Find an Expert | UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies

Find an IHPS expert in any of our key focus areas, area of expertise or using a keyword.

Department

Focus Area

Expertise

Laura Plantinga, PhD

Associate Professor

Quality of chronic disease care for minoritized populations

Mark Pletcher, MD, MPH

Rebecca Plevin, MD

Associate Professor

Injury prevention, trauma care, healthcare disparities, vulnerable populations

Elena Portacolone, PhD, MBA, MPH

Professor

Science of living arrangements, Health disparities in dementia research

Maria Raven, MD, MPH, MS

Professor

Marissa Raymond-Flesch, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Rita Redberg, MD, MS

Professor

Health services research, Technology assessment, medical device regulation

Jack Resneck Jr., MD

Professor

National leadership in healthcare policy and advocacy

Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH

Associate Professor

Community-engaged interventions to promote health equity

Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, PhD, MS

Professor
Director, Medication Outcomes Center

Health economics and outcomes evaluation, Pharmaceutical economics and policy

John Rose, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Surgical care: access, quality, outcomes

Nicole Rosendale, MD

Associate Professor
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

LGBTQ+ stroke, stroke risk factors, and brain health

Benjamin Rosner, MD, PhD

Associate Professor

Patient generated health data, EHR audit logs, clinical informatics, digital health policy

Lisa Rotenstein, MD, MBA

Assistant Professor

primary care delivery, the electronic health record, and the healthcare workforce

Vivek Rudrapatna, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Data science, IBD, IPD meta-analysis, NLP, machine learning

Urmimala Sarkar, MD

Professor

Patient safety, chronic disease, and health equity

George Sawaya, MD

Professor

Healthcare value; Cervical cancer screening; Disparities in cancer outcomes

Dean Schillinger, MD

Professor

Health communication, Chronic disease, Primary care, Health policy

Gabriela Schmajuk, MD

Professor

Quality of care and patient safety in rheumatology

Laura Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH

Professor

Public health nutrition and substance abuse

Eleanor Schwarz, MD, MS

Professor

Primary Care, Reproductive Justice, Health Equity

Neelam Sekhri Feachem, MS

Associate Professor

Comparative health systems internationally. Financing healthcare. Delivery of care

Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS

Professor

Food & nutrition insecurity, food policy, and impact-oriented science

Lauren Shapiro, MD, MS

Assistant Professor

High-value, patient-centered care in orthopeadic surgery

Janet Shim, PhD

Professor

Sociology of science, medicine & inequality; bioethics

Alissa Sideman, PhD, MPH, MA

Assistant Professor

Medical anthropology, dementia, primary care, caregivers

James Smith, MD, MS

Professor in Residence

Basic & translational science of male fertility; Access to care & disparities for fertility patients

Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD

Professor

Radiology, epidemiology, outcomes research , health services research, and radiation

Samira Soleimanpour, PhD

Associate Professor

adolescent health, school health services, participatory research

Gina Solomon, MD, MPH

Professor

Building resilience to climate change in vulnerable communities

Setting or Clinical Focus
-Ambulatory Care
-Behavioral Health
-Community-based Services
-Dental
-Emergency and Urgent Care
-Hospice and Palliative Care
-Hospitals
-Long-term Care
-Pharmacy
-Safety-net Providers
-Substance Use Disorder Care
-Surgical Care
Research Methods
-AI and Machine Learning
-Behavioral Economics
-Community-based Participatory Research
-Cost-effectiveness Analysis
-Dissemination and Implementation Science
-Econometrics
-Epidemiology
-Ethnography
-Evaluation Research
-Experimental Methods
-Mixed Methods
-Qualitative Methods
-Quantitative Methods
-Survey Research
Government Programs & Policies
-Environmental Policy
-Food Policy
-Healthcare Reform
-Insurance Regulation
-Medicaid
-Medicare
-Pharmaceutical Regulation
-Welfare Programs
Healthcare Systems
-Health Insurance
-Healthcare Delivery
-Learning Health Systems
-Medical Education
-Medical Technology
-Nursing
-Pharmaceuticals and Medical Devices
-Practice Organization
-Precision Health
-Team-based Care Models
-Telehealth
Population
-Adolescents/Teens
-Asian
-Black/African American
-Immigrants
-Infants and Children
-Latinx
-Low-income Populations
-Maternal Health
-Native American
-Older Adults
-People of Color
-Persons with Disabilities
-Rural Populations
-Sexual and Gender Minority
-Veterans
-Women
Patient Experiences and Outcomes
-Medical Ethics
-Patient Outcomes
-Patient-provider Communications
-Population Health
Data Sources
-Commercial Claims Data
-Electronic Health Records
-Hospital Discharge Data
-Hospital Financial Data
-Medicaid Data
-Medicare Data