Impacting Policy by Accelerating Translation

IMPACT Scholars: 2025 Awardees

The IMPACT Scholars program is designed to prepare UCSF faculty, staff, and students who conduct research to disseminate their findings to governmental policymakers and those who influence them (e.g., professional societies and advocacy organizations).

IMPACT Scholars will take the online ImS/EPI 249: Translating Evidence into Policy at no cost. In addition to the course, participants will meet 3 times during the course for networking, guest speakers, and other opportunities.

Additionally, you will have the opportunity to build relationships with other evidence-to-policy scientists at UCSF as part of the IMPACT Scholars program, which will bring together a cohort of 10 participants.

Learn more about the IMPACT Scholars program here.

 

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Lupita Ambriz

Policy Analyst, Latinx Center of Excellence

 

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Ifeyinwa Asiodu, RN, PhD, FAAN

Associate Professor, Family Health Care Nursing

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Geoffrey Buckle, MD, MPH

Assistant Professor, Medicine

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Johanna Folk, PhD

Assistant Professor, Psychiatry

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Sheiphali Gandhi, MD

Assistant Professor, Medicine

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Michelle Nakphong, PhD

Assistant Professor, Medicine

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Asher Odonnell

Senior Clinical Research Coordinator, Medicine

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Eric Roberts, PhD, MPH

Research Specialist, Quality and Informatics Lab (QUIL)

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Allie Sullivan, PhD

Postdoctoral Scholar, Psychiatry

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Rachel Tomlinson, MD

Clinical Fellow, Pediatrics