Arianne Teherani, PhD, MSEd
Professor In Residence
Medicine
School of Medicine

Arianne Teherani, PhD is Professor of Medicine. She is the Founding Co-Director of the University of California, Center for Climate Health and Equity, Senior Director for the Center for Advancing Scholarship in Education, and Director for Program Evaluation and Education Continuous Quality Improvement for the UCSF School of Medicine.

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Arianne’s research advances equity, social justice, and climate solutions in health sciences education. Her work identifies and dismantles practices perpetuating educational disparities, informing conversations, research agendas, and policies globally. Dr. Teherani examines interventions aimed at creating equity during medical training and studies exemplars of success. Arianne co-leads the Equity and Justice in Education initiative and mentors students, residents, fellows, and faculty in health professions education programs. She drives continuous quality improvement, rigorously evaluating innovative education initiatives and programs. She spearheads research that focuses on education as a core solution to the climate crisis. She examines outcomes of training health professionals on climate-health impacts through community-engaged health professions education, education for healthcare decarbonization, and sustainable practices in health professions training. Arianne has developed and led multiple courses and training initiatives focused on climate change, health, and decarbonization.

Arianne's work has been featured in venues such as National Public Radio, KTVU, and the Huffington Post. She has served and held leadership roles as a journal editor and in multiple organizations, including the Association of American Medical Colleges, the American Educational Research Association, and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. She received the UCSF Faculty Sustainability Award and the UC Sustainability Champion Award. Arianne was named the Faculty Climate Action Champion, an award given to one faculty member at each University of California campus in recognition of their contributions to the mission of sustainability and carbon neutrality. Arianne was selected as an AERA Fellow, a program that recognizes excellence in education research, honoring those with substantial research accomplishments whose work has made a lasting impact on the field.

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