Dr. Yelin is Emeritus Professor of Medicine and Health Policy at UCSF and has been on the faculty since 1980. His research has emphasized health policy issues related to chronic disease, including the causes and consequences of work disability, the role of changes in the health care system in access to care, and the sources of disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status in outcomes of severe autoimmune diseases. His research has been continuously funded by NIH and AHRQ since 1980. Since 2005, he has been the Principal Investigator of the NIAMS-funded Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Center focused on disparities by race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status in outcomes.
In addition, Dr. Yelin is Vice Chair of the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP) and Director of the Medical Effectiveness Center of CHBRP. CHBRP provides analysis of proposed health mandate laws for the State Legislation. Dr. Yelin has received numerous awards for his research and, in 1999, was elected to membership in the National Academy of Social Insurance. In 2013, he was awarded the Harold S. Luft Award in Mentorship in Health Services and Health Policy at UCSF. He is the author of more than 250 peer-reviewed articles and another 100 chapters, books, and professional reports.
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