Margaret Handley, PhD, MPH
Professor
Epidemiology & Biostatistics
School of Medicine

margaret.handley@ucsf.edu 628-206-7366

Dr. Margaret Handley is a public heath-trained epidemiologist and implementation scientist in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Department of Medicine, Division of Genereal Internal Medicine, at the University of California San Francisco and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Previously, she co-Directed the UCSF PRISE Center, Partnerships in Research in Implementation Science for Equity and the UCSF Training Program in Implementation Science. She is one of the Principal Investigators for the NIH-funded R25 training program in implementation since (RISE, focusing on implementation science and health equity).

In 2022 she was awarded a Fulbright to develop training in implementation science applied to climate change interventions, in partnership with colleagues at the School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia. Her current research focuses on environmental interventions in the context of climate change/extreme weather events and pollution as well as on ethical perspectives in data science applied to public health and environmental research.

Dr. Handley has methodological expertise in community-engaged research, intervention design, quasi-experimental designs, practice-based research, health communication and mixed methods. She is committed to implementation science skill-building across a wide range of settings, including under-resourced settings, UCSF-based degree programs, and nationally and internationally focused immersion and distance training for junior faculty. Dr. Handley also works in English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms in the Bay Area with students and teachers to create effective risk communication materials for community and clinical settings.

Awards

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  • Fulbright US Scholar Award, US Fulbright Program-Croatia, 2022-2023
  • Consultant of the Year- Consistent Excellence, UCSF CTSI, 2013-2014

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2020
  • PhD Epidemiology University of California 05/2000
  • MPH Epidemiology and Biostatistics University of California 05/1990
  • B.A Environmental Science University of California 05/1986

Interests

  • Implementation Science
  • environmental health/pollution
  • practice based research
  • quasi-experimental study designs
  • tailoring evidence-based interventions
  • climate change
  • Population Health
  • Immigrant Health
  • Global health
  • periconception health
  • homelessness
  • Mentoring junior faculty or trainees
  • Health Communication
  • mixed methods
  • English as a Second Language settings

Websites

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Grants and Projects

Publications (144)

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Diabetes, GestationalSmoke-Free PolicyTuberculosisPublic HousingLeadMentoringEmigrants and ImmigrantsFood ContaminationEnvironmental HealthPrimary Health CareSelf CareDiabetes Mellitus, Type 2Medical InformaticsPlasticsLead Poisoning