Mission Hall, Room 2100
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Join the UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences for the Innovation Pathways Series on Innovations in Implementation Science (ImS).
Neeta Thakur, MD, and Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, will discuss their use of Implementation Science frameworks and methods in their research on climate change and HIV, and how researchers can integrate ImS into their own studies. This month’s event is hosted by Priya Shete, MD, MPH, Associate Professor in the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine.
Lunch will be provided on a first come, first served basis.
Speakers
Neeta Thakur
Neeta Thakur, MD, is a Professor of Medicine at UC San Francisco, known for her policy-relevant research on respiratory health, environmental exposures, and structural inequities. She serves as the Medical Director of the Outpatient Pulmonary Clinic at San Francisco General Hospital, the co-director of the Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science for Equity (PRISE) Center, and the co-chair of research for the UC Center for Climate, Health, and Equity. A core area of her work is bringing social epidemiology and implementation science frameworks to understand mechanisms of action and targets for interventions. Her group, the Collaborative Learning for Equity And Respiratory Health (CLEAR) Lab, conduct rigorous studies to delineate the pathways that multilevel stressors, such as redlining and air pollution, affect respiratory health outcomes like asthma and COPD, particularly in overburdened communities. This includes co-designing interventions with these communities to address place-based stressors. Her work is characterized by its actionable focus, with clear implications for community interventions and policy change.
Sheri Weiser
Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, is an internist and Professor of Medicine in the Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at UCSF. She co-founded and co-directs the University of California (UC) Center on Climate Change, Health and Equity and ECO-Health Center where she is working to expand climate and health research, education, policy and clinical initiatives. Her research over the past 25 years focuses on the impact of food insecurity, extreme weather events, and other social and structural factors on treatment outcomes for HIV and chronic diseases. She also evaluates sustainable food insecurity and livelihood interventions as a way to improve health, and her work has been used to change policies, programs and practice nationally and globally. She has published over 275 peer reviewed manuscripts and has been principal investigator on over 30 grants on these topics. She serves on the UC Global Climate Leadership Council and recently on the US Climate Security Roundtable to advise the Department of Defense and Congress about how climate change affects national security. She is an internist and has been working with disproportionately impacted populations with HIV since 2001.
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