Faculty

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS is an Associate Professor of Medicine and of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at the University of California, San Francisco and is co-Director of the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at San Francisco General Hospital. A general internist at San Francisco General Hospital and faculty member in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Dr. Bibbins-Domingo is a cardiovascular epidemiologist who has published extensively on the development of heart disease in young adults and race/ethnic and income differences in manifestations of heart disease. Her numerous publications include two studies in the New England Journal of Medicine regarding the impact of current adolescent obesity on future adult heart disease and the high rates of heart failure among young and middle-aged African American men and women linked to obesity and blood pressure elevations in young adulthood. Her current work focuses on understanding the interaction between social, behavioral, and biological factors that place vulnerable groups at risk for cardiovascular disease early in life and population-wide policy level interventions that may prevent disease in these groups. She has received funding from the NHLBI, the NIDDK, the American Heart Association, and the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS
kdomingo@medsfgh.ucsf.edu
415-206-4464
http://profiles.ucsf.edu/ProfileDetails.aspx?From=SE&Person=5279558

Projects

Adaptation of the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model to US Subpopulations

  • PI:  Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS
  • Funder: American Heart Association
  • 07/01/09-06/30/11

To adapt an established, validated computer simulation of heart disease in US adults (the CHD Policy Model) to describe differences by race/ethnicity in California and the US in order to examine disease trends in obesity and the impact of public health interventions on US Subpopulations.

Adapting the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model to Address Disparities in Heart Disease

  • PI:  Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS
  • Funder:  UCSF CTSI Resource Allocation Program
  • 9/1/08-6/30/09

This project will pilot race/ethnic and income stratified versions of the Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model, a computer simulation of heart disease among adults in the US.

Chronic Kidney Disease and Cardiovascular Risk in Young Adults

  • PI:  Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS
  • Funder: National Institute of Diabetic and Digestive and Kidney Disease (R-01)
  • 8/1/08-7/31/11

To examine the role of early declines in kidney function and the development of cardiovascular risk using a longitudinal study of cardiovascular disease development in young adults and cystatin C as a marker of kidney function.

Projects as CVP co-investigator

Coronary Artery Risk Development in Young Adults (CARDIA)

  • PI:  Steve Sidney, MD, MPH and Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD, MAS (CVP co-investigator)
  • Funder: National Heart Lung and Blood Institute
  • Kaiser Oakland Field Center
  • 10/1/08-9/30/13

This project will examine the development of cardiovascular risk in black and white young adults.

Presentations