Investigators

Tina Raine-Bennett, MD, MPH

MSP Physician
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

Anna Altshuler, MD, MPH

Associate Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

Yasaswi Kislovskiy, MD, MSc

Assistant Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

Suzan Goodman, MD

ASSOC CLIN PROF - VOL
Family Community Medicine

Tricia Wright, MD

Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

Sara Whetstone, MD, MHS

Associate Prof, Residency Dir
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

Dr. Sara Whetstone is an obstetrician and gynecologist whose specialties include family planning and fibroids. She has particular interests in caring for underserved women, health disparities, workforce diversity, patient-centered care and minimally invasive gynecologic surgery.

Whetstone is also interested in medical education, and she serves as an instructor on patient care in obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences for the UCSF School of Medicine. She is also the director of the obstetrics and gynecology residency program.

Jennifer Velloza, PhD, MPH

Assistant Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Dr. Velloza is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Global Health and Infectious Disease Epidemiology. Her research, teaching, and mentoring focus on advancing the field of global mental health and the intersection with HIV and STI prevention specifically for adolescent girls and young women. In her current NIH-funded projects, Dr. Velloza uses implementation science, epidemiology, and behavioral science methods to design, evaluate, and scale-up integrated psychotherapy and HIV pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) delivery models.

Josie Urbina, MD

Assistant Professor
Ob/Gyn, Reproductive Sciences

Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD

Assistant Adjunct Professor
Family Community Medicine

Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD, is an Assistant Professor at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health and the Department of Family and Community Medicine. Dr. Thompson-Lastad is trained as a medical sociologist and conducts qualitative and community-engaged research focused on the role of integrative healthcare in advancing health equity. Her work primarily examines innovative approaches to primary care, including integrative group medical visits implemented in US community health centers and the community midwifery model of postpartum care. Dr.

Kathleen Tebb, PhD

Adjunct Professor
Pediatrics

Kathleen Tebb, Ph.D., is a developmental and health research psychologist whose research focuses on developing, evaluating, implementing, and disseminating evidence-based interventions to promote health equity among diverse and underserved adolescents, young adults, and their families. Her specific areas of study involve understanding and promoting factors that contribute to positive youth development, health behaviors, and resilience among adolescents and young adults, with an emphasis on sexual and reproductive health. Dr.

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