Faculty

Secondary Faculty

Christine Dehlendorf, associate professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology and biostatistics

Christine Dehlendorf, MD
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Implementation Science
  • Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
  • Social Epidemiology

Research Interests:
  • contraceptive counseling and family planning disparities


Kevin Delucchi, secondary faculty member in Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Kevin Delucchi, PhD
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Biostatistics

Research Interests:
  • Biostatistics, longitudinal research, drug abuse, smoking cessation, alcohol abuse, psychometrics, latent variable methods, clinical trials


Alison El Ayadi, faculty at UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Alison El Ayadi, ScD, MPH
Assistant Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology

Research Interests:
  • Prevention, treatment and post-surgical reintegration for obstetric fistula; determinants of maternal mortality and morbidities, access to obstetric care, and the structural, social and interpersonal factors that configure maternal health disparities


Valerie Flaherman, MD
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods


Hannah Glass, professor at UCSF

Hannah Glass, MD
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
  • Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders
  • Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology

Research Interests:
  • Neonatal seizures, neonatal neurocritical care, neuroprotection, environmental health, cerebral palsy, epilepsy


Ralph Gonzales, professor at University of California, San Francisco

Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods

Research Interests:
  • Design, implementation and evaluation of new ways to improve primary care-specialty care communication and care coordination, focusing on strategies that improve quality and outcomes and decrease costs.


Judy Hahn, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Judith Hahn, PhD, MA
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Global Health
  • Infectious Disease

Research Interests:
  • The use of TB prophylaxis in HIV/TB co-infected alcohol users, as well as interventions to reduce drinking and increase antiretroviral therapy adherence


Nancy Hills, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders


Alisha Holloway, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Bioinformatics

Research Interests:
  • Comparative genomics and statistical analysis of high-throughput sequence data; using comparative and population genomics to understand the evolution of mammalian traits and of gene regulatory networks in developing vertebrate hearts


Hacsi Horvath, MA
Fellow
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Global Health
  • Infectious Disease

Research Interests:
  • Medical ethics, HIV/AIDS, emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, systematic reviews


Alison Huang, MD
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Epidemiology of Aging

Research Interests:
  • The impact of menopause and aging on women's health, strategies to prevent and treat health conditions that disproportionately affect older women


Rebecca Jackson, MD
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Cancer Epidemiology
  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods


Kirsten Johansen, professor at UCSF

Kirsten Johansen, MD
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods

Research Interests:
  • Chronic kidney disease (CKD) and end-stage renal disease (ESRD).


Alka Kanaya, professor at UCSF

Alka Kanaya, MD
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders

Research Interests:
  • diabetes, atherosclerosis, cardiovascular disease epidemiology, health disparities among Asian Americans


Stacey Kenfield, DSc
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Cancer Epidemiology


Karla Kerlikowski, professor at UCSF

Karla Kerlikowske, MD
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Cancer Epidemiology
  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods

Research Interests:
  • Breast cancer


David A. Kessler, MD
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods

Research Interests:
  • Population Dynamics, Biodiversity, Biological Models, Genetic Selection, Drug Safety, Medical Product Safety, Obesity, Tobacco


Helen Kim, professor at UCSF

Helen Kim, PhD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
  • Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders

Research Interests:
  • Risk factors that predispose younger individuals to stroke and cardiovascular disease


Jorge Kizer, MD
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders

Research Interests:
  • risk factors for heart disease and stroke, the interrelationship of glucose and lipid metabolism, bone and mineral disease, and cardiovascular disorders, particularly in the context of aging and HIV


Kerstin Kolodzie, MD, PhD, MAS
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods

Research Interests:
  • perioperative outcomes research; kidney transplantation; abdominal transplantation; regional anesthesia; anesthesia; perioperative care


Elaine Ku, MD, MAS
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods

Research Interests:
  • Cardiovascular health, disparities in access to care, kidney transplantation


Miriam Kuppermann, professor at UCSF

Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MD
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
  • Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology

Research Interests:
  • Patient-centered outcomes, focusing on patient preferences and informed decision making among racially/ethnically and socioeconomically diverse women, including prenatal genetic testing, adult genetic testing for Lynch syndrome, noncancerous uterine conditions, cervical cancer screening and post CIN 2+ treatment surveillance, contraception, and mode of delivery.


Ann Lazar, PhD, MS
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Biostatistics


Thomas Lietman, professor at UCSf

Thomas Lietman, MD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Global Health
  • Infectious Disease

Research Interests:
  • trachoma


Karla Lindquist, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

  • Bioinformatics
  • Biostatistics
  • Genetic Epidemiology

Research Interests:
  • Clinical Epidemiology and Methods, Cancer Genomics


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