Alice Pressman, PhD, MS, (she/her) is Senior Advisor for Student Mentorship with the Office of Research and Scholarship, and a Professor in the Department of Health Systems Science. For more than 30 years, Dr. Pressman has served as a research scientist and biostatistician for numerous clinical and epidemiologic research studies in diverse settings including academia, community-based research institutes, and non-profit healthcare systems. She is an epidemiologist and biostatistician by training, specializing in evaluation methodology, clinical trials methods, health equity and disparities, health systems evaluation, and clinical research on chronic pain and integrative therapies. Prior to joining KPSOM, she served as Executive Director for the Sutter Health Center for Health Systems Research, Scientific Research Director for the Sutter Health Institute Advancing Health Equity, and most recently, she was a Senior Scientist with Sutter Health’s California Pacific Medical Center Research Institute and a Research and Evaluation Consultant with Northern California Kaiser Permanente. Dr. Pressman holds an adjunct faculty appointment in the University of California San Francisco, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, where she has taught clinical research for several years. Her work has been funded by NIH, PCORI, and several foundations and industry organizations. Her current research is focused on health equity and transgender healthcare.