Primary Faculty
![Jennifer Smith, assistant professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/Jennifer-smith.jpg?itok=q4fGE2mq)
Jennifer L. Smith, PhD, MSc
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
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Jennifer Velloza, PhD, MPH
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Implementation Science
- Infectious Disease
- Lifecourse
- Global mental health, HIV/AIDS, adolescent health, health equity, community-engaged research, implementation science, mixed methods
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Paul Wesson, PhD
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Research Methods in Epidemiology
- Social Epidemiology
- HIV, health disparities, surveillance, population size estimation, sampling methods, social determinants, intersectionality
Secondary Faculty
![](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/NishaAcharya.jpeg?itok=UtGTy8-h)
Nisha Acharya, MD
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Infectious Disease
- design and implementation of clinical trials to determine the optimal treatment for uveitis and ocular inflammatory siseases
![Susan Buchbinder, professor at UCSF](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/SusanBuchbinder.jpg?itok=fs0RX-_D)
Susan Buchbinder, MD
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Infectious Disease
- Developing, evaluating, and implementing strategies likely to have the greatest impact in preventing new HIV infections
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Adithya Cattamanchi, MD, MAS
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Implementation Science
- Infectious Disease
- Tuberculosis, Lung Disease, Health Disparities, Implementation Science
![Judy Hahn, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/JudyHahn.jpeg?itok=obJpFiKn)
Judith Hahn, PhD, MA
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- The use of TB prophylaxis in HIV/TB co-infected alcohol users, as well as interventions to reduce drinking and increase antiretroviral therapy adherence
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Hacsi Horvath, MA
Fellow
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Medical ethics, HIV/AIDS, emerging infectious diseases, neglected tropical diseases, systematic reviews
![Thomas Lietman, professor at UCSf](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/ThomasLietman.jpeg?itok=EbDliuzn)
Thomas Lietman, MD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- trachoma
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Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Implementation Science
- Infectious Disease
- Social Epidemiology
- reducing healthcare disparities among racially diverse populations with severe mental illness, advancement of women and minorities within medicine
![Saam Morshed, associate professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/SaamMorshed.jpeg?itok=kiwT5OYG)
Saam Morshed, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Orthopaedics, trauma, post-traumatic arthritis
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Patrick Phillips, PhD, MS, MA
Assistant Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Infectious Disease
- Tuberculosis, clinical trial design, clinical trials, adaptive trial designs, trials methodology
![Mark Seielstad, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/MarkSeielstad.jpeg?itok=SMoCTLBu)
Mark Seielstad, PhD
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Genetic Epidemiology
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- The interface of genetic epidemiology and population/anthropological genetics
Emeritus Faculty
![Caryn Bern, professor at UCSF Department of Epidemiology & biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/Caryn%20Bern_0.jpg?itok=ln7y1AK5)
Caryn Bern, MD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Chagas disease, visceral leishmaniasis, pathogenesis, diagnosis
![Richard Feachem, professor at UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/Richard-Feachem.jpg?itok=-w2jqTeK)
Richard Feachem, KBE, PhD, DSc(Med)
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Malaria
![Sarah Macfarlane, professor emerita at UCSF Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/SarahMacfarlane.jpg?itok=-LbZQW_0)
Sarah Macfarlane, PhD, MS
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Maternal and child health and nutrition, health workforce development, and strengthening information and surveillance systems
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Dominic Montagu, DrPH, MPH, MBA
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Lifecourse
- Reproductive, Perinatal and Neonatal Epidemiology
- Implementation Science, Health Service Quality, Patient Experience, Maternal and Neonatal Health, Family Planning, Abortion and Post-Abortion Care, Children/youth, Socioeconomically marginalized groups, International (public health), Policy-making institute or agency, Education, Social marketing, Policy advocacy, Web site, tuberculosis, malaria, diarrhea, pneumonia, safe delivery, Interdisciplinary research collaboration, Works-in-progress seminars, Implementation & dissemination science listservs
![Edward Murphy, professor at UCSF](https://epibiostat.ucsf.edu/sites/g/files/tkssra2066/f/styles/150x150/public/EdwardMurphy.jpeg?itok=NjM1Q5Nr)
Edward L. Murphy, MD, MPH
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Global Health
- Infectious Disease
- Viral epidemiology as applied to transfusion safety and global health
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Paul Volberding, MD
Professor
[email protected]
Research Area(s):
- Cancer Epidemiology
- Epidemiology of Aging
- Global Health
- Implementation Science
- Infectious Disease
- HIV/AIDS, HIV-related malignancies, antiretroviral therapy, oncology, global health, health disparities, health policy