Core Faculty

DREAMS-CDTR Core Faculty are nationally recognized clinicians and scientists who lead innovative research to address various aspects of diabetes disparities. With expertise in clinical medicine, disparities, and innovation methodological approaches to address inequities, they are all uniquely well-positioned to collaboratively realize the DREAMS-CDTR vision and goals of reducing health inequities in Northern California and the Central Valley.

Alyce S. Adams, PhD

Co-Director

Stanford Medicine Innovation Professor

Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health & of Health Policy, Stanford Medicine

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Sanjay Basu, MD , PhD

Core Faculty, National Resources Core

Director of Research, Harvard Center for Primary Care

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Marianne Bitler, PhD

Core Faculty, National Resources Core

Professor of Economics, UC Davis

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Susan Brown, PhD

Co-Lead, HEAT Core

Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis

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Anjali Gopalan, MD, MS

Core Faculty, HEAT Core

Research Scientist I, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

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Rita Hamad, MD, PhD

Core Faculty, National Resources Core

Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UCSF

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Alka Kanaya, MD

Co-Lead, MDI Core

Professor of Medicine, UCSF

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Andrew J Karter, PhD

Associate Director

Research Scientist III, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

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Abby King, PhD

Core Faculty, HEAT

Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford Medicine

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Courtney Lyles, PhD

Core Faculty, MDI Core

Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF 

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Romain S. Neugebauer, PhD

Associate Director/Co-Lead, MDI

Research Scientist III, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

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A. Susana Ramirez, PhD, MPH, MA

Core Faculty, HEAT Core

Assistant Professor, UC Merced

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Mary Reed, DrPH

Core Faculty, MDI Core

Research Scientist III, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

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Dean Schillinger, MD

Co-Director

Professor of Medicine in Residence, UCSF

Director, UCSF Health Communications Research Program

Division of General Internal Medicine and Center for Vulnerable Populations, San Francisco General Hospital

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Julie A. Schmittdiel, PhD

Co-Director

Associate Director, Health Care Delivery and Policy, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research

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Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS

Core Faculty, HEAT Core

Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF

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