Research Summary

I am director of the San Francisco Bay Area Collaborative Research Network (SFBayCRN) and Associate Director for Practice-Based Research in the CTSI Community Engagement Program. SFBayCRN is UCSF's primary healthcare practice based research network, with participation from the UCSF Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy, and Dentistry. SFBayCRN includes a network of over 1,000 clinicians working in over 100 clinical sites in the nine Bay Area counties, and has provided research design consultation and practice recruitment services for multiple federally funded studies in the five years. SFBayCRN has also contributed to the new and growing literature on strategies to increase research participation in PBRN’s. Most recently, SFBay CRN has been working with a subgroup of members to test the feasibility of using electronic health record data for regional collaborative quality improvement initiatives, to identify potentially eligible study participants, and conduct practice-based translational research. My own research has focused on practice-level interventions to increase access to cancer screening and to improve self-management of chronic health conditions. As director of SFBayCRN, my chief role has been to oversee development of our membership and consultation service, and this role will expand over the next five years with our new and evolving agenda in systems-based participatory research within diverse practice settings, and renewed emphasis on translation of evidence-based interventions into widespread clinical practice.

Research Funding

  • July 18, 2016 - June 30, 2026 - Clinical and Translational Science Institute , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: UL1TR001872
  • August 5, 2016 - June 30, 2022 - SC-Links - Linking the Sickle Cell Community, Providers and Systems to Improve Sickle Cell Disease Care , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U01HL134007
  • September 1, 2015 - August 31, 2021 - Enhancing Self-Management Support in Diabetes through Patient Engagement , Co-Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R18DK108039
  • September 1, 2012 - August 31, 2017 - PRIME Net Center in Practice-based Research and Learning , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: P30HS021641
  • September 24, 2008 - May 31, 2017 - Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: U54DE019285
  • December 9, 2011 - November 30, 2016 - PRE-VIEW An Interactive Video Doctor to Encourage Cancer Screening , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R01CA158027
  • September 25, 2009 - August 31, 2012 - Recruitment and Retention Best practices in Primary Care Settings , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: RC1MD004692
  • September 1, 2008 - August 31, 2011 - THE FLU-FOBT PROGRAM: TRANSLATION OF AN EVIDENCE-BASED COLORECTAL CANCER SCREENI , Principal Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R18DP001566
  • January 1, 2008 - December 31, 2010 - An Interactive Video Doctor to Encourage Cancer Screening , Co-Investigator . Sponsor: NIH, Sponsor Award ID: R21CA127834

Education

Harvard College, Cambridge, MA, A.B., 1980-84, Biochemical Sciences
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, M.D., 1986-90, Medicine
San Francisco General Hospital -UCSF, Resident, 1990-93, Family Practice

Honors & Awards

  • 1984
    Graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College
  • 1987
    Paul Dudley White Fellowship, Harvard Medical School
  • 1994
    Julius Krevans Award for Clinical Excellence as an Intern
  • 1995, 1996
    UCSF Student Homeless Clinic Certificates of Appreciation
  • 1998, 1999
    UCSF "MedTeach" Awards for Precepting Medical Students
  • 2001
    UCSF Kaiser Teaching Award Nominee
  • 2003-2013
    Listed in "Best Doctors"
  • 2007
    Genentech Best Poster Award, Bay Area Clinical Research Symposium
  • 2008
    Excellence in Teaching Award, UCSF Academy of Medical Educators
  • 2013
    Annual Laurel for Innovative Programs from the Prevent Cancer Foundation, National Colorectal Cancer Roundtable, and the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists

Selected Publications

  1. Hurtado C, Harrison JD, Ivey SL, Fleming MD, Potter MB, Lewis G, Khandelwal S, Nguyen T, Ofman D, Moheno L, Carbajal M, Echaveste M, Osborne K, Bossier G, Palmer NR. Community Health Centers' Response to COVID-19 and Serving the Community: This Feeling of Never Being Enough and Never Doing Enough. J Ambul Care Manage. 2025 May 09.  View on PubMed
  2. Lozano-Esparza S, Sánchez-Blas HR, Huitzil-Meléndez FD, Meneses-Medina MI, Van Loon K, Potter MB, Mohar A, Lajous M. Colorectal cancer survival in Mexico: Leveraging a national health insurance database. Cancer Epidemiol. 2025 Feb; 94:102698.  View on PubMed
  3. McClellan SP, Patel S, Uy-Smith E, Gregory B, Neuhaus JM, Potter MB, Somsouk M. Colorectal Cancer Screening: A Multicomponent Intervention to Increase Uptake in Patients Aged 45-49. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 Jul-Aug; 37(4):660-670.  View on PubMed
  4. Sean P. McClellan, Karla Unger-Saldaña, Mario Gómez-Zepeda, Julia Gabriela-Hernández, Sonia Hernández-Salazar, Joel M. Palefksy, Michael B. Potter, Jorge Salmerón, Leticia Torres-Ibarra, Kimberly A. Koester. Screening Will Always Be Essential. Providers and Staff Discuss the Implementation of Anal Cancer Screening for Persons Living With HIV in Mexico City. JCO Global Oncology. 2024 Jul 1; 10(Supplement_1):6-7.  View on PubMed
  5. Potter MB, Tsoh JY, Lugtu K, Parra J, Bowyer V, Hessler D. Smoking Cessation Support in the Context of Other Social and Behavioral Needs in Community Health Centers. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 Mar 11; 37(1):84-94.  View on PubMed
  6. Krishnakumar D, Hessler Jones D, Potter MB. Self-Management Support Improves Diabetes Outcomes Without Exacerbating Inequities. J Am Board Fam Med. 2024 Mar-Apr; 37(2):303-308.  View on PubMed
  7. Potter MB, Mansur S, Rutman SP, Brindis CD. Is team science valued in the academic promotions process? A mixed-methods case study. J Clin Transl Sci. 2024; 8(1):e28.  View on PubMed
  8. Hankins JS, Brambilla D, Potter MB, Kutlar A, Gibson R, King AA, Baumann AA, Melvin C, Gordeuk VR, Hsu LL, Nwosu C, Porter JS, Alberts NM, Badawy SM, Simon J, Glassberg JA, Lottenberg R, DiMartino L, Jacobs S, Fernandez ME, Bosworth HB, Klesges LM, Shah N. A multilevel mHealth intervention boosts adherence to hydroxyurea in individuals with sickle cell disease. Blood Adv. 2023 12 12; 7(23):7190-7201.  View on PubMed
  9. Christina M Abrams, Natalia Davila, Cathy Melvin, Sherif M. Badawy, Michael B Potter, Robert Gibson, Allison A King, Victor R. Gordeuk, Chinonyelum Nwosu, Jerlym S. Porter, Sophie Li, Jeffrey A. Glassberg, Richard Lottenberg, Lisa Klesges, Nirmish Shah, Jane S Hankins. Engagement with Incharge App - a Mobile Health Intervention to Improve Adherence to Hydroxyurea Among Individuals with Sickle Cell Disease. Blood. 2023 Nov 28; 142(Supplement 1):1144.  View on PubMed
  10. McClellan SP, Unger-Saldaña K, Espinosa-Tamez P, Suazo-Zepeda E, Potter MB, Barquet-Muñoz SA, Torres-Ibarra L, Lamadrid-Figueroa H, Lajous M. The Cervical Cancer Treatment Gap in Mexico Under Seguro Popular, 2006-2016. Health Syst Reform. 2023 12 31; 9(1):2272371.  View on PubMed
  11. Sean McClellan, Karla Unger-Saldaña, Priscilla Espinoza-Tamez, Erick Suazo-Zepeda, Michael B. Potter, Salim Abraham Barquet-Muñoz, Leticia Torres-Ibarra, Hector Lamadrid-Figueroa, Martín Lajous. Abstract 77: The Cervical Cancer Treatment Gap Among Mexican Women Without Social Security From 2006-2016 After the Introduction of Public Financing for Treatment. Cancer Epidemiology Biomarkers & Prevention. 2023 Jun 1; 32(6_Supplement):77-77.  View on PubMed
  12. Santiago-Rodríguez EJ, Hoeft KS, Lugtu K, McGowen M, Ofman D, Adler J, Somsouk M, Potter MB. Implementation of a novel program to support colorectal cancer screening in a community health center consortium before and after the onset of COVID-19: a qualitative study of stakeholders' perspectives. Implement Sci Commun. 2023 May 22; 4(1):54.  View on PubMed
  13. McClellan SP, Unger-Saldaña K, Neuhaus JM, Potter MB, García-Peña C, Torres JM. Mammography prevalence in Mexico from 2001-2018: Results from the Mexican Health and Aging study. Prev Med Rep. 2023 Apr; 32:102150.  View on PubMed
  14. Hankins JS, Potter MB, Fernandez ME, Melvin C, DiMartino L, Jacobs SR, Bosworth HB, King AA, Simon J, Glassberg JA, Kutlar A, Gordeuk VR, Shah N, Baumann AA, Klesges LM, Sickle Cell Disease Implementation Consortium. Evaluating the implementation of a multi-level mHealth study to improve hydroxyurea utilization in sickle cell disease. Front Health Serv. 2022; 2:1024541.  View on PubMed
  15. Ma Somsouk, Briton Lee, Michael B. Potter. Opportunity and Promise of Stool-based Organized Colorectal Cancer Screening Programs. Techniques and Innovations in Gastrointestinal Endoscopy. 2023 Jan 1; 25(3):259-268.  View on PubMed
  16. McClellan SP, Canchola AJ, Potter MB, Gomez SL, Somsouk M. Neighborhood socioeconomic status and the effectiveness of colorectal cancer screening outreach with mailed fecal immunochemical tests within a safety net healthcare system in San Francisco, CA: A subgroup analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Prev Med. 2023 02; 167:107388.  View on PubMed
  17. Janice Y. Tsoh, Danielle Hessler, José R. Parra, Vicky Bowyer, Kara Lugtu, Michael B. Potter. Addressing tobacco use in the context of complex social needs: A new conceptual framework and approach to address smoking cessation in community health centers. . 2022 Dec 1; 1:100011.  View on PubMed
  18. Hessler D, Fisher L, Dickinson M, Dickinson P, Parra J, Potter MB. The impact of enhancing self-management support for diabetes in Community Health Centers through patient engagement and relationship building: a primary care pragmatic cluster-randomized trial. Transl Behav Med. 2022 10 07; 12(9):909-918.  View on PubMed
  19. Fraze TK, Beidler LB, De Marchis EH, Gottlieb LM, Potter MB. "Beyond Just a Supplement": Administrators' Visions for the Future of Virtual Primary Care Services. J Am Board Fam Med. 2022 May-Jun; 35(3):527-536.  View on PubMed
  20. Xu E, Nicosia FM, Zamora K, Barrientos M, Spar MJ, Reyes-Farias D, Karliner LS, Potter MB, Brown RT. When Functional Impairment Develops Early: Perspectives from Middle-Aged Adults. J Gen Intern Med. 2023 01; 38(1):90-97.  View on PubMed

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