Margot Kushel, MD
Professor of Medicine
Chief, Division of Health Equity and Society
Director, Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative
Director, Action Research Center for Health Equity
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Overview
Margot Kushel, MD is a Professor of Medicine at University of California San Francisco, Division Chief of the Division of Health Equity and Society, and Director of the UCSF Action Research Center for Health Equity and the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. She is a practicing general internist at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on the causes and consequences of homelessness, with the goal of preventing and ending homelessness and ameliorating the effects of homelessness on health. She is the Principal Investigator of the California State Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH) and numerous NIA funded studies on homelessness in older adults.
Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Fellow, 2001 - General Internal Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Chief Resident, 1999 - Medicine, University of California, San Francisco
Resident, 1998 - Medicine/Primary Care, University of California, San Francisco
Intern, 1996 - Medicine/Primary Care, University of California, San Francisco
MD, 1995 - , Yale School of Medicine
AB, 1990 - English, Harvard University
Awards and Honors
Woman of the Year, California Senate District 9, 2021
Distinguished Citizen, Commonwealth Club, 2021
Thomas N. Burbridge Public Service Award, UCSF, 2020
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