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

Renee Mehra, PhD

Assistant Professor

workforce divesification, maternal, infant and child health, racial inequities in health, social and structural determinants of health and racism

Beth Mertz, PhD, MA

Professor

Health care workforce; Dental sociology; Program evaluation; Mixed methods

Matt Miller, PT, DPT, PhD

Associate Professor

Geriatrics Rehabilitation, Behavior Change, and Cognitive Impairment

Melanie Molina, MD, MAS

Assistant Professor

health disparities, policy, COVID-19, microaggressions

Meghan Morris, PhD, MPH

Professor

Advancing equitable HCV care through community-engaged epidemiology

Emily Mrig, PhD

Assistant Professor

Interdisciplinary, mixed-methods, insurance, precision medicine

Ulrike Muench, RN, PhD, FAAN

Associate Professor

Nursing workforce and policy, prescribing patterns, Medicare

Karly Murphy, MD, MHS, MSc

Assistant Professor

Sunita Mutha, MD

Professor

Language barriers in care; Health workforce diversity; Leadership development

Jason Nagata, MD

Associate Professor

Adolescent and young adult health, eating disorders, social media

Michelle Nakphong, PhD

Assistant Professor

Sarah Nathan, PhD, MS, FNP

Associate Professor

Nhung Nguyen, PhD, PharmD

Assistant Professor

mHealth interventions for tobacco and cannabis use among young adults

Oanh Nguyen, MD, MAS

Associate Professor

Comparative Effectiveness & Implementation Science in Safety-Net Health Settings Systems, Structural & Policy Interventions for Health Equity

Taylor Nichols, MD

Volunteer Assistant Clinical Professor

Megie Okumura, MD, MAS

Professor

Transition from pediatric to adult healthcare

Bruce Ovbiagele, M.D., M.Sc., M.A.S., M.B.A., M.L.S.

Professor
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Equity neuroscience; global health policy; stroke outcomes

Matt Pantell, MD, MS

Associate Professor

Linda Park, PhD, NP, FAAN

Associate Professor

Emily Perito, MD

Professor

Morgan Philbin, PhD, MHS

Associate Professor

Social policy; HIV; substance use; LGBTQ youth; housing

Kathryn Phillips, PhD

Professor

Implementation of new technologies into clinical care and health policy

Laura Plantinga, PhD

Associate Professor

Quality of chronic disease care for minoritized populations

Mark Pletcher, MD, MPH

Professor
Chair, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

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

Michael Potter, MD

Professor

Aric Prather, PhD

Professor
Pritzker Family Fund Endowed Chair in Health and Community
UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Eva Raphael, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor

Maria Raven, MD, MPH, MS

Professor
Emergency Medicine at UCSF Medical Center Endowed Professor

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