Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

415-502-4106

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS is the Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Professor of Medicine and Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She is currently the 17th Editor in Chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and the JAMA Network.

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Dr. Bibbins-Domingo has previously served as the inaugural Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the UCSF School of Medicine. She also chaired the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 2017-2022. Dr. Bibbins-Domingo co-founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital that generates actionable research to increase health equity and reduce health disparities in at-risk populations in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and nationally.

Dr. Bibbins-Domingo is a general internist, cardiovascular disease epidemiologist, and a national leader in prevention and interventions to address health disparities. She had been a long-standing NIH-funded researcher who used observational studies, pragmatic trials, and simulation modeling to examine effective clinical, public health, and policy interventions aimed at prevention.

Dr. Bibbins-Domingo was a member of the US Preventive Services Task Force from 2010-2017 and led the Task Force as the vice-chair and chair from 2014-2017. She is an inducted member of the American Society for Clinical Investigation, the Association of American Physicians, the National Academy of Medicine, and the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Awards

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  • Elected to membership, American Academy of Arts and Sciences, 2022
  • Beverlee A. Myers Award for Excellence in Public Health, California Department of Public Health, 2022
  • Distinguished Citizen Award, Commonwealth Club of California, 2021
  • Distinguished Professor of Women and Medicine, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2019
  • Harold S. Luft Award for Mentoring in Health Services and Health Policy Research, UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, 2019
  • Ancel Keys Memorial Lecture, American Heart Association, 2017
  • Elected to membership, Association of American Physicians, 2017
  • Chancellor's Award for Public Service, UCSF, 2017
  • Elected to membership, National Academy of Medicine, 2015
  • Mid-career Research Mentor Award, Society of General Internal Medicine, 2014
  • Lee Goldman, MD Endowed Chair in Medicine, UCSF, 2012
  • Elected to membership, American Society for Clinical Investigation, 2010

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2020
  • MAS Masters in Clinical Research UCSF, Epidemiology and Biostatistics 2004
  • Residency Internal Medicine UCSF, Medicine 2001
  • MD Medicine UCSF, Medicine 1999
  • PhD Biochemistry UCSF, Biochemistry 1994
  • AB Molecular Biology & Princeton School of Public and International Affairs Princeton University 1987

Interests

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  • Hypertension
  • Health disparities
  • Simulation Modeling
  • Health of young adults
  • Cardiovascular disease
  • Kidney disease
  • Chronic disease prevention
  • Implementation Science

Websites

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Videos

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Grants and Projects

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Publications (415)

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MedicineCoronary DiseaseHypertensionSodium, DietaryCost-Benefit AnalysisPreventive Health ServicesPrimary PreventionBiomedical ResearchAntihypertensive AgentsPopulation HealthBlood PressureCardiovascular DiseasesMass ScreeningPolicyAdvisory Committees

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