Title(S): Associate Professor, Institute for Healthy Policy Studies
School: School of Medicine
Address: 3333 California Street, #700
San Francisco CA 94118
Email: mara.decker@ucsf.edu
Overview
Mara Decker is an Associate Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and the Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health. She oversees a portfolio of applied research projects and evaluations focusing on adolescent health.
She is the Principal Investigator of a randomized control trial of online health education for youth in rural communities and a study integrating behavioral health with sports. Her research interests include the intersection between health and other developmental issues including policies, human rights, social ecology, and empowerment. Most of her work involves mixed qualitative and quantitative methods. She is dedicated to improving health outcomes through the development and assessment of interventions designed with community partners.
She teaches "Women's Health and Empowerment" in the Master of Science in Global Health program at UCSF and "Evaluation of Health and Social Programs" at UC Berkeley.