Jane Jih, MD, MPH, MAS
Associate Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine

415-885-7563

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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Grants and Projects

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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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