Madhavi Dandu, MD, MPH
Professor
Medicine
School of Medicine
Dr. Dandu is a Professor of Medicine. She received her undergraduate degree in Comparative Literature and Biomedical Sciences and then a medical degree from the University of Michigan in Ann Arbor. She completed her residency training in the Categorical Medicine Program at UCSF in 2003.
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Afterwards, Dr. Dandu attended the University of California, Berkeley and received a Masters in Public Health with a focus on international health and health and human rights.
Prior to returning to UCSF, Dr. Dandu spent two years back at the University of Michigan with the Department of Medicine in the hospitalist group providing inpatient clinical care to patients and teaching residents and medical students. At UCSF, Dr. Dandu spends part of her time on the inpatient clinical services supervising and teaching medical students and residents.
Her main nonclinical areas of focus are in global health education, curriculum development, and mentorship especially in the areas of ethics and cultural humility. She is an active member of the Academy of Medical Educators. She has served in several educational leadership roles and previously directed multiple programs at UCSF including: 1) The Master of Science in Global Health, a one-year program designed for students or practitioners in a health science profession or related field who wish to achieve mastery and leadership skills in the field of global health. 2) The Global Health Pathway/Area of Distinction for the Internal Medicine Residency. In this capacity she coordinated international experiences of residents, assisted with their scholarly projects, and provides curriculum for those committed to careers in global health. 3) Co-director of the Global Health Core for the Division of Hospital Medicine and a senior curriculum adviser for the HEAL Fellowship.
She is now Director of the University of California Global Health Institute- a UC-wide initiative that stimulates, nurtures, and promotes global health research, education, and collaboration to advance the University’s global health agenda. She has also joined the Global Action in Nursing (GAIN) Initiative where she supports learning and quality improvement initiatives. In addition she continues to collaborate with colleagues and community-based partners on cultural humility training and initiatives focused on justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Awards
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- Induction into the Academy of Medical Educators, University of California, San Francisco, 2014-2015
Education & Training
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- Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2017
- MPH School of Public Health University of California, Berkeley 2004
- M.D. School of Medicine University of Michigan 2000
- Residency Internal Medicine University of California, San Francisco
Interests
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- Education
- People with limited English proficiency
- Justice
- Equity
- Diversity
- Inclusion
- Migrants/refugees
- Global Health
- Socioeconomically marginalized groups
- Human Rights
- Cultural Humility
Websites
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- Clinical Profile at UCSF Medical Center (ucsfhealth.org)
Publications (17)
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A systematic review and meta-analysis assessing the impact of droughts, flooding, and climate variability on malnutrition.
Global public health 2020 Lieber M, Chin-Hong P, Kelly K, Dandu M, Weiser SD -
A Qualitative Assessment of Mothers' Experience With Pediatric Anemia Care in Arequipa, Peru.
Frontiers in public health 2020 Louzado-Feliciano P, Vargas B, Dandu M, Fuller S, Santos N, Quiñones Á, Martin HM, Caban-Martinez AJ -
Experiences with stigma and discrimination among adolescents and young adults living with HIV in Bangkok, Thailand.
AIDS care 2019 Mathew RS, Boonsuk P, Dandu M, Sohn AH -
An NGO-Implemented Community-Clinic Health Worker Approach to Providing Long-Term Care for Hypertension in a Remote Region of Southern India.
Global health, science and practice 2017 Sankaran S, Ravi PS, Wu YE, Shanabogue S, Ashok S, Agnew K, Fang MC, Khanna RA, Dandu M, Harrison JD -
Death, injury and disability from kinetic impact projectiles in crowd-control settings: a systematic review.
BMJ open 2017 Haar RJ, Iacopino V, Ranadive N, Dandu M, Weiser SD
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Health impacts of chemical irritants used for crowd control: a systematic review of the injuries and deaths caused by tear gas and pepper spray.
BMC public health 2017 Haar RJ, Iacopino V, Ranadive N, Weiser SD, Dandu M -
Ethics Simulation in Global Health Training (ESIGHT).
MedEdPORTAL : the journal of teaching and learning resources 2017 Asao S, Lewis B, Harrison JD, Glass M, Brock TP, Dandu M, Le P -
A New Master's Degree in Global Health: Reflections on a 5-year Experience.
Annals of global health 2015 Dandu M, Baltzell K, Nelson K, Gulati S, Debas HT, Ziegler JL -
Global health bootcamp: An innovative interprofessional course for clinicians dedicated to equitable global health care delivery.
Annals of Global Health 2015 E. Wu, M. Singh, P.V. Le, M. Dandu, K. Duderstadt, T. Brock, B. Lewis, H. Lee, S. Shamasunder -
HEAL Initiative.
Annals of Global Health 2015 S. Asao, B. Lewis, M. Singh, R. Tittle, S. Shamasunder, M. Dandu, H. Lee, P.V. Le -
Results of a five year program review for the first US-based masters of science in global health at UC San Francisco.
Annals of Global Health 2015 K. Baltzell, M. Dandu -
Descriptive characteristics and health outcomes of the food by prescription nutrition supplementation program for adults living with HIV in Nyanza Province, Kenya.
PloS one 2014 Nagata JM, Cohen CR, Young SL, Wamuyu C, Armes MN, Otieno BO, Leslie HH, Dandu M, Stewart CC, Bukusi EA, Weiser SD -
A leathery lining.
Journal of general internal medicine 2013 Parikh RV, Frost N, Green A, Dandu M -
Developing educators, investigators, and leaders during internal medicine residency: the area of distinction program.
Journal of graduate medical education 2011 Kohlwes RJ, Cornett P, Dandu M, Julian K, Vidyarthi A, Minichiello T, Shunk R, Jain S, Harleman E, Ranji S, Sharpe B, O'Sullivan P, Hollander H -
Trainee safety in global health.
Journal of general internal medicine 2011 Dandu M -
Depression and HIV in Botswana: a population-based study on gender-specific socioeconomic and behavioral correlates.
PloS one 2010 Gupta R, Dandu M, Packel L, Rutherford G, Leiter K, Phaladze N, Korte FP, Iacopino V, Weiser SD -
How complete is the evidence for thromboembolism prophylaxis in general medicine patients? A meta-analysis of randomized controlled trials.
Journal of hospital medicine 2009 Bump GM, Dandu M, Kaufman SR, Shojania KG, Flanders SA