The LEAH program, housed within the Division of Adolescent Medicine, Department of Pediatrics, University of California, San Francisco, is an interdisciplinary training program supported by a grant from the Maternal Child Health Bureau, Health Resources and Services Administration, Public Health Service, Department of Health and Human Services.

• Program Goals
• Overview
• Training Opportunities

Program Goals

The overall goal is to train interdisciplinary leaders in adolescent health who will be capable of assuming roles as faculty in health professional schools, clinician-educators, administrators, researchers and health policy makers at the community, university, state/region, and national levels in adolescent health.

Overview

LEAH trains leaders in five core MCH disciplines including Medicine, Nursing, Nutrition, Psychology and Social Work. This advanced leadership training is based within the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) (main site) and Berkeley, San Francisco State University, University of San Francisco, the Bay Area community, state/regional and national public health agency and health professional organizational levels. This leadership training is accomplished through formal course work at UCSF and UCB, clinical training in University-based and community-based clinical settings, development and implementation of research projects, policy analysis of key areas affecting health care delivery systems and participation in continuing education, consultation and technical assistance with faculty at a local, community, state/regional and national level.

LEAH Training Opportunities

Medicine
Level: Post-MD Fellow or Post-MD Fellow & MPH candidate
Contact: Charles E. Irwin, Jr., MD, Program Director
(415) 502-2067, patelt@peds.ucsf.edu

Nursing
Level: Post-doctoral, Post-master's, Pre-master's or MPH candidate
Contact: Erica Monasterio, MSN, FNP
(415) 476-1955, erica.monasterio@ucsf.edu

Social Work
Level: MSW or MPH candidate
Contact: David Knopf, MSW, MPH
(415) 353-7648, david.knopf@ucsf.edu

Psychology
Level: Pre-doctoral, Post-doctoral in Psychology (research)
Contact: Cherrie Boyer, PhD
(415) 476-9620, boyerc@peds.ucsf.edu

General Information

Contact:

Ishita Samtani
Telephone: (415) 502-7885
Email: ishita.samtani@ucsf.edu