Jason Nagata, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Jason Nagata, M.D., M.Sc. is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and affiliated faculty with the Institute for Global Health Sciences and the Center for Sexual and Gender Minority Health. He is Co-Founder of the International Association for Adolescent Health Young Professionals Network.

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He is an expert in eating disorders, particularly in boys and men. His other research interests include adolescent and young adult screen time, digital technology use, eating behaviors, food security, nutrition, alcohol use, cardiovascular disease, HIV, and LGBTQ+ health. His global health work is focused in Kenya and Guatemala and he led an adolescent health research priorities exercise for the World Health Organization. He has published over 300 articles in academic journals including The Lancet, the Journal of the American Medical Association, and Pediatrics. He serves as Senior Editor for the Journal of Eating Disorders, on the International Advisory Board of The Lancet Child & Adolescent Health, and the Editorial Board of the Journal of Adolescent Health. He is a Commissioner for the Lancet Commission on Adolescent Health and Wellbeing.

Awards

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  • Nemours Child Health Services Research Award, AcademyHealth, 2023
  • Young Investigator Award, Western Society for Pediatric Research, 2022
  • Young Professionals Prize, International Association for Adolescent Health, 2021
  • Emerging Leader in Adolescent Health Award, American Academy of Pediatrics, 2019
  • Fellow's Clinical Research Award, Society for Pediatric Research, 2019
  • Melvin Grumbach Award for Excellence in Research, UCSF, 2019
  • Career Development Award, Society for Adolescent Health and Medicine, 2016
  • Hugh O’Brodovich Excellence in Scholarship Award, Stanford University, 2016
  • Alpha Omega Alpha Honor Medical Society, UCSF, 2013
  • Dean’s Prize in Global Health, UCSF, 2013

Education & Training

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  • Fellowship Adolescent & Young Adult Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2019
  • Residency Pediatrics Stanford University 2016
  • M.D. Medicine University of California, San Francisco 2013
  • M.Sc. Medical Anthropology University of Oxford 2009
  • B.A. Health and Societies University of Pennsylvania 2008

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (322)

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