Salma Shariff-Marco, MPH, PhD

Dr. Salma Shariff-Marco is an Associate Professor in the Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics at the University of California San Francisco and a member of the Cancer &Tobacco Control Program at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. She is trained as a social and behavioral scientist and her research portfolio focused on understanding the role of social determinants of health in shaping and perpetuating cancer health disparities. One area of focus is on place and health, evaluating how neighborhood characteristics (e.g., social, built, and physical environment attributes) and geographic variation may shape health behaviors and outcomes across the cancer continuum. Another area of focus includes understanding how multilevel factors related to social status (race/ethnicity, socioeconomic status, and immigration) impact health disparities, particularly across and within Asian American communities. Dr. Shariff-Marco is also a co-Investigator of the Greater Bay Area Cancer Registry, a part of the California Cancer Registry and the NCI Surveillance Epidemiology End Results (SEER) Program.