OUR PEOPLE

Melanie Molina, MD, MAS

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine
521 Parnassus Avenue, #7316
San Francisco, CA 94117
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Melanie Molina
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.