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Colette (Coco) Auerswald, MD, MS
Associate Professor of Pediatrics

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Colette (Coco) Auerswald, MD, MS, Associate Professor in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at UCSF and Assistant Professor and Director of Research Training for the UCB-UCSF Joint Medical Program of the School of Public Health at UC, Berkeley. Her research interests include the study of the cultural and social context for HIV and STD-related behaviors in marginalized youth populations, the use of mixed qualitative and quantitative methods in adolescent health research, homeless youth and the role of social networks in adolescent health.

Education

Medicine	University of California at San Francisco-University of California, Berkeley Joint Medical Program
Internship	University of California at San Francisco	Primary Care Pediatricst
Residency	University of California at San Francisco	Primary Care Pediatricst
Fellowship	University of California at San Francisco	Adolescent Medicine
Other Degrees	UC Berkeley School of Public Health	M.S. Health and Medical Sciences w/ an emphasis in Medical Anthropology

Honors & Awards

2004	Nominee, UCSF School of Medicine Teaching Award, Best Lecture Series
2005	Nominee, UCSF School of Medicine Teaching Award, Best Lecture
2006	Nominee, UCSF School of Medicine Teaching Award, Best Small Group Leader
2006	Fellow, Society for Pediatric Research
2006 and 2007	Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators Award for Excellence in Innovative Curricular Design and Program Development and/or in Direct Teaching
2008	CTSI Mentor Development Program
2008	Nominee, UCSF Essential Core Teaching Award for Outstanding Lecture Series
2008	Nominee, UCSF Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching in the Classroom Setting.

Professional Organizations

Qualitative Research Special Interest Group, Society for Adolescent Medicine

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Clinical Involvement

UCSF Children’s Hospital
Attending Physician

Research Involvement

Developing a Sexual Network Intervention for HIV Prevention
California HIV/AIDS Research Program
Co-PI

Culture-Based Prediction of Adolescent HIV-Risk Behavior
National Institute of Child Health and Development
Co-Investigator

Publications

Auerswald C and Eyre S. “Youth homelessness in San Francisco: A life cycle approach.” Social Science and Medicine, 2002: 54, 1497-1512.

Auerswald C, Greene K, Minnis A, Doherty I, Ellen J, Padian N. “Qualitative assessment of venues for purposive sampling of hard-to-reach youth.” Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2004: 31, 133-138.

Auerswald C, Sugano E, Ellen J, Klausner J. “Street-based STD testing and treatment of homeless youth are feasible, acceptable and effective.” Journal of Adolescent Health, 2006: 38(3), 208-12.

Auerswald C, Muth SQ, Brown B, Padian N, Ellen J. “Does partner selection contribute to sex differences in STI rates among African American adolescents in San Francisco?” Sexually Transmitted Diseases, 2006: 33(8), 480-4.

Carlson J, Sugano E, Millstein S,Auerswald C. “Service utilization and the life cycle of youth homelessness.” Journal of Adolescent Health, 2006: 38(5), 624-7.

Epstein L, Sokal-Gutierrez K, Ivey S, Raine T, Auerswald C . “Adolescent experiences with the vaginal ring.” Journal of Adolescent Health, 2008:43(1), 64-70.

Chutuape K, Ziff M, Auerswald C, Castillo M, McFadden A, Ellen J, and the Adolescent Medicine Trials Network for HIV/AIDS Intervention. “Identifying venues where youth from high-risk neighborhoods can be recruited for HIV prevention research: Examining the process used in a multi-site study” Journal of Urban Health, 2008 Oct 30. [Epub ahead of print].

Hickler B, Auerswald C. “The worlds of homeless white and African American youth in San Francisco, California: a cultural epidemiological comparison.” Social Science and Medicine (in press).

Parriott A, Auerswald C. “Predictors of Injection Drug Use Initiation in a Street-Recruited Sample of San Francisco Street Youth” Substance Abuse and Misuse (in press).

Chong V, Um K, Auerswald C. “Manhood, Race, and Young Southeast Asian Men: Towards a Critical Model of Violence and Youth Development” Aggression and Violent Behavior (Special Issue on Asian American and Pacific Islander Youth Violence and Prevention) (in press).

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