Principal Investigator

Janet Wojcicki, PhD MPH MAS

Dr. Wojcicki is Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology.  She has managed the recruitment and follow-up of HEN and LEAD cohorts.  Dr. Wojcicki is an epidemiologist and anthropologist and focuses primarily on early life risk factors for obesity and metabolic disease.

http://profiles.ucsf.edu/janet.wojcicki

Collaborators

Amy Beck, MD MPH

Dr. Beck is a general pediatrician whose research focuses on the preention and treatment of obesit in low-income, Latino children.

http://http://profiles.ucsf.edu/amy.beck

Elissa Epel, PhD MPH

Dr. Epel is a psychologist and Professor of Psychiatry at UCSF.  

http://profiles.ucsf.edu/elissa.epel

Mel Heyman, MD MPH

Dr. Heyman is a pediatric gastroenterologist and a Professor of Pediatrics at UCSF.

https://www.ucsfbenioffchildrens.org/melvin.heyman

Phil Rosenthal, MD

Dr. Rosenthal is the Director of Pediatric Hepatology, Director of Pediatric Clinical Research, Director of Pediatric Hepatology and Liver Transplant Research and a Professor of Pediatrics and Surgery at the University of California, San Francisco. He is board certified in Pediatrics and Pediatric Gastroenterology and has a certificate of added qualification in Transplant Hepatology.

http://profiles.ucsf.edu/philip.rosenthal

Current and Former Students

Deena Elwan, MD

Kate Holbrook, NP

Thora Kjaer, BA

Jason Nagata, MD

Rebecca Olveda, MD

Jacob Robson, MD

Sofia Verstraete, MD

Annette Ville, BA

Nawz Zahir, MPH