Anita Hargrave, MD
Assistant Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

anita.hargrave@ucsf.edu

Dr. Hargrave is a general internist who is committed to a career in patient-oriented research aimed at improving health outcomes for people who have experienced trauma through identifying and addressing gaps in care using implementation science strategies.

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As a fellow in the National Clinicians Scholars Program (NCSP) she used qualitative and quantitative methods to characterize the impact of trauma and interpersonal violence on health and health equity. This work included evaluating the association between trauma and PTSD with cardiovascular disease (CVD). CVD is the leading cause of death and disability for women in the U.S. and yet, many women have inadequate control of traditional CVD risk factors. As a BIRCWH K-12 Scholar, Dr. Hargrave will evaluate the impact of trauma and other patient and system-level characteristics on treatment patterns and prevalence of CVD risk factors. Dr. Hargrave is also a faculty member of the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI), where her work focuses on analyzing the intersection of violence and homelessness in the California Statewide Study of Homelessness. She is also leading the COMPASS Study through the Center to Advance Trauma Informed Health Care (CTHC), which is a qualitative analysis of communication and relationship building between providers and their patients who have histories of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) and adult traumas.

Awards

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  • SGIM VA Partnered Research Program, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) and VA HSR&D, 2023
  • BIRCWH K12 Scholar Awardee, UCSF-Kaiser Permanente Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH), 2022
  • SGIM Annual Meeting Best Oral Abstract Presentation in Women's Health, Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM), 2021
  • Jeffrey Weingarten Award, University of California, San Francisco, 2019
  • Alpha Omega Alpha, Peer-Elected House Officer, University of California, San Francisco, 2017
  • Gold Headed Cane Society, University of California, San Francisco, 2017
  • MacKenzie Foundation Scholarship for General Medicine, University of California, San Francisco, 2015
  • Phi Beta Kappa Scholarship for Study in Europe, University of Rochester, 2011-2012
  • Fulbright Scholar - Ecuador, Fulbright Commission in Ecuador, 2010-2011
  • Fannie Bigelow Award, University of Rochester, 2010
  • Irene Bush Steinbock Award, University of Rochester, 2010
  • Phi Beta Kappa Honor Society, University of Rochester, 2010

Education & Training

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  • MAS Clinical Research University of California San Francisco 6/2022
  • Residency Internal Medicine University of California San Francisco 6/2020
  • MD with Honors Thesis Doctor of Medicine University of California San Francisco 06/2017
  • Clinical and Translational Fellow Clinical Research University of California San Francisco 06/2016
  • BA, Magna Cum Laude Health and Society University of Rochester 06/2010

Publications (16)

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Intimate Partner ViolenceSurvivorsArbovirus InfectionsFamily Planning ServicesEcuadorContraception, PostcoitalHypersensitivityMilitary PersonnelVeteransSex OffensesStress Disorders, Post-TraumaticHospitalizationDeliriumZika Virus InfectionZika Virus

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