Dr. Emily Ager is an Emergency Medicine physician focused on improving the delivery of acute care for underserved patient populations. Originally from Oregon, she obtained her undergraduate degree at Carleton College in Northfield, Minnesota where she majored in Biology. She subsequently worked as a community organizer with Partners In Health and in a basic science research lab in Boston.
Dr. Ager attended medical school at Oregon Health & Science University in Portland, Oregon. After realizing the critical influence of social drivers of health on health outcomes, particularly in the Emergency Department settings, she completed an MPH program at the Harvard School of Public Health with a focus on health disparities research. During this time, she helped develop and pilot a social determinants of health screening tool in a pediatric Emergency Department.
Dr. Ager then completed Emergency Medicine residency at the University of Michigan. During residency, Dr. Ager gained experience with health services research and implementation science. She helped implement and evaluate an ED-based expedited partner therapy for STIs program to reduce barriers to STI treatment and conducted a qualitative evaluation of a novel prehospital naloxone leave behind program.
As a current second year fellow with the UCSF National Clinician Scholars Program, Dr. Ager's research focuses on investigating disparities in care among people seeking reproductive and sexual health care in the ED. She hopes to leverage these findings to develop and implement ED-based interventions to advance evidence-based and equitable care. Outside of clinical work and research, Dr. Ager enjoys cycling, Telemark skiing, & traveling.