Roberto Vargas, MPH

Title(s)Navigator, Family Community Medicine
SchoolSchool of Medicine
Address550 16th Street, #6314
San Francisco CA 94158
Phone415-514-8436
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    San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA2009Masters of Public Health
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    University of California San Francisco2015Chancellor's Award for Exceptional University Service
    UCSF Family Medicine Educational Alliance2021Award for Advancing DEIA in Education!

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    1. An Examination of Responses to COVID-19 Contact-Tracing Efforts in Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx Communities of Los Angeles. Health Equity. 2024; 8(1):493-504. Cobb S, Schrode K, Siddiq H, Boyce S, Taylor KD, Vargas R, Harawa N. PMID: 40125372; PMCID: PMC11347877.
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    2. Mobilizing faith-based COVID-19 health ambassadors to address COVID-19 health disparities among African American older adults in under-resourced communities: A hybrid, community-based participatory intervention. PLoS One. 2024; 19(2):e0285963. Adinkrah EK, Bazargan S, Cobb S, Kibe LW, Vargas R, Waller J, Sanchez H, Bazargan M. PMID: 38358995; PMCID: PMC10868749.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 1     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    3. Drink Tap: A Multisector Program to Promote Water Access and Intake in San Francisco Parks. Prev Chronic Dis. 2023 08 24; 20:E74. Rosenthal MD, Schmidt LA, Vargas R, Blacker LS, McCulloch CE, Ezennia J, Patel AI. PMID: 37616470; PMCID: PMC10457103.
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    4. COVID-19 Vaccination Perceptions Among Young Adults of Color in the San Francisco Bay Area. Health Equity. 2022; 6(1):836-844. Rios-Fetchko F, Carson M, Gonzalez Ramirez M, Butler JZ, Vargas R, Cabrera A, Gallegos-Castillo A, LeSarre M, Liao M, Woo K, Ellis R, Liu K, Doyle B, Leung L, Grumbach K, Fernandez A. PMID: 36479186; PMCID: PMC9712038.
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    5. COVID-19 vaccination readiness among multiple racial and ethnic groups in the San Francisco Bay Area: A qualitative analysis. PLoS One. 2022; 17(5):e0266397. Butler JZ, Carson M, Rios-Fetchko F, Vargas R, Cabrera A, Gallegos-Castillo A, LeSarre M, Liao M, Woo K, Ellis R, Liu K, Burra A, Ramirez M, Doyle B, Leung L, Fernandez A, Grumbach K. PMID: 35550627; PMCID: PMC9098010.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 19     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    6. From Cancer Epidemiology to Policy and Practice: the Role of a Comprehensive Cancer Center. Curr Epidemiol Rep. 2022; 9(1):10-21. Hiatt RA, Sibley A, Venkatesh B, Cheng J, Dixit N, Fox R, Ling P, Nguyen T, Oh D, Palmer NR, Pasick RJ, Potter MB, Somsouk M, Vargas RA, Vijayaraghavan M, Ashworth A. PMID: 35342686; PMCID: PMC8935108.
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    7. Addressing racial/ethnic inequities in vaccine hesitancy and uptake: lessons learned from the California alliance against COVID-19. J Behav Med. 2023 04; 46(1-2):153-166. AuYoung M, Rodriguez Espinosa P, Chen WT, Juturu P, Young MT, Casillas A, Adkins-Jackson P, Hopfer S, Kissam E, Alo AK, Vargas RA, Brown AF, STOP COVID-19 C. A. Communications Working Group. PMID: 35066696; PMCID: PMC8783654.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 39     Fields:    Translation:HumansPHPublic Health
    8. The San Francisco Cancer Initiative: A Community Effort To Reduce The Population Burden Of Cancer. Health Aff (Millwood). 2018 01; 37(1):54-61. Hiatt RA, Sibley A, Fejerman L, Glantz S, Nguyen T, Pasick R, Palmer N, Perkins A, Potter MB, Somsouk M, Vargas RA, van 't Veer LJ, Ashworth A. PMID: 29309234.
      View in: PubMed   Mentions: 23     Fields:    Translation:Humans
    9. Reducing Cancer and Cancer Disparities: Lessons From a Youth-Generated Diabetes Prevention Campaign. Am J Prev Med. 2017 Sep; 53(3S1):S103-S113. Schillinger D, Ling PM, Fine S, Boyer CB, Rogers E, Vargas RA, Bibbins-Domingo K, Chou WS. PMID: 28818240; PMCID: PMC8491805.
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    10. Achieving Health Equity Through Community Engagement in Translating Evidence to Policy: The San Francisco Health Improvement Partnership, 2010-2016. Prev Chronic Dis. 2017 03 23; 14:E27. Grumbach K, Vargas RA, Fleisher P, Aragón TJ, Chung L, Chawla C, Yant A, Garcia ER, Santiago A, Lang PL, Jones P, Liu W, Schmidt LA. PMID: 28333598; PMCID: PMC5364731.
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