She has been at Children's Hospital Oakland and now UCSF since completion of her training in 1992.

Caroline Lee, MD's research has touched on Communicable Disease Control, Parent-Child Relations, Emigrants and Immigrants, Simulation Training, Government, Oncologists, and Parents.

Caroline McCoach is a thoracic oncologist who focuses on the treatment of patients with lung cancer as well as other thoracic malignancies. Her goal is to provide a personalized approach to treatment, based on each patient’s cancer type in combination with their individual treatment goals.

Caroline Melhado, MD is a general surgery resident at UCSF. She is currently in her third clinical year and plans to pursue a career in pediatric trauma surgery. Dr. Melhado has a BA in Anthropology and Environmental Studies from Tufts University and received her MD from Tufts University School of Medicine.

Dr. Caroline H. Shiboski cares for adult and pediatric patients with oral mucosal diseases and other oral disorders.

Caroline Stephens, M.D. M.P.H. is a general surgery resident at UCSF, fellow in the Center for Health Equity in Surgery & Anesthesia (CHESA), and trauma research fellow at Benioff Children's Hospital of Oakland.

Carolyn S. Calfee, MD MAS is Professor in Residence of Medicine and Anesthesia at UCSF, where she attends in the intensive care units at Moffitt-Long Hospital. Dr. Calfee received her undergraduate degree from Yale University and her medical degree from the University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine.

Carolyn Chooljian, MD's research has touched on Prospective Studies, Area Under Curve, Chronic Kidney Failure, Cohort Studies, Goiter, Spontaneous Remission, and Hyperthyroidism.

Carolyn Chu, MD, MSc's research interests include HIV and hepatitis education / training, HIV primary care, and HIV and hepatitis prevention.

Dr. Gibson is a psychologist and health services researcher based at the San Francisco VA. Her research focuses on women’s physical and mental health related to menopause and aging.

Dr. Hendrickson is a pulmonary and critical care medicine subspecialist with an expertise and research focus in acute lung injury and acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS), the most common life-threatening manifestation of COVID-19 disease in the earliest years of the pandemic.

Carolyn Sangokoya, MD, PhD, is a physician-scientist, board-certified pathologist, and Assistant Professor in the Department of Pathology at University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Sangokoya's broader scientific mission is to discover and build molecular tools to re-engineer and re-wire cell fates for targeted plasticity and regenerative medicine.

Carrie Chan, RN, MSN's research interests include Clinical informatics, HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis, Precision health, Epidemiology, and Pediatric hospital medicine.

Carrie Cunningham, MD, MPH's research has touched on Public Health Practice, Health Occupations, Healthcare Disparities, Psychotic Disorders, Safety-net Providers, Domestic Violence, and Integrated Delivery of Health Care.

Carrie Graham, Ph.D, MGS, is a health policy researcher with a doctorate in Medical Sociology and a master's degree in Gerontological Studies. She is a Professor at the UCSF Institute for Health and Aging and holds a joint faculty appointment at the UC Berkeley School of Public Health.

Carroll L. Estes is Professor Emerita of Sociology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) where she founded and directed the campus-wide Institute for Health & Aging (1979-1998), and chaired the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences (1981-1992) in the School of Nursing.

Dr. Carter Lebares is a gastrointestinal and bariatric surgeon who specializes in treating gastrointestinal disease, particularly of the esophagus and stomach, using minimally invasive surgery, such as robotics and surgical endoscopy.

Caryl Gay, PhD's research has touched on Third Pregnancy Trimester, Norway, Sleep Initiation and Maintenance Disorders, Sleep Wake Disorders, Pregnancy Complications, Hospital Nursing Staff, and Knee Replacement Arthroplasty.

Casey Sautter, MD, MSc's research interests include global health equity, reproductive infectious disease, women's health, reproductive health, and community health.

Dr. Casey Tompkins-Rhoades is a surgical resident in the Division of Plastic and Reconstructive Surgery at UCSF. She earned an undergraduate degree in Bioengineering from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017 and worked in medical device research and development before earning her medical degree at the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine.

Catera Wilder, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences at the University of California San Francisco and Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigator. She received her Ph.D.

Caterina Mosti is a psychologist who specializes in sleep psychology and cognitive behavioral therapy for insomnia (CBT-I), as well as neuropsychology. She performs cognitive assessment of a variety of neurologic and neuropsychiatric disorders, and has particular interests in caring for older adults experiencing sleep disruptions and patients with symptoms of early neurodegenerative disease.

Catherine R. Lucey, MD, MACP, a practicing physician and leading national voice on medical school education, was appointed Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost (EVCP) in November 2022.

Dr. Burke is a practicing hospitalist at UCSF Parnassus and Mt. Zion campuses, where she provides direct care for patients admitted to the general medicine wards and provides medical consultations for patients admitted to surgical services.

Dr. Catherine L. Chen is a board-certified anesthesiologist and health services researcher with a primary research interest in optimizing the quality and value of care patients receive during the perioperative period.

Catherine Chesla, RN, PhD, FAAN's research has touched on Family, Nursing Staff, Family Health, Acculturation, Psychological Stress, Life Style, and Family Relations.

Dr. Catherine Dao is a non-invasive cardiologist. She cares for adult patients with a wide variety of cardiovascular conditions, including, but not limited to, angina, arrhythmia, atrial fibrillation, cardiomyopathy, chest pain, congestive heart failure, coronary artery disease, dyslipidemia, palpitations and valvular heart disease.

Dr. Catherine DeVoe cares for patients with infectious diseases and provides primary care for patients with HIV. She has a special interest in patients who are immunocompromised from organ transplantation or cancer treatment.

Cathy is a Training Specialist for the Office of Sponsored Research. She trains and certifies the pre-award research administrators and supports personnel in the proposal process and award acceptance. Prior to her current role, she served as a Research Services Coordinator for Team A supporting the Neurological Surgery Department.

Catherine Koss, MD is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases, and Global Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Koss conducts clinical research on HIV prevention and treatment, with a major focus on adherence measurement and strategies to optimize uptake of and adherence to pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) among women in the United States and eastern Africa.

Catherine Lau is a Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF and a member of the Division of Hospital Medicine since 2009. She currently serves as the Director of Caring Wisely at UCSF Health where she focuses her efforts in redesigning and innovating systems of care at UCSF Health to improve quality, safety, value, and the patient experience.

My laboratory focuses on identification of therapeutic resistance mechanisms and novel treatment strategies for acute myeloid leukemia (AML). We have a particular emphasis on AML associated with mutations in Fms-like Tyrosine Kinase-3 (FLT3).

Dr. Dennehy is a Clinical Professor in the School of Pharmacy. She served as the residency program director to the first year Post Graduate Year 1 (PGY1) Residency Training Program for 16 years, from 2001-2017 and continues to enjoy mentoring students and residents in attaining their career goals.

Dr. Halabi is board certified in Neurology and in Vascular Neurology. She is the Neurorecovery Program Chief in the Department of Neurology's Neurovascular Division and the founding director of the UCSF Neurorecovery Clinic.

Cathryn Cadwell, MD, PhD's research has touched on Gene Expression Profiling, Neurofibroma, Neocortex, Ultrasonic Surgical Procedures, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Ultrasonics, and Neurilemmoma.

Cathy Sun, MD's research has touched on Trabeculectomy, Visual Acuity, Corneal Ulcer, Antifungal Agents, Expert Testimony, Fungi, and Vancomycin.

Catie Oldenburg, ScD, is an infectious disease epidemiologist with the Proctor Foundation at the University of California, San Francisco and an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics. She is also the Program Director for the PhD in Epidemiology & Translational Science.

Cecilia Noecker, PhD's research has touched on Cell Adhesion Molecules, Blood, Dengue, Actinobacteria, Postprandial Period, Metagenome, and Gastrointestinal Microbiome.

Dr. Celina de Borja is a board-certified pediatrician with fellowship training and certification in sports medicine, who cares for children, adolescents, and young adults with a wide variety of musculoskeletal conditions.

Chaitali Anand, PhD's research has touched on White Matter, Brain Mapping, Reproducibility of Results, Young Adult, Prefrontal Cortex, Three-Dimensional Imaging, and Connectome.

Chaitrali Saha, PhD's research has touched on Mycobacterium, Lymphocyte Activation, RNA Stability, Cyclooxygenase 2 Inhibitors, Cyclooxygenase 2, Dendritic Cells, and Hydrolyzable Tannins.

Charlotte Hurabielle Claverie, MD, PhD's research has touched on Viral Tropism, Skin, Adult T-Cell Leukemia-Lymphoma, Cutaneous T-Cell Lymphoma, Cell Plasticity, Systemic Scleroderma, and Skin Neoplasms.

Chelsea Chen's research has touched on Multiple Sclerosis, Hormonal Oral Contraceptives, Postpartum Period, Pregnancy, Recurrence, Inflammation, and Electronic Health Records.

I am a nurse practitioner, health care administrator, nurse theorist, and Associate Clinical Professor in the UCSF School of Nursing. I teach students in the MS program, the Psychiatric / Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) Program, and directly train PMHNP students and psychiatric clinical pharmacy residents.

Dr. Boyer is a Professor of Pediatrics based in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine where she serves as the Associate Division Director for Research and Academic Affairs. She is an internationally recognized social health psychologist with over 30 years of research, teaching, and mentoring experience.

Cherry Leung, PhD, RN's research has touched on Adolescent Development, Self Concept, Depression, Obstetric Delivery, Cesarean Section, Child Care, and Child Behavior.

Dr. Cheryl Ewing is Associate Professor of Surgery at UCSF Mount Zion Hospital. Her focus is in breast cancer surgery and sentinel lymph node dissection. Her other interests include quality of care and evaluation of barriers to medical and breast care for minority women.

Cheryl is a Clinical Research Coordinator working on the Research team for the Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment. She has worked on several projects since joining PRHE, including the Chemicals in Our Bodies 2 study and Pregnancy Exposure to Environmental Chemicals (PEEC).

Chien-Kuang Ding, MD, PhD's research interests include Prostate Cancer, Cancer Metabolism, Surgical Pathology, Bladder Cancer, and Genomics and Genetics.

Dr. Chiung-Yu Huang is a Professor of Biostatistics at the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and serves as an Adjunct Professor at the Johns Hopkins University Sidney Kimmel Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Chloe E. Atreya specializes in gastrointestinal cancer, particularly colorectal cancer, at the UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center. She also co-directs the Integrative Onolcogy Program and Research Hub.

Christen Said is the In-Country Program Manager for Global Strategic Information (GSI) projects in Tanzania.

Dr. Christi Butler is a urologic surgeon who specializes in urinary system reconstruction. Her primary focus is on gender-affirming care and genital reconstruction, including feminizing vaginoplasty and vulvoplasty, masculinizing metoidioplasty and urethral lengthening procedures.

Dr. Christiana Tai is a pediatric and fetal cardiologist who cares for patients with heart disease, supporting them from before birth through childhood and into young adulthood. She sees patients in both the clinic and the hospital.

Dr. Christie Robinson is a clinical pharmacist with experience in a variety of settings, including academia, inpatient care, ambulatory care, and at drug database / compendia companies as a drug and clinical content writer.

Dr. Christina Allen specializes in the treatment of knee and shoulder injuries, especially those of women athletes. An avid soccer enthusiast, she is an expert in treating Anterior Cruciate Ligament (ACL) injuries and shoulder athletic injuries.

Dr. Mangurian is the Vice Dean for Faculty & Academic Affairs at UCSF School of Medicine. She is also a Professor of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology & Biostatistics. Dr. Mangurian is the Director of the UCSF ARCHES (Advancing the Research Careers of Historically Excluded Scholars) Program (https: / /archesprogram.ucsf.edu/).

Dr. Christine Anastasiou is an Assistant Professor of Rheumatology at the University of California San Francisco and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG). She completed a Master’s Degree in Clinical Research (MAS) and Rheumatology Fellowship at UCSF, and then joined as faculty.

As a family physician with advanced training in family planning and a Masters Degree in Clinical Research, I perform research and clinical work designed to address the family planning needs of low-income, diverse populations.

Christine Garvey is a nurse practitioner who cares for patients with sleep disorders and pulmonary conditions. Under the supervision of a doctor, she provides assessments, orders diagnostic tests, interprets test results and makes treatment recommendations.

Christine Glastonbury, MBBS, is a Neuroradiologist and a Professor of Clinical Radiology, Otolaryngology Head and Neck Surgery, and Radiation Oncology. She is also the Radiology Vice Chair for Academic Affairs at the University of California, San Francisco.

Christine Ha, MD's research has touched on Skeletal Muscle, Retrospective Studies, Antibodies, Capillaries, Infant, Gaucher Disease, and Glycogen Storage Disease Type II.

Christine Haas Georgiev's research has touched on RNA, Macular Degeneration, Pair 6 Human Chromosomes, Audiometry, Choroid, Usher Syndromes, and Retinitis Pigmentosa.

Christine is a postdoctoral scholar with the RMHC Center at UCSF led by Dr. Linda Franck. Their project seeks to contribute new evidence and advance the implementation of pediatric family-centered care and family-centered services where children receive care globally.

Dr. Christine Hsieh is a cellular neuroimmunologist focused on understanding mechanisms of inflammation that contribute to diseases with an urgent need for therapies, such as lupus, frontotemporal dementia (FTD) and traumatic brain injury (TBI).

Christine Lin's research has touched on Human Milk, Immunoglobulin A, Viral Antibodies, Gestational Age, Messenger RNA, Infant, and Neutralization Tests.

Christine Ma, MD's research has touched on Child Health Services, Preschool Child, Personnel Staffing and Scheduling, Infant, Delivery of Health Care, Social Work, and Pediatrics.

Christine Nelson, MD's publications include "A Case of Osteomyelitis of the toe caused by Coccidioidomycosis in a 17 year-old with Diabetes Insipidus." (IDCases, 2017).

Christine Nguyen's research has touched on Dendritic Cells, Interferon Regulatory Factor-3, Bronchi, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Chemokine CXCL10, Interstitial Lung Diseases, and Idiopathic Pulmonary Fibrosis.

Christine Pecci, MD's research has touched on Continuity of Patient Care, Postpartum Period, Perinatal Care, Interprofessional Relations, Family Practice, Infectious Pregnancy Complications, and Erythema Nodosum.

Christine Ritchie, MD, MSPH, FACP, FAAHPM, is the Harris Fishbon Distinguished Professor in Clinical Translational Research and Aging in the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Dr. Zalecki is the Director of Clinical Services in the Hyperactivity, Attention, and Learning Problems (HALP) Clinic. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of children, adolescents and teens with attention, behavior, and learning problems.

Christy Boscardin, Ph.D. is a professor in the Department of Medicine and Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care and the Director of Student Assessment in the School of Medicine. Dr. Boscardin is also the Director of the Medical Education Scholarship for the Department of Anesthesia.

Dr. Inglis-Arkell is an attending anesthesiologist at the Moffitt-Long, Mission Bay, and Mount Zion campuses. At Mount Zion Hospital she serves as medical director of the surgery center. She is also a member of the regional, spine, and neurosurgical anesthesia sub-specialty teams and has been a co-investigator on several Enhanced Recovery after Surgery (ERAS) pathways.

Christy Soran is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). She is a primary care clinician and educator in the Richard Fine People's Clinic at SFGH and the Medical Director at the Outpatient Buprenorphine Induction Clinic (OBIC) through the Division of Substance Use and Addiction Medicine.

Dr. Lee is currently an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Dept. of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF. She works clinically as a child and adolescent psychiatrist providing outpatient consultation to pediatric primary care providers at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG).

Dr. Cindy Chang, MD, is a specialist in primary care sports medicine, with almost 3 decades of experience caring for athletes of all ages and levels, from archery and aquatic sports to wrestling and wheelchair basketball.

Dr. Lai is a general internist who attends on the medicine wards at UCSF Health / Parnassus and has a primary care practice at UCSF/Mt. Zion, where she precepts residents and students. She serves as the Gold-Headed Cane Endowed Education Chair in Internal Medicine.

Claire Brindis, DrPH, is a Distinguished Emerita Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy (on Recall), Department of Pediatrics and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health Sciences and Emerita Director of the Philip R.

Claire Cadwallader, PhD's research has touched on Exercise, Frontotemporal Dementia, Tetanus, Music, Visual Evoked Potentials, Neocortex, and Creutzfeldt-Jakob Syndrome.

Claire Clelland, MD, PhD's research has touched on Dentate Gyrus, Diffusion Tensor Imaging, Cluster Headache, Deep Brain Stimulation, Craniocerebral Trauma, Discrimination Learning, and Neurogenesis.

Claire is an Assistant Clinical Research Coordinator working with the PET Core team in the Rabinovici Lab. She was born and raised in the Bay Area and graduated from University of California, Santa Cruz in 2021 with a Bachelor of Arts in Psychology.

Dr. Kripke is Clinical Professor of Family and Community Medicine. She has special interests in primary care of transition age youth and adults with developmental disabilities. She directs the Office of Developmental Primary Care a program dedicated to improving outcomes for people with developmental disabilities across the lifespan with an emphasis on adolescents and adults.

Dr. Coleen Sabatini is a Professor and Vice Chair of Orthopaedic Surgery. She is dedicated to caring for children with musculoskeletal problems both domestically and abroad and believes that all children should have access to high quality, safe, and affordable orthopaedic care.

Coline Arnould, PhD's research has touched on Histones, DNA, Double-Stranded DNA Breaks, Cell Compartmentation, Rad51 Recombinase, Nucleic Acid Conformation, and Macromolecular Substances.

Colleen Flanagan, MD is an Integrated (0+5) Vascular Surgery Resident at UCSF. She graduated with honors from Tufts University with degrees in Biology and History. She then worked in a healthcare consulting firm focused on transactional and claims-based database analytics.

Dr. Connie Wang is a practicing gastroenterologist at UCSF Health where she specializes in caring for patients with gastrointestinal motility disorders including esophageal motility disorders and gastroparesis, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), and functional GI disorders.

Corinne Rocca is an epidemiologist whose work brings rigorous scientific evidence to the improvement of policies and clinical practice around contraception and abortion in the US and globally. Her research focuses on investigating how structural and attitudinal factors contribute to pregnancy decision-making and reproductive well-being within the context of people’s relationships and lives.

Corynn Kasap, MD, PhD's research has touched on Endonucleases, Quinazolines, bcr-abl Fusion Proteins, Naphthoquinones, Benzamides, Multiple Myeloma, and Proto-Oncogene Proteins c-abl.

Courtney Gallen, PhD's research has touched on Cognitive Remediation, Attention, Cognitive Aging, Cognition, Attention Deficit Disorder with Hyperactivity, Brain, and Academic Success.

Courtney Lane-Donovan, MD, PhD's research has touched on Extracellular Matrix Proteins, Synapses, Apolipoprotein E4, Neurodegenerative Diseases, Apolipoprotein E3, Apolipoproteins E, and Neuronal Cell Adhesion Molecules.

Dr. Courtney Lawhn Heath is a radiologist who specializes in nuclear radiology, in which small amounts of radioactive materials, called radiopharmaceuticals, are used to diagnose and treat disease. She uses molecular imaging to diagnose a wide range of diseases, including neurodegenerative diseases, heart disease and cancer.

Courtney Lyles, PhD, is an affiliate Professor in the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations. She is also a Professor and Director of the Center for Healthcare Research and Policy at the UC Davis School of Medicine.

Courtney serves as the Scientific Project Manager in the Office of the Vice Chancellor for Science Policy and Strategy and Precision Medicine.

Dr. Kearns is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco with a joint appointment in the Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, Division of Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.

Cristina Brickman joined the UCSF Division of Infectious Diseases in 2015 as an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine. She practices within both the 360 Wellness Center and the Infectious Diseases Faculty Practice, and attends on the inpatient infectious diseases consultation service at Moffitt-Long Hospital.

Cristina Martínez is a Senior Researcher expert in Tobacco Control. She obtained her Bachelor degree in Nursing Science and Social Anthropology and was awarded by the Caixa Foundation to pursue postgraduate education in Health Policy at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Crystal Ives Tallman, MD's research has touched on Wounds and Injuries, Heart Arrest, Tidal Volume, Thoracotomy, Synovial Fluid, Ventilator-Associated Pneumonia, and Body Weights and Measures.

Cuquita O'Shea's research has touched on Ocular Fixation, Aging, Information Storage and Retrieval, Natural Language Processing, Multiple Sclerosis, Disease Progression, and Genome-Wide Association Study.

Dr. Chavira received her undergraduate degree in Neuroscience and Applied Developmental Psychology from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA). She has a Master of Public Health degree in Community Health Sciences from the UCLA Fielding School of Public Health.

Cynthia Chin, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Radiology and Neurosurgery at the University of California, San Francisco, specializing in neuroradiology in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. Dr. Chin introduced and developed CT-guided spine injections at UCSF.

Dr. Curry is an emeritus tenured UCSF Professor. of Pediatrics She continues to be active in both clinical and academic genetics. Dr. Curry is a graduate of Yale University School of Medicine and is Board Certified in Pediatrics and Clinical Genetics.

Dr. Cynthia Fenton is a physician-hospitalist with advanced training in caring for patients with Thrombosis related conditions in Non-Malignant Hematology. She provides direct care for hospitalized patients, teaches medical students and residents on the Hospital Medicine wards, and provides care and consultation for patients with Thrombotic conditions in the Non-Malignant Hematology clinic.

Cynthia C. Harper, PhD, is a Professor in Residence in the UCSF Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences, and is the Director of the UCSF-Kaiser Permanente BIRCWH (Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women's Health) K12 scholar training program.

Cynthia Kenyon graduated valedictorian in chemistry and biochemistry from the University of Georgia in 1976. She received her PhD from MIT in 1981, where, in Graham Walker’s laboratory, she was the first to look for genes on the basis of their expression profiles, discovering that DNA damaging agents activate a battery of DNA repair genes in E.

D'Anne Duncan's research has touched on Central Nervous System, Antigen Presentation, Cytokines, Biological Science Disciplines, Membrane Glycoproteins, Graduate Education, and gamma-delta T-Cell Antigen Receptors.

Daisy Feddoes's research has touched on Aged, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Depression, Humans, Female, and Pandemics.

Daiva Mattis, MD, PhD's research has touched on alpha-beta T-Cell Antigen Receptors, Glucosides, Genetic Skin Diseases, Skin Diseases, Erythema, Eczema, and Exanthema.

Dana Rohde, PhD is a Professor of Anatomy and Physiology. She earned her doctorate degree in Dr. Allan Basbaum's lab in 1996, studying spinal cord mechanisms of opioid tolerance and dependence. Dr. Rohde teaches anatomy in all of the first and second year medical school blocks.

Danielle Campagne, MD's research has touched on Recreational Parks, Resuscitation, Emergency Medical Services, Emergency Medical Technicians, Drug Dosage Calculations, Tympanic Membrane Perforation, and Occupational Injuries.

Dr. Danielle Ramo is Associate Professor in Residence and licensed psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center at UCSF. She directs the Research on Addictions and Digital Interventions lab (readi.ucsf.edu), and co-directs the Psychiatry Digital Health Core (http: / /psychdhc.ucsf.edu).

Dr. Schlosser currently holds the positions of Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco, Director of the Digital Health Core in the Department of Psychiatry, and Director of the NIH-funded Digital Research and Interventions for Volitional Enhancement (DRIVE) lab.

Dr. Lo is a clinician educator and researcher in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics with an interest in medical education and interprofessional education and learning. Dr. Lo is dedicated to leading and inspiring others to create a kinder, more compassionate, knowledgeable, and just world in which all members of society are valuable and important.

Darya joined the Office of Innovation, Technology and Alliances (ITA) in November 2011. Her responsibilities include technology management, licensing and outgoing material transfer agreements. Darya earned a B.A.

Dr. Dawn Gano is an Associate Professor of Neurology and Pediatrics, and the Clinical Director of the UCSF Fetal Neurology Center of Excellence. She is a pediatric neurologist that specializes in fetal and neonatal neurology.

Daya Upadhyay's research has touched on MAP Kinase Signaling System, Fibroblast Growth Factors, Bronchial Hyperreactivity, Cyclins, Apoptosis, Mitochondria, and Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinases.

Deanna M. Halliday, PhD, received her doctorate in Psychological Sciences (Health Psychology) from the University of California, Merced. Prior to joining the CTCRE, she was awarded a TRDRP pre-doctoral fellowship for her dissertation work on tobacco and cannabis co-use.

Dr. Brickley is the Director of Learning for UCSF's Pandemic Initiative for Equity and Action (UPIEA) and has 20 years of experience in global health research and training. She has a background in epidemiology and biostatistics, primarily focused on global HIV prevention research and training.

Debbie Madhok, MD's research has touched on Resuscitation Orders, Time-to-Treatment, Fibrinolytic Agents, Stroke, Intracranial Hypertension, Emergency Medical Services, and Health Care Quality Indicators.

Debby is a data scientist at UCSF with a background in epidemiology and graphic design. Her work involves analyzing and visualizing data from the cancer registry, electronic health records, census, and other public data sources.

Dr. Deborah Adey is a Professor of Medicine. She is a transplant nephrologist with the Connie Frank Transplant Center. She has over 20 years experience in the field of transplantation,

Dr. Barnes is internationally recognized as an expert in the epidemiology of dementia. There are currently more than 6 million Americans and 55 millions people worldwide living with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias, and prevalence is expected to more than double by 2050.

Professor Dean’s research involves in vitro and bioinformatic approaches along with studies of human populations to address host-pathogen interactions, including bacterial genomics, host immune responses and microbiota / microbiome/metabolome associations with disease protection and pathogenesis related to the obligate intracellular bacterium Chlamydia trachomatis.

Deborah French Ph.D., DABCC is currently Assistant Director of Chemistry and Director of Mass Spectrometry at the University of California San Francisco Clinical Laboratories. Deborah received her Ph.D.

Deborah Grady, MD, MPH is Professor Emeritus of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Bistatistics. She is the former Co-Director of the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI), former director of the CTSI Training Programs, and founder and former Director of the UCSF / Mount Zion Women's Health Clinical Research Center.

Deborah Johnson, DNP, RN, NP's research interests include adolescent psychiatry, advocacy, child mental health, health policy, and teleprecepting.

Deborah Yokoe, M.D., M.P.H. is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Division of Infectious Diseases, Department of Medicine. She is the Medical Director for Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Prevention for the adult services and an attending physician on the Transplant Infectious Diseases consultation service.

Delphine Tuot, MD's research interests include Implementation and Dissemination Science, limited English proficiency, chronic kidney disease, Audit and feedback, and pragmatic clinical trial.

Dian Gu is a postdoctoral fellow at Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE), UCSF. She received her PhD in Health Economics / Health Services Research from the University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston.

Diana Alba is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Endocrinology at the University of California San Francisco. She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Diana Greene Foster is a Demographer and Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH).

Dr. Diana Kwong is board-certified nephrologist and practices both inpatient and outpatient kidney medicine. She specializes in treating patients with acute kidney injury, chronic kidney disease, end-stage kidney disease, hypertension, electrolyte imbalances and glomerular disorders.

Diana Laird, PhD's research interests include stem cells, cell competition, aging, epigenetics, and environmental exposures.

Diana C. Robles, MD is a Clinical Instructor in the Division of Maternal-Fetal Medicine and a 2nd year postdoctoral fellow in the National Clinician Scholars Program at UCSF.

Dr. Diana Thiara is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine at UCSF. She is the medical director of the UCSF Weight Management program as well as the Program Director of the UCSF Obesity Medicine Fellowship.

Dr. Diana H. Yu is an Interventional Pulmonologist, Critical Care Medicine Intensivist, and Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine at the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy, and Sleep Medicine.

Diane Havlir, MD is a UCSF Professor and Chief of the HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine Division at ZSFG, home to world-renowned HIV research and Ward 86 clinical program.

Diane Rittenhouse, MD, MPH is Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco.

Diane Sliwka, MD is a Hospitalist and Clinical Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at the University of California San Francisco Medical Center. In her role as Chief Physician Experience Officer at UCSF Health, she has led provider experience efforts organizationally since 2014.

Diane Wara, MD, is a professor emeritus of pediatrics in the Allergy / Immunology Bone Marrow Transplant Division, director of the Northern California Pediatric HIV Program, and a member of the leadership group for the NIAID-funded domestic and international clinical trials program in HIV (IMPAACT).

Dilys Walker is a Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences. She serves as the Director of Global Health Research for the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and the Director of the Institute for Global Health Science (IGHS) Center for Global Maternal Newborn Child Health Research.

Dina is an assistant professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine, working clinical shifts in the pediatric emergency departments at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, as well as the adult emergency department at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Dr. Dolores Shoback cares for patients with a variety of disorders related to the endocrine system, focusing particularly on metabolic bone disease, parathyroid disorders and osteoporosis. She also directs UCSF's physician training program in diabetes, endocrinology and metabolism.

Donna Ferriero, MD MS is a Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics and Neurology at UCSF. She is also a member of the Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program and the Weill Institute for Neurosciences. Dr. Ferriero is Director of the Neonatal Brain Disorder Laboratories and former co-director of the Newborn Brain Research Institute at UCSF.

Donna Peehl, PhD, is Professor in the Body Imaging Research Group in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. She received her undergraduate degree in biology at Stanford University in California and completed her PhD in Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at the University of Colorado in Boulder.

Prior to her transition to Professor Emeritus at UCSF, Dr. Donesky was Director of Interprofessional Palliative Care Education at the UCSF School of Nursing.

Dr. Apollonio is Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research considers the activities of industries implicated in the spread of non-communicable diseases, including tobacco, pharmaceuticals, cannabis, alcohol, and food.

Dr. Doris Wang is a neurosurgeon who specializes in surgery for patients with movement disorders, such as essential tremor, Parkinson's disease and dystonia, a condition in which involuntarily contracting muscles cause abnormal movements.

Dr. Ron is a Professor in the Department of Neurology at UCSF, and is a member of the Neuroscience Graduate Program. She is also the Endowed Chair in Cell Biology of Addiction in Neurology at UCSF, the Director for a P50 NIH-NIAAA Center Grant.

Dorothy Dolan's (nee Porter) research interests are in the history of public health, social medicine and the formation of the nation state since the eighteenth century. She has also published on the history of the experience of health and illness by patients and healers in the context of the eighteenth-century Enlightenment.

Dorothy Shum, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Ultrasound Section in the Department of Radiology at the University of California, San Francisco, and she is also the chief of the ultrasound section at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG).

Dr. Drew Saylor is a dermatologic surgeon who specializes in skin cancer. She has a special interest and advanced training in Mohs micrographic surgery and reconstruction, a technique for treating common types of skin cancer that preserves the maximum amount of skin tissue possible, and surgery for both non-melanoma and melanoma skin cancers.

Duygu Tosun-Turgut, PhD, is a Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF and the Founding Director of Medical Imaging Informatics and Artificial Intelligence at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center.

Efrat Lelkes is a pediatric critical care and palliative care physician who is interesting in fostering an increased understanding and integration of bioethics in pediatrics to ameliorate moral distress and enhance meaning in medicine for providers.

Dr. Foy has spent the majority of her research training focused on understanding how pathogens and hosts interact to determine the outcome of infection. She received her BS from UCLA in Microbiology and Molecular Genetics and completed the Medical Scientist Training Program at UT Southwestern where she spent her graduate studies in the laboratory of Dr. Michael Gale Jr.

Eileen Le Han is a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at UCSF. She is interested in using tobacco industry documents and social media to study the marketing strategies of tobacco products, old and new.

Dr. Yu's research program focuses on evaluating endotypes and subphenotypes of nutrition-related diseases, with the long-term goals of identifying earlier and subclinical indicators of pathogenesis to improve prevention efforts.

Elaine Hsiang, MD's research has touched on Point-of-Care Testing, Group Psychotherapy, Male Homosexuality, Abdomen, Central Nervous System Stimulants, Motivational Interviewing, and Substance-Related Disorders.

Elaine Khoong is a general internist and clinical informatician at San Francisco General Hospital. She is interested in leveraging technology and implementation science to improve equity in delivery of primary care.

Dr. Elan Guterman is a neurologist and clinical researcher dedicated to the care of patients with neurological disorders seen in the prehospital, emergency, and hospital setting. She obtained a bachelor’s degree from Dartmouth College, obtained a medical degree from Weill Cornell Medical College, and completed neurology residency and a neurohospitalist fellowship at UCSF.

Eleanor Palser, PhD, is a Postdoctoral Scholar at the UCSF Dyslexia Center. After undergraduate work at Royal Holloway, University of London, and a Masters degree from Durham University, she received her PhD in Cognitive Neuroscience at University College London.

Dr. Schwarz is a general internist and health services researcher whose work centers on harm reduction and health promotion. She has a particular interest in identifying ways to meet the needs of diverse, vulnerable populations, including women with chronic medical conditions and other underserved populations.

Dr. Vogt currently is Health Sciences Clinical Professor at the University of California San Francisco School of Pharmacy and was awarded the 2004-2005 Presidential Chair. Her career spans positions within academia, clinical pharmacy practice, the pharmaceutical industry, health policy and planning, regulatory affairs, patient safety advocacy and well-being and resiliency education.

Dr. Elena Amin is a cardiologist who specializes in cardiac catheterization, a minimally invasive procedure for diagnosing and treating heart problems. She cares for both children and adults born with heart conditions.

Dr. Fuentes-Afflick has been a UCSF faculty member since 1993. She is Vice Dean for the UCSF School of Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and Professor of Pediatrics.

Elena Montauti, PhD's research has touched on Methyltransferases, Endoplasmic Reticulum Stress, Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia, Endoplasmic Reticulum, Regulatory T-Lymphocytes, Tumor Microenvironment, and Forkhead Transcription Factors.

Dr. Elena Nedelcu brings two decades of experience in clinical pathology, transfusion medicine, hematology diagnostics and cellular therapies. Her main interests are medical and post-graduate education, patient safety and quality in transfusion service, and cellular therapies.

Dr. Elena Portacolone is an Associate Professor of Sociology in the Institute for Health & Aging and a Pepper Center Scholar at the Division of Geriatric Medicine at UCSF. She is also affiliated with the Philip Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, and the Global Health Sciences Institute, both at UCSF.

Elena Tsoy, PhD's research has touched on Self Care, Delayed Diagnosis, Mental Status and Dementia Tests, Dementia, Cognitive Dysfunction, Computer-Assisted Diagnosis, and Alzheimer Disease.

Dr. Elham Khanafshar is a cytopathologist, a specialist who diagnoses disease by examining samples at the cellular level. She has expertise in performing fine needle aspiration, a simple procedure in which a needle is used to draw material through the skin from a lump, producing a sample that can be examined microscopically to determine whether the lump is cancerous.

Eliah Shamir, MD, PhD's research has touched on ErbB-2 Receptor, Cadherins, Cell Culture Techniques, Adenoid Cystic Carcinoma, Human Mammary Glands, Intercellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins, and Epithelium.

Eliana Agudelo's research has touched on Graft Survival, Antiviral Agents, Hepacivirus, 3-Ring Heterocyclic Compounds, Uridine Monophosphate, Sulfonamides, and Liver Transplantation.

Dr. Elisa Jang is currently serving as the Clinical Nurse Specialist and Professional Development Specialist for EBP and Implementation Science at UCSF Health and also is faculty for the UCSF School of Nursing, DNP Program.

Elisabeth Wilson, MD, MPH, MS-HPEd is currently serving as Chair of Family Medicine at Maine Medical Center in Portland, Maine. In this role, Dr. Wilson oversees the academic mission of the department and co-leads a clinical service line.

Elise Harb, OD, PhD's research has touched on Refractive Errors, Myopia, Acrocephalosyndactylia, Eyeglasses, Choroid, Macula Lutea, and Ocular Accommodation.

Trained as an infectious disease epidemiologist, Dr. Riley is interested in how clinical, biological and behavioral factors converge to influence health. Her community-based research focuses on co-morbidities and competing risks in very low-income populations, with an emphasis on housing instability and associated conditions.

Elissa Price, MD, is a Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Breast Imaging section at the University of California, San Francisco. Since July 2011, she has served in the Breast Imaging Division and has been a member of 9 departmental committees.

Elissa Epel, Ph.D, is a Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Psychiatry, at University of California, San Francisco.

Elissa June Hamlat's research focuses on the prevention and treatment of depression throughout the life span. Her work has documented the pubertal transition as a period of risk and the biological mechanisms by which early life adversity increases risk for accelerated development and aging.

Dr. Elizabeth H. Blackburn, Morris Herztein Professor of Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at the University of California, San Francisco, is a leader in the area of telomere and telomerase research.

Elizabeth Butrick is the Senior Program Manager for the Preterm Birth Initiative- East Africa. She has over 15 years experience managing maternal child health research projects in LMICs. She has a passion for working to improve the lives of mothers and babies and has spent the last 10 years with a focus on work in Sub-saharan Africa.

I am a neuroscientist, a vascular biologist, and a physician in Neonatal-Perinatal medicine. My lab, the Neurovascular Development lab at crouchlab.ucsf.edu, studies how brain blood vessels grow and interact with other brain cells.

Dr. Dzeng is a sociologist and hospitalist physician conducting research at the nexus of sociology, medical ethics, palliative care, health equity, anti-racism, and human-centered design.

Elizabeth Fair, PhD, MPH is an infectious disease epidemiologist with a primary appointment in the Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center.

Elizabeth Gatewood, DNP, FNP-C, CNE, FAANP is an Associate Clinical Professor in the UCSF School of Nursing, Family Health Care Nursing Department. She is also Assistant Dean of Education and Technology.

Dr. Elizabeth George is a neuroradiologist, a specialist in diagnosing nervous system disorders with advanced imaging technologies, including CT and MRI. She cares for both children and adults, and has particular interests in fetal and pediatric brain imaging and in head and neck radiology.

Dr. Elizabeth Gibb cares for children with complicated medical conditions and their families, with a commitment to managing their care both over time and during severe episodes.

Elizabeth Murphy, MD, DPhil, is Chief of the Endocrinology and Metabolism Division, Director of the Diabetes Center for High Risk Populations and Specialty Lead of the eReferral Program at San Francisco General Hospital and a Professor of Clinical Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.

Elizabeth Owens is a clinical professor and licensed psychologist in the Hyperactivity, Attention, and Learning Problems (HALP) clinic in the Department of Psychiatry.

Elizabeth Ozer is Professor of Pediatrics & Associate Vice Provost, Faculty Equity, Office of Diversity and Outreach, at the University of California, SF (UCSF). She also serves as Director of Fellows Research Training in Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine.

Dr. Elizabeth E. Rogers is a neonatologist and Director of the ROOTS Small Baby Programs in the Intensive Care Nursery at UCSF Mission Bay. She specializes in neuroprotective care and neurodevelopmental outcomes for critically ill infants in the intensive care nursery of UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital.

Dr. Smith's work focuses on tobacco control policy, particularly approaches to the tobacco endgame. Past projects include work on the tobacco industry's influence on and relationships with the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender communities, tobacco industry interest in diet and obesity issues, tobacco product waste and pollution, and tobacco control policy issues in the U.S.

As a computational biologist with training in human genetics and molecular biology, my recent projects have focused on studying statin pharmacogenomics and transcriptomics, cholesterol metabolism, and cardiovascular disease.

My research centers on understanding cognitive change over time in older adults, particularly as it relates to surgery and anesthesia, using population-based data sources. I am also interested in potentially modifiable risk factors for adverse anesthesia-related outcomes, including myocardial and cerebral ischemia, perioperative mortality, and postoperative delirium.

Dr. Elizabeth Zheng is a transplant hepatologist who cares for patients with liver diseases, including hepatitis B and liver cancer.

Ellen Bradley, MD's research has touched on Social Perception, Competitive Behavior, Short-Term Memory, Object Attachment, Motivation, Oxytocics, and Cross-Over Studies.

Dr. Ellen Chang earned her MD from Washington University in St Louis and an MS in biological chemistry from UCLA. During her general surgery internship at Harbor-UCLA Medical Center, Dr. Chang was named Intern of the Year.

Dr. Fung has advanced training in nutrition and a long-standing curiosity on the impact of nutrition and physical activity on bone health in children and young adults with chronic disease. She has a passion for hemoglobin disorders including thalassemia and sickle cell disease and has been conducting much of her research within these populations for the last 2 decades.

As the Director of the Office of the Ombuds, Ellen Goldstein provides conflict management services in accordance with the International Ombudsman Association Standards of Practice, upholding confidentiality, impartiality, independence, and informality.

Ellen Laves, MD is the Associate Program Director for the Pediatrics Residency Program and the ZSFG Pediatric Residency Site Director. In her role as Associate Program Director, she is responsible for the development of the residency core didactic curriculum which is delivered via noon conferences and academic half days.

Ellen Stein's research interests include HIV Prevention, People who use drugs, Harm Reduction, Female sex workers, and Hepatitis C viral infection.

Dr. Elly LaRoque is a board-certified orthopaedic surgeon, who specializes in arthroscopy, rehabilitation of the knee and shoulder, sports injuries in all age groups and all levels – from recreational to elite athletes.

As a Specialist in the Medicine department at UCSF, my career has been focused on conducting impactful research in the field of medicine. My current studies involve detailed multi-omics analysis of intestinal tissue and peripheral blood in patients with Inflammatory Bowel Disease (IBD) as well as establishing and characterizing primary human intestinal organoids from patients.

Elysa Marco is a cognitive and behavioral child neurologist. She cares for children with all types of neurologic concerns, however, she specializes in the evaluation and treatment of children with cognitive, sensory, and behavioral challenges.

Elyse Foster is a cardiologist with special interests in Non-Invasive Cardiology, in particular, Echocardiography, Congenital Heart Disease in the Adult Population and Valvular Heart Disease.

We study the Neurobiology of Addiction, and specifically the neural circuits and G Protein Coupled Receptor function involved in drug reinforcement and seeking. We use a wide range of preclinical tools including whole cell electrophysiology, conventional anatomical techniques, behavioral and neural pharmacology, and in vivo and ex vivo optogenetics.

Emilia De Marchis is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine. Her primary interest is in addressing health disparities by assessing and improving screening for and delivery of social services within the health care setting, and adjusting patients' medical care informed by patients' social risk factors.

Emily Bergsland, MD is a medical oncologist at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center who specializes in gastrointestinal malignancies. She is a Professor of Medicine, Director of the UCSF Center for Neuroendocrine Tumors, and serves as Associate Director for Education for the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Emily Fehrman's research has touched on CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, HIV Infections, CD4-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Virus Shedding, Viremia, Viral Load, and Positron-Emission Tomography.

Dr. Emily Finlayson is a colorectal surgeon with expertise in the treatment of colon and rectal cancer, ulcerative colitis and Crohn's disease. She is a specialist in minimally invasive surgical techniques.

Persistent low-grade inflammation during aging underlies many chronic diseases, including insulin resistance, cardiovascular diseases, Alzheimer’s disease, and immunesenescence. Development of effective strategies to dampen age-related inflammation have been limited by our lack of understanding of the basic mechanisms that lead to its accumulation.

Dr. Hirata's clinical interests range from high dose rate brachytherapy and external beam photon radiotherapy, including specialized systems such as TomoTherapy. She is also interested in quality assurance and safety practices, developing workflows to improve efficiency and communication with a focus on optimization and automation.

Dr. Morell is a pediatric cardiologist and critical care specialist who cares for infants and children with critical congenital and acquired heart disease. This includes preoperative and postoperative surgical management as well as care for children with medical cardiac conditions.

Emily Paolillo, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center. She obtained her PhD degree in Clinical Psychology (emphasis in Neuropsychology) from the SDSU / UCSD Joint Doctoral Program in 2021, which included a predoctoral clinical internship at VA Palo Alto Health Care System.

Dr. Emily R. Perito is an associate professor at UCSF who specializes in pediatric liver and pancreatic disease, pediatric liver transplant, and pediatric gastroenterology. She is jointly appointed in the Departments of Pediatrics and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

Emily (Emma) Webb, MD, is a Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Abdominal Imaging Section, and she is the Co-Director of the Goldberg Center for Advanced Imaging Education in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.

Emma Bainbridge is a clinician educator and infectious disease specialist who attends at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. She serves as an HIV primary care physician at the San Francisco and Oakland VA ID clinics, sees infectious disease consults in both the inpatient and outpatient settings, and attends on the inpatient medicine service.

Dr. Emma Samelson-Jones is a clinician-educator within the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences who holds a joint appointment in the Department of Medicine. She is an attending psychiatrist in the Adult Psychiatry Clinic and in the primary care practice of the General Medicine Clinic at Mount Zion.

Dr Waubant trained as a neurologist in Toulouse, France. She continued her training as a neuroimmunology fellow in Dr Stephen Hauser’s UCSF laboratory, focusing on matrix metalloproteinases (MMP) and their tissue inhibitors (TIMP), and their role in migration of lymphocytes through equivalents of the blood-brain barrier.

Eni Obadanudoh, DDS, MPH, DSc's research interests include Dental Public Health, Patient Engagement, Healthcare Quality, Patient Safety, and Artificial Intelligence.

Dr. Farrand is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, Allergy and Sleep Medicine. She is attending physician in the Interstitial Lung Disease Program and on the Pulmonary Consult Service.

The Hutchins Lab seeks to map how post-transcriptional regulation controls developmental pluripotency and cell fate decisions in vivo, using vertebrate neural crest as a model.

Erica Kasper's research has touched on Zona Pellucida Glycoproteins, Sperm-Ovum Interactions, Ivermectin, Cell Membrane, Parasitic Intestinal Diseases, Egg Proteins, and Proteomics.

Dr. Kornblith is a licensed clinical neuropsychologist and clinical researcher based at SFVAMC with expertise in traumatic brain injury (TBI) and cognitive aging, rehabilitation research, telehealth, and clinical trials.

Dr. Lawson is a pediatric rheumatologist and medical educator at the University of California, San Francisco, where she joined the faculty in 2013. She provides care to children, teens and young adults with chronic rheumatic disease.

Dr. Sedlander is an Assistant Professor and Social Scientist who conducts research to help women achieve their fertility goals throughout the life course (from pregnancy prevention to infertility prevention).

Dr. Erin Accurso is Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF, where she also serves as Clinical Director of the UCSF Eating Disorders Program. She specializes in the assessment and treatment of youth and young adults with eating disorders.

Dr. Erin Amerson is a dermatologist who focuses on caring for adults with conditions that include moles and skin cancer, eczema, psoriasis, autoimmune skin diseases and skin infections. She is the medical director of dermatology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, where she teaches residents and medical students in both clinic and hospital settings.

I am a physician-scientist with an interest in airway epithelial dysfunction in asthma. Specifically, my lab focuses on understanding how genetic risk variants that are associated with asthma at a population level, actually confer risk of disease at a molecular level.

Dr. Erin Reilly (she / her/hers) is an Assistant Adjunct Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences. She received her B.A. in Psychology and Spanish from the University of Notre Dame in 2012 and her Ph.D. in Clinical Psychology from the University at Albany, SUNY in 2017.

Erin Van Blarigan, ScD's research has touched on Local Neoplasm Recurrence, Risk Reduction Behavior, Exercise, Text Messaging, Dietary Fats, Fitness Trackers, and Life Style.

Erin C. Watson, Psy.D., is an Associate Clinical Professor of Health Sciences at the University of San Francisco, California (UCSF). She is a Clinical Health Psychologist with the San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS) where she provides integrated care services and contributes to interprofessional education and practice for VA and UCSF learners.

Esme Shaller, PhD's research interests include implementation, adolescent romantic relationships, young adults, risky sexual behavior, and adolescents.

Dr. Esther H. Chen is an emergency care doctor who cares for patients at UCSF Medical Center and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center. She also serves as associate program director for UCSF's residency program in emergency medicine.

Esther Hsiang, MD, MBA is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF. As a hospitalist, she provides direct care for patients as well as supervises teams of resident physicians on inpatient medical services.

Esther Li's research has touched on Locus Coeruleus, Catecholamines, Signal Transduction, Norepinephrine, Humans, and Dopamine.

Esther Yuh, M.D., Ph.D., is Professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. She obtained her M.D. at Stanford University in 2002, and completed an internship in Internal Medicine at Stanford University Hospitals and Clinics in 2007, Radiology residency at UCSF in 2007, and advanced fellowship training in Neuroradiology at UCSF in 2009.

Eva Gillis-Buck is a general surgery resident at UCSF. Dr. Gillis-Buck has a BA with double major in Developmental Biology and Gender Studies from Harvard University, an MPhil in History and Philosophy of Science from Cambridge University, and received her MD from the University of California, San Francisco in 2020.

Dr. Eva C. Ihle, MD, PhD, is a neuroscientist and board-certified psychiatrist who treats children, adolescents and adults, and is a Health Sciences Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Raphael is a family physician and clinician investigator in the Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Family & Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Her research interest focuses on the social and environmental drivers of community-onset� drug-resistant bacterial� infections.

Eve Rorison's publications include "Opioid-free Pain Management after Cleft Lip Repair." (Plast Reconstr Surg Glob Open, 2023).

Dr. Eveline Oestreicher Stock is a cardiologist specializing in general cardiology and cholesterol metabolism disorders. Her special interests include preventive cardiology, mechanisms of coronary artery disease, heart disease risk assessment, and heart disease women and in the young.

Dr. Evelyn Mok-Lin is an obstetrician, gynecologist and reproductive endocrinologist who cares for women with reproductive health concerns, including infertility, recurrent pregnancy loss, irregular periods and endometriosis.

F Goknur Akarca, MD's research has touched on Stomach Neoplasms, Adenocarcinoma, SOXB1 Transcription Factors, Colorectal Neoplasms, rhoA GTP-Binding Protein, Clinical Pathology, and Hyperplasia.

Most of my past and current research is oriented around causal mediation analysis. A part of my work provides a comprehensive guide to applied statisticians and epidemiologists that can help them navigate the philosophical subtleties and abundant methodology in causal inference.

Fatima Karaki, M.D., is an associate professor at the University of California, San Francisco, Department of Medicine. She obtained her medical degree from the University of Michigan and completed her internship and residency at Washington University in St.

Faviola Garcia's research has touched on Disease Progression, Pregnancy, Patient Satisfaction, Lipocalin-2, Chronic Renal Insufficiency, Albuminuria, and Periodontal Diseases.

Faye Chan joined the UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine in September 2012. After graduating from the University of Chicago with a B.A. in Biology, she briefly worked in the field of immunology research and went on to earn her MD and MPH from Boston University.

Dr. Jiang is an Associate Professor in biostatistics in the University of California, San Francisco. She has been an assistant professor in statistics for three years in the University of Hong Kong.

Dr. Felicia Chow is a board-certified neurologist and neuro-infectious diseases physician who specializes in caring for patients with a wide range of neurological infections, including brain abscesses, neurocysticercosis, neurosyphilis, neurological complications of HIV and infectious causes of meningitis, encephalitis and myelitis.

Felicia Lester, MD, MPH's research has touched on Struma Ovarii, Dermoid Cyst, Contraception, Social Stigma, Fistula, Cesarean Section, and Uganda.

Finley Baba (she / her) is a Senior Project Manager for the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program at Bixby. She is involved in ANSIRH’s body of work around expanding access to medication abortion through alternative models of provision.

Flor Juarez-Hernandez's research has touched on Tamoxifen, Female Infertility, Fertilization in Vitro, Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injections, Preimplantation Diagnosis, Human Follicle Stimulating Hormone, and Follicle Stimulating Hormone.

Dr. Aweeka has >25 years of experience as a clinical pharmacologist focusing on HIV, malaria and tuberculosis treatments. She is interested in deciphering pharmacokinetic (PK) and pharmacodynamic (PD) distinctions for vulnerable populations and investigating clinically relevant drug-drug interactions in patients residing in either resource replete or resource limited settings.

Francesca Nesta Delling, MD, MPH's research interests include sudden cardiac death, cardiomyopathy, aortic valve disease, tricuspid valve disease, and mitral valve prolapse.

Franziska Blaeschke, MD, PhD's research has touched on CD28 Antigens, Programmed Cell Death 1 Receptor, Precursor B-Cell Lymphoblastic Leukemia-Lymphoma, CRISPR-Cas Systems, T-Lymphocytes, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, and T-Cell Antigen Receptors.

Fumi Mitsuishi, MD, MS's research has touched on Curriculum, Mental Disorders, Accreditation, Educational Models, Primary Health Care, Public Health, and Token Economy.

Fumiko Hoeft MD PhD is Professor of Child & Adolescent Psychiatry and Weill Institute for Neurosciences and directs the UCSF Hoeft Developmental Cognitive Neuroscience Laboratory (brainLENS.org). Other academic positions include: Deputy Director of UCSF Dyslexia Center (dyslexia,ucsf.edu), and Executive Director of UC Office of the President's Multicampus Precision Learning Center (PrecL.org).

Gabby Joseph, PhD joined UCSF in 2003, and is a Specialist in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. Gabby received her PhD in Bioengineering from UCSF and UC Berkeley, and her BS in Mechanical Engineering from UC Berkeley.

Dr. Schmajuk is Chief of Rheumatology at the San Francisco VA Health Care System and a Professor in the Division of Rheumatology, Department of Medicine at UCSF. She received her undergraduate degree from Harvard, her MD from the University of Pennsylvania, and her Masters in Epidemiology from Stanford.

Gabriele Beck-Engeser's research has touched on Nevirapine, Germinal Center, Cytidine Deaminase, Organophosphorus Compounds, Inbred NZB Mice, Cytosine Deaminase, and HIV Integrase Inhibitors.

Gabby is a licensed clinical psychologist. She is currently a National Institute on Drug Abuse T32 Research Fellow in Substance Use Disorders Treatment and Services Research at UCSF within the Psychedelics Divisions of Neuroscape.

Galateia J. Kazakia, PhD, is Professor in Residence and Director of the Bone Quality Research Laboratory in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Galen Joseph, Ph.D. is a Professor of Anthropology in the Department of Humanities and Social Sciences in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also a member of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Affiliate Faculty with the Center for Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Garani S. Nadaraja, MD, is an Associate Professor in the division of Pediatric Otolaryngology in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also a physician at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland, California.

Geeta Ramesh's research has touched on Humans, Treatment Outcome, Aged, Prospective Studies, Hypoglycemic Agents, Obesity, and Combination Drug Therapy.

Geetha Sivasubramanian, MD's research interests include Cooking, Dance, Travel, and Fitness.

As a Licensing Officer, Gemma has over 5 years of experience in licensing and business development.

Dr. Lionetti is a board-certified pediatric rheumatologist committed to treating children, teens, and young adults with rheumatic disease. She completed her Pediatric internship and residency at Children's Hospital Los Angeles and her Pediatric Rheumatology fellowship at Lucile Packard Children's Hospital, Stanford University.

Geraldine Collins-Bride, RN, MS, FAAN's research has touched on Baccalaureate Nursing Education, Nursing Faculty Practice, Residential Treatment, Psychiatric Nursing, Nursing Research, Community Health Nursing, and Interinstitutional Relations.

Gerami Seitzman, MD is an Associate Professor of Ophthalmology at the University of California, San Francisco. She is a cornea and external disease specialist at the F.I. Proctor Foundation. She also sees patients with cornea and external disease diagoses at the UCSF Department of Ophthalmology.

Gillian Rush's research has touched on Catastrophization, Brain Mapping, Chronic Pain, Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, Conjugated (USP) Estrogens, Menopause, and Sexual Behavior.

Dr. Gina Capodanno is a Pediatric Endocrinologist who cares for children with a variety of hormone issues including type 1 and type 2 diabetes, genetic and other forms diabetes, and disorders of growth, puberty, thyroid, gonads, pituitary and adrenal glands.

Dr. Pfeifle is an Assistant Clinical Professor and pediatric neuropsychologist in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Developmental Medicine.

Gina Solomon, M.D., M.P.H. is the incoming Chief of the Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine at UCSF. She founded and directed the Achieving Resilient Communities program at the Public Health Institute, where she worked from 2018-2023.

Gisela Marrero-Rivera, MD's research has touched on Erythrocyte Transfusion, Ceftriaxone, Graft vs Host Disease, Unrelated Donors, Pancytopenia, Cerebellar Ataxia, and Systemic Inflammatory Response Syndrome.

Gloria Annette Aguirre's publications include "Neurocognitive health of older adults experiencing homelessness in Oakland, California." (Front Neurol, 2022).

Gloria Sue, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Plastic Surgery Division of the Department of Surgery.

Gowoon Son, PhD's research has touched on Neurodegenerative Diseases, Olfactory Mucosa, Neural Pathways, Autopsy, Amyloid beta-Peptides, Olfactory Nerve, and Smell.

Dr. Grace A. Lin is a specialist in internal medicine who provides primary care.

Greta Davis received her MD from University of California, San Diego School of Medicine in 2021 and is currently an integrated plastic surgery resident at UCSF. Prior to beginning her medical training, she worked with Mercy Ships in Lausanne, Switzerland, where she leveraged financial and surgical outcomes data to generate resource and funding proposals for corporate and IGO sponsorship.

Greta Peng, MD's research interests include health inequity, narrative medicine, pediatric neurology, health disparities, and immigrant health.

Dr. Gretchen Kiser is the Executive Director of the Research Development Office (RDO) at the University of California San Francisco.

Gretchen Newby is a Senior Research Manager at the UCSF Malaria Elimination Initiative (MEI). In this role, she is responsible for researching and documenting progress toward malaria elimination and eradication.

Dr. Gwynne Church is a specialist in both respiratory conditions and sleep disorders in pediatric patients. She cares for children with pulmonary disorders such as asthma, exercise intolerance, restrictive lung disease and cystic fibrosis.

Gyehyun Lee's research has touched on Breast Neoplasms, Female, Sleep Wake Disorders, Predictive Value of Tests, Mammography, Humans, and Women's Health.

H. E. Hinson, M.D., M.C.R. is a physician scientist and Neurointensivist at San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on high dimensional data and predictive modeling in traumatic brain injury.

Hai-Yen Sung, PhD's research has touched on Intention, Taxes, Tobacco Use Disorder, Smokers, Smoke-Free Policy, Consumer Behavior, and Econometric Models.

Haifaa Abdulhaq, MD's research has touched on Azacitidine, Central Nervous System Neoplasms, Postmenopause, Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma, Genetic Heterogeneity, Diffuse Large B-Cell Lymphoma, and Myelodysplastic Syndromes.

Hailey Choi, MD, is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Abdominal Imaging and Ultrasound sub-specialties at University of California, San Francisco. She obtained her medical degree from University of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey - New Jersey Medical School in 2012.

I am a physician-scientist in the UCSF Division of Rheumatology. I keep a general rheumatology clinic at the Parnassus campus where I treat patients with autoimmune diseases. Additionally, I carry out post-doctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. Julie Zikherman also in the Division of Rheumatology.

Dr. Hala Borno is faculty at UCSF and an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine and Division of Hematology / Oncology and co-Medical Director of the Genitourinary Medical Oncology Clinic at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC) at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Dr. Haleh Karbasforoushan is a neuroscientist and an Assistant Professor in the Department of Neurology. Her research interests include chronic stroke, pediatric stroke, systems neuroscience, and neuroimaging.

Hidradenitis Suppurativa (HS) is a prevalent and debilitating disease predominating in women and minorities. Despite its prevalence and morbidity, the biology of HS is poorly understood, thus limiting the development of effective therapies.

Hana El-Samad, PhD's research has touched on Computer Simulation, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins, Stochastic Processes, Synthetic Biology, Fungal Gene Expression Regulation, Feedback, and Cell Engineering.

Hanna Martens, PhD's research has touched on MicroRNAs, RNA Sequence Analysis, Tretinoin, Gene Expression Profiling, Nucleotidyltransferases, Stromal Cells, and Ectoderm.

Hannah graduated from the University of Southern California in 2022 with a B.S. in Neuroscience. At USC, she was a research assistant at the Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute using histology techniques to visualize fluorescently-labeled neural circuits.

Hannah C. Decker, M.D. is currently a general surgery resident with the UCSF Department of Surgery. She completed her undergraduate studies at Dartmouth College, where she majored in history with a focus on colonialism and nationalism.

Hannah Elsevier, MD's research has touched on Ankle Fractures, Local Anesthesia, Safety-net Providers, Bone Fractures, Opioid Analgesics, Nerve Block, and Pain Management.

Dr. Hannah Glass is a pediatric neurologist, founding co-director of the Neurointensive Care Nursery (NICN), and Director of Neonatal Critical Care Services at the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. She is also the program director of the Neonatal Neurology Fellowship Program.

Hannah Kim, MSN, PhD's research has touched on HIV Infections, Motivational Interviewing, Death, Local Anesthetics, Librarians, Text Messaging, and Hospital Nursing Staff.

In my research, I work to understand how health systems can improve implementation to meet users’ needs and preferences. I apply my expertise as an epidemiologist towards this goal in multiple ways, including:

Hannah Perrin, MD's research interests include Child Development, Policy, ADHD, Advocacy, and Autism.

Dr. Harini Sarathy is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco and board-certified nephrologist who treats patients in the inpatient and outpatient setting at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG).

Dr. Heather Fullerton is a pediatric vascular neurologist with an active clinical research program in childhood stroke. She is Chief of the UCSF Division of Child Neurology and Medical Director of the Pediatric Brain Center at Benioff Children’s Hospital.

Heather Gould, MPH's research has touched on Induced Abortion, Patient Education as Topic, Unplanned Pregnancy, Ambulatory Care Facilities, Informed Consent, Decision Making, and Abortion Applicants.

Heather Greenwood, MD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Breast Imaging section at the University of California, San Francisco. She obtained her medical degree from Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois in 2008, followed by a one-year internship at MacNeal Hospital, Berwyn, Illinois.

Dr. Heather Huddleston is a specialist in reproductive endocrinology (hormonal function) and infertility. She cares for patients with a wide array of reproductive and fertility concerns. She has special interests in polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS), recurrent pregnancy loss and uterine disorders, including Asherman's syndrome (a condition involving scar tissue in the uterus).

Heather E. Nye, MD PhD, is a Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), Associate Chief of Medicine at San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS), and Director of the SFVAHCS Consult / Co-Management Service & Veterans Integrated Perioperative (VIP) Clinic.

Heather Whelan is a Clinical Professor in Hospital Medicine at the San Francisco VA Medical Center / UCSF. She received her Bachelor’s Degree in Political Science and a minor in Russian Language at UC Berkeley, and her medical degree from UC Davis.

Heidi Engel has been a physical therapist for 35 years and works at University of California San Francisco Medical Center. She has worked in the ICU at UCSF since October 2008, and over the course of her career has worked in every Acute Care PT service, as well as Outpatients and Home Health Settings.

Heidi Frank is the Director of Grants Management at the Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS) due to her interest in grant management and streamlining processes.

Dr. Heidi Kirsch is a specialist in epilepsy treatment (epileptology) and is board certified in epilepsy, neurology and clinical neurophysiology. She joined UCSF Medical Center in 2002 and is a Professor of Clinical Neurology and Radiology and Biomedical Imaging.

Helen Arega is a dedicated advocate for reproductive justice, with a focus on supporting women throughout their reproductive life span. She obtained her MA in Urban Affairs and Public Policy, specializing in Reproductive Health, from the University of Delaware.

Dr. Helen Chen is a Clinician-administrator-educator. She is committed to improving systems of care for older adults and supporting the provision of high quality geriatric medicine care across services and specialties.

The Willsey Lab uses the powerful Xenopus tropicalis (diploid frog) model to translate success in psychiatric disorder genetics into actionable mechanisms of risk and resilience. Our work to date has focused on high-confidence, large-effect risk genes for Autism Spectrum Disorders (ASD), where we have identified a convergent phenotype during forebrain neurogenesis.

Hilary Heuer, PhD's research has touched on C9orf72 Protein, Frontotemporal Lobar Degeneration, Mutation, Genetic Predisposition to Disease, Saccades, Executive Function, and Pick Disease of the Brain.

Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS is Professor at the University of California San Francisco with appointments in the Departments of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics.

Hilary is the Program Director of the California Collaborative for Pandemic Readiness and Recovery Research (CPR³). CPR³ is dedicated to understanding the long-term effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on individuals and communities throughout California by bringing together UC investigators, policy makers, public health experts, and community members.

Hillary Braun, MD, MAS, is a general surgery resident at the University of California, San Francisco. Originally from Ohio, Dr. Braun earned her undergraduate degree from Stanford University (2010) and attended UCSF for medical school (2016).

Dr. Hillary L. Copp is a pediatric urologist who treats abnormalities of the urinary tract and genitals, including urinary tract infections, disorders of sex development and spina bifida. She cares for patients ranging in age from infants to teens.

I am an assistant professor and clinician-investigator in the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health. My areas of expertise include transitions across the continuum of care, care coordination, readmissions, and discharge practices.

About our Reserch: Please visit my website at https: / /ingrahamlab.ucsf.edu on our current research efforts on the basic science of "Hormones and Nerves in Female Physiology" aimed at improving women's health.

Holly Martin is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics, and serves as the founding Director of the Pediatric Nocturnist Program at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and as a hospitalist in the ZSFG Department of Pediatrics.

Holly Wing's research has touched on Poverty, State Government, Child Health Services, Child Health, Fee-for-Service Plans, Acculturation, and Medicaid.

Hong Sun, PhD's research has touched on Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 1, CD8-Positive T-Lymphocytes, Multiprotein Complexes, Adenosine A2A Receptor, Regulatory T-Lymphocytes, Myxococcus xanthus, and Mechanistic Target of Rapamycin Complex 2.

Dr. Hope Rugo is a medical oncologist and hematologist specializing in breast cancer research and treatment. A Clinical Professor of Medicine, Dr. Rugo joined the Breast Care Center in 1999 after a decade of experience at UCSF in malignant hematology and bone marrow transplantation for a variety of diseases, including breast cancer.

Hueylan Chern is an Assistant Professor of Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. She received her M.D. from UMDNJ - New Jersey Medical School and completed her general surgery training at Brown University.

Huijuan Yan, PhD's research has touched on Fusariosis, Mycotoxins, Plant Diseases, Secondary Metabolism, Zea mays, Trans-Activators, and Fungal Spores.

Ida Sim, MD, PhD is a primary care physician, informatics researcher, and entrepreneur. She is a Professor of Medicine and UCSF Director of the UCSF UC Berkeley Joint Program in Computational Precision Health.

Ifeyinwa Asiodu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing at University of California, San Francisco School of Nursing. As a researcher, registered nurse, and lactation consultant, her research is focused on the intersection of racism, systemic and structural barriers, life course perspective, and human milk and lactation.

Ilana Garcia-Grossman, MD, MAS (she / hers) is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Department of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital. She is the UCSF Residency Ambulatory Site Director and an Associate Medical Director at the Richard Fine People's Clinic.

Ilana Krumm, MD's research has touched on Medical Education, Cytotoxic T-Lymphocytes, Melanoma, Learning, WT1 Proteins, Adoptive Transfer, and Interleukins.

Ilse Larson, MD's research has touched on Sensorineural Hearing Loss, Mothers, Infant Formula, Pacifiers, Human Milk, Neonatal Screening, and Lactation.

Ilse Wiechers, MD, MPP, MHS is a practicing and board-certified adult and geriatric psychiatrist and a senior healthcare executive with the Department of Veterans Affairs. She currently serves as the Deputy Executive Director in VHA Office of Mental Health and Suicide Prevention.

Ingrid Chen is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Dr. Iona Cheng is an epidemiologist with research interests focused on the role of genetics, health behaviors, environmental exposures, and neighborhood factors on cancer incidence and prognosis. Her overall research program is centered on understanding racial / ethnic differences in cancer risk.

Dr. Irene Say is a neurosurgeon who cares for patients with diseases of the spine, including traumatic, cancer-related and degenerative spine disorders. She specializes in minimally invasive and complex spine surgery, with a focus on techniques that preserve the ability to move, neuronavigation (computer-assisted neurosurgery) and robotic surgery (computer-assisted systems that enhance precision and control).

Irina Strigo, Ph.D. is Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF and Research Biologist at the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. She received her research training from Columbia University (Radiology), Barrow Neurological Institute (Neurosurgery) and UC San Diego (Psychiatry).

Dr. Iris Otani is an allergist / immunologist with expertise in drug allergy and secondary hypogammaglobulinemia. She is the Medical and Quality Improvement Director for Adult Allergy/Immunology and sees patients in the UCSF Parnassus Allergy/Immunology and Drug Allergy Testing Clinics.

Dr. Iryna V. Lobach conducts research in applied statistics and supports the biostatistics component of biomedical research.

The unifying theme of my research is to understand the genetic mechanisms involved in the development and progression of melanocytic skin tumors and harness our understanding to improve melanoma treatment.

Jackie Miller's research has touched on Home Care Services, Humans, and Qualitative Research.

Jacqueline Moltzau, PhD's research interests include Inflammation, Gut microbiome, Colorectal cancers, and Inflammatory Bowel Disease.

Dr. Torres is a social epidemiologist and Assistant Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. Dr. Torres’ current research focuses on the role of policies, families, and community social networks in shaping population health and health inequities, particularly in mid and late-life.

Jacqueline E. Weinstein, MD, is an Assistant Professor and Pediatric Otolaryngologist in the Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. She received her undergraduate degree from Cornell University in Ithaca, NY.

Dr. Maher is Chief of the Division of Gastroenterology at San Francisco General Hospital and Director of the UCSF Liver Center. Research in her laboratory focuses on the pathogenesis of nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD).

Jaime Leong's research has touched on alpha-Synuclein, Amino Acid Sequence, Multiple Myeloma, Mutation, Clustered Regularly Interspaced Short Palindromic Repeats, Protein Conformation, and Adoptive Immunotherapy.

Dr. Cohen earned her Psy.D. from the PGSP-Stanford Psy.D. Consortium in Palo Alto, CA. She completed her pre-doctoral internship at the Northport VA Medical Center in New York, followed by a post-doctoral fellowship with an emphasis in primary care psychology at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

Jamie Yao is an Assistant Clinical Professor at UCSF and works as a hospitalist at San Francisco General Hospital. Her academic interests include quality improvement and systems management as well as medical education.

Jana Freeman, MD's research has touched on Minimally Invasive Surgical Procedures, Trichomonas Vaginitis, Nucleic Acid Amplification Techniques, Venous Thromboembolism, Work Engagement, Trichomonas Infections, and Operative Time.

Jana Mike, MD, PhD's research has touched on Sheep, Arginase, Placenta, Microglia, Pregnancy, Azithromycin, and Brain Injuries.

Research in my laboratory is focused on defining the clinical spectrum, microbiology, and molecular pathogenesis of the emerging pathogen Bartonella. Our research encompasses both translational and basic investigation.

Jane Berkeley is the database manager for the UCSF Interstitial Lung Disease Program. She has been with the ILD Program since 2008.

I am a practicing general internist and investigator in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. My overall research program aims to reduce health disparities and promote health equity among multiethnic and linguistically diverse adults by developing and evaluating innovative, patient-centered interventions.

Dr. Jane Symington is a pediatric physician scientist investigating the pathogenesis of Coccidioides, the fungus that causes Coccidioidomycosis, more commonly known as Valley Fever. Her current work focuses on dissecting the interactions between Coccidioides and innate immune cells to identify and target pathways important for fungal virulence or protective host responses.

Jane (Jaeyun) Wang, M.D. is currently a general surgery resident with the UCSF Department of Surgery. She completed her undergraduate studies at Northwestern University, majoring in Neurobiology, followed by medical school at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, where she was elected to the Alpha Omega Alpha honor medical society upon graduation.

Janeen Smith, MD is a Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco and Service Chief of Tele Emergency and Urgent Care for VISN (Veteran Integrated Service Network) 21 of the Veterans Health Administration.

Dr. Boyle is a translational scientist with research interests that include pediatric cancer therapeutics, pharmacokinetics, pharmacodynamics, pharmacogenomics, and clinical trial design. The majority of her research resides within the complex setting of hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT) and is focused around chemotherapeutic and immunosuppressive agents used in the preparative regimens of pediatric HCT.

Janelli Vallin is the Senior Project Manager for Innovations for Choice and Autonomy (ICAN), a four year implementation research project in Kenya, Malawi, Nigeria and Uganda that aims to optimize approaches to implementing self-injection of DMPA-SC.

Dr. Chiang is Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCSF and Staff Physician at San Francisco VA Health Care System and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Dr. Janet Chu is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine, where she works as a primary care physician and health services researcher. Her research focuses on using implementation science to understand and address the impact of multilevel social determinants of health on health disparities.

Janet Coffman, MA, MPP, PhD, aims to build bridges between academia and policymakers. She is Co-Associate Director for Policy Programs at UCSF's Institute for Health Policy Studies and Co-Director of the Master of Science in Health Policy and Law Program.

Dr. Ho is an internist at the University of California, San Francisco who is fellowship trained and board-certified in palliative medicine and addiction medicine. She attends on the Addiction consult service at the Zuckerberg General Hospital, and is the site medical director for inpatient Palliative Care Services at Parnassus.

Janet Lee, MD, MPH, MAS's research has touched on Telemedicine, Adolescent, Familial Hypophosphatemic Rickets, Bone Density, Fibroblast Growth Factors, X-Linked Genetic Diseases, and Osteoporosis.

Janet Myers, PhD, MPH is a medical sociologist whose research focuses on evaluation of HIV care and treatment interventions delivered in clinical settings. Janet has served as principal investigator on several large multi-site demonstration projects aiming to optimize linkage, engagement and retention in Ryan White Program-funded care.

Sociology of health and illness; social inequalities in health; science, technology, and medicine studies; race, gender, and class; qualitative research methods.

Janet Wojcicki, PhD, MPH's research has touched on Telomere, Human Herpesvirus 8, Food Labeling, Pediatric Obesity, Maternal Nutritional Physiological Phenomena, Telomere Shortening, and Nutrition Policy.

As the Medical Director of the San Francisco Department of Public Health Tuberculosis (TB) Clinic located at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, I oversee the clinical evaluation and management of all SF residents with active TB.

I graduated from Tulane Medical School, am a board-certified internist and cardiologist with significant experience in clinical pharmacology and geriatric medicine. My research goal has been to elucidate age-related and sex-related differences in pharmacokinetics and pharmacodynamics in order to improve medication therapy for older adults.

I am a practicing clinical psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). I also serve as Co-Director of the Asian American Research Center on Health (AsianARCH.org).

Janine Lupo, PhD, is a Professor in the Surbeck Laboratory of Advanced Imaging and Neuroimaging Research Interest Group of the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging. She is a member of the UCSF / UC Berkeley Graduate Group in Bioengineering, Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, Institute for Computational Health Sciences, and Quantitative Biosciences Institute.

Dr. Jasleen Kukreja is a cardiothoracic surgeon and director of the Lung Transplant Program at UCSF Medical Center. She is also director of the adult respiratory mechanical circulatory support program.

Jayme Congdon MD, MS is an Assistant Professor of Pediatrics and Affiliated Faculty at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. She conducts community-engaged research to develop and test innovative models of health care delivery that promote equitable access to high-quality preventive care.

Jayne Lewis-Kulzer, MPH, is the project director on multiple NIH-funded HIV-studies based in western Kenya. She has over 20 years of experience in HIV-related research and program implementation. Her research focuses on HIV prevention, linkage, and retention in care to improve the health outcomes of people living with HIV.

Jeanne LaBerge, MD, is a Professor in Residence at the University of California, San Francisco, and is Chief of Interventional Radiology at UCSF’s Mount Zion Campus and Director of the Interventional Radiology fellowship program.

Jeannette Lager, MD, MPH is the Interim Chief of the Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery and Urogynecology Division, and Associate Director of the Multidisciplinary Endometriosis Center. Caring for gynecological patients is her passion.

Dr. Tenthorey's lab focuses on understanding how germline-encoded innate immune receptors are built to successfully detect rapidly evolving viral pathogens. Through evolutionary, biochemical and structural dissection, the lab uncovers basic design principles as well as molecular understanding of host-pathogen interactions.

Jeannie Bailey, PhD, has over a decade of interdisciplinary research experience in orthopaedic health outcomes focused on lumbar spinal conditions and low back pain. Dr. Bailey received her bachelorís degree from the University of California, Berkeley, and her masterís and doctorate degrees from the University of Washington.

Jelena Mustra Rakic, PhD's research has touched on Cigarette Smoking, Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease, Carcinogens, Ferrets, Nitrosamines, Anticarcinogenic Agents, and Dietary Supplements.

Jennifer Arjona's research has touched on Wearable Electronic Devices, Ambulatory Monitoring, Chronic Progressive Multiple Sclerosis, Relapsing-Remitting Multiple Sclerosis, Accelerometry, Algorithms, and Electromyography.

Jennifer Babik, MD, PhD's research interests include Scholarly: medical education, subspecialty education, curriculum development, clinical teaching, and Clinical: infectious diseases.

Jennifer Clarke, MD, MPH's research has touched on Neuroepithelial Neoplasms, Glioma, Isocitrate Dehydrogenase, Quinazolines, Chemoradiotherapy, Camptothecin, and Glioblastoma.

Dr. Cocohoba is Professor and Vice Chair for Faculty Development in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California San Francisco. Dr. Cocohoba specializes in HIV / AIDS Ambulatory Care.

Professor Jennifer Dunn is a teacher, lawyer, and emerging scholar in sociology. Her research focuses on reproductive health, health equity, health care reform, and social justice. Jennifer taught at UC Law SF from 2005 to 2019 before joining the UCSF as an Assistant Professor in the School of Nursing.

Jennifer Felder, PhD, is a licensed clinical psychologist dedicated to promoting mental health during pregnancy and early parenting. In her research, Dr. Felder evaluates treatments to improve sleep and prevent depression.

Jennifer Grabowsky, PharmD's research has touched on BRCA1 Protein, Pharmacists, Protein Kinase Inhibitors, Everolimus, Herb-Drug Interactions, Cisplatin, and Drug Interactions.

Dr. Jennifer R. Grandis received her medical degree from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania, and completed her internship from the same institution. Dr. Grandis completed both a residency and an Infectious Disease fellowship from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Pennsylvania.

Jennifer James, PhD, MS, MSW's research has touched on Breast Neoplasms, Induced Abortion, Medicine, Reproductive Rights, Feminism, Bioethics, and Clergy.

Jennifer Kinder, PT, MS's research has touched on Alcohol Deterrents, Excitatory Amino Acid Antagonists, Health Promotion, Naltrexone, Physical Fitness, Taurine, and Septal Nuclei.

Jennifer Ko's research has touched on Fusion Oncogene Proteins, Melanocytes, Soft Tissue Neoplasms, Skin Neoplasms, Merkel Cell Carcinoma, Pigmented Nevus, and Hemangiosarcoma.

Dr. Lai is a practicing general / transplant hepatologist and board-certified Physician Nutrition Specialist who specializes in caring for patients across the entire spectrum of liver disease, from diagnosis to liver transplant.

Jennifer Luan's research has touched on Sleep Wake Disorders, Cognition Disorders, Neoplasm Drug Resistance, Quality of Life, Self-Assessment, Antineoplastic Combined Chemotherapy Protocols, and Kidney Diseases.

Dr. Jennifer Ly is an associate clinical professor and licensed clinical psychologist in the Hyperactivity, Attention, and Learning Problems (HALP) clinic in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.

Jennifer Mitchell is a Professor in the Departments of Neurology and Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and the Associate Chief of Staff for Research and Development at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.

Jennifer Mulliken is an infectious disease specialist who attends at San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC) where she sees patients on the infectious disease consult service and in the outpatient HIV / infectious disease clinic.

Jennifer Price, MD, PhD's research has touched on Aspartate Aminotransferases, Fatty Liver, Hepatitis C, HIV, Chronic Hepatitis C, Elasticity Imaging Techniques, and Non-alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease.

Dr. Puck earned her undergraduate and medical degrees at Harvard University and Harvard Medical School, after which she completed clinical and research training in pediatrics, infectious diseases and immunology at Washington University in St.

Jennifer Rienks, PhD, has been with FHOP since 1996 and is currently the Associate Director of FHOP. A native of Connecticut, Dr. Rienks received her undergraduate degree in psychology from the University of Connecticut before heading west to complete both her Masters of Science degree and PhD in Social Psychology at the University of California, Santa Cruz.

Jennifer Rose-Nussbaumer is a board-certified ophthalmologist and fellowship-trained cornea specialist at the University of California, San Francisco.

Jennifer Rosenbluth, MD, PhD, is a medical oncologist who specializes in breast cancer, an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine, and a member of the Breast Oncology Program in the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.

Dr. Velloza is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Global Health and Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Her research, teaching, and mentoring focus on advancing the field of global mental health and the intersection with HIV and STI prevention specifically for adolescent girls and young women.

Dr. Jennifer Yarger is an Assistant Professor in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, affiliated with the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health.

Jennifer Yokoyama obtained her doctorate degree in Pharmaceutical Sciences and Pharmacogenomics from UCSF in December 2010 with Dr. Steven Hamilton (Department of Psychiatry and Institute for Human Genetics).

After graduating from UC Berkeley, she completed medical school and Internal Medicine residency at UCSF. She spent five years working as a Primary Care Physician at the county hospital in Oakland where she served as the Associate Medical Director of the clinic and more recently was the Associate Chief Medical Informatics Officer for Alameda Health System.

Jenny Stephans's research has touched on Speech Production Measurement, Quality of Life, Deafness, Parents, Verbal Behavior, Cytomegalovirus Infections, and Dried Blood Spot Testing.

Jessica Briggs, MD, MA's research interests include Global health, Malaria, Molecular epidemiology, and HIV / AIDS.

Jessica Eng, MD, MS, is an Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Geriatrics, Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). A graduate of Harvard College and the Boston University School of Medicine, she completed her internal medicine residency and geriatric fellowship at Boston Medical Center.

Jessica Foley, PhD, PsyD's research interests include cognition in aging HIV, brain white matter microstructure in Alzheimer's disease, Neuropsychology, and APOE-4 genetic risk for Alzheimer's disease.

Jessica Gosnell, M.D. is an Associate Professor of Surgery in the Division of General Surgery. Dr. Gosnell earned her BA in Biology and French Studies at Wellesley College, and her medical degree at the University of Washington in Seattle.

Jessica Hayward, MD's research interests include screening and diagnostic mammography, Breast cancer, obstetrics and gynecology imaging, and breast ultrasound and MRI.

Dr. Jessica Kim is a gynecologist and minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon who specializes in endometriosis, chronic pelvic pain, fibroids, ovarian cysts, abnormal bleeding, and other complex gynecologic conditions.

Dr. Neely is a pediatric rheumatologist who studies a rare pediatric condition known as juvenile dermatomyositis using multi-modal single cell technologies of biological samples collected from her patients.

Dr. Jessica Ristau, is a primary care doctor and addiction medicine specialist. Dr. Ristau earned her medical degree at Boston University School of Medicine. At UCSF, she completed a residency in internal medicine, followed by a fellowship in addiction medicine based at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and in partnership with the San Francisco Department of Public Health.

Dr. Jess Scholey is an Assistant Professor, Physics Director of the MRI Simulation Program, and Physics Lead of the Proton Ocular Program in the Department of Radiation Oncology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Jessica Shantha is an ophthalmologist who specializes in caring for patients with infectious or inflammatory eye diseases, including uveitis (swelling of the uvea, the eye's middle layer).

Jessica C. Tan, MD, is an Assistant Clinical Professor in Residence in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco and San Francisco General Hospital.

Jessica Thiesmeyer, MD is the clinical fellow in Endocrine Surgery. She earned her Bachelor of Arts in Biological Sciences at Cornell University before attending medical school at the Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania.

Jessica Trowbridge, PhD, MPH's research has touched on Environmental Health, Organophosphates, Environmental Pollutants, Prenatal Exposure Delayed Effects, Pregnancy-Induced Hypertension, Fluorocarbons, and Alkanesulfonic Acids.

Jessica Van Ziffle, PhD's research has touched on Platelet-Derived Growth Factor alpha Receptor, Sequence Deletion, Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia, Glioma, Homozygote, and Brain Neoplasms.

Jet Vonk is an Assistant Professor at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center, Department of Neurology. She received her PhD degree in Speech-Language-Hearing Sciences from the City University of New York Graduate Center, with a focus on neurolinguistics and cognitive science.

Dr. Wenjia "Jiajia" Zhang is a gynecologist and minimally invasive gynecologic surgeon who treats women with endometriosis, fibroids, pelvic pain, ovarian cysts, Asherman's syndrome, complications with C-section incision healing, and other reproductive system conditions.

Jill Barr-Walker's research has touched on Medical Tourism, Library Materials, Information Services, Librarians, Induced Abortion, Juvenile Delinquency, and Medical Libraries.

My program of research focuses on the development and testing of interventions for symptom palliation in patients with chronic conditions. In particular, my research centers on improving patients’ and family members’ abilities to utilize self-management strategies to manage their condition, improve their symptom experience and avoid hospitalizations.

Jillian Jespersen, PhD's research has touched on Transforming Growth Factor beta, Cyclonic Storms, Macrophages, Innate Immunity, Hepatitis B virus, Integrins, and OX40 Ligand.

Jillian Kadota's research has touched on Latent Tuberculosis, Isoniazid, Directly Observed Therapy, Neck Pain, Tuberculosis, Photography, and Pregnant Women.

Dr. Jina Sinskey is an Associate Professor of Anesthesia at UCSF specializing in pediatric anesthesia. She is the Vice Chair of Well-Being for the Department of Anesthesia at UCSF and serves as Vice Chair of the American Society of Anesthesiologists Committee on Physician Well-Being.

Dr. Cheng is a Professor in the UCSF Division of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health and Division of Biostatistics.

Jing Liu, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Yazdany is Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) and the Alice Betts Endowed Professor of Medicine at UCSF. She received her undergraduate degree from Stanford, her MD from UCLA, and her MPH from Harvard.

Dr. Chien specializes in the management and treatment of patients with breast cancer. She is Professor of Medicine at UCSF and the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. Dr. Chien received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and medical degree from Harvard Medical School.

Joan Jeung, MD, MPH, MS's research interests include Trauma informed care, Behavioral health integration, Developmental and behavioral pediatrics, Health equity, and Early childhood mental health.

Joan Kapusnik-Uner, PharmD's research has touched on Terminology as Topic, Intracranial Hemorrhages, Neurological Models, Drug Interactions, Computer-Assisted Image Interpretation, Computer-Assisted Drug Therapy, and Controlled Vocabulary.

Joanna Balcerek, MD, PhD's research has touched on Biological Products, Neutralizing Antibodies, Passive Immunization, Fanconi Anemia Complementation Group D2 Protein, Fanconi Anemia, Tissue and Organ Procurement, and Intracellular Signaling Peptides and Proteins.

The Halkias lab studies the cellular and molecular signals that drive human immune development with a focus on understanding how early life host-microbe interactions influence adaptive immune responses to perinatal inflammatory disorders such as preterm birth.

Dr. Joanna Hellmuth is neurologist with sub-specialty training in cognitive neurology who focuses on virally-associated cognitive disorders.

Dr. Joanna Phillips is a neuropathologist, specializing in the examination of central nervous system tissue to help diagnose neurological diseases. Her particular goal is to improve brain tumor treatment through both patient care and research.

Joanna Sharpless, MD's research has touched on Grief, Narration, Medical Students, Transients and Migrants, Fertility, Clinical Medicine, and Dental Caries.

My lab is interested in the complex interplay between bacterial pathogens and host cells. In particular, we study two important human pathogens, Chlamydia trachomatis and Pseudomonas aeruginosa. Our strengths include using multidisciplinary approaches to these studies—allowing the pathogen to be our tutor.

Joanne Lyu, PhD, received her PhD in Communication from The Chinese University of Hong Kong. Prior to joining CTCRE, she was an Assistant Professor of Communication at a Hong Kong university. As the principal investigator, she was awarded a highly competitive Hong Kong government research grant to study corporate communication in crisis situations.

Joanne Spetz is Director and Brenda and Jeffrey L. Kang Presidential Chair in Health Care Financing at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS), University of California San Francisco.

Jocelyn Keehner is a physician specializing in the treatment of infectious disease who sees patients at the UCSF Medical Center. She received her MD from Tulane University School of Medicine and completed her residency training at Boston Medical Center in Boston Massachusetts.

Jody Steinauer, MD, PhD is the Philip D. Darney Distinguished Professor of Family Planning and Reproductive Health in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences based at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG).

Dr. Harwin earned her medical degree at Rosalind Franklin University of Medicine and Science. She completed an internship in internal medicine at the Virginia Mason Medical Center in Seattle, followed by diagnostic radiology residency and an abdominal imaging fellowship at UCSF.

Johanna Folk, PhD's research has touched on Prisons, Substance-Related Disorders, Underage Drinking, Recidivism, Parent-Child Relations, Criminals, and Bullying.

Jolie L. Chang, MD, is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Chief of the Division of Sleep Surgery and General Otolaryngology at the University of California, San Francisco.

Josephine Czechowicz, MD, is an Assistant Professor and Pediatric Otolaryngologist in the Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS) at the University of California, San Francisco. She attended Stanford University for medical school and Otolaryngology residency.

Josephine Tan's research interests include Medical Education, Information Literacy

Josette Rivera is a Professor of Medicine and a clinician educator in the UCSF Division of Geriatrics. She received her medical degree from the University of Rochester and completed residency training in Primary Care Internal Medicine at Johns Hopkins Bayview, followed by a clinical and research fellowship in the Division of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology at Johns Hopkins.

Dr. Joyce Trompeta is an Associate Professor who conducts outcomes research in the Department of Surgery in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She completed her doctoral degree at UCSF, oversaw UCSF's Pediatric Kidney Transplant Program for ten years, and has expertise in adolescent growth and development.

Juan Qin, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professional Researcher at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), where her research focuses on the intersection of Cardio-Oncology and Immunology. Specifically, Dr. Qin investigates the mechanistic underpinnings of cardiovascular disease resulting from immune-based cancer therapies using preclinical animal and cell models as well as patient samples.

Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) afflicts millions globally, causing significant joint deformity, pain, and functional disability. RA is without cure and its cause is unknown, but CD4 T cells—immune cells widely accepted to play a key role in RA pathogenesis—from patients with RA become activated by proteins through their T cell receptor (called “antigen-specific T cells”) and cause arthritis.

Dr. Walsh is a primary care physician practicing at UCSF Women's Health Primary Care Clinic. Her focus is on disease prevention and women's health.

Dr. Judy Tan is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Prevention Science, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), at the University of California San Francisco. She is a behavioral and prevention scientist trained in social and health psychological theory, quantitative research methods, and intervention development.

Julene K Johnson, PhD is a Professor of Cognitive Neuroscience at the UCSF Institute for Health & Aging. She is co-director of the Sound Health Network, which is a partnership between UCSF and the NEA, in collaboration with the NIH, Kennedy Center, and Renee Fleming.

Juli Maxworthy, DNP, PhD(c), MSN, MBA, RN, CNL, CPHQ, CPPS, CHSE, FNAP, FSSH is an academic, innovator, and collaborator in the field of nursing practice, with the goal to use innovative practices and technology to improve health care delivery.

Julia Morgan Charalel, PhD's research interests include neurodevelopmental disorders, dialectical behavior therapy

Dr. Julia Adler-Milstein is a Professor of Medicine, Chief of the Division of Clinical Informatics & Digital Transformation, and Director of the Center for Clinical Informatics & Improvement Research (CLIIR).

Dr. Julia Brown is an anthropologist and Postdoctoral Fellow in the UCSF Bioethics Program and the UC Berkeley Kavli Center for Ethics, Science, and the Public. She is also affiliated with the Center for Maternal-Fetal Precision Medicine at UCSF and the Centre for Global Mental Health at University of California, San Diego.

Dr. Carnevale is a physician-scientist who treats patients with gastrointestinal cancers, and also performs research into finding novel therapies for these diseases.

Julia Meyer, PhD's research has touched on DNA Methylation, Neoplasm Drug Resistance, Guanosine Triphosphate, Ikaros Transcription Factor, Genomics, Drug Discovery, and Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia.

Dr. Juliana Friend is a medical anthropologist studying the intersection of tech policy and health equity. Drawing on expertise in digital health, sexual and reproductive health, intimate partner violence, and privacy ethics, Dr. Friend explores the role of digital technologies in combating or amplifying health inequities.

Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, FSSO, is the Leon Goldman MD Distinguished Professor of Surgery and Chair of the Department of Surgery at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF), where she is also a Professor in the Department of Medicine and affiliated faculty for the Philip R.

Julie Decaris's research has touched on Biological Transport, Ezetimibe, Glucose, Azetidines, HDL Cholesterol, Glucose Transporter Type 2, and Anticholesteremic Agents.

Julie Fiore, MD, PhD's research has touched on Oligoribonucleotides, Nucleic Acid Conformation, Magnesium, Cations, Nucleotide Motifs, Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer, and Base Sequence.

Dr. Harris-Wai’s research focuses on examining the social and ethical factors influencing how and why genomic technologies are translated from the research setting into clinical care and the impact these technologies have on health disparities and underserved communities.

Julie Kim, MD is an assistant clinical professor in Division of Endocrinology and Diabetes at UCSF. Dr. Kim practices at San Francisco General Hospital and treats patients with a variety of endocrinology conditions and diabetes.

Julie Saba, MD, PhD's research interests include colon cancer, sphingolipids, inborn errors of metabolism, inflammatory bowel disease, and sphingosine phosphate lyase insufficiency syndrome.

Julie Schallhorn, MD, MS is Assistant Professor of Ophthalmology at UCSF. Dr. Schallhorn received her undergraduate degree in Chemical Engineering from UCLA, and her Master’s degree in Bioengineering from UCSD.

The primary focus of Dr. Sneddon’s research is the niche in pancreatic development and Type I Diabetes. Her research group employs the tools of stem cell biology, developmental biology, genomics, and tissue engineering.

Our laboratory is interested in understanding how B cell behavior is regulated after encounter with either “self” or “foreign” antigens. We postulate that overlapping mechanisms are at play in both scenarios.

Dr. June M Chan leads novel research and advances education, with the common goals of improving patient care and public health outcomes.

June Lee, MD, is a Professor in the School of Medicine at UCSF. She was the chief architect of the highly successful Clinical and Translational Science Institute's Catalyst Program which serves as an internal UCSF accelerator for therapeutics, devices, diagnostics, and digital health technologies.

Justine Levan, PhD's research has touched on Coronavirus Infections, Second Pregnancy Trimester, Clinical Laboratory Techniques, Affinity Chromatography, Viral Pneumonia, Cytomegalovirus, and Alkanesulfonic Acids.

Juyeon Ko, PhD's research has touched on Phospholipid Transfer Proteins, Humans, Calcium Channels, Calcium, Niclosamide, Anoctamins, and Lipids.

Dr. Marbin is the Director of the UC Berkeley UCSF Joint Medical Program (JMP). She holds appointments as HS Clinical Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF and HS Clinical Professor at UC Berkeley. Dr. Marbin is a general pediatrician who practices at San Francisco General Hospital.

Dr. Kaitlin Casaletto is a scientist-practitioner, board-certified neuropsychologist, and Associate Professor at the UC San Francisco Memory and Aging Center (MAC). She leads a research program identifying novel biobehavioral targets of dementia prevention.

Dr. Willham is interested in the unique needs of older adults and interventions that support their health, well-being and access to geriatrics-focused care. She provides geriatric medicine consultations in-person and over telehealth to Veterans in Northern California.

Kaja LeWinn, Sc.D., is an epidemiologist and Associate Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, Child and Adolescent Division at the University of California, San Francisco.

Kala Ghooray is a nocturnist in the UCSF Division of Hospital Medicine, which she joined in 2022.

Kala is an Associate Adjunct Professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco. Kala also teaches clinical research methods to undergraduates, medical students, residents, fellows, and international faculty.

As a dual board certified Family Nurse Practitioner and Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner Dr. Birch's priority focus lies in integrated, evidence based, trauma informed care that addresses the often under-identified mental health concerns of patients seeking medical care and how these conditions complicate the trajectory of medical illnesses and patients' well being.

Dr. Kara Bischoff is the Associate Division Chief for Outpatient Palliative Care and the Medical Director of UCSF's Outpatient Palliative Care Service. She provides palliative care to patients with a range of serious illnesses, including neurologic diseases, heart failure, chronic lung diseases, and cancer.

Kara Faktor, MD, MSc, is a general surgery resident at UCSF. She graduated from Brandeis University with a B.S. in neuroscience, biology and Hispanic studies and received her medical degree from UCLA.

A public health professional with almost 6 years experience in a variety of settings including clinics, research, training, stakeholder engagement, policy, and program development, capable of producing results across multiple simultaneous projects.

Dr. Lynch is the Co-Director of the Core Clinical Laboratory at San Francisco General Hospital overseeing Chemistry and Toxicology. She is also the Director of Chemistry at UCSF Children's Hospital Oakland.

Kara Tanaka, MD's research has touched on Surgical Casts, Three-Dimensional Printing, Reoperation, Elbow, Prosthesis Design, Osteotomy, and Upper Extremity.

Karen Chan Barrett, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor with a joint appointment in the Institute for Health & Aging at the UCSF School of Nursing and the Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery at the School of Medicine.

Karen Hoppens Gylys is a nurse and a neuroscientist who joined the faculty of the UCSF School of Nursing in 2023 as Chair of the Physiological Nursing Department. Dr. Gylys was previously a faculty member in the UCLA School of Nursing and the UCLA Brain Research Institute, and a member of the UCLA Neuroscience Interdepartmental Program since 1998.

Karen Hauer, MD, PhD, Karen Hauer is Vice Dean for Education and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is an active researcher in medical education and a research mentor for fellows, residents and students, with a focus on competency-based medical education, learner assessment, coaching and remediation.

At the University of California, San Francisco, Karen A. Scott, MD, MPH, FACOG is an Associate Professor and OBGYN Hospitalist in the Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology.

Dr. Karen Seal is a Professor of Medicine and Psychiatry in Residence at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Based at the San Francisco VA Health Care System (SFVAHCS), she serves as Chief of the Integrative Health Service.

Ms. Smith is the Clinical Research Supervisor working directly with the Rabinovici Lab and the Alzheimer’s Disease Research Center. She works closely with both faculty and staff in monitoring operational issues, regulatory compliance and project development.

Karen Trang, M.D. is currently a general surgery resident with the UCSF Department of Surgery. She obtained her B.S. in Biochemistry at Saint Mary's College of California in Moraga, where she was the recipient of the De La Salle award, the highest academic honor award.

Karin Pelka’s lab studies the cellular interactions that shape immune responses in human tumors, focusing on how these responses are regulated. Using a combination of large-scale genomic analyses and tissue imaging approaches, Pelka has identified hubs in tumor tissues where tumor cells come into close contact with immune cells.

Dr. Karin Wu is Assistant Professor of Medicine at UCSF and Staff Physician at the San Francisco VA Health Care System. She is board-certified by the American Board of Internal Medicine in the subspecialty of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism.

Karla Llanes is currently a postdoctoral fellow at the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education (CTCRE). She received her doctorate in Health Psychology at the University of Texas at El Paso (UTEP).

Dr. Murphy is a general internist and clinician investigator whose research focuses on improving physical health care delivery for patients with comorbid serious mental illness and reducing gaps in care quality that disproportionately affect this population.

Karnika Bhardwaj, MS's research has touched on Animals, Pruritus, Male, Mice, Hyperalgesia, Pain, and Female.

Dr. Kate Alfieri is the Director of Research Development and Training in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care. She is the primary scientific advisor to the Vice Chair for Research and develops, implements, and evaluates initiatives to address faculty and trainee research needs.

Kate Tasker is the UCSF Industry Documents Library Managing Archivist. She leads a team to preserve and make publicly accessible millions of documents which shed light on industry influence on public health, including the Truth Tobacco Industry Documents and collections on the drug, chemical, food, and fossil fuel industries.

Dr. Akassoglou has pioneered studies in the investigation of neurovascular and neuroimmune mechanisms in neurologic diseases, and in particular the role of the blood clotting factors in CNS autoimmunity, trauma, and neurodegeneration.

I am a pulmonary and critical care physician interested in understanding and improving the outcomes of the chronic pulmonary complications experienced by people living with HIV in high- and low-income settings.

Kate Melino is an Associate Clinical Professor and co-director of the Psychiatric Mental Health Nurse Practitioner (PMHNP) program at the UCSF School of Nursing. In addition to ongoing curriculum development, her teaching foci include structural competency, reflexive practice, therapeutic communication, trauma-informed care, and PMHNP role development.

Katie arrived to UCSF after residency training in Boston at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Clinically, she works as a hospitalist at ZSFG and is honored to serve in San Francisco's safety net hospital. She holds several medical education leadership roles including as a Clinical Skills Mentor in the JMP program, Co-Director of the Model SFGH Program and Co-Director of the Diagnostic Reasoning Course in the SOM.

Dr. Katherine Connolly is a perinatologist, a doctor who specializes in high-risk pregnancies, prenatal diagnoses of disorders or complications, and prenatal ultrasound. She performs chorionic villus sampling and amniocentesis, prenatal tests that screen for genetic abnormalities.

Katherine Fuh, MD, PhD's research has touched on Proto-Oncogene Proteins, Receptor Protein-Tyrosine Kinases, Recombinational DNA Repair, Discoidin Domain Receptor 2, Endometrial Neoplasms, Poly(ADP-ribose) Polymerase Inhibitors, and Cancer-Associated Fibroblasts.

Katherine Gundling, MD, is a Clinical Professor Emerita in the Department of Medicine, and served 12 years as practice chief for the Allergy / Immunology faculty practice. She was an academic internist/hospitalist for 8 years before returning for subspecialty training in Allergy/Immunology.

Dr. Katherine M. Hyland is a Professor in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics and the Institute for Human Genetics at the UCSF School of Medicine. Her primary roles are in health professions education and faculty development.

Dr. Katherine Julian is Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine. She is the Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education in the School of Medicine and the Designated Institutional Official.

Katherine Lupton, MD's research interests include equity, justice, Physician workforce diversity, Medical education, and anti-racism.

Dr. Katherine Matthay is the chief of Pediatric Hematology-Oncology at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital and has been focused for more than 20 years on translational research in neuroblastoma, a deadly childhood cancer.

Katherine Rankin is a neuropsychologist who specializes in assessing cognitive and emotional symptoms in patients with memory disorders.

Katherine Sanders, MD MAS, is a general surgery resident at UCSF with an anticipated Graduation in 2025. She plans to pursue fellowship training in Endocrine Surgery.

Dr. Katherine Van Loon is a Professor of Medicine with clinical expertise in the management of gastrointestinal cancers. She has a particular interest in colorectal and anal cancers.

Katherine Williams, PhD's research has touched on Phenols, Animal Mammary Glands, Omentum, Endometriosis, Benzhydryl Compounds, Environmental Pollutants, and Bronchoalveolar Lavage Fluid.

Kathy Yang, Pharm.D., MPH is a Health Sciences Clinical Professor in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California (UCSF) School of Pharmacy and an Infectious Diseases Clinical Pharmacist in the UCSF Medical Center.

Kathleen Liu, MD, PhD's research has touched on Renal Dialysis, Critical Illness, Biomarkers, Sepsis, Acute-Phase Proteins, Fluid Therapy, and Nephrology.

Kathleen B. Orrico, PharmD, BCPS is a Full Professor of Clinical Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco School of Pharmacy. Kathy is a graduate of the University of Michigan and holds a Certificate in Genetics and Genomics from the Stanford University Center for Professional Development.

Kathleen Sarmiento is an Associate Professor of Medicine, Director of the Sleep Program at the VA San Francisco Health Care System, VISN 21 Specialty Care Sleep Clinical Resource Hub Director, and National Lead for VHA TeleSleep.

Kathleen Tebb, Ph.D., is a developmental and health research psychologist whose research focuses on developing, evaluating, implementing, and disseminating evidence-based interventions to promote health equity among diverse and underserved adolescents, young adults, and their families.

Kathy joined the UCSF Office of Technology Management(OTM) in March of 2014. She works with UCSF faculty members to protect intellectual property arising from their research and negotiates licenses to these technologies with both startups and established companies.

Kathryn Bilello, MD's research has touched on Thrombolytic Therapy, Fibrinolytic Agents, Cannabinoids, Designer Drugs, Pulmonary Embolism, Psychotropic Drugs, and Blood Substitutes.

Dr. Eubank is a Professor in the UCSF Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics. She is a clinician-educator developing and implementing curricula in geriatrics education, ethics, and team based care.

Dr. Lee has been in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing since 1988. She is Professor Emerita with a program of research in the area of sleep, fatigue, and circadian rhythms particularly focused on women and reproductive health issues.

Dr. Margolis is the Director of the Division of Integrated Behavioral Health at the Department of Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences ZSFG Campus. She is also the Associate Director of Primary Care Behavioral Health, Pediatrics at the Children's Health Center at ZSFG.

Kathryn A. Phillips, PhD, is Professor of Health Economics and Health Services Research in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy at UCSF. A leader in the application of new technologies to improve healthcare, she is the Founding Director of the UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS).

Dr. Kathryn Rouine-Rapp is a cardiac anesthesiologist whose focus is on caring for infants, children and adults as they undergo surgery for congenital or acquired heart disease. This includes preparing patients for surgery as well as postsurgical recovery.

Kathleen Dracup, RN, FNP, PhD, FAAN is Dean Emeritus and Professor Emeritus, University of California, San Francisco, School of Nursing. Dr. Dracup earned a PhD from the University of California, San Francisco, a Master of Nursing degree from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a Bachelor of Science in Nursing degree from St.

The Giacomini research group focuses on expanding our understanding of membrane transporters. Membrane transporters are of great biological and pharmacological importance, as they play a major role in human physiology and in drug disposition and response.

Katiah Llerena, PhD's research has touched on Psychotic Disorders, Work Performance, Contingent Negative Variation, Schizotypal Personality Disorder, Time Perception, Schizophrenic Psychology, and Schizophrenia.

Katie Giessler, MPH, is a Senior Research Analyst for the SPARQ Project at the Institute for Global Health Sciences at the University of California in San Francisco.

Katie Huryk, PhD's research has touched on Anorexia Nervosa, Family Therapy, Glutathione, Feeding and Eating Disorders, Emotions, Binge-Eating Disorder, and Bulimia Nervosa.

Dr. Robin Kate Kelley is a gastrointestinal oncologist who specializes in cancers arising from the liver, including hepatocellular carcinoma, bile duct cancer (cholangiocarcinoma), and gallbladder carcinoma.

Dr. Stone conducts large-scale multi-center cohort studies exploring the interrelationships between sleep and health outcomes, including falls and fractures, cognitive impairment and dementia, cardiovascular disease and mortality.

Katie Woodruff, DrPH, MPH's research has touched on Information Dissemination, Public Health, Mass Media, Maryland, Politics, Induced Abortion, and Virginia.

Dr. Abuabara studies the impact of inflammatory skin disease on overall health and the role of the skin in the aging process. Her interdisciplinary scientific approach combines genomic, physiological, environmental, and psychosocial variables to understand patient outcomes over time.

Katrina Kimport, PhD, is Professor in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences of the University of California, San Francisco and Research Sociologist in the Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health (ANSIRH) program at UCSF.

Dr. Katy K. Tsai is a medical oncologist and clinical researcher who specializes in treating advanced melanoma and other non-melanoma skin cancers, such as squamous cell carcinoma, basal cell carcinoma, and Merkel cell carcinoma.

Dr. Kavita K. Mishra is an internationally renowned expert radiation oncologist focused on the treatment of uveal melanomas with proton beam radiotherapy as well as plaque brachytherapy. She earned her undergraduate degree in Biology at Harvard University, followed by her medical degree at the UCSF School of Medicine.

Keiko Amano, MD, is a fellowship-trained orthopaedic surgeon specializing in the shoulder and elbow.

Dr. Kelly Cordoro is a Professor of Dermatology and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. She is Division Chief of Pediatric Dermatology and the Pediatric Dermatology Fellowship Director at UCSF.

Dr. Taylor is a research scientist with Global Health Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. Educated at University of Michigan, Vanderbilt University, and University of California Berkeley, Dr. Taylor is a behavioral scientist with a background in community psychology, epidemiology, and evaluation methodology.

My research focuses on understanding the role of Gs-protein coupled receptor signaling in skeletal development, with a focused interest in craniofacial fibrous dysplasia of the bone (FD) and McCune-Albright syndrome (MAS).

Kelly C. Young-Wolff (Piazza), PhD, MPH, is a licensed clinical psychologist and research scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry, University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Kelsea Kanoho Hosoda is a Postdoctoral Scholar . She received her PhD in Communication & Information Sciences from the University of Hawaii at Manoa. Kanoho is a Native Hawaiian educator with over 10 years of experience in Indigenous STEM program development, implementation, and analysis.

Kelsey H. Collins, PhD completed her undergraduate work in Exercise Biology at University of California, Davis, and earned her PhD in Biomedical Engineering at University of Calgary under the direction of Dr. Walter Herzog.

Dr. Holt is a social and behavioral scientist whose research portfolio is dedicated to identifying ways to promote equity and person-centeredness within the sexual and reproductive health field. Drawing on training in anthropology and public health, Dr. Holt deploys diverse methodological approaches in her research.

Kelsey Zorn's research has touched on High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing, Nervous System Paraneoplastic Syndromes, Aseptic Meningitis, Paraneoplastic Cerebellar Degeneration, Autoantibodies, Complement Factor I, and Viral Encephalitis.

Dr. Kendall Beck is a gastroenterologist who cares for patients with general diseases of the stomach or intestines, inflammatory bowel disease and short bowel syndrome. She also performs endoscopic procedures.

Kendall Gross, PharmD, BCPS, DPLA is the Manager of the Pharmacy Informatics & Automation Teams at UCSF Health. She received her PharmD from the University of Georgia and completed residency training in Pharmacy and Critical Care at the University of Kentucky before joining UCSF.

Dr. Kendall Nash is a pediatric neurologist whose focus is delivering the highest quality neurological care to hospitalized children. As a pediatric neurohospitalist with specialty training in epilepsy, her special interests range from quality improvement to electroencephalogram monitoring (recording the brain’s electrical signals) in critically ill children.

Dr. Moore practices primary care in the Division of General Internal Medicine.

Kendra Sims, PhD's research has touched on C-Reactive Protein, Longitudinal Studies, Asthma, Hypertension, Retirement, Mobility Limitation, and Social Discrimination.

Kerry Decker’s clinical role is as a nurse practitioner on the inpatient adult liver transplant service, where she manages patients with decompensated cirrhosis who are waiting for and recovering from liver transplant surgery.

Kim Dau, RN, MS, CNM's research has touched on Cultural Diversity, Gynecology, Social Discrimination, Organizations, Unplanned Pregnancy, Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, and Organizational Innovation.

Dr. Kimberly Koester, Ph.D. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is also a member of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies in the Division of Prevention Science.

Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH's research has touched on Patient Readmission, Evidence-Based Practice, Colonic Diseases, Integrated Delivery of Health Care, Quality of Health Care, Colorectal Surgery, and Acute Myeloid Leukemia.

Kimberly Coleman-Phox, MPH's research has touched on Postpartum Period, Hyperphagia, Pregnancy Complications, Psychological Stress, Ventilation, Pregnant Women, and Environmental Pollutants.

Dr. Jinnett is currently adjunct faculty at UCSF in the Institute for Health and Aging, School of Nursing and co-founder and past President of The Center for Workforce Health and Performance. CWHP is an independent and objective source for scientific reports and educational resources on healthier, happier and longer working lives.

Kimberly Kallianos, MD, is an Associate Professor in Cardiac and Pulmonary Imaging in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Kallianos received her medical degree at Harvard Medical School in Boston, Massachusetts, and completed a one-year internship at Mount Auburn Hospital in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Kimberly Kirkwood, MD's research has touched on Substance P, Digestive System Endoscopy, BRCA2 Genes, TRPV Cation Channels, Pancreatitis, Transient Receptor Potential Channels, and Pancreatic Cyst.

Kimberly Luu MD is an Assistant Professor in the division of Pediatric Otolaryngology at the University of California, San Francisco's Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS). She received her medical degree from the University of Western Ontario and completed her residency in Otolaryngology at the University of British Columbia.

Dr. Page is a Professor in Residence in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Division of Infectious Disease, in the Department of Medicine at University of California San Francisco (UCSF). She is located with the Global Health Sciences group.

Kimberly Ray, MD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Radiology in the Breast Imaging section in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Ray received her medical degree from the University of California, Irvine in 2001, and she completed a one-year internship from Loma Linda University Medical Center in California, in 2002.

Kimberly Yan, MD's research has touched on Intracranial Arteriovenous Malformations, Cardiovascular Pregnancy Complications, Cholangiography, Parathyroid Hormone, Drainage, Liver Transplantation, and Pathologic Constriction.

Kiran Gupta is an Assistant Clinical Professor of Medicine within the Division of Hospital Medicine as well as the Medical Director for Patient Safety at UCSF Medical Center. Her work focuses on supporting caregivers emotionally impacted by patient care, disseminating error prevention frameworks, as well as improving the root cause analysis, incident reporting and mortality review processes at UCSF.

Kirsten Balano, Pharm D has contributed her clinical HIV pharmacist expertise in a variety of clinical, educational, and program development settings. Dr. Balano has been involved in the clinical care of patients since 1991 through work at San Francisco General Hospital Inpatient and Outpatient HIV programs.

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS is the Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She is currently the 17th Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the JAMA Network.

Dr. Kirsten Fleischmann is a cardiologist specializing in echocardiography and non-invasive cardiology.

Dr. Kangelaris is a Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine (DHM) in the Department of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. She is the Associate Director of the Academic Hospital Medicine fellowship and an Inquiry Advisor at UCSF Medical School.

My goal is to improve sexual and reproductive health and rights through creative solutions and new technologies. My tools include research, communications, advocacy, and design.

Kirsten Tolstrup is a non-invasive cardiologist with special interest in echocardiography, valvular and structural heart disease.

Komal Pawar, PhD, MSc's research has touched on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Aminoacyltransferases, Alanine, Escherichia coli, Amino Acyl Transfer RNA, Protein Interaction Maps, and Alanine-tRNA Ligase.

Dr. R. Krishna Chaganti is a rheumatologist who cares for patients with a variety of rheumatologic diseases. She has been a clinician at UCSF since 2008 and has a special focus on rheumatoid arthritis, osteoarthritis and skeletal health / osteoporosis.

Krista Harrison, PhD, is an Associate Professor in the Division of Geriatrics and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS). Her research aims to mitigate suffering by improving models of care & policies for older adults living with, dying from, and grieving neurodegenerative diseases and other serious illnesses.

Krista Kaups, MD's research has touched on Nonpenetrating Wounds, Ventilator Weaning, Injury Severity Score, Spleen, General Surgery, Physician Impairment, and Airway Extubation.

Kristan Olazo, MPH's research has touched on Patients, Delivery of Health Care, Health Facilities, Work-Life Balance, Truth Disclosure, Disclosure, and Sexual Harassment.

Kristen Gosnell's research has touched on Prenatal Diagnosis, Karyotyping, Twin Pregnancy, Congenital Abnormalities, Perinatal Care, Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernias, and Microarray Analysis.

Kristen Marchi, MPH's research interests include diversity, equity, inclusion in research, maternal and infant health, and racism.

Dr. Kristen Nishimi is a social and psychiatric epidemiologist, an Adjunct Assistant Professor at UCSF in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, and a research health science specialist in Mental Health at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs (VA) Health Care System.

Dr. Kristen Wade’s scientific motivation is to contribute novel, interdisciplinary and evolutionarily-grounded models for understanding complex genetic traits. Her Bachelor of Science degree in Bioinformatics obtained at Virginia Commonwealth University in 2014 has prepared her for the technical challenges of working with large genomics datasets.

Kristie L. White is a pathologist who specializes in the diagnosis of hematologic disorders including leukemia, lymphoma, and infections and inherited disorders with hematologic manifestations. She is the Medical Director of the Hematology Laboratory at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, where she also oversees the clinical hematopathology service.

Kristin has been managing intellectual property and commercialization for UCSF since 2008. Her portfolio of technologies includes therapeutics, diagnostics, and medical devices. She works closely with UCSF faculty and staff to develop and commercialize their inventions, build large research collaboration and licensing partnerships, and spin out companies.

Dr. Kristin Dolan is the Assistant Director for the Benioff Center for Microbiome Medicine (BCMM), where she oversees operations, strategy, and all program development for a community of over 130 researchers and annual budget of $5M.

Kristin Hoeft, PhD, MPH's research has touched on Dietary Sodium Chloride, Dental Caries, Population Groups, Mothers, Fluorides, Dental Health Education, and Cultural Anthropology.

Kristina W. Rosbe, MD is a Clinical Professor of Pediatric Otolaryngology – Head and Neck (OHNS) and Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Rosbe received her medical degree from Dartmouth Medical School.

Kristine Burkman, PhD, is an attending psychologist in the Substance Use and PTSD (SUPT) Clinic, and the PTSD Research Program at the San Francisco VA Health Care System. Dr. Burkman specializes in the assessment and treatment of co-occurring trauma and addiction, with a focus towards developmental and complex trauma.

Kristine Yaffe, MD, is the Scola Endowed Chair and Vice Chair, Professor of Psychiatry, Neurology, and Epidemiology, and Director of the Center for Population Brain Health at the University of California, San Francisco.

Kyra Toomey's research has touched on Antineoplastic Agents, Drug Delivery Systems, Liver Neoplasms, Hepatocellular Carcinoma, and Humans.

Kyung-Hee Choi, PhD, MPH, is Professor Emeritus of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Dr. Choi has conducted HIV prevention research with men who have sex with men (MSM) in China and in the U.S., focusing on prevalence of and individual and contextual factors associated with HIV risk.

Dr. Lan Vu is a pediatric surgeon at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital. Her research interests include outcomes for children with surgically correctable birth defects. Her interest in global health includes establishing sustainable collaborations with countries in Southeast Asia.

Dr. Lani Wu is interested in discovering principles underlying cellular individuality, the emergence of collective cellular behaviors, and the evolution of drug resistance. She also applies the high-throughput technology developed by her laboratory to diverse applications, including mapping paths of signal transduction and accelerating drug discovery.

Larissa Thomas is UCSF Professor of Clinical Medicine and a faculty hospitalist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG). She is the Director of Well-being for UCSF Graduate Medical Education and the UCSF Academy of Medical Educators Endowed Chair for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning.

Laura Buback's research has touched on Parturition, Kenya, Obstetric Delivery, Smartphone, Delivery of Health Care, Child Health, and Pregnancy.

Dr. Collins works full-time at the San Francisco VA Community Living Center. She is the physician-leader of the Social Focus Cohort, an interdisciplinary team that specializes in the care of veterans with complex medical, psychiatric and behavioral needs.

Dr. Laura Esserman, M.D., M.B.A is a surgeon and breast cancer oncology specialist practicing at the UCSF Breast Care Center where she has also held the position of Director since 1996. She co-leads the Breast Oncology Program, the largest of the UCSF Helen Diller Comprehensive Cancer Center's multidisciplinary programs.

Laura Gottlieb, MD, MPH, is a Professor of Family and Community Medicine at UCSF. A former National Health Services Scholar and safety-net family physician with fellowship training in social determinants of health, Dr. Gottlieb now serves as Principal Investigator on multiple quantitative and qualitative projects examining the integration of social and medical care services.

Dr. Laura Huppert is an oncologist who cares for patients with all stages of breast cancer.

Dr. Laura Jelliffe-Pawlowski is the Chief of the Division of Lifecourse Epidemiology and a Professor of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and of Global Health Sciences in the UCSF School of Medicine.

Laura Koth received a B.S. degree from the University of California, Los Angeles in Biochemistry and an M.D. degree from Harvard Medical School in 1994. She completed her Internal Residency training at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston, Massachusetts and her Pulmonary / Critical Care fellowship at the University of California, San Francisco.

Dr. Plantinga is an epidemiologist and health services researcher. Her research focuses on multidisciplinary, patient-centered approaches to improving the quality of care among underserved patients with chronic diseases, particularly those with lupus and chronic and end-stage kidney disease.

Laura A. Schmidt, PhD, is a Professor of Health Policy in the School of Medicine at the University of California at San Francisco. She holds a joint appointment in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine.

Dr. Laura Schoenherr is a palliative care physician who treats patients with serious illness in the inpatient setting. Together with the other members of the transdisciplinary inpatient palliative care team, she helps maximize patients' quality of life through symptom management, advance care planning, and emotional and psychosocial support.

Dr. Straus is a psychologist and clinical science researcher based at the San Francisco VA medical center. Her research interests include: 1) sleep disturbance and emotional processes, including sleep disruption as a mechanism in trauma and stressor-related disorders; and 2) sleep disruption and its effects on daytime cognition and functioning.

Laura van ‘t Veer, PhD is Professor of Laboratory Medicine is the Program Leader of the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Breast Oncology Program (BOP), Director of Applied Genomics with the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, and UCSF-Site Principal Investigator of the Athena Breast Health Network.

My program of research has focused on improving patient safety among nurses. In particular I focus on nursing care processes to improve the EFFICIENCY of care, provide ETHICAL care, and ensure safe care is EVIDENCE-based.

Laura J. Zitella is a nurse practitioner who cares for patients with blood or bone marrow cancers, such as lymphoma, multiple myeloma and leukemia.

Dr. Asarnow’s research program aims to reduce the burden of mental illness in youth by developing behavioral interventions that are effective, youth friendly, engaging, widely disseminable and easily accessible.

Dr. Lauren Boreta is a radiation oncologist. She has a special interest in palliative radiation therapy – which focuses on relieving pain and improving quality of life – for advanced cancer and cancers of the central nervous system.

Lauren M. Haack, PhD, is an associate professor and attending psychologist with research and clinical interests focused on 1) cultural influences to mental health conceptualization, assessment, and treatment, 2) accessible and culturally attuned evidence-based services for traditionally underserved youth and families worldwide, and 3) behavioral health provider experience, training, and consultation.

Lauren Higdon's research interests include Immunology

Lauren Lederle is a current hospitalist at the San Francisco VA medical center, where she is in the Division of Hospital Medicine. In addition to attending on the teaching service, and clinical work on the faculty service, she works in the Veteran's Integrated Preoperative Clinic which assists in evaluating and optimizing complex orthopedic surgery patients prior to surgery.

I am a medical oncologist at UCSF specializing in Cutaneous Oncology with research interests in translational tumor immunology including T-cell metabolism, developmental immunotherapeutics, and neoadjuvant studies.

Dr. Sanchez received her B.S and M.A in Molecular, Cell, and Developmental Biology at UCLA before attending medical school at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. She then completed her residency in Pediatrics at the Children's Hospital of Philadelphia.

Dr. Lauren G. Santiesteban, MD is an orthopedic surgeon with specialty training in hand and upper extremity surgery.Treating all conditions of the upper extremity, from the simple to the complex, Dr. Santiesteban’s philosophy of care is that each patient should be treated as a unique person and not by a cookie-cutter, protocol-only approach.

Dr. Shapiro has clinical expertise in conditions of the upper extremity, including the hand, wrist, and elbow. Her clinical interests include traumatic hand and forearm injuries stemming from sports-related injuries to acute traumas as well as common issues such as arthritis, carpal tunnel, and ligament and tendon injuries.

Lauren Sterling's research has touched on Research Personnel, Body Mass Index, San Francisco, Mentors, Trial of Labor, Mentoring, and Distance Education.

Lauren Suchman is an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Health and Aging and the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is also a Faculty Affiliate with UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences and the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health.

Lauri Pasch is a psychologist who specializes in infertility, family building and reproductive health. A member of the UCSF Center for Reproductive Health team for more than 10 years, she provides comprehensive consultations for patients.

Laurie Fields is Professor Emeritus in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences in the School of Medicine. She is a licensed clinical psychologist with a practice in adult psychotherapy and clinical consultation / supervision.

Clinical Researcher and Certified biomedical research compliance professional with over 20 years experience in a broad range of clinical research activities and a passionate dedication to the ethical conduct of human research

Laurie joined UCSF in June 2015 as an Associate RSC in Research Management Services (RMS). Currently she is a Research Services Coordinator and Grants & Contracts Officer for RMS, serving the Department of Medicine.

Dr. Lea Tenenholz Grinberg is a neuropathologist specializing in brain aging and associated disorders, most notably, Alzheimer's and neurological basis of sleep disturbances in neurodegenerative diseases.

Dr. Karliner is Professor in Residence in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She is Director of the Center for Aging in Diverse Communities (CADC), an NIA funded Resource Center on Minority Aging Research.

Dr. Rorvig is a family doctor and geriatrician dedicated to the care of older adults and persons with disabilities. Currently she works as a geriatrician for the Family Health Center at San Francisco General Hospital.

Dr. Lealah Pollock is a family doctor who specializes in primary and specialty care for women living with HIV throughout their lives, including during pregnancy and the postpartum period. She also has a special interest in sexual and reproductive health and care for transgender and gender-nonconforming individuals.

Leanne Jones, PhD's research interests include mitochondrial and lipid metabolism, geroscience, and conserved mechanisms regulating stem cell behavior.

Lee Atkinson Mcevoy, MD's research interests include Medical Education, Primary Care Pediatrics, Clinic Administration, Patient-Centered Medical Home, and Quality Improvement.

Dr. Lee-may Chen is the Division Director and Program Director for the UCSF / KPSF Gynecologic Oncology Fellowship Program. She is deeply committed to education and improving the outcomes of gynecologic cancer care.

Legna Betancourt's research has touched on Biomarkers, Prospective Studies, Frailty, Cohort Studies, Phenotype, Pilot Projects, and Humans.

Dr. Lei Chen is a postdoctoral scholar at the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. She is a trans-disciplinary and cross-cultural researcher whose research focuses on Long-term services and supports, immigrants' access to healthcare, migrant workforce, aging and health policy, aging and technology, and cross-cultural study.

Leigh Ann O'Banion, MD's research interests include Chronic Limb Threatening Ischemia, Vascular Trauma, Limb Salvage, Amputation Prevention, and Amputee Outcomes.

Leigh Kimberg, MD's research interests include violence prevention, critical pedagogy medical educaton, trauma-informed care, and abolition medicine.

Dr. Mohammadi is a physician-scientist and an Early Career Investigator with over 12 years of experience in clinical vascular studies including pre-doctoral work with much of it focused on studying vascular effects of tobacco and marijuana exposure.

Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MA's research interests include clinical reasoning, clinical teaching, transitions of care, subspecialty education, and leadership development.

Dr. Lela Bachrach works with the department of adolescent medicine at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland (UBCHO). She enjoys clinical work and precepting trainees. Dr. Bachrach leads UBCHO’s multidisciplinary professional group dedicated to ending human trafficking and supporting survivors from a trauma-informed, public health perspective.

My research explores racial, ethnic, and socioeconomic disparities in access to care and outcome of leukemia and lymphoma treatment. I study access to care across the continuum of pediatric cancer from diagnosis and clinical trial enrollment through treatment and relapse to salvage therapies.

Dr. Leslie Dubbin is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF.

Leslie Carstensen Floren, PharmD, DABCP is an Associate Adjunct Professor of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences (BTS) in the School of Pharmacy at UCSF, the Academic Coordinator and Director of Professional and Postdoctoral Educational Affairs in BTS as well as the co-Director of the NIH-funded, UCSF Clinical Pharmacology Fellowship Training Program.

Leslie Kernisan, MD's research has touched on Patient Discharge, Aged, United States, Internet, Health Services for the Aged, Data Collection, and Adult.

Leslie Sheu, MD is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). She completed medical school and residency at UCSF, and served as a chief resident at Moffitt-Long Hospital prior to joining faculty in 2016.

Leslie Storey's research has touched on Skull Base Neoplasms, Necrosis, Actinic Keratosis, Needle Biopsy, Colorectal Neoplasms, Antineoplastic Agents, and Chondrosarcoma.

Dr. Leslie Suen (she / her) is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital.

Dr. Leslie C. West is a neurologist and sleep medicine specialist who cares for patients with neurological disorders and sleep disorders.

Dr. Leslie Wilson is a Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Clinical Pharmacy, School of Pharmacy at the University of California, San Francisco. Prior to joining the faculty at UCSF, she was the Director of Health Economics for Miles Inc.

Leslie is the Director of the Research Technology (RT) Program and the Chief Information Officer at the Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) at UCSF. In this position, she is responsible for a team of professionals who manage, develop, and innovate on technology / infrastructure projects that support CTSI's mission to accelerate translational research.

Li Zhang is a Full Professor in the Department of Medicine and the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She is an associate member of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center (HDFCCC).

Liana Milanes, MD's research has touched on Glucosides, Benzhydryl Compounds, Medical Students, Treatment Outcome, Dipeptidyl-Peptidase IV Inhibitors, Interpersonal Relations, and Insulin Glargine.

Dr. Lianne Gensler is a rheumatologist and serves as director of the UCSF Ankylosing Spondylitis Clinic, which is dedicated to care for this inflammatory disease.

Dr Liina Pōder is the Director of Ultrasound in the Department of Radiology & Biomedical Imaging and an internationally known expert in obstetrical and gynecologic imaging. Her current clinical and research focus is multimodality imaging of reproductive age female.

Lily Hitchner, MD's research has touched on Physicians' Practice Patterns, Academic Medical Centers, Female, Aged, Primary Health Care, Retrospective Studies, and Opioid Analgesics.

Linda Chao, PhD, is a Professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and in the Department of Psychiatry at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Chao obtained her BS in Biological Science from the University of California, Davis in 1991, and she completed her PhD studies in Neuroscience from UCD in 1996.

Linda Copeland, MD's research has touched on Energy Metabolism, Hyperglycemia, Aspartic Acid, Neurons, Photic Stimulation, Creatine, and Fasting.

My program of research focuses on health care for acutely and chronically ill infants and children, in community and health care settings. My most recent research focuses on innovative strategies to improve family-centered care and enhance the partnership between families, communities and health care systems to ensure children receive optimal health care before, during and after hospitalization.

Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD is Distinguished Professor, Chair Emerita, and the Robert B. Jaffe MD Endowed Professor in the Reproductive Sciences in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

Dr. Linda Hopkins is a maternal-fetal medicine physician who specializes in prenatal diagnosis, which involves testing for fetal health problems before birth and counseling parents on their testing options.

Dr. Park's program of research focuses on the secondary prevention of cardiovascular disease. Her current research projects center around determining the most engaging, practical, and meaningful technology-based interventions to improve patient self-care, clinical outcomes, and quality of life for patients with ischemic heart disease and heart failure.

Linda Pfiffner, PhD is a Professor in Residence and Director of the Hyperactivity, Attention and Learning Problems (HALP) Program in the Department of Psychiatry and is a licensed Clinical Psychologist.

Dr. Mazotti is board certified in Internal Medicine and Palliative Care. She graduated from UCSF School of Medicine and completed her Internal Medicine Residency at UCSF.

Lindsay Olson, PhD's research has touched on Parenting, Brain, Preschool Child, Autism Spectrum Disorder, Language Development Disorders, Autistic Disorder, and Motion Perception.

Lindsay Ryan studied at Harvard Medical School and trained at UCSF in internal medicine with a primary care focus, then did an HIV fellowship at San Francisco General Hospital. She has worked extensively overseas as well, including public health work in Mali, health research in Rwanda, and clinical work in South Africa, where she lived for several years.

Lindsay serves as a business development and licensing manager within Innovation Ventures, helping UCSF faculty members and inventors protect intellectual property that arises from their research. She works with faculty and staff to develop appropriate protection strategies that support commercialization of innovative technologies through licensing to both startups and established companies.

Lindsey Bruett, PhD's research interests include Depression, Training and Supervision, Anxiety, Gender Development, and Adolescent Mental Health.

Dr. Ling Zhan is a pediatric dentist who cares for children and adolescents at both the Mission Bay and Parnassus campuses. Her treatment philosophy is very prevention-oriented. She works closely with her patients and their families to identify risk factors for common dental diseases, such as dental caries, and to adopt scientifically-based preventive and treatment regimens to avoid future diseases.

Lisa Fortuna, MD, MPH is Professor of Psychiatry and Executive Vice-Chair in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UCSF and Chief of Psychiatry at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Lisa Hail, PhD, MA's research has touched on Motivation, Male Homosexuality, Binge-Eating Disorder, Bulimia Nervosa, Anorexia Nervosa, Psychological Feedback, and Alcohol Drinking.

Lisa Hayes, PT's research has touched on Incidental Findings, Surgical Wound Infection, Quality Improvement, Central Venous Catheters, Costs and Cost Analysis, Occlusive Dressings, and Bandages.

Dr. Lisa Kroon is a Professor of Clinical Pharmacy in the Department of Clinical Pharmacy and Co-Vice Dean of Clinical Innovation and Entrepreneurship in the School of Pharmacy at the University of California in San Francisco.

Lisa Lim's research has touched on Ventricular Premature Complexes, Catheter Ablation, Myocardial Contraction, Heart Ventricles, Implantable Defibrillators, Cardiovascular Diseases, and Cardiac Imaging Techniques.

Lisa Grossman Liu, MD, PhD's research interests include clinical informatics, visual design, electronic health records, user experience, and biomedical informatics.

Dr. Lommel holds a doctorate in Nursing, a master’s degree in Public Health, and is certified as a Women’s Health and Family Nurse Practitioner. She has more than 25 years of experience as a direct service provider in a variety of clinical settings, as well as extensive teaching experience in women’s health and primary care.

Lisa Ochoa-Frongia, M.D. is a clinician-educator and Associate Professor of Medicine at UCSF, in the Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). Dr. Ochoa-Frongia is a practicing primary care physician and Associate Program Director for the ZSFG Primary Care General Internal Medicine Track of the UCSF Internal Medicine Residency Program (SFPC).

Dr. Rotenstein is a primary care physician, researcher and healthcare leader whose work focuses on ambulatory care delivery, physician wellbeing, gender issues in medicine, and the intersection of the electronic health record with these issues.

Dr. Singer is an attending physician and Assistant Professor in Radiation Oncology at UCSF. She also serves as Clinical Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) Director in Radiation Oncology and is board-certified in both radiation oncology and MRI safety.

Lisa Sprinzen, PhD's research has touched on Topoisomerase I Inhibitors, Lymphoma, Animal Disease Models, Ataxia Telangiectasia Mutated Proteins, Carcinogenesis, Animals, and Mice.

Lisa Winston received her MD from Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine in 1994. She completed her residency in Internal Medicine at UCSF and was Chief Resident at San Francisco General Hospital. Dr. Winston then completed fellowships in Infectious Diseases and Clinical Pharmacology at UCSF.

Dr. Goldman is a practicing primary care physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General and is the Medical Director for CalAIM Enhanced Care Management Program in the San Francisco Health Network and medical lead for the Emergency Department Case Management team, an innovative interdisciplinary intensive case management program assisting the most socially and medically complex clients in San Francisco.

Lori M. Strachowski, MD, is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging and she is a Clinical Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco.

Lori Mendelsohn, MD's research has touched on Gene Expression Profiling, Tumor Cell Line, Gene Expression Regulation, Treatment Outcome, Retrospective Studies, Neoplasm Metastasis, and Infant.

Dr. Lorri Leard received her undergraduate degree from Stanford University and her M.D. from the University of California San Diego. After completing her Internal Medicine residency at the University of Texas Southwestern in Dallas, she came to the University of California San Francisco for her Pulmonary and Critical Care Fellowship.

Louise Aronson, MD MFA, is a leading geriatrician, writer, educator, professor of medicine at UCSF and the author of the New York Times bestseller and Pulitzer Prize finalist Elderhood: Redefining Aging, Transforming Medicine, and Reimagining Life.

Dr. Walter was appointed Chief of the UCSF Division of Geriatrics in July 2013 after serving as interim division chief since August 2012. Her leadership role spans three major health systems, UCSF Health, San Francisco VA Health Care System and Zuckerberg San Francisco General.

Luci Gilbert, AuD's research interests include music perception, cochlear implant

Lucia Calthorpe is a second-year general surgery resident at UCSF. She completed her B.A. at the University of Pennsylvania where she majored in Health and Societies. She then completed a Master’s in Epidemiology at Cambridge University with the Gates Cambridge Scholarship.

Lucy Kornblith, MD's research interests include Platelets, Acute Traumatic Coagulopathy, Critical Care, Functional Coagulation, and Whole Blood.

Dr. Lulu Tsao is an allergist / immunologist who sees patients in the UCSF Parnassus adult allergy/immunology and drug allergy clinics. She has special interests in equitable access to allergy/immunology care, quality improvement, and use of telehealth in allergy.

Lylybell Zhou's research has touched on Ligands, Fibrosis, Humans, Adipogenesis, Brain, Signal Transduction, and Cell Differentiation.

Lynda Frassetto, MD, is a Professor Emeritus of Medicine in the Division of Nephrology at the University of California, San Francisco (USCF). She grew up in the greater New York metropolitan area and attended college and medical school in Connecticut.

Dr. Lyndly Tamura is a board-certified specialist in Physical Medicine and

Dr. Lynn Flint is a Clinical Professor in the Division of Geriatrics. She is a board-certified internist and hospice and palliative medicine physician and a medical educator.

Lynn Keenan, MD's publications include "Age matters: association between age and depression severity at the time of OSA diagnosis, and PAP adherence in adult patients." (J Clin Sleep Med, 2024).

Dr. Pulliam is Professor of Laboratory Medicine and Medicine at UCSF. Her research interests are in HIV-associated cognitive impairment, neuroinflammation and chronic monocyte activation. She has begun to study how extracellular vesicles from activated cells can influence inflammation in recipient cells.

Lynn Ramirez MD, MSc, who joined the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Health in November 2014, serves as Medical Director of Hospital Epidemiology and Infection Control at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.

Lynne Steinbach, MD, is Professor Emeritus of Clinical Radiology and Orthopaedic Surgery on Full Recall. She is one of the country’s top radiologists in sports imaging. Dr. Steinbach earned her bachelor's degree in Human Biology at Stanford University followed by a medical degree from the Medical College of Pennsylvania in 1979.

Lynnea has been a clinician-educator in the Division of Hospital Medicine since 2014. She works clinically on the General Medicine inpatient services and focuses academically on medical education and communication.

Dr. Maanasa Indaram is an ophthalmologist who cares for children with all types of eye conditions, as well as adults with strabismus (abnormal eye alignment), eye movement disorders and keratoconus (a vision-affecting disorder of the cornea).

Dr. Madeleine Norris, PhD, MSc, is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anatomy in the School of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. Dr. Norris teaches gross anatomy, neuroanatomy, and histology to health professional students and continuing education healthcare learners.

Madeline B. Deutsch, MD MPH is a Professor of Clinical Family & Community Medicine. She is the founding Medical Director of the UCSF Gender Affirming Health Program, a growing multidisciplinary group providing gender affirming medical, surgical, and mental health care within the UCSF Health System.

Madeline Mackechnie, PhD, MA's research has touched on Musculoskeletal Diseases, Negative-Pressure Wound Therapy, Leadership, Latin America, Free Tissue Flaps, Orthopedics, and Tibial Fractures.

Madeline Tait's research has touched on Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, Natural Killer Cells, Inbred C57BL Mice, Cell Proliferation, Transgenic Mice, Neuroendocrine Tumors, and Pancreatic Neoplasms.

Dr. Dandu is a Professor of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree in Comparative Literature and Biomedical Sciences and then a medical degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She completed her residency training in the Categorical Medicine Program at UCSF in 2003.

Madina Halim is a Project Manager at the Pacific Pediatric Neuro-Oncology Consortium at UCSF managing multiple clinical trials and projects dedicated to bringing new therapies to children and young adults with brain tumors.

Dr. Madina Tugizova is an Assistant Professor at the University of California, San Francisco. She is board-certified in neurology and fellowship-trained in neuromuscular medicine. She provides care to patients in the adult neuromuscular clinic, and she performs electromyography (EMG), nerve conduction studies, and skin biopsies.

Dr. Chung earned her medical degree at the Warren Alpert Medical School, Brown University, followed by an internship at Scripps Mercy Hospital in San Diego. Dr. Chung completed her diagnostic radiology residency at UCSF, where she was recognized in 2022 with the Elmer Ng Outstanding Resident Award, the Margulis Society Resident Research Award, and the RSNA’s Roentgen Resident / Fellow Research Award.

My career goal is to broaden the understanding of central pain processing to develop targeted, novel therapeutics for specific headache syndromes. My experiences with patients who experience migraines prompted me to think more deeply about concepts of pain and central sensitization.

Dr. Malini Nijagal is an obstetrician and gynecologist who provides maternity care for women. She sees patients in the clinic as well as in the hospital.

Dr. Dhawan is an assistant professor in Medical Oncology. She completed her medical oncology fellowship training at UCSF in 2018 and remained on as a faculty member in the Division of Oncology.

Mallory Cases, PhD's research has touched on Nails, Gardening, Cancer Survivors, Vegetables, Nocturia, Health Behavior, and Medical Education.

Mandana Khalili, MD's research has touched on Ribavirin, Coinfection, Alanine Transaminase, Antiviral Agents, Hepacivirus, Fatty Liver, and Hepatitis B.

Mandy Brown, PharmD, BCPS, BCCCP, DPLA is the Learning & Development Manager of the UCSF Pharmacy Enterprise and the PGY1 Residency Program Director. After earning her PharmD from Touro University, she completed a PGY1 Pharmacy residency at UCSF Medical Center, and a PGY2 Critical Care residency at the University of Colorado Hospital.

Manisha Israni-Jiang is a Clinical Professor of Internal Medicine and Pediatrics at the University of California San Francisco. She serves as the Assistant Medical Director for the Peri-Operative Medicine Consultative Services at UCSF Health.

Manjit Singh, MD's research has touched on Clinical Trials as Topic, Colchicine, Quality of Life, Disability Evaluation, Absenteeism, Self-Assessment, and Efficiency.

Manju Sharma, PhD's research has touched on Radiotherapy Dosage, Organs at Risk, Liver Neoplasms, Bone Remodeling, Calcium Radioisotopes, Credentialing, and Radiation Injuries.

Mara Decker is an Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. She oversees a portfolio of applied research projects and evaluations focusing on sexual and reproductive health both domestically and globally.

Marcia Glass joined the faculty of UCSF in August of 2012 as

Dr. Scheuner is an internist and medical geneticist. She is a Clinical Professor in the UCSF Department of Medicine, Division of Hematology-Oncology and in the UCSF Department of Pediatrics, Division of Medical Genetics.

Margaret A. Chesney is a Professor of Medicine at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health, and in the Division of Prevention Science at UCSF. From 2010 to 2015, she served as the director of the UCSF Osher Center, with its three core programs in integrative medicine research, education and patient care.

Margaret Fang is the Chief of the Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health, as well as the director of research and the director of the UCSF Academic Hospital Medicine Fellowship. After graduating from the Honors Program in Medical Education at Northwestern University Medical School, Dr. Fang completed her internal medicine residency training at the Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center in Boston.

Dr. Feeney is a Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health at UCSF. She is the Principal Investigator of several NIH-funded projects focused on the immune response to malaria and CMV in infants and children.

Dr. Margaret Handley is a public heath-trained epidemiologist in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and the Center for Vulnerable Populations, at the University of California San Francisco, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Margaret Lin-Martore, MD, is an Associate Clinical Professor in the Departments of Emergency Medicine and Pediatrics at UCSF in the Division of Pediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM). She is the Director of Pediatric Emergency Ultrasound at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals-San Francisco, and is a Bridges Coach and Co-Director of the Physician Identity Weeks for the UCSF School of Medicine.

Margaret Tempero, MD, is a Professor of Medicine and Director of the UCSF Pancreas Center and editor-in-chief of JNCCN. Her research career has focused on pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma, especially in the area of investigational therapeutics.

Margot Kushel, MD is a Professor of Medicine and Division Chief at the Division of Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center and Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations and UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative.

Dr. Maria Byron is a specialist in internal medicine and clinical informatics, and a primary care doctor. She is an Associate Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine as well as the Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation.

Maria Castro, M.D., is a general surgery resident at UCSF. She grew up in Sacramento, CA, and graduated from Stanford University with a Bachelor of Science with Honors in Human Biology. She completed medical school at UCSF.

Maria T. Chao, DrPH, MPA is a professor at the University of California San Francisco’s Osher Center for Integrative Health and the Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Maria Dall’Era is the Jean S. Engleman Distinguished Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of Rheumatology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

As a clinician investigator, Dr. Garcia focuses on co-morbid mental health and chronic diseases and their disproportionate impact on vulnerable and marginalized populations. As an Assistant Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine, she conducts research on mental health integration in primary care, with a focus on racially, ethnically and linguistically diverse populations.

As the Department of Medicine's Associate Chair for Administration, Maria serves as the Chief Administrative Officer. She is responsible for human resources, academic affairs, space, IT, facilities, staff experience, research administration, and communications, as well as for leadership of the central administration and division manager teams.

Dr. Raven is a practicing Emergency Medicine physician and health services researcher, is the Chief of Emergency Medicine at UCSF and a Vice Chair in the UCSF Department of Emergency Medicine.

Dr. Wamsley is a general internist and a Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF).

Maria Yefimova's research has touched on Sleep, Hydrocortisone, Operative Surgical Procedures, Home Care Services, Allostasis, Dementia, and Quality of Health Care.

Marianna Kong, MD serves as the Physician Practice Transformation Specialist at the Center for Excellence in Primary Care at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), and is a faculty member in the Department of Family & Community Medicine.

Dr. Marie Cornet is a Neonatologist at Benioff Children Hospital, University of California, San Francisco. She cares for premature babies and term neonates who require intensive care at birth. She is part of the Neuro-intensive Care Nursery (NICN) leadership team.

Marika D. Russell, MD, is an Associate Professor in the division of Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco’s Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery (OHNS).

Dr. Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini is a behavioral neurologist, currently directing the Language Neurobiology laboratory of the UCSF Memory and Aging Center and serving as the neurology lead of the UCSF Dyslexia Center.

Marilyn Stebbins joined the faculty at UCSF, School of Pharmacy in 1998. Her clinical work has focused on developing innovative pharmacy practice models in the physician group practice setting, primarily for underserved populations. Her teaching has been in the areas of Medicare

Marina Roytman, MD's research has touched on Hepatitis, Gastrointestinal Diseases, Simeprevir, Dietary Supplements, Chemical and Drug Induced Liver Injury, Alcoholic Hepatitis, and Alcoholic Liver Diseases.

Marina is currently an Assistant Professor at the Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute at UCSF. Prior to that she was the Lead Research Scientist in the Division of Systems Medicine at Stanford University and has worked as a Senior Research Scientist at Pfizer where she focused on developing Precision Medicine strategies in drug discovery.

Dr. Tolou-Shams is the Kilroy Realty Professor of Psychiatry and Vice Chair of Community Engagement, Outreach and Advocacy in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (DPBS) at UCSF. She is also Deputy Vice Chair for Research in the DPBS at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG).

Marisa Medina, PhD's research has touched on Alternative Splicing, Hydroxymethylglutaryl-CoA Reductase Inhibitors, Hep G2 Cells, Simvastatin, Pseudogenes, Chitinases, and Cholesterol.

Marissa A. Boeck, M.D., M.P.H. is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Surgery, and serves as an acute care surgeon at Parnassus and as an acute care and trauma surgeon and surgical critical care intensivist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG).

Dr. Raymond-Flesch is an Associate Professor in the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies (IHPS) and the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine within the Department of Pediatrics.

Dr. Marla B. Ferschl is an Clinical Professor of Anesthesia in the Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, Division of Pediatric Anesthesia at UCSF. Clinically, she is an anesthesiologist who treats children requiring sedation or anesthesia for procedures, radiologic studies, or surgery.

Dr. Marlene Grenon was born in Quebec, Canada. She obtained a diploma in space sciences from the International Space University (ISU) in 1998.

Marlene Martin, MD, is an Associate Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF and a hospitalist at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH). Marlene was born and raised in Los Angeles and is a first-generation college graduate.

Please call UCSF Dermatology at 415 353 7800 for clinical care inquiries or appointments. The telephone number listed here is not monitored.

I am a Professor In Residence in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Hematology in the UCSF School of Medicine. I serve as the Co-Chair for the Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism Council for the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals.

Marta Kochanska, MD is an Associate Clinical Professor at UCSF. She divides her clinical time between providing HIV primary care to women at the Positive Health Program at Ward 86 and working as a hospitalist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

The long-term goal of my translational research is to develop new diagnostic methods, improve diagnostic criteria, and advance our understanding of the pathogenesis of neuromuscular disorders, with particular focus on autoimmune and autophagic myopathies.

Dr. Marta San Luciano specializes in diagnosing and managing movement disorders, including Parkinson's disease, dystonia, tremor and myoclonus, in both children and adults.

Martina Steurer, MAS is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and the associate Fellowship Program Director for research for the Sub-Specialty Training Program in Pediatric Critical Care at UCSF. Her academic career focus is in clinical research with a focus on outcomes after preterm birth and congenital heart disease.

Marwa Shoeb is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Hospital Medicine. She received an undergraduate degree in Neuroscience from Brown University and her MD and Masters in Health Sciences from the Joint UC Berkeley-UC San Francisco Medical Program.

Mary Anne Koda-Kimble, PharmD, has served as dean of the School of Pharmacy, University of California, San Francisco since 1998. She brings to the position a history of leadership in PharmD education and practice; staunch support for PhD science education and research; commitment to collaboration among disciplines; and advocacy for innovation across the academic landscape.

Dr. Kleinhenz is a Professor of Medicine in the UCSF Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Allergy-Immunology and Sleep Medicine. She is the Director of the UCSF Adult Cystic Fibrosis Program and Associate Director of the UCSF Cystic Fibrosis Center.

The Barcellos-Hoff laboratory studies radiation carcinogenesis and biologically augmented radiotherapy. In studies funded by DOE and NASA, she describe the complexity of radiation effects on biological systems and identified new mechanisms underlying radiation carcinogenesis.

Mary Jue Xu, MD, is a head and neck oncology and microvascular surgeon working at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) and the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital with research interests in improving head and neck cancer care in resource-constrained health systems.

Dr. Mary Feng specializes in treating patients with cancers in the abdomen (gastrointestinal and hepatobiliary). Her approach is to make sure care is compassionate and coordinated. Her research uses advanced biology and technical advances to personalize and adapt radiation treatments for each patient to make treatment the most effective with the least amount of side effects.

I am Medical Director for Cardiology Clinical Services at San Francisco General Hospital. As inpatient Cardiology Service attending, I am responsible for individuals with acute coronary syndromes, heart failure exacerbations, heart rhythm disorders, endocarditis, and hypertensive emergencies.

Mary Karalius, MD's research has touched on Electronic Health Records, Minnesota, Second Pregnancy Trimester, Population Groups, Aseptic Meningitis, Humanized Monoclonal Antibodies, and Rheumatoid Arthritis.

Mary Koestler, RN, PhD's research has touched on Taxoids, Haploinsufficiency, Alzheimer Disease, Progressive Supranuclear Palsy, Frontotemporal Dementia, Organic Chemicals, and Memantine.

Dr. Margaretten is a clinician-educator and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the Clinical Director of Rheumatology at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital where she teaches medical students, residents, and fellows in the rheumatology outpatient clinic and in-patient consult service.

Mary Mercer, MD, MPH is an associate professor of emergency medicine at the University of California San Francisco. She works clinically at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG), the only level-one trauma center in San Francisco and the acute care hospital of the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH).

Mary Nakamura received her B.A. from Swarthmore College, her M.D. from Yale and trained in internal medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She completed her rheumatology training at Johns Hopkins and UCSF.

Mary E. Norton is a perinatologist and clinical geneticist at UCSF Medical Center's Prenatal Diagnostic Center. She primarily cares for pregnant women who have a fetus with a birth defect or genetic disorder or are at risk for such a condition.

Dr. Prahl is a clinician-scientist engaged in translational research evaluating human immune responses to infectious diseases during pregnancy and early childhood to facilitate the development of novel strategies for disease prevention.

Mary Whooley MD FACP FAHA FACC FAMIA is a primary care physician, implementation scientist, Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, and Director of the Center for Healthcare Improvement and Medical Effectiveness (CHIME) at the San Francisco VA and UCSF.

Marya Zlatnik, MD's research interests include reproductive toxicity, climate change, maternal and fetal medicine, environmental health, and sustainability.

Matilda Chan is a cornea specialist at the F.I. Proctor Foundation. Her clinical expertise is the diagnosis and management of patients with corneal and ocular surface diseases. Her basic and translational research program focuses on understanding the cellular and molecular responses to corneal injury.

I am the Medical Director of the Pediatric Transitional Care Unit (PTCU) at Benioff Childrens Hospital, SF. The PTCU is an acute care unit run by the pediatric critical care team serving a medically diverse population of children who require hospital care that exceeds the resources of standard hospital units.

McGrath was recruited back to the School of Nursing at UCSF in 2012 to start the nation’s first diabetes concentration with clinical opportunities for advanced practice nurses. She has been practicing for over 25 years as a pediatric diabetes specialist; Emory (10 years) and UCSF (15 years).

Maureen Shannon is a certified nurse-midwife and family nurse practitioner who specializes in primary, preconception and pregnancy care for women with HIV. She has provided care to HIV-infected women and families since 1989.

Maya Blum, MPH's research has touched on Nepal, Contraceptive Agents, Nurse Midwives, Contraception, Pharmacies, Family Planning Services, and Physicians.

Dr. Dulay is a board-certified Internist who is the Medical Director of the San Francisco VA (SFVA) Medical Practice Clinic and a Health Sciences Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center.

Dr. Kotas is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep, Allergy and Sleep Medicine. She received her BA, MD and PhD from Yale University. After completing residency training in Internal Medicine at New York Presbyterian - Columbia University, she completed a fellowship in Pulmonary & Critical Care Medicine at UCSF.

Maya Lodish, MD's research has touched on Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2a, Adrenal Gland Neoplasms, Adrenal Cortex, Hydrocortisone, Paraganglioma, Acromegaly, and Octreotide.

Maya Raman, MD's research has touched on Anemia, Mobile Applications, Chronic Pain, Heart Failure, Female, Child, and Internship and Residency.

Dr. Vella completed her MD, residency and fellowship at UCSF while also serving as a T32 scholar during 2020-21.

Dr. Vijayaraghavan is a practicing general internist and a researcher in tobacco control with a focus on populations experiencing homelessness. She is the Director of the UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center, a Center focused on eliminating disparities in tobacco use prevalence among behavioral health populations.

Maytinee Lilaonitkul, MBBS MRCP FRCA is an anesthesiologist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and a faculty member of the Division of Global Health Equity.

Dr. Margaret (Meg) McNamara is HS Clinical Professor of Pediatrics and Program Director of the Pediatric Residency at University of California San Francisco. She is committed to training a diverse cadre of pediatricians to advance clinical care of children, scientific research to benefit children’s health, and child health equity.

Megan Durr, MD, FACS is an Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Head and Neck Surgery and Interim Chief of Otolaryngology at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. She is a general otolaryngologist and specializes in surgery for sleep apnea and snoring.

Dr. Megan Mahoney is the Hellman Endowed Professor and Chair in the UCSF Department of Family & Community Medicine - a department with a recognized legacy of defining the role of academic family medicine in the social justice movement.  Throughout her career, Dr. Mahoney has built and led sustainable initiatives in health technology integration, quality improvement, and DEI for health care organizations.

Megan Ramaiya, MSc, PhD's research interests include emotion regulation, implementation science, substance use, and global mental health.

Dr. Richie attended medical school and residency at the University of Pennsylvania before completing a Neurohospitalist fellowship at UCSF. She joined the faculty in the Neurohospitalist Division of the Department of Neurology at UCSF in 2016, and spends most of her time seeing patients on the inpatient neurology consult and primary services at UCSF Health including the Parnassus and SFGH campuses.

Megan Swanson, MD, MPH's research has touched on Poverty, Rural Population, Uterine Cervical Neoplasms, Standard of Care, Squamous Cell Carcinoma, Aged, and Neoplasm Staging.

Dr. Garg is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco and Associate Chief of Hospital Medicine at the San Francisco VA Medical Center. Her clinical work includes attending on the inpatient teaching service, surgical co-management, and the Faculty Hospitalist Service.

Dr. McGarry is a Pediatric Pulmonologist who researches cystic fibrosis. Her main focus is researching health disparities in cystic fibrosis, particularly in minorities. She is conducting a cohort study of lung function in Latinos / Hispanics with cystic fibrosis.

Meghan O'Brien, MD, MBE, is an Assistant Clinical Professor at the University of California, San Francisco, and a hospital-based general internist at San Francisco General Hospital where she leverages her training in primary care, humanities, and bioethics in service of providing dignity-driven, whole-person care.

Meghana Reddy's research has touched on Severity of Illness Index, Double-Blind Method, Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic, Living Donors, Organ Preservation, Norepinephrine, and End Stage Liver Disease.

Dr. Melanie M. Henry is an anesthesiologist and pain management specialist. She is boarded in both specialties. She joined the UCSF faculty in 2006 after her UCSF anesthesia residency and pain fellowship.

Melanie Molina, MD, MAS is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Affiliated Faculty at the UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies. She works clinically as an emergency physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF Medical Center, and as a health services researcher within the UCSF School of Medicine.

Melanie Morrison, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in residence in the Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging at UCSF, and a core member of the UCSF-UC Berkeley Joint PhD Program in Bioengineering.

My laboratory is interested in the molecular mechanisms of viral pathogenesis. We focus on a variety of viruses including HIV-1, Hepatitis B and C Virus (HBV and HCV), Zika and SARS-CoV-2. We believe that identifying common host pathways involved in different viruses can lead to the discovery of panviral therapeutics.

Melia Magnen, PhD's research has touched on Chemokine CXCL10, Respiratory Mucosa, Orthomyxoviridae Infections, Granulocyte-Macrophage Colony-Stimulating Factor, Tissue Kallikreins, Chemokine CCL3, and Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease.

Melicent Peck is a board-certified infectious diseases physician. She completed her MD / PhD training and internal medicine residency at Stanford University, infectious diseases fellowship at UCSF, and the Advanced Training in Clinical Research certificate at UCSF.

Dr. Melike Pekmezci is a pathologist, a doctor who examines samples from the body to detect disease. She specializes in diagnosing tumors and nontumorous abnormalities of the brain, spinal cord and eye.

Melinda is a Pediatric Neurology resident at UCSF. She is enthusiastic about working towards creative, cross-disciplinary strategies to address health disparities, chronic care management and childhood trauma.

Melisa Wong, MD, MAS, AGSF is a thoracic oncologist who treats patients with lung cancer and other thoracic malignancies. Dr. Wong has a particular interest in caring for older adults with cancer. Her goal is to provide personalized cancer care based on patients’ values and goals.

Melissa Arioli's research has touched on Memory, Video Games, Virtual Reality, Young Adult, Adult, Middle Aged, and Brain.

Melissa R. Bachhuber, MD is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Medicine at UCSF. She practices primary care and hospital medicine at the San Francisco VA and also serves as an attending on the inpatient wards and primary care clinic.

Melissa Brie, PsyD's research has touched on Adult, Brain Mapping, Cognition, Brain Neoplasms, Quality of Life, Brain Injuries, and Neurosurgical Procedures.

Melissa Buitrago's publications include "Multimodal Molecular Imaging Reveals Tissue-Based T Cell Activation and Viral RNA Persistence for Up to 2 Years Following COVID-19." (medRxiv, 2023).

Dr. Melissa Medvedev (Morgan) is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics (Neonatology). She is a physician-scientist with a background in clinical research / trials, global health, and health technology innovation.

Dr. Melissa Rosenstein is a maternal-fetal medicine specialist and the Medical Director for Quality and Patient Safety for Obstetrics, working to improve outcomes for all patients delivering at UCSF Mission Bay.

Melissa Saphir's research has touched on Substance-Related Disorders, Transgender Persons, Adolescent Health Services, Reproductive Health Services, Cross-Sectional Studies, Employment, and Reproductive Health.

Melissa Zimel is an Orthopaedic Surgical Oncologist, treating pediatric and adult patients with both benign and malignant bone and soft tissue tumors. She also cares for patients with metastatic disease to the skeleton.

Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD's research has touched on CXC Chemokines, Neural Stem Cells, Cerebral Cortex, Neurogenesis, Prosencephalon, gamma-Aminobutyric Acid, and Median Eminence.

Meredith Greene is an Associate Professor in the Department of Medicine, Division of Geriatrics at the University of California San Francisco. She is a board certified internist, geriatrician and American Academy of HIV Medicine Specialist who is interested in improving healthcare for vulnerable older adults.

Meredith Laguna, MD's research interests include Primary Care Pediatrics, Newborn Medicine, Resident Education, and Telehealth.

Dr. Merisa L. Piper is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who specializes in breast reconstruction and general reconstruction, with expertise in all methods. With the goal of restoring appearance after partial or complete breast removal, she focuses particularly on microsurgery and free tissue transfer, using skin, fat and muscle from another part of the body.

Merve Cakir, PhD's research has touched on Coronavirus Infections, Mitochondrial Membrane Transport Proteins, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome, Neoplasm Genes, Viral Pneumonia, Computer Graphics, and Betacoronavirus.

I am Professor of Biostatistics in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics and Director of the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Biostatistics and Population Research Shared Resource at UCSF.

Mia Williams, MD, MS is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at UCSF, practicing at the General Internal Medicine Practice at Divisadero Street. Her clinical interests include patient-centered medicine, chronic disease management, quality of life, preventive care, and caring for LatinX patients.

Dr. Mica Estrada received her Ph.D. (1997) in Social Psychology from Harvard University and now Associate Dean of Diversity, Inclusion and Equity for the School of Nursing and a Professor in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences and the Institute for Health and Aging at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).

Michaela Sous, DO's research has touched on Health Facilities, Abdominal Pain, Pregnancy, Fear, Humans, Middle Aged, and Female.

Michela Faggioni, MD's research has touched on Calsequestrin, Purinergic P2Y Receptor Antagonists, Platelet Aggregation Inhibitors, Platelet Activation, Multimorbidity, Coronary Artery Disease, and Aspirin.