Naomi Bardach, MD

Dr. Bardach is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics and Policy in the Department of Pediatrics and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California San Francisco. She is also Vice Chair for Health Services Research for the Department of Pediatrics. Her research program is focused on improving the quality of inpatient and outpatient pediatric care, with a foundation in implementation and dissemination science. Specific areas of interest and expertise for Dr. Bardach are: quality measurement and improvement (conditions of interest: mental health, asthma, sickle cell, pediatric inpatient safety and transitions); the use of the measures in interventions such as public reporting, internal quality improvement, and financial incentive programs; leveraging mHealth and natural language processes techniques to integrate patient and caregiver voices into quality improvement; screening for ACEs in outpatient settings. Woven through these foci is a commitment to health equity and racial justice.