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Team Members

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Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, PhD, MPH, MPhil, MS

Principal Investigator

Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, PhD, MPH, is an Associate Professor in Residence in the Division of Hospital Medicine at...

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Catthi Ly, MPhil

Research Assistant

Catthi grew up in Orange County, California, where she also completed her undergraduate education...

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Sofia Weiss Goitiandia, MA, MSc, BA

Associate Specialist

Sofía Weiss Goitiandía is an interdisciplinary scholar and public health advocate. She strives to...

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Julia Axelrod, BA

Research Assistant

Julia Axelrod holds a B.A. in Medical Anthropology and Bioethics from Stanford...

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Amber Martin, PhD, MPH, LPC, NCC

Research Associate

Amber Martin is a dynamic interdisciplinary Health Behavior Research Scientist, Clinical Mental...

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Sharifa Brooks-Smith-Lowe, MSc

Research Assistant

Sharifa is a dedicated public health professional with a passion for research, advocacy, and education....

Core Team

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Desiree Anderson, PhD

CAB Member

Desirée Anderson, Ph.D., M.Ed., (she/her/hers) was born in San Diego, California. She earned her B.A. and M.Ed. from...

Stephanie Morgan

Stephanie Morgan

CAB Member

Stephanie Morgan grew up in East St. Louis, Illinois and moved to San Francisco, CA in 1981. She has worked in...

Cinnamon Etta, BA

Cinnamon Etta, BA

CAB Member

Cinnamon Etta (she/her) is from San Jose, California and raised in Marin County, California. She is California State...

Karen Vickers, BS

Karen Vickers, BS

CAB Member

Karen grew up in San Francisco and moved to Benicia in 2017 in anticipation of retirement. Karen spent 46 years working in healthcare...

Trymel Harris

Trymel Harris

CAB Member

Rev. Trymel Harris, Staff Chaplain with Dignity Health at three locations (SFMH, SMMC, SEQ). He...

Community Advisory Board (CAB)

Collaborators

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Jason Batten, MD, MA

Prior to medical school, Jason worked as a teacher in low-income Los Angeles public high schools and...

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Teva Brender, MD

Teva Brender is a third-year internal medicine resident at the University of California, San Francisco...

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Rabbi Michael Lezak

Rabbi Michel Lezak helps lead GLIDE’s Center for Social Justice in San Francisco, an organization whose...

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Sandra Oreper, MPH

Sandra Oreper serves as the Academic Research Coach for the UCSF Division of Hospital...

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Jacob Blythe, MD, MA

Jacob is a PGY-3 resident in the integrated diagnostic and interventional radiology...

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Daniel Dohan, PhD

Dan Dohan is Professor of Health Policy, Surgery, and Humanities and Social Sciences at the Philip R...

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Lingsheng Li, MD, MHS

Lingsheng is a Geriatrician and Palliative Care physician with additional clinical background in...

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Lorraine Pereira, BA

Lorraine holds a B.A. in Public Health and a minor in Global Poverty and Practice from the University...

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Andy Bradshaw, PhD, Bsc

Andy is a qualitative researcher who conducts health service research within palliative care. His research...

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James Harrison, MPH, PhD

James is a researcher and implementation scientist who uses patient engagement to improve...

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Martha Ockenfels-Martinez, MPH

Martha was born and raised in Minneapolis, and her background is in community organizing...

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Katherine Sleeman, BSc, MBBS, PhD FRCP

Professor Katherine Sleeman is the Laing Galazka Chair in Palliative Care, at the Cicely...

In Memoriam

1960-2023

Beloved mentor and friend

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