Jane Jih, MD, MPH, MAS
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
I am a practicing general internist and investigator in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. My overall research program aims to reduce health disparities and promote health equity among multiethnic and linguistically diverse adults by developing and evaluating innovative, patient-centered interventions.
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I serve as the Co-Director of the UCSF Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center and Co-Director of the Asian American Research Center on Health. I serve as the UCSF Lead of the University of California Consortium on Asian American and Pacific Islander Policy & Community Priorities. In 2024, I was appointed to serve a four year term as a member of the Advisory Committee on Minority Health of the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services Office of Minority Health. I am also a member of the editorial board of the journal Health Equity after serving as an Associate Editor. I engage in clinical outpatient teaching of residents and research mentoring of trainees including predoctoral students. I also direct the UCSF Primary Care Residency Resident Scholarship Program.
My current partner-engaged and clinical practice-based research focuses on: a) the impact of social determinants of health including race and ethnicity, language and culture on chronic disease care, particularly among those with multiple chronic conditions; b) patient-clinician communication about social determinants of health and unmet health-related social needs such as food insecurity and transportation barriers; c) use of photos as a tool to communicate about health and social factors important in chronic disease care. This work is based on the premise that photos can promote efficient information exchange and activate patients to communicate their complex lived experiences, including their goals and preferences that may otherwise be difficult to elicit or challenging to discuss in current clinical practice.
Awards
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- Robert H Crede Award for Excellence in Clinical Research, UCSF Division of General Internal Medicine, 2023
- Multiple Chronic Conditions (MCC) Scholar, AGING Initiative, 2019
- Research Innovation Award, Integrative Medicine for the Underserved Annual Conference, 2019
- Presidential Poster Award - Health and Healthcare Disparities Category, American Geriatrics Society, 2016
- Research Career Development Award, UCSF Pepper Center, 2015-2016
- Butler Williams Scholars Program (Summer Science Institute), National Institute on Aging, 2015
- Loan Repayment Program Recipient, National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities, 2014-2018
- Best Published Paper Award, Asian & Pacific Islander Caucus for Public Health of the American Public Health Association, 2014
- Delta Omega, University of Illinois at Chicago School of Public Health, 2008
- Albert Schweitzer Fellow, Albert Schweitzer Fellowship, 2007-2008
- Gold Humanism Honor Society, University of Illinois at Chicago College of Medicine, 2007
- Boren Scholarship for Study Abroad (Taiwan), National Security Education Program, 2002-2003
- Prize for Public Service, JW Saxe Memorial Fund, 2002
- Phi Beta Kappa, University of Illinois at Chicago, 2002
Education & Training
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- Internal Medicine Chief Residency Mercy Hospital and Medical Center
- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training UCSF
- MAS with Specialization in Implementation Science UCSF
- Primary Care Research Fellowship UCSF
- Internal Medicine Residency University of Chicago Medical Center
- BA, Psychology University of Illinois at Chicago
- MD University of Illinois at Chicago
- MPH, Epidemiology University of Illinois at Chicago
Interests
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- patient-clinician communication
- social determinants of health
- multiple chronic conditions
- geriatrics
- health communication
- food insecurity
- community based participatory research (CBPR)
- Asian American health
- chronic disease care
- Filipino American health
- physical activity
- language access
- Photovoice
- dietary behaviors
- photo elicitation
- diabetes
- qualitative methods
- transportation barriers
- health disparities
- narrative medicine
- aging
- obesity
- technology-based interventions
- health equity
Websites
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- @@janejih on Twitter (twitter.com)
- Inclusion Across the Lifespan, Health Equity, and Vulnerable Populations (mccresearch.agscocare.org)
- Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center (merc.ucsf.edu)
- Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center (ucsfhealth.org)
- Jih Research Group (jihlab.ucsf.edu)
- UC Consortium On AAPI Policy & Community Priorities (ucaanhpi.org)
- Profile at Asian American Research Center on Health (asianarch.org)
- Heart Healthy Integrative Nutritional Counseling (incguide.org)
Grants and Projects
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- Addressing Contextual Factors in Chronic Disease Management in Minority Older Adults through Photo-based Patient-Clinician Communication, NIH, 2021-2025
- Proof-of-Concept Pilot Ride Share Voucher Program to Reduce Transportation Barriers and Primary Care Visit No Shows among Medically Complex Patients, Mount Zion Health Fund, 2023-2024
- Mobile Patient-Reported Outcomes for Value and Effectiveness, AHRQ, 2023-2024
- Identifying and Addressing Health-Related Social Needs in the UCSF General Medicine Practice, Mount Zion Health Fund, 2018-2022
- , Hellman Family Awards for Early Career Faculty, 2018-2022
- UCSF CTSI KL2 Career Development Award, NIH/NCATS, 2018-2021
- Identifying and Assessing Food Insecurity In Older Diverse Primary Care Patients, NIH, 2015-2019
- Developing and Implementing a Heart Healthy Integrative Diet for Chinese American Patients, Mount Zion Health Fund, 2016-2018
Publications (30)
Top publication keywords:
Food SupplyNutrition PolicyHealth EducationExerciseCommunicationCommunity-Based Participatory ResearchMultimorbidityPatient Education as TopicPrimary Health CareMultiple Chronic ConditionsPhysician's RolePhotographyMedicine, Chinese TraditionalAnthropology, CulturalCommunication Barriers
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Patient Perspectives of Health-Related Social Needs Screening in an Urban Academic Adult Primary Care Practice
Patient Experience Journal 2023 Nguyen A, Galeas J, Jih J -
Using Photographs to Understand the Context of Health: A Novel Two-Step Systematic Process for Coding Visual Data.
Qualitative health research 2023 Jih J, Nguyen A, Woo J, Ly A, Shim JK -
Burden of unmet health-related social needs in an academic adult primary care practice in San Francisco California.
BMC primary care 2023 Jih J, Nguyen A, Cenzer I, Morrish J -
Language-Concordant Care: a Qualitative Study Examining Implementation of Physician Non-English Language Proficiency Assessment.
Journal of general internal medicine 2023 Garcia ME, Williams M, Mutha S, Diamond LC, Jih J, Handley MA, Pathak S, Karliner LS -
Institutionalizing Community-engaged Translational Science in an Academic Institution: A Community Stakeholder-Driven Process.
Progress in community health partnerships : research, education, and action 2023 Duke MR, Sun A, Fleisher P, Gallegos-Castillo A, LeSarre M, Cheng J, Young K, Pletcher MJ, Nguyen T, Jih J
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A photo-based communication intervention to promote diet-related discussions among older adults with multi-morbidity.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Jih J, Nguyen A, Woo J, Tran WC, Wang A, Gonzales N, Fung J, Callejas J, Nguyen TT, Ritchie CS -
Exploring the intersection of structural racism and ageism in healthcare.
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2022 Farrell TW, Hung WW, Unroe KT, Brown TR, Furman CD, Jih J, Karani R, Mulhausen P, Nápoles AM, Nnodim JO, Upchurch G, Whittaker CF, Kim A, Lundebjerg NE, Rhodes RL -
Complementary and integrative healthcare communication in Chinese American patient / primary care visits: An observational discourse analysis.
PEC innovation 2022 Ho EY, Leung G, Lauer B, Jih J, Karliner L -
"It Looks Like You're Making Very Healthy Choices": Attending to the Lifeworld and Medicine in Photo-Based Talk in Primary Care.
Health communication 2022 Ho EY, Leung G, Jih J -
Innovative Strategies to Facilitate Patient-Centered Research in Multiple Chronic Conditions.
Journal of clinical medicine 2021 Garg T, Polenick CA, Schoenborn N, Jih J, Hajduk A, Wei MY, Hughes J -
Heart-Healthy Integrative Nutritional Counseling Group Education Sessions Among Chinese Americans With Cardiovascular Risk Factors or Disease: A Primary Care Quality Improvement Pilot.
Journal of patient-centered research and reviews 2021 Woo J, Ho EY, Jih J -
A Pilot Study to Promote Active Living among Physically Inactive Korean American Women.
Journal of community health nursing 2021 Choi J, Shin NM, Cooper B, Jih J, Janice T -
"I didn't know you were such a good cook": Photos as a tool for primary care clinician-patient communication.
Patient education and counseling 2020 Ho EY, Leung G, Fung J, Jih J -
Pilot Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of Integrative Nutritional Counseling Versus Standard Diabetes Self-Management Education for Chinese Americans with Type 2 Diabetes.
Health equity 2020 Ho EY, Pak S, Leung G, Xu S, Yu CK, Hecht FM, Jih J, Chao MT -
A Cluster Randomized Controlled Trial of a Lay Health Worker Intervention to Increase Healthy Eating and Physical Activity Among Vietnamese Americans.
Preventing chronic disease 2020 Jih J, Stewart SL, Luong TN, Nguyen TT, McPhee SJ, Nguyen BH -
Food Insecurity Is Associated with Behavioral Health Diagnosis Among Older Primary Care Patients with Multiple Chronic Conditions.
Journal of general internal medicine 2019 Jih J, Nguyen TT, Jin C, Seligman H, Boscardin WJ, Ritchie CS -
The Role of Physician Recommendation in Colorectal Cancer Screening Receipt Among Immigrant Chinese Americans.
Journal of immigrant and minority health 2018 Jih J, Nguyen MP, Ly I, Tsoh JY, Le GM, Woo K, Chan E, Gildengorin G, Stewart SL, Burke A, Pasick R, McPhee SJ, Nguyen TT -
Heart healthy integrative nutritional counseling (H2INC): Creating a Chinese medicine + western medicine patient education curriculum for Chinese Americans.
Patient education and counseling 2018 Ho EY, Acquah J, Chao C, Leung G, Ng DC, Chao MT, Wang A, Ku S, Chen W, Yu CK, Xu S, Chen M, Jih J -
Racial and Ethnic Differences in Prostate Cancer Survivors' Perceived Engagement in Treatment Decision-Making.
Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2018 Palmer NR, Gregorich SE, Livaudais-Toman J, Jih J, Kaplan CP -
Chronic disease burden predicts food insecurity among older adults.
Public health nutrition 2018 Jih J, Stijacic-Cenzer I, Seligman HK, Boscardin WJ, Nguyen TT, Ritchie CS -
Application of Photovoice with Focus Groups to Explore Dietary Behaviors of Older Filipino Adults with Cardiovascular Disease.
Journal of health disparities research and practice 2018 Jih J, La Chica T, Antonio LM, Villero OO, Roque MN, Domingo JR, Landicho JF, Napoles AM, Kaplan CP, Nguyen TT -
In Bopp MJ, ed. Physical Activity in Diverse Populations
Physical Activity among Asian Americans 2017 Chen EW, Yoo, GJ, Musselman EA, Jih J -
Colorectal Cancer Screening and Chinese Americans: Efficacy of Lay Health Worker Outreach and Print Materials.
American journal of preventive medicine 2016 Nguyen TT, Tsoh JY, Woo K, Stewart SL, Le GM, Burke A, Gildengorin G, Pasick RJ, Wang J, Chan E, Fung LC, Jih J, McPhee SJ -
Educational Interventions to Promote Healthy Nutrition and Physical Activity Among Older Chinese Americans: A Cluster-Randomized Trial.
American journal of public health 2016 Jih J, Le G, Woo K, Tsoh JY, Stewart S, Gildengorin G, Burke A, Wong C, Chan E, Fung LC, Yu F, Pasick R, McPhee SJ, Nguyen TT -
Patient-physician language concordance and use of preventive care services among limited English proficient Latinos and Asians.
Public health reports (Washington, D.C. : 1974) 2015 Jih J, Vittinghoff E, Fernandez A -
Knowledge, Attitudes, and Ordering Patterns for Routine HIV Screening among Resident Physicians at an Urban Medical Center.
Journal of the International Association of Providers of AIDS Care 2014 Bares S, Steinbeck J, Bence L, Kordik A, Acree ME, Jih J, Farnan J, Watson S, Rasinski K, Schneider J, Pitrak D -
Using appropriate body mass index cut points for overweight and obesity among Asian Americans.
Preventive medicine 2014 Jih J, Mukherjea A, Vittinghoff E, Nguyen TT, Tsoh JY, Fukuoka Y, Bender MS, Tseng W, Kanaya AM -
Quantification and genotyping of hepatitis B virus in a single reaction by real-time PCR and melting curve analysis.
Journal of hepatology 2004 Yeh SH, Tsai CY, Kao JH, Liu CJ, Kuo TJ, Lin MW, Huang WL, Lu SF, Jih J, Chen DS, Chen PJ -
Differential effects of M1 muscarinic receptor blockade and nicotinic receptor blockade in the dorsomedial striatum on response reversal learning.
Behavioural brain research 2004 Tzavos A, Jih J, Ragozzino ME -
Involvement of the dorsomedial striatum in behavioral flexibility: role of muscarinic cholinergic receptors.
Brain research 2002 Ragozzino ME, Jih J, Tzavos A