David Jull-patterson PhD, RT

David Jull-Patterson, PhD, FT, maintains an independent practice in clinical health psychology, working with adults and adolescents diagnosed with cancer, HIV, cystic fibrosis, lupus, and other life-threatening diseases. He has held positions as both a clinical researcher in a longitudinal bereavement study as well as the bereavement services coordinator for the University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children’s Hospital. He is an adjunct professor at Alliant International University, teaching courses on intercultural awareness development, grief and bereavement, and clinical ethics.

A clinical professor in Family and Community Medicine at UCSF, he is the Associate Course Co-Director for Faculty Development in a two-year core curriculum course for medical students titled "Foundations of Patient Care." Affectionately, he (privately) subtitles it "How To Remain a Human Being While Learning To Become a Physician." Although the course focuses on what most people think of as “bedside manner,” students are also given exposure to the fields of cultural competence, interprofessional education, grief and bereavement, health care disparities, sexuality, professional development, heuristics, human development, health policy, and ethics.