Uploaded November 2022 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
On July 1, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo became the 17th editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), as well as editor of JAMA Network(TM). She previously served as vice dean for Population Health and Health Equity and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF. In this fireside chat, we’ll catch up with Kirsten and hear about her new role at JAMA, the role of an editor in an era of scientific misinformation, COVID and health disparities, and other insights.
Speaker:
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS is the Lee Goldman, MD endowed professor of Medicine and professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and JAMA Network(TM).
Kirsten previously served as the inaugural vice dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the UCSF School of Medicine and chaired the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 2017-2022. She co-founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, which generates actionable research to increase health equity and reduce health disparities in at-risk populations in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and nationally.
Note: Closed captions will be available within 48-72 hours after posting.
Program
Bob Wachter: Introduction
00:02:15-00:12:17 – Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo (Editor-in-chief, JAMA and JAMA Network™)
See previous Medical Grand Rounds:
• October 27: The Current & Future State of COVID: Updates from the Infectious Diseases Society of America Meeting
youtu.be/24Fchp-P1co
• October 20: Shock Teams: The Jaws of Life for Cardiogenic Shock
youtu.be/Qzdcvf2Zfc4
• October 13: Clinical Problem Solving with Lisa Winston
youtu.be/gVOFE26CXnw
• October 6: Unlocking the Mysteries of Long COVID
youtu.be/YGAfCW6ytMc
See all UCSF Covid-19 grand rounds, which have been viewed over 3M times, at youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp2l8GCZXFqSgUfwaResQ7rGwKbGIUi_m.
On July 1, Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo became the 17th editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA), as well as editor of JAMA Network(TM). She previously served as vice dean for Population Health and Health Equity and chair of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics at UCSF. In this fireside chat, we’ll catch up with Kirsten and hear about her new role at JAMA, the role of an editor in an era of scientific misinformation, COVID and health disparities, and other insights.
Speaker:
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS is the Lee Goldman, MD endowed professor of Medicine and professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics. She is currently the editor-in-chief of the Journal of the American Medical Association (JAMA) and JAMA Network(TM).
Kirsten previously served as the inaugural vice dean for Population Health and Health Equity in the UCSF School of Medicine and chaired the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics from 2017-2022. She co-founded the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, which generates actionable research to increase health equity and reduce health disparities in at-risk populations in the San Francisco Bay Area, California, and nationally.
Note: Closed captions will be available within 48-72 hours after posting.
Program
Bob Wachter: Introduction
00:02:15-00:12:17 – Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo (Editor-in-chief, JAMA and JAMA Network™)
See previous Medical Grand Rounds:
• October 27: The Current & Future State of COVID: Updates from the Infectious Diseases Society of America Meeting
youtu.be/24Fchp-P1co
• October 20: Shock Teams: The Jaws of Life for Cardiogenic Shock
youtu.be/Qzdcvf2Zfc4
• October 13: Clinical Problem Solving with Lisa Winston
youtu.be/gVOFE26CXnw
• October 6: Unlocking the Mysteries of Long COVID
youtu.be/YGAfCW6ytMc
See all UCSF Covid-19 grand rounds, which have been viewed over 3M times, at youtube.com/playlist?list=PLp2l8GCZXFqSgUfwaResQ7rGwKbGIUi_m.










