Alicia Fernandez, M.D.
Background
Professor of Medicine
Associate Dean of Population Health and Health Equity
UCSF School of Medicine
Founding Director, Latinx Center of Excellence
University of California San FranciscoAlicia Fernandez, M.D. is a clinician, researcher and academic. She is the founding director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Latinx Center of Excellence, a Health Resources and Services Administration and UCSF-funded initiative to increase academic diversity. Dr. Fernandez' research expertise includes language and literacy barriers in healthcare, health care equity in chronic disease, particularly diabetes, and racism in medicine. She directs the Latinx and Immigrant Health Research Program at the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, which generates actionable research to increase health equity and reduce healthcare disparities. Go to Dr. Fernandez’s full bio
Associate Dean of Population Health and Health Equity
UCSF School of Medicine
Founding Director, Latinx Center of Excellence
University of California San FranciscoAlicia Fernandez, M.D. is a clinician, researcher and academic. She is the founding director of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Latinx Center of Excellence, a Health Resources and Services Administration and UCSF-funded initiative to increase academic diversity. Dr. Fernandez' research expertise includes language and literacy barriers in healthcare, health care equity in chronic disease, particularly diabetes, and racism in medicine. She directs the Latinx and Immigrant Health Research Program at the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations, which generates actionable research to increase health equity and reduce healthcare disparities. Go to Dr. Fernandez’s full bio