Dayna Long, MD

Dr. Dayna Long is a Co-Principal Investigator of Pediatric Early Adversity and Related Life Events Screen (PEARLS). She is a Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Pediatrics at UCSF, and co-Director of the UCSF Center for Child and Community Health. She is a board-certified pediatrician with leadership experience in clinical transformation, health equity science, and systems leadership. She dedicates her career to eliminating childhood health inequities that lead to poor health, financial and educational outcomes for families and young children on both individual and population levels.  

Dr. Long received her B.S. in Biology and a B.A. in African and African-American History from Stanford University. She attended medical school at George Washington University and completed her residency and an infectious disease fellowship at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, and was subsequently a Harvard Macy Institute Faculty Scholar.