Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

PhD, MD, MAS Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Chair in Medicine , Director, UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at SFGH Director, CTSI K Scholars Program

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS is the Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Chair in Medicine and a Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She is the Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco General Hospital and the Director of the CTSI K Scholars Program. She is also the PI of the Center for Health And Risk in Minority youth and adults (CHARM)- an NIH/NIMHD P60 Center of Excellence in Minority Health and Health Disparities and the Joint PI of DIADS – an NIH/NINDS U54 research center addressing stroke disparities in collaboration with Kaiser Permanente Northern California. A general internist at San Francisco General Hospital and faculty member in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Dr. Bibbins-Domingo is a cardiovascular epidemiologist with expertise in the development of cardiovascular disease, chronic kidney disease, and diabetes risk in young adults. Her work focuses on racial, ethnic and income differences in manifestations of chronic disease, the intersection of biological, behavioral, and environmental factors that influence risk, and effective clinical, public health, and policy interventions aimed at prevention. Dr. Bibbins-Domingo has interest in local, national, and global prevention efforts and has collaborated with investigators in Mexico, Argentina, and China. She is an inducted member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation and has recently been appointed the Chair for the US Preventive Services Task Force.

Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo is the overall PI for CHARM and leads the Administrative and Training Cores.

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