Faculty

Primary Faculty

Patience Afulani, assistant professor in UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Patience Afulani, PhD, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Global Health
Implementation Science
Lifecourse
Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology

Research Interests:

Reproductive, maternal, neonatal, and child health, health equity, quality of care, person-centered care, respectful maternity care, global health, implementation science, food security, migrant health, minority health

UCSF Collaborators

Alexis Beatty, MD, MAS
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders
Implementation Science

Research Interests:

Cardiovascular disease, cardiac rehabilitation, health disparities, digital health, implementation science

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Epidemiology of Aging
Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders
Implementation Science

Research Interests:

Cardiovascular disease, health disparities, health of young adults, chronic disease prevention, kidney disease, hypertension, implementation science, simulation modeling

UCSF Collaborators

Margaret Handley, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Margaret Handley, PhD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
Global Health
Implementation Science
Lifecourse
Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
Research Methods in Epidemiology

Research Interests:

Intervention design, linking public health and primary care interventions to address health disparities, implementation and dissemination sciences, chronic disease prevention, safety net innovation, public health literacy, migration and health/trans-national health, and environmental pollution

UCSF Collaborators

Michelle Hsiang, MD, MSc
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
Global Health
Implementation Science
Infectious Disease

Research Interests:

Malaria control and elimination, diagnostics, surveillance, mass drug administration, pediatric infectious diseases, clinical trials, operational research

Nooshin Razani, MD, MPH
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
Implementation Science
Social Epidemiology

Research Interests:

Pediatric mental health, family and community health, access to greenspace, outdoor play, pediatric resilience

UCSF Collaborators

Samira Soleimanpour, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Implementation Science
Lifecourse
Social Epidemiology

Research Interests:

school health, child and adolescent health, health equity, child and adolescent mental health, program and policy evaluation, community-based participatory research

Jennifer Velloza, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Global Health
Implementation Science
Infectious Disease
Lifecourse

Research Interests:

Global mental health, HIV/AIDS, adolescent health, health equity, community-engaged research, implementation science, mixed methods

Justin White, assistant professor in UCSF Dept. of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Justin White, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Epidemiology of Cardiovascular and Neurological Disorders
Global Health
Implementation Science
Lifecourse
Research Methods in Epidemiology
Social Epidemiology

Research Interests:

Health economics, behavioral risk factors, tobacco use, global health policy, behavioral economics, applied econometrics, impact evaluation

Secondary Faculty

Deborah Barnes, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics

Deborah Barnes, PhD
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
Epidemiology of Aging
Implementation Science

Research Interests:

Older adults, persons with physical disability, persons with mental illness, cognitive impairment/dementia, cognitive function

Adithya Cattamanchi, MD, MAS
Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Global Health
Implementation Science
Infectious Disease

Research Interests:

Tuberculosis, Lung Disease, Health Disparities, Implementation Science

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

Courtney Lyles, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]

Research Area(s):

Clinical Epidemiology and Methods
Implementation Science

Research Interests:

Dr. Lyles’ research strives to design, evaluate, and disseminate digital health solutions that work for all patients, particularly the most vulnerable. Her work investigates the most effective ways to improve digital health design and increase digital access and skills by leveraging implementation science and population health approaches. She leads the DEB Digital Health Initiative and is a co-PI of the UCSF Population Health Data Initiative.