Maya L. Petersen | Research UC Berkeley

Research Expertise and Interest

causal inference, precision health, targeted learning, HIV, global health, pandemics

Research Description

Maya L. Petersen M.D. Ph.D. is a Professor of Biostatistics, Epidemiology, and Computational Precision Health who focuses on the development and application of novel causal inference methods to problems in health, community-based interventions, global health, and HIV treatment and prevention.

In the News

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Innovative Joint Program in Computational Precision Health at UC Berkeley and UCSF Aims to Improve Quality and Equity of Health Care

The University of California, Berkeley, and the University of California, San Francisco, today (Oct. 20, 2021) jointly launched a new, one-of-a-kind program in computational precision health, a significant step toward advancing this new field and, ultimately, improving the quality and equity of health care.

Coronavirus: science and solutions

While the COVID-19 pandemic continues to devastate communities around the world, researchers at UC Berkeley are racing to find solutions that will both secure our health and help get the economy back on its feet.

Featured in the Media

Please note: The views and opinions expressed in these articles are those of the authors and do not necessarily reflect the official policy or positions of UC Berkeley.

Nov 26, 2021

She built a model overnight that would guide S.F.’s pandemic response. Now, she predicts our COVID future

San Francisco Chronicle

Erin Allday

San Francisco was a few days into sheltering in place in March 2020 when Dr. Maya Petersen got a surprising and urgent request: Health officials wanted to know whether she could put together a model that would help them forecast what was shaping up to be a horrifying pandemic.

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June 18, 2021

San Francisco Mayor names June 18 Dr. Maya Petersen Day

Berkeley Public Health

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