SugarScientist Team
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Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS
Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and BiostatisticsUniversity of California, San Francisco (UCSF)Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS, is a cardiovascular epidemiologist with expertise in the development of cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease and diabetes risk in young adults. She is the Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the UCSF School of Medicine.
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Elissa S. Epel, PhD
ProfessorUCSF School of Medicine, Department of PsychiatryElissa S. Epel, Ph.D., is a Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF. She is also a faculty member in the Health Psychology Postdoctoral Program, the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, and the Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program. She is one of the founders and Director of COAST.
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Cristin E. Kearns, DDS, MBA
Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Dentistryand The Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy StudiesCristin E. Kearns, DDS, MBA, is an Assistant Professor, UCSF School of Dentistry, Division of Oral Epidemiology & Dental Public Health and Core Faculty member at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.
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Robert H. Lustig, MD, MSL
Professor of PediatricsUCSF Division of EndocrinologyRobert H. Lustig, MD, MSL, is a professor of pediatrics in the Division of Endocrinology at UCSF and director of the UCSF Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health (WATCH) Program. Dr. Lustig is a neuroendocrinologist, with basic and clinical training relative to hypothalamic development, anatomy and function.
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Ashley E. Mason, PhD
Assistant ProfessorUCSF School of Medicine, Department of PsychiatryAshley E. Mason, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF, and faculty at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine and the Aging, Metabolism, and Emotions Center. She examines associations between endogenous opioidergic activity and eating behavior, as well as multi-component interventions for individuals with problematic food cravings and/or diabetes.
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Dieter J. Meyerhoff, PhD
Professor in ResidenceUCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical ImagingDieter J. Meyerhoff, PhD, is a professor in residence in the UCSF Department of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, and at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center. He is also co-director of the Treatment Research Center in the Department of Psychiatry at UCSF.
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Anisha Patel, MD
Assistant ProfessorUCSF Division of General PediatricsAnisha Patel, MD, is an assistant professor in the UCSF Division of General Pediatrics and provides primary and acute care to pediatric patients at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco. Her research interests include developing and evaluating interventions and policies to prevent childhood obesity.
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Dean Schillinger, MD
ProfessorUCSF School of MedicineDean Schillinger, MD, is professor of medicine in residence at UCSF and Chief of the UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH). He is a practicing primary care physician at SFGH, an urban public hospital, where he sees patients, teaches in the primary care residency program, and conducts research.
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Laura A. Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH
ProfessorUCSF School of MedicineLaura A. Schmidt, PhD, MSW, MPH, is a professor in the UCSF School of Medicine. She has dedicated her career to intervening on the social determinants of health and to understanding how lifestyle risk factors, such as alcohol and poor diet, influence chronic disease and health inequality.
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Kimber Stanhope, PhD, RD
Research Nutritional BiologistUC Davis Department of Molecular BiosciencesKimber Stanhope, PhD, RD, is a research nutritional biologist in the Department of Molecular Biosciences at UC Davis. Her work focuses on investigating the effects of sugar consumption on the development of metabolic disease, utilizing well-controlled diet intervention studies in human subjects.
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Miriam Vos, MD, MSPH
Assistant Professor of PediatricsEmory University School of MedicineMiriam Vos, MD, MSPH, is an assistant professor of pediatrics in the Emory University School of Medicine and a physician on staff at Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta. She specializes in the treatment of gastrointestinal disease in children, as well as treatments for fatty liver disease and obesity.
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Evans M. Whitaker, MD, MLIS
Library ScientistUCSF Medical LibraryEvans M. Whitaker, MD, MLIS, is a UCSF expert in comprehensive literature searching and organization of information on medical issues, in database search techniques and evidence-based medicine.
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Mary C. Wiley, PsyD
InternUCSF School of MedicineMary C. Wiley, PsyD, is a licensed clinical psychologist practicing in the Bay Area for nearly 20 years. She works primarily with addiction and mood disorders utilizing evidence-based approaches (cognitive -behavioral approach and mindfulness) therapies.
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Kristine Yaffe, MD
ProfessorUCSF Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and EpidemiologyKristine Yaffe, MD, is a professor in the UCSF Departments of Psychiatry, Neurology and Epidemiology, and associate chair of research for the UCSF Department of Psychiatry. She is also chief of Geriatric Psychiatry and director of the Memory Disorders Clinic at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
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