CAPS.UCSF.EDU - Key Persons
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- Director of Data Sciences
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- Research Partnerships Manager
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- Division Manager
- Member of the Leadership Team
- Division Manager, the Division of Prevention Science ( DPS )
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- Behavioral Health Counselor
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, Behavioral and Social Science Training ( BESST ) Institute
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, Traineeship in AIDS Prevention Studies ( TAPS ) Fellowship Program / Co - Director, Research Coordinating Center ( RCC ) to Reduce Disparities in Multiple Chronic Diseases ( RD - MCD )
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, the UCSF Prevention Research Center ( PRC ) Director, Center of Excellence for Transgender Health ( CoE )
Janet Myers, PhD, MPH is a medical sociologist whose research focuses on evaluation of HIV care and treatment interventions delivered in clinical settings. Janet has served as principal investigator on several large multi-site demonstration projects aiming to optimize linkage, engagement and retention in Ryan White Program-funded care. Her work also focuses on implementation research in correctional settings including jails, prisons and detention centers. She also teaches program evaluation in the UCSF implementation science certificate program.
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Division Chief
- Division Chief, the Division of Prevention Science ( DPS )
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Director, the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies ( CAPS )
- Professor of Medicine and Nursing at UCSF
Mallory Johnson is professor of medicine and nursing at UCSF and a licensed clinical health psychologist, whose research has focused on understanding, measuring, and improving the health of patients with chronic diseases such as HIV. His program of multidisciplinary collaborative research is focused on HIV prevention and improving HIV treatment outcomes through patient empowerment. His teaching mission is primarily achieved through my mentoring of early career investigators and through overseeing mentor development programs. He is the Director of the NIH-funded Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) and Co-Director for the UCSF-Bay Area Center for AIDS Research (CFAR), for which he directs the Developmental Core and Bio-Behavioral Core.
Education
Ph.D., 06/1998 - Clinical Psychology/Behavioral Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham
Postdoctoral Studies, - Graduate Division, University of California, San Francisco
Honors and Awards
ARI Leigler Award for Excellence in Mentoring, UCSF, 2020
ARI Mentoring and Teaching Award, ARI, UCSF, 2015
Distinction in Mentoring Award, UCSF, 2011
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- Professor of Medicine at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health
Margaret A. Chesney is a Professor of Medicine at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health, and in the Division of Prevention Science at UCSF. From 2010 to 2015, she served as the director of the UCSF Osher Center, with its three core programs in integrative medicine research, education and patient care. These programs emphasize the integration of modern medicine with lifestyle and complementary approaches to promote health, wellness and healing. In addition, she develops partnerships within UCSF, and with the local and national community to advance the field of whole person health.
Dr. Chesney's distinguished career includes her position as professor of medicine and associate director of the Center for Integrative Medicine at the University of Maryland, School of Medicine. Prior to that, Dr. Chesney served for five years as the deputy director and acting director of the National Institutes of Health's Center for Complementary and Integrative Health (NCCIH). During her time at NCCIH, she also served as the director of the Division of Extramural Research and Training and was the senior advisor to the director of the Office of Behavioral and Social Sciences Research at National Institutes of Health.
Before her appointment at the NIH, Dr. Chesney was Professor of Medicine at the UCSF School of Medicine where she also was the co-director of the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. During this time, she also was the associate director of the California AIDS Research Center, and served as the director of the Behavioral Medicine & Epidemiology Core of the Center for AIDS Research and the UCSF-Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology.
Dr. Chesney has conducted research on the relationship between behavior and chronic disease, and identifying the behavioral factors, such as stress, that are associated with increased risk of disease. She then applies this research to the development of intervention programs to reduce this risk. A focus throughout her work has been on the role the individual can play in the promotion of personal health, prevention of disease, and the maintenance of optimal well-being across the lifespan, even in the face of serious health challenges, such as cardiovascular disease, HIV/AIDS, and most recently, cognitive decline with aging. In her research and as an NIH advisor, she has often emphasized the health challenges faced by women, seniors, and the underserved, and advocated for and developed interventions to address reduce health disparities.
In 2007, she was named one of the outstanding women leaders by the American Psychological Association (APA) and in 2008 was included on the list of Women in Science at the National Institutes of Health. Dr. Chesney has held national leadership positions including president of the Society for Health Psychology, the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research and the American Psychosomatic Society. From 2014 to 2016, she was Chair of the Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health. She is now an advisor to the board of the Integrative Health Policy Consortium, and advises other non-profit foundations focused on expanding health and wellness to all. She is a member of the National Academy of Medicine, and has served on a number of its boards, and committees, including the Committee on Transforming Health Care to Create Whole Health.
Dr. Chesney received the Annual Award for Outstanding Contributions to the APA Division of Health Psychology in 1982 and 1986, the President's Award from the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research in 1987, the Charles C. Shepard Science Award from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention in 1999, the Director's Award for work in Mind-Body Medicine from the NCCIH in 2005, and the Distinguished Scientist Award from the Society of Behavioral Medicine in 2011. In 2023, she received the Lifetime Achievement Award from the Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, in recognition of a lifetime of contributions to the integration of behavioral science and medicine, and to honor her longstanding and significant impact.
In 2000, Dr. Chesney served as a senior fellow at the Center for the Advancement of Health in Washington DC, supported by the Robert Wood Johnson and John D. and Catherine T. MacArthur Foundations. She has over 350 scientific publications and received an honorary doctorate from her Alma mater, Whitman College, in 2008.
Education
2019 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Honors and Awards
Outstanding Lifetime Acheivement Award, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, 2023
Chair, Academic Consortium for Integrative Medicine and Health, 2014-2016
Distinquished Scientist Award for 2011, Society of Behavioral Medicine, 2011
Women in Science at the National Institutes of Health, Office for Research on Women's Health, Office of the Director, National Institutes of Health, 2008
Honorary Doctorate in Humanities, Whitman College, 2008
Outstanding Women Leaders, American Psychological Association, 2007
Director's Award, National Center for Complementary and Alternative Medicine, National Institutes of Health, 2005
Alumnus of the Year, College of Natural Sciense, Colorado State University, 2004
Member, Institute of Medicine, National Academy of Medicine, 2001
Senior Fellow, Center for the Advancement of Health, Washington DC, 2000
Charles C. Shepard Science Award, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, 1999
President's Award, Academy of Behavioral Medicine Research, 1987
Alumni of Merit Award, Whitmand College, 1987
Annual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1985
Annual Award for Outstanding Contributions to Health Psychology, American Psychological Association, 1982
Phi Beta Kappa, Whitman College, 1971
Summa cum laude, Whitman College, 1971
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- Communications Coordinator
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- HR and Operations Analyst
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- Academic Program Management Officer
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- Member of the Leadership Team
- Co - Director, the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies ( CAPS )
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- Professor Emeritus
- Professor Emeritus / Education