Emily Ager, MD, MPH
Clinical Fellow
Emergency Medicine
School of Medicine

Dr. Emily Ager is an Emergency Medicine physician focused on improving the delivery of acute care for underserved patient populations. Originally from Oregon, she obtained her undergraduate degree at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota where she majored in Biology. She subsequently worked as a community organizer with Partners In Health and in a basic science research lab in Boston.

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She attended medical school at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. After gaining an interest in health disparities research, she pursued an MPH at the Harvard School of Public Health. During this time, she helped develop and pilot a social determinants of health screening tool in a pediatric Emergency Department. She then completed her residency in Emergency Medicine at the University of Michigan. During residency, she helped implement an ED-based expedited partner therapy for STIs program to reduce barriers to STI treatment, as well as investigated trends in Michigan ED visits for early pregnancy complications after changes in the national abortion policy landscape.

As a fellow with the UCSF National Clinician Scholars Program, Dr. Ager's research will focus on investigating disparities in care among people seeking reproductive and sexual health care in the ED. She hopes to leverage these findings to develop and implement ED-based interventions to improve care and reduce inequities. Outside of clinical work and research, Dr. Ager enjoys cycling, Telemark skiing, & traveling.

Education & Training

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  • Residency Emergency Medicine University of Michigan 06/2024
  • MD Medicine Oregon Health and Science University 06/2020
  • MPH Health and Social Behavior Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health 06/2019
  • BA Biology Carleton College 06/2013
  • National Clinician Scholars Program

Interests

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  • Reproductive and sexual health
  • Health services research
  • Health equity research

Publications (7)

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Tuberculosis, PulmonaryHepcidinsAntibiotics, AntitubercularReceptors, ProgesteroneMembrane ProteinsMycobacterium tuberculosisHep G2 CellsEmergency Medical ServicesAndrostanolsMifepristoneHealth EquityDrug Resistance, BacterialHandPilot ProjectsEmergency Service, Hospital