Core Faculty
DREAMS-CDTR Core Faculty are nationally recognized clinicians and scientists who lead innovative research to related to diabetes. With expertise in clinical medicine, and innovation methodological approaches, they are all uniquely well-positioned to collaboratively realize the DREAMS-CDTR vision and goals 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
Sanjay Basu, MD , PhD
Core Faculty, National Resources Core
Director of Research, Harvard Center for Primary Care
Marianne Bitler, PhD
Core Faculty, National Resources Core
Professor of Economics, UC Davis
Susan Brown, PhD
Co-Lead, HEAT Core
Associate Professor, Department of Internal Medicine, UC Davis
Anjali Gopalan, MD, MS
Core Faculty, HEAT Core
Research Scientist I, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Rita Hamad, MD, PhD
Core Faculty, National Resources Core
Associate Professor, Family and Community Medicine, UCSF
Alka Kanaya, MD
Co-Lead, MDI Core
Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Andrew J Karter, PhD
Associate Director
Research Scientist III, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Courtney Lyles, PhD
Core Faculty, MDI Core
Associate Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine, UCSF
Romain S. Neugebauer, PhD
Associate Director/Co-Lead, MDI
Research Scientist III, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
A. Susana Ramirez, PhD, MPH, MA
Core Faculty, HEAT Core
Assistant Professor, UC Merced
Mary Reed, DrPH
Core Faculty, MDI Core
Research Scientist III, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Luis Rodriguez, PhD, MPH, RD
Core Faculty, HEAT Core
Research Scientist at the Kaiser Permanente Northern California Division of Research
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
Julie A. Schmittdiel, PhD
Co-Director
Associate Director, Health Care Delivery and Policy, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS
Core Faculty, HEAT Core
Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF
Tainayah Thomas, PhD, MPH
Core Faculty, HEAT Core
Assistant Professor, Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford University