Presenter

Dr. Neeta Thakur is a pulmonary and critical care physician at UCSF. Dr. Thakur completed a dual degree program in public health and medicine at the University of Arizona focused on community health and program development and evaluation. She attended UCSF for residency in Internal Medicine, where she stayed to complete her Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine fellowship and gain expertise in clinical research methods, social epidemiology, and implementation sciences. As a clinician, and now Medical Director of the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG) Chest Clinic, she employs human factors and community-engaged approaches that range from querying community stakeholders for input to participatory action research through a Youth Participatory Action Research program. Her work ensures that community voices experiencing health disparities direct intervention design and implementation.