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CTHC People

UCSF’s Center to Advance Trauma-informed Health Care (CTHC) seeks to transform healthcare through recognition that patients’ experiences of childhood and adult trauma are not only common but have a direct impact on their health and are the hidden cause of most illness and death.


CTHC Director

Edward Machtinger, MD

Edward Machtinger, MD

Professor of Medicine

As director of the Center to Advance Trauma-informed Health Care, Eddy Machtinger is a respected thought leader and advocate for health policy pertaining to trauma-informed care.

Dr. Machtinger is the Principal Investigator and Co-director of the California ACEs Learning and Quality Improvement Collaborative (CALQIC), a 53-clinic, seven-region statewide initiative to train providers of care to screen for and respond to adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) among children and adults in the state’s 13+ million member Medi-Cal system. CALQIC is a pillar of ACEs Aware, the California Surgeon General’s signature effort to reduce toxic stress among California’s families by half in a generation. He is Principal Investigator of a study nested in CALQIC to design and evaluate a “Whole Family Wellness” intergenerational response to adversity among children and teens.

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Key Project Partners

These UCSF faculty and researchers are active partners on the work of the Center to Advance Trauma-informed Healthcare.

California ACEs Learning and Quality Improvement Collaborative (CALQIC)

Anda Kuo

Anda Kuo

CALQIC Co-Director
HS Clinical Professor

    Marguerita Lightfoot

    Marguerita Lightfoot

    CALQIC Co-Director
    Professor, Medicine

      Alicia Lieberman

      Professor, Psychiatry

        Katy Davis, Ph.D.

        Director, Trauma-Informed Healthcare Initiative

          Ken Epstein

          Ken Epstein

          Professor, Psychiatry

            Sarah Ismail

            Content Team Lead

              renya_colvin

              Renyea Colvin

              Project Manager

                Nicole Vu

                Clinical Psychology Fellow

                  Chris Bradley

                  Chris Bradley

                  Project Coordinator

                    Genesis Regalado

                    Genesis Regalado

                    Project Coordinator

                      Whole Family Wellness

                      Alicia Lieberman

                      Professor, Psychiatry

                        Jayme Congdon

                        Assistant Professor, Pediatrics

                          Marguerita Lightfoot

                          Marguerita Lightfoot

                          Professor, Medicine

                            Ken Epstein

                            Ken Epstein

                            Professor, Psychiatry

                              Anda Kuo

                              Anda Kuo

                              HS Clinical Professor

                                Women’s HIV Program (WHP)

                                Beth Chiarelli, LCSW

                                Lead Social Worker

                                  Esther Chavez

                                  Social Worker Associate

                                    Jennifer Cocohoba

                                    Pharmacist

                                      Katy Davis, Ph.D.

                                      Director of Trauma-informed Care Initiative

                                        Al Paschke, RN

                                        Clinic Manager

                                          Lealah Pollock, MD

                                          Medical Provider

                                            Janeen Rojas, NP

                                            Medical Provider

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