Valerie Gribben, MD
Associate Professor
Pediatrics
School of Medicine

Awards

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  • Outstanding Coach, 2022-2023 Bridges Curriculum – Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Award, UCSF School of Medicine, 2023
  • Inducted Member, Academy of Medical Educators, University of California San Francisco, 2022
  • Academy of Medical Educators’ Excellence in Teaching Award, University of California San Francisco, 2019
  • First Prize, Physician Writing Contest, Medical Economics, 2018
  • Distinguished Service Clinical Teacher of the Year Award, Washington University in Saint Louis School of Medicine, 2017
  • Letter of Teaching Distinction, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2016
  • Nominee, Humanism in Medicine Award, Washington University in Saint Louis, 2016
  • Certificate of Excellence, Quality Improvement & Patient Safety Symposium, Stanford Healthcare, 2015
  • Honor Roll for Teaching, Stanford University School of Medicine, 2015
  • Carole Stinson Literacy Grants, The Carole Stinson Literacy Foundation, 2014-2016
  • Juror's Choice Award, UASOM Art Show, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2012
  • Medical Alumni Community Service Award, University of Alabama School of Medicine, 2012

Education & Training

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  • Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training University of California 2019
  • Pediatric Chief Residency Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford 2016
  • Pediatric Residency Scholarly Concentration: Medical Education Lucile Packard Children's Hospital at Stanford 2015
  • MD Medicine University of Alabama School of Medicine (UASOM)
  • B.A., Summa Cum Laude and English Department Honors English Major, Chemistry Minor University of Alabama at Birmingham (UAB), Early Medical School Acceptance Program (EMSAP)

Interests

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  • narrative medicine
  • trainee career development
  • diversity/equity/inclusion
  • vaping
  • quality improvement
  • digital health
  • women in medicine
  • design thinking
  • health disparities
  • advocacy
  • medical education
  • tobacco cessation
  • medical humanities
  • influence of social media
  • reducing physician burnout

Websites

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Grants and Projects

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  • Social media intervention to stop nicotine and cannabis vaping among adolescents, Tobacco Related Disease Research Program of California (TRDRP), 2020
  • California Teen Vaping Patterns During and After COVID-19 Pandemic Shelter-in-Place Orders, Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program of California (TRDRP), 2020
  • Clinical Effort Against Secondhand Smoke Exposure (CEASE) California, First 5 California / California Smoker's Helpline, 2017

Publications (21)

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Tobacco UseTobacco ProductsSmoking CessationAlcoholismTobacco Smoke PollutionWorkplacePediatricsEducation, MedicalPeer GroupAwards and PrizesElectronic Nicotine Delivery SystemsSexual and Gender MinoritiesInternship and ResidencyVapingTobacco Use Cessation

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