Team: Academic Advisers at UCAAN
Rachel Gilgoff, MD
As a board-certified general pediatrician, child abuse pediatrician, and integrative medicine specialist, Dr. Gilgoff brings a multidisciplinary approach to ACEs, toxic stress, healing, and well-being. Over the course of her career, she has been a co-investigator of the Pediatric ACEs Screening and Resilience Study (PEARLS), the Medical Director of the Clinical Innovations and Research Team…
Sara Johnson, MD
Sara Johnson, MD leads efforts to advance trauma-informed care in reproductive health and translate the science of resilience and adversity into clinical practice and policy. Dr. Johnson serves as an adviser to UCAAN on training and strategy for reproductive health. A practicing obstetrician gynecologist at La Clínica de la Raza in Oakland, she led the…
Krista Kotz, PhD, MPH
Dr. Krista Kotz is an Executive Adviser for Clinical and Academic Programs at UCAAN. For 15 years she served as the Program Director for Kaiser Permanente Northern California’s Family Violence Prevention Program, providing strategic direction, training, and support to physician-led multidisciplinary teams in 45+ medical facilities. She also contributed to strategy development for KPNC’s response…