Core Faculty
DREAMS-CDTR Core Faculty are scientists throughout Northern California who lead innovative research to address various aspects of diabetes disparities.
Drs. Adams, Schillinger, Schmittdiel, and Karter also serve as DREAMS-CDTR core faculty. 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 and Central California.
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
Abby King, PhD
Core Faculty, HEAT
Professor of Epidemiology and Population Health, Stanford Medicine
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
Core Faculty, HEAT Core
Assistant Professor, UC Merced
Mary Reed, DrPH
Core Faculty, MDI Core
Research Scientist III, Kaiser Permanente Division of Research
Hilary Seligman, MD MAS
Core Faculty, HEAT Core
Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, UCSF