Virginia Fowkes

Senior Lecturer in Medicine (Family and Community Medicine) Sr. Research Scholar, Primary Care and Population Health

Academic Appointments

Sr Research Scholar, Medicine - Family & Community Medicine
Sr. Research Scholar, Primary Care and Population Health

Administrative Appointments

Director, Primary Care Associate Program, Family Medicine (1974 - 2005)
Director of Evaluation, California Statewide AHEC Emergency Preparedness Program (2003 - 2008)
Executive Advisor and Evaluation Director, California Statewide AHEC Program (2005 - Present)
Associate Director, Center for Education iadn Research n Family and Community Medicine (2002 - 2010)

Honors & Awards

Recognition award, California Healthcare Workforce Policy Commisstion (2006)

Professional Education

MHS, University of California,Davis, Health Services (1980)
FNP, University of California,Davis, Family Medicine (1979)
BS, Duke University, Nursing (1964)

Community and International Work

Community AHECs

Topic

Evaluation and development

Partnering Organization(s)

California Statewide AHEC Program

Populations Served

medically underserved

Location

International

Ongoing Project

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Opportunities for Student Involvement

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Community-based training for PAs/NPs

Topic

Partnering Organization(s)

Populations Served

Location

California

Ongoing Project

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Opportunities for Student Involvement

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External Evaluator, Botswana, Africa

Topic

Evaluation of National Nurse Practitioner Program

Partnering Organization(s)

Populations Served

Location

International

Ongoing Project

false

Opportunities for Student Involvement

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Current Research and Scholarly Interests

Evaluation of academic-community programs for health professionals in medically underserved areas
Training of health professionals for medically underserved areas/populations
Program development in medical education (Family Medicine and (AHECs)
National and state policy workforce development

All Publications

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Al'ai Alvarez, MD

Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Focus
Emergency Medicine, High-Performance Teams, Design Thinking, Physician Well-Being, Diversity and Inclusion, Self Compassion, Patient Safety and Quality Improvement, Professionalism, Patient Experience and Clinical Operations, Recruitment
Research Interests
I am a Biodesign Faculty Fellow graduate, and my active research is on using biometrics for personalized fatigue-mitigation lifestyle coaching in high-performance teams to minimize sleep-related disruptions.

40 Total Publications
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Steven Asch

Professor of Medicine (Primary Care and Population Health) and, by courtesy, of Health Policy
Research Interests
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597 Total Publications
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Laurence Baker

Bing Professor of Human Biology, Senior Fellow at the Stanford Institute for Economic Policy Research and Professor, by courtesy, of Economics
Research Interests
Dr. Baker's research is in the area of health economics, and focuses on the effects of financial incentives, organizational structures, and government policies on the health care delivery system, health care costs, and health outcomes.

211 Total Publications
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Donald Barr

Professor (Teaching) of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics), Emeritus

38 Total Publications
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Eli Carrillo, MD

Clinical Assistant Professor, Emergency Medicine
Clinical Focus
Emergency Medicine, Prehospital Emergency Care, Medical Education, Emergency Ultrasonography, Health Equity

5 Total Publications
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Lisa J. Chamberlain

Professor of Pediatrics (General Pediatrics) and, by courtesy, of Education
Clinical Focus
Pediatrics
Research Interests
Child Health disparities - Projects focus on elucidating the non-clinical factors that impact access to appropriate care for children with chronic illness.

Health Policy - Projects explore the intersection of medicine as a profession and formation of child health policy.

119 Total Publications
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John Coetzee

Social Science Research Scholar, Psych/Major Laboratories and Clinical & Translational Neurosciences Incubator

13 Total Publications
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Heather Gotham

Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Research Interests
Dr. Gotham’s research focuses on implementation science, including factors affecting implementation, and training and education of health care providers, across a range of evidence-based practices for adolescent and adult substance use and mental health disorders, co-occurring mental health and substance use disorders, and screening, brief intervention, and referral to treatment (SBIRT).

51 Total Publications
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Meghan Halley

Sr Research Scholar, School of Medicine - Biomedical Ethics

60 Total Publications
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Kate Hardy

Clinical Professor, Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences
Clinical Focus
Psychosis, Schizophrenia Spectrum and Other Psychotic Disorders, Clinical Psychology

27 Total Publications
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John Jay Jernick

Clinical Associate Professor, Medicine - Primary Care and Population Health
Clinical Focus
Family & Community Medicine, Family Medicine
Research Interests
Health services research; guided self-care; health, education; outcome oriented decision processes.

2 Total Publications
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Michaela Kiernan

Sr Res Scholar, Medicine - Med/Stanford Prevention Research Center
Research Interests
Research interests include: (1) the design and testing of targeted behavioral interventions that promote long-term lifestyle changes and weight management among subgroups at risk, and (2) the development of methodological and statistical approaches that improve the design, delivery, and analysis of behavioral randomized clinical trials

46 Total Publications