OUR PEOPLE
Melanie Molina, MD, MAS
Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
521 Parnassus Avenue, #7316
San Francisco, CA 94117
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Education and Training
The University of Texas at Austin, BS, BA - 2012 Biology, Hispanic Studies
Harvard Medical School, MD - 2017 Medicine
Harvard, Mass General Brigham, Residency - 2021 Emergency Medicine
UCSF, 2022 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training
UCSF, MAS - 2023 Clinical Research
National Clinician Scholars Program, Fellowship - 2023
Awards and Honors
Presidential Scholars Public Service Initiative Award, Harvard Medical School, 2017
Outstanding Research Publication Award, Academy for Women in Academic Emergency Medicine, 2021
NIAID Loan Repayment Award, National Institutes of Health, 2022-2024
John A. Watson Faculty Scholar, University of California, San Francisco, 2023
Top 40 Under 40, National Hispanic Medical Association, 2024
NIDA Loan Repayment Award, National Institutes of Health, 2024-2025
Overview
Melanie Molina, MD, MAS is an Assistant Professor of Emergency Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and Affiliate Faculty of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. She is also the Co-Director of the Social Emergency Medicine and Health Equity Section in the Department of Emergency Medicine and holds a secondary appointment in the Department of Medicine’s Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation. She works clinically as an emergency physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and UCSF Medical Center, and as a health services and informatics researcher within the UCSF School of Medicine. Her research focuses on improving comprehensive emergency care for vulnerable populations, specifically leveraging technology to identify and address social needs in the emergency department.