Claire D Brindis

Claire Brindis , DrPH, is a Distinguished Emerita Professor of Pediatrics and Health Policy (on Recall), Department of Pediatrics and Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Health Sciences and Emerita Director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Her research considers women's, adolescent and child health, as well as adolescent pregnancy prevention strategies. She was elected a member of the Institute of Medicine (now the National Academy of Medicine) in 2010. Early life and education Brindis was a first generation immigrant to the United States. Her family are from Argentina, and her parents both worked as translators for the Los Angeles court system. She attended University of California, Los Angeles as an undergraduate, where she studied sociology and graduated cum laude. After earning her Bachelor's degree Brindis worked toward a Master of Public Health. She was a doctoral researcher at the University of California, Berkeley. During her doctorate, Brindis took part in a seminar on adolescent health. Her doctoral thesis considered how adolescent development impacted sexual and contraceptive behaviour. Research and career Brindis started her career in the area of reproductive health and how disparities impact health outcomes. She joined the faculty at the University of California, San Francisco in 1983. Brindis was involved with the first evaluation of the 1115 Medicare waiver, which supported subsidised family planning in California. The success of the programme led Brindis to expand her programme. She has studied the impact of implementing the Affordable Care Act on young adults and the health of participants of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals programme. In February 2020 Brindis and her husband Ralph Brindis established the Institute for Medical Education Brindis Family Fund.