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