Title(s): Associate Professor, Medicine
School: School of Medicine
Address: 533 Parnassus Ave, San Francisco, CA 94143
Email: palmern@medsfgh.ucsf.edu
Overview
Dr. Palmer is an Associate Professor at UCSF in the Division of General Internal Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, with secondary appointments in Urology and Radiation Oncology. Her research centers on health equity, particularly reducing cancer care disparities among African American men.
Her work focuses on culturally informed, patient-centered approaches to prostate cancer (PCa) care, including peer navigation and community engagement. She leads a National Cancer Institute-funded project that leverages the concept of African American brotherhood to improve PCa treatment communication and outcomes. Dr. Palmer also co-leads the SF CAN Prostate Cancer Task Force and facilitates two Bay Area support groups for African American men with PCa, promoting survivorship and research engagement.