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Elizabeth Ozer, PhD

Associate Professor of Pediatrics

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Elizabeth Ozer is Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco.  She is Co-Director of Fellows’ Research Training in Adolescent Medicine, and Director of Research for the Young Adult and Family Center in the Department of Psychiatry. Dr. Ozer is a psychologist whose research experience has focused primarily on the health of adolescents and families. She has served as either Principal Investigator or Co-Principal Investigator of several U.S. federally funded grants to conduct large intervention studies on implementing and evaluating adolescent preventive services. This has included the development of provider trainings and the integration of screening and charting tools to increase the screening of adolescents for risky behavior, as well as examining the effects of delivering preventive services on adolescent risk behavior. She has also had an on-going research interest in the combining of work and Family roles. Dr. Ozer is a member of the Clinical Services Committee, and Chair of the Preventive Services Special Interest Group for the Society for Adolescent Medicine; was a member of The Agency for Healthcare Research & Quality’s Steering Committee on Translating Research into Practice; and is currently the Chair of the Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of Women at UCSF.  She earned her M.A. and Ph.D. at Stanford University, completed a Clinical Psychology Internship in the Dept. of Child Psychiatry at Stanford, and an NIMH post-doctoral fellowship in Health Psychology with a traineeship in Adolescent Medicine at the University of California, S.F. 

 
Education
Graduate Stanford University PhD
Internship Stanford University  
Fellowship University of California, San Francisco  
Post Doctoral University of California, San Francisco  
Other Degrees Stanford University MA
     
Honors & Awards
1988 - 1989 National Institutes of Mental Health Pre-doctoral Fellowship, Mental Health in Organizations, Stanford University
1990-1991 National Institutes of Mental Health Individual
National Research Service Award (Predoctoral)
1991-1992 National Institutes of Mental Health Individual
National Research Service Award (Predoctoral)
1992-1994 National Institutes of Mental Health Post-doctoral Fellowship, Psychology and Medicine, Health Psychology, University of California, San Francisco
2002 Hellman Family Award for Early Career Faculty
2003 Elected Member, Society for Pediatric Research
2007-2010 Visiting Professor, Department of General Practice, University of Melbourne, Melbourne, Australia
   
Professional Organizations
Society for Adolescent MedicineClinical Services Committee
Society for Adolescent Medicine, Special Chair

Interest Group on Clinical Preventive Services

 

Chancellor’s Committee on the Status of
Women, UCSF

Chair
American Psychological Association Member
Society for Adolescent Medicine Program Planning Committee
Society for Pediatric Research Member
   
Clinical Involvement

Adolescent Assessment Clinic, Department of Psychiatry
Faculty attending 

 
Research Involvement

Fellows Research Training, Division of Adolescent Medicine, Division of Pediatrics
Co-Director

Young Adult and Family Center, Department of Psychiatry
Director of Research

Adolescent Clinical Preventive Services Interventions, Adolescent Preventive Screening
Principal Investigator

Screening Adolescents for Depression
Principal Investigator 

Reducing Adolescent Depression & Risky Behavior: Enhancing the Capabilities of Caregivers and Family Systems
Principal Investigator

 
Community Involvement

San Francisco Unified School District
Advisor

California Medi-cal Managed Care
Consultant

California Health Interview Survey, Adolescent Advisory Committee

Youth Committee, JCC of San Francisco

UC System-Wide Committee on the Status of Women
UCSF faculty representative



Public Policy Involvement

Adolescent Health Policy Center
Faculty

 
 
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