Ariana Thompson-Lastad, PhD

Research Faculty, UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health
Assistant Professor, UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine
Affiliated Faculty, UC Berkeley Center for Social Medicine

Areas of Interest

Advancing health equity through integrative health care
Group medical visits
Addressing social and structural determinants of health in primary care
Integrative approaches to perinatal health
Qualitative and mixed-methods research

Experience and Current Work

Dr. Ariana Thompson-Lastad is a medical sociologist who joined the Osher Center in 2018 as a postdoctoral scholar in the Training in Research in Integrative Medicine (TRIM) Fellowship Program. Her research includes collaborations with community health centers to understand the implementation and outcomes of group medical visits and other innovative models of care. As a BIRCWH Scholar at UCSF, Dr. Thompson-Lastad is conducting research on a model that combines group medical visits with fruit and vegetable prescriptions at community health centers. She aims to understand how social and structural determinants of health can be addressed in perinatal care, with a focus on social isolation and food insecurity. Dr. Thompson-Lastad is on the board of Integrative Medicine for the Underserved and the leadership team of the Bay Area Structural Competency Working Group.