Dr. Bell is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Community Medicine (FCM) in the School of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Prior to joining FCM, she was a postdoctoral scholar with the Preterm Birth Initiative at UCSF.
Paula Braveman, MD, MPH is Professor of Family and Community Medicine and Founding Director of the Center for Health Equity at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). For more than 25 years, Dr. Braveman has studied and published extensively on health equity and the social determinants of health, and has worked to bring attention to these issues in the U.S. and internationally. Her research has focused on measuring, documenting, understanding, and addressing socioeconomic and racial/ethnic disparities, particularly in maternal and infant health.
Dr. Butler is an Assistant Professional Researcher in the Department of Family and Community Medicine & the CeNter for the StUdy of AdveRsiTy and CardiovascUlaR DiseasE (NURTURE Center). He is a social epidemiologist and minister with interests in the role of religion, childhood experiences and psychological stress on health outcomes.
Dr. Butler is actively involved in projects in two primary domains: 1) psychosocial stress and type II diabetes risk and obesity and 2) Community Based Participatory Research (CBPR) focused on obesity across the life-course.
Jack Chase MD FAAFP FHM is a faculty member in the University of California San Francisco Family and Community Medicine Residency Program, based at San Francisco General Hospital (SFGH.) He provides clinical care at SFGH on the Social Medicine team, Family Medicine Inpatient Service, Supportive and Palliative Care Service, and in the Minor Procedure Clinic. Dr.
