Sophia Zamudio-Hass, DrPH, MSc

Sophia Zamudio-Haas, DrPH, MSc is an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Prevention Science, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies and affiliated faculty with the Institute for Global Health Sciences, at the University of California, San Francisco. She received her Master’s in Population and Global Health from Harvard Chan School of Public Health and her Doctorate in Public Health from the University of California, Berkely.  Dr. Zamudio-Haas is a qualitative researcher and social scientist, who specializes in community engaged research methods.  She speaks Spanish and Portuguese and has worked extensively in Latin America and Southern and Eastern Africa. Her work brings a health equity lens to improve the appropriateness, accessibility, and reach of HIV services for population sub-groups most impacted by HIV, including transgender people. As a RCMAR scientist, Dr. Zamudio-Haas will conduct formative research around the service needs and context of care for older transgender women living with HIV in major cities across the US.