We are delighted to welcome Dr. Kristen Bibbins-Domingo, Chair of the UCSF Department of Epidemiology and a renowned expert on health care for vulnerable populations, to discuss partnership to address health inequities in the Bay Area and lessons from the pandemic.
Especially during the COVID pandemic, we have seen the enormous discrepancy in the availability of health care services to Communities of Color and the impact that has had in terms of COVID illnesses and deaths. We are honored to have one of the nation’s experts in these fields addressing us. Dr. Bibbins-Domingo's talk will be followed by 30 minutes of Q&A and a short business meeting.
Dr. Bibbins-Domingo (PhD, MD, MAS) is the Professor and Chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, and the Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Chair and Professor of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is the inaugural Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the UCSF School of Medicine. She co-founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital that focuses on actionable research to improve health equity and reduce health disparities. She is one of the Principal Investigators for the UCSF Clinical and Translational Sciences Institute, and she leads the UCSF COVID Community Public Health Initiative.
Dr. Bibbins-Domingo is a general internist and cardiovascular epidemiologist whose scholarship includes observational epidemiology, pragmatic trials, and simulation modeling to examine clinical and public health approaches to prevention in the US and globally. She previously served on and led the US Preventive Services Task Force from 2010-2017. She is an inducted member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, and the National Academy of Medicine.
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