Alice Pressman, PhD, MS. At the Kaiser Permanente (KP) Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine, Dr. Pressman is Senior Advisor for Student Mentorship, Professor in the Health Systems Science Department, and Principal Faculty in the Health Equity Research Core. She is also a senior researcher with the KP Redwood City transgender care program and serves as co-chair for the World Professional Association for Transgender Health research committee. Prior to joining Kaiser, Alice served as Executive Director for the Sutter Health Center for Health Systems Research, and Scientific Research Director for the Sutter Health Institute Advancing Health Equity. She is an adjunct faculty member in the University of California, San Francisco Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, where she has taught clinical research for several years. For the past 35+ years, she has served as a research scientist and biostatistician for numerous clinical and epidemiologic research studies in diverse settings including academia, community-based research institutes, and non-profit healthcare systems. She holds graduate degrees in Statistics and Epidemiology from the University of Wisconsin and The University of California, Berkeley. She specializes in evaluation methodology, clinical trials methods, health equity and disparities, health systems evaluation, and clinical research on chronic pain and integrative therapies. Her work has been funded by NIH, PCORI, and several foundations and industry organizations.
