Bixby Profiles

Meet Alison Comfort, researcher exploring the stories behind the data

UCSF Bixby Center
November 14, 2022
Health economist Alison Comfort has been drawn to math and economics her whole life. The unique power of her work comes in recognizing the real-life experiences behind the data.

Meet Purba Chatterjee, connector working to decolonize global health

UCSF Bixby Center
May 18, 2022
Thanks to Purba Chatterjee's experience across different divisions, departments, and countries, colleagues have come to view her as a connector, helping people find other people, jobs, grants and projects to serve the higher goal of improving public health.

Meet Dana Cropper, training leader putting community first

UCSF Bixby Center
January 3, 2022
As Director of the California Prevention Training Center, Dana leads an impressive team that helps healthcare professionals build capacity all over the country and the world. Just like the years of public health work that brought her here, she sees her behind-the-scenes work as a way of serving the community.

Meet Jasmine Powell, equity specialist shifting culture

UCSF Bixby Center
August 13, 2021
With the clinical teams at ZSFG, Jasmine is working on ambitious equity and structural change plans to improve the clinical care provided, with input from the communities they serve. She’s working with the Bixby Center to implement equity recommendations developed by Bixby members and external experts to ensure that anti-racism is integrated into all aspects of our work, and that Bixby members have the resources needed to thrive.

Meet Dr. Ina Park, physician fighting STI stigma

UCSF Bixby Center
April 6, 2021
Dr. Ina Park's drive to change the way people think about STIs inspired her to write her new book, Strange Bedfellows: Adventures in the Science, History and Surprising Secrets of STDs.

Meet Dr. Diane Tober, anthropologist demystifying egg donation

UCSF Bixby Center
January 12, 2021
Dr. Diane Tober examines thorny questions around reproduction as a Medical Anthropologist in the UCSF School of Nursing.

Meet Dr. Monica Hahn, physician merging activism and medicine

UCSF Bixby Center
May 12, 2020
Years ago, Dr. Monica Hahn thought she’d be more likely to end up protesting in the streets than seeing patients in an exam room. Now an assistant professor in the Department of Family & Community Medicine, Hahn is the daughter of Korean immigrants and the first person in her family to go to medical school.

Meet Dr. Lauren Ralph, researcher putting young people first

UCSF Bixby Center
January 7, 2020
Dr. Lauren Ralph of Advancing New Standards in Reproductive Health is taking the challenges of adolescent sexual health research head on. “We’re doing a disservice if we can’t gather their perspectives and experiences and make better policy for them.”

Meet Dr. Ifeyinwa Asiodu, breastfeeding researcher centering Black women

UCSF Bixby Center
August 21, 2019
Dr. Ifeyinwa Asiodu’s research isn’t meant to sit in journals. “To know that my work is resonating with people and that they can use it to amplify and support the work they’re doing is one of the biggest motivating factors for me,” she says. “That’s why I do this work.”

Meet Dr. Rachel L. Kaplan, trailblazing researcher fighting transphobia

UCSF Bixby Center
June 26, 2019
There is very little data about HIV in the Middle East to begin with, and funding and attention dedicated to eradicating the epidemic often ignores trans women. Dr. Rachel L. Kaplan is out to change that.