Daniel Dohan, PhD

Associate Professor of Health Policy and Social Medicine, UCSF

daniel.dohan@ucsf.edu

Phone: (415) 476-0751 (voice)
Box 0936, UCSF
San Francisco, CA 94143-0936

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Education

Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, AB, 1987, Sociology
University of California Berkeley, MA, 1991, Sociology
University of California Berkeley, PhD, 1997, Sociology
University of California Berkeley, post-doc, 1999, Health Policy
University of California Berkeley, post-doc, 2001, Health Policy

Professional Experience

• 1986-87
  Research Assistant, Professor Mary-Jo Delvecchio Good, Department of Social Medicine, Harvard Medical School, Boston MA
• 1987-89
  Research Assistant/Junior Analyst, Health Research Area, Abt Associates, Cambridge MA
• 1990-92
  Research Assistant, Professor Michael Hout, University of California (UC) Berkeley
• 1993
  Teaching Assistant, Minority Opportunities in Sociological Training (MOST), American Sociological Association, Berkeley CA
• 1996-97
  Teaching Assistant, Department of Sociology, UC Berkeley , 1996-1997.
• 1997-99
  Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Scholar in Health Policy Research, UC Berkeley
• 1999
  Instructor, "Sociology of Drugs and Alcohol" Department of Sociology, California State University, Hayward
• 1999-present
  Associate, Center for Urban Ethnography, UC Berkeley
• 1999-2001
  Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in Alcohol Studies, Alcohol Research Group, School of Public Health, UC Berkeley
• 2001
  Instructor, "Disciplinary Perspectives on Health Policy: Comparing Cases of Violence and Quality" Institute for Health Policy Studies, UC San Francisco
• 2001-02
  Associate Scientist, Alcohol Research Group/Public Health Institute, Berkeley CA
• 2001-02
  Project Coordinator, Institute for Health Policy Studies, UC San Francisco
• 2002-08
  Assistant Adjunct Professor, Institute for Health Policy Studies and Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, UC San Francisco
• 2008-2010
  Director, UCSF Pathway to Discovery in Health and Society
• 2005-present
  Associate Director for Training and Development, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, UC San Francisco
• 2008-present
  Associate Professor, Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies and Department of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, UC San Francisco
• 2009-present
  Associate Director, UCSF/UC Hastings Consortium on Law, Science and Health Policy

Honors & Awards

• 1987
  AB Magna cum Laude with Highest Honors in Sociology, Harvard College, Cambridge MA
• 1987
  Hoopes Prize, Senior Honors Thesis "Malpractice in Massachusetts: Physicians' Perspectives," Harvard College
• 1989
  Regents Intern-Fellow, UC Berkeley
• 1994
  Carol Hatch Ethnography Award, UC Berkeley Sociology Department
• 1998
  Outstanding Graduate Student Instructor, UC Berkeley
• 2006
  UCSF-Coro Faculty Leadership Collaborative

Selected Publications

1. Kaplan CP, Nápoles AM, Dohan D, Shelley Hwang E, Melisko M, Nickleach D, Quinn JA, Haas J. Clinical trial discussion, referral, and recruitment: physician, patient, and system factors. Cancer Causes Control. 2013 May; 24(5):979-88.
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2. Dunn LB, Fisher SR, Hantke M, Appelbaum PS, Dohan D, Young JP, Roberts LW. "Thinking about it for somebody else": Alzheimer's disease research and proxy decision makers' translation of ethical principles into practice. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2013 Apr; 21(4):337-45.
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3. Overton E, Appelbaum PS, Fisher SR, Dohan D, Roberts LW, Dunn LB. Alternative decision-makers' perspectives on assent and dissent for dementia research. Am J Geriatr Psychiatry. 2013 Apr; 21(4):346-54.
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4. Joseph G, Dohan D. Recruitment practices and the politics of inclusion in cancer clinical trials. Med Anthropol Q. 2012 Sep; 26(3):338-60.
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5. Schenker Y, Crowley-Matoka M, Dohan D, Tiver GA, Arnold RM, White DB. I don't want to be the one saying 'we should just let him die': intrapersonal tensions experienced by surrogate decision makers in the ICU. J Gen Intern Med. 2012 Dec; 27(12):1657-65.
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6. Niemasik EE, Letourneau J, Dohan D, Katz A, Melisko M, Rugo H, Rosen M. Patient perceptions of reproductive health counseling at the time of cancer diagnosis: a qualitative study of female California cancer survivors. J Cancer Surviv. 2012 Sep; 6(3):324-32.
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7. Dohan D, Szolarova R, Walcer B. How a cancer education group serves the underserved: 'family' ties and battling cancer. Patient Educ Couns. 2012 May; 87(2):212-6.
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8. Guadagnolo BA, Dohan D, Raich P. Metrics for evaluating patient navigation during cancer diagnosis and treatment: crafting a policy-relevant research agenda for patient navigation in cancer care. Cancer. 2011 Aug; 117(15 Suppl):3565-74.
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9. Stacey CL, Henderson S, MacArthur KR, Dohan D. Demanding patient or demanding encounter?: A case study of a cancer clinic. Soc Sci Med. 2009 Sep; 69(5):729-37.
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10. Joseph G, Dohan D. Recruiting minorities where they receive care: Institutional barriers to cancer clinical trials recruitment in a safety-net hospital. Contemp Clin Trials. 2009 Nov; 30(6):552-9.
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11. Joseph G, Dohan D. Diversity of participants in clinical trials in an academic medical center: the role of the 'Good Study Patient?'. Cancer. 2009 Feb 1; 115(3):608-15.
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12. Henderson S, Stacey CL, Dohan D. Social stigma and the dilemmas of providing care to substance users in a safety-net emergency department. J Health Care Poor Underserved. 2008 Nov; 19(4):1336-49.
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13. Schillinger D, Dohan D. Genetic testing for vulnerable populations: what kinds of communication we need and do not need. Am J Bioeth. 2008 Jun; 8(6):12-4.
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14. Dohan D, Levintova M. Barriers beyond words: cancer, culture, and translation in a community of Russian speakers. J Gen Intern Med. 2007 Nov; 22 Suppl 2:300-5.
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15. Goldman LE, Henderson S, Dohan DP, Talavera JA, Dudley RA. Public reporting and pay-for-performance: safety-net hospital executives' concerns and policy suggestions. Inquiry. 2007; 44(2):137-45.
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16. Schmidt LA, Wiley J, Dohan D, Zabkiewicz D, Jacobs LM, Henderson S, Zivot M. Changing patterns of addiction and public aid receipt: tracking the unintended consequences of welfare reform. J Health Polit Policy Law. 2006 Oct; 31(5):945-80.
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17. Dohan D, Schrag D. Using navigators to improve care of underserved patients: current practices and approaches. Cancer. 2005 Aug 15; 104(4):848-55.
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18. Dohan D. Managing indigent care: a case study of a safety-net emergency department. Health Serv Res. 2002 Apr; 37(2):361-76.
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19. Malone RE, Dohan D. Emergency department closures: policy issues. J Emerg Nurs. 2000 Aug; 26(4):380-3.
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