ISPH Seminar Series 2: Food for Thought: Addressing the Vicious Cycle of Food Insecurity and HIV/AIDS

Food for Thought: Addressing the Vicious Cycle of Food Insecurity and HIV/AIDS” with Dr. Sheri Weiser December 13 | 12pm-1:30pm | Room 708 | RSVP Sheri Weiser, MD, MPH, MA, is an Associate Professor of Medicine and internist at UC San Francisco‚Äôs Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. Her research focuses on the impactof food insecurity and other social and structural factors on treatment outcomes for HIV and other chronic diseases. Dr. Weiser also evaluates food insecurity interventions as a way to improve health outcomes in domestic andinternational settings. She is currently leading several NIH-funded longitudinal studies to understand impacts of food insecurity on HIV treatment outcomes, cardiovascular risk, and aging outcomes among HIV-infected women.Dr. Weiser is also leading several domestic and international clinical trials evaluating food insecurity and livelihood interventions as a way to improve HIV treatment outcomes. She has published over 100 manuscripts on foodinsecurity and related topics, including HIV stigma, mental health, andwomen‚Äôs empowerment, and has been the principal investigator on over 20 research grants in the area. Dr. Weiser actively mentors students, post-doctoral fellows and junior faculty, and currently has an active NIH K24 mentoring award where she is focusing on mentorship in the area of health disparities, HIV and aging. She completed her medical degree at Harvard MedicalSchool and then completed residency training in internal medicine at UCSF.Dr. Weiser also earned an MA in Medical Anthropology from Harvard University and an MPH in Epidemiology from UC Berkeley. Please RSVP if you plan to attend.”