Erica Farrand

Dr. Erica Farrand is an Associate Professor at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) School of Medicine. She serves as an attending physician in the Interstitial Lung Disease (ILD) Program and Pulmonary Consult Service.

• MD from Columbia University School of Medicine
• Internal Medicine Residency at NYP-Columbia University
• Subspecialty Fellowships in Pulmonary and Critical Care at UCSF
• Clinical Research Certificate from UCSF

Her research program integrates clinical informatics and digital health to improve care for ILD patients, with a focus on real-world data and machine learning. She leads NIH-funded projects exploring remote monitoring systems and data-driven diagnosis.

Recent publications emphasize interstitial lung disease (8/15), clinical informatics (6/15), and health disparities (5/15). Key subfields include remote monitoring implementation, real-world cohort analysis, and machine learning applications in pulmonary care.

• 2025 Young Physician Scientist Award (American Society for Clinical Investigation)
• 2024 Michael Stulbarg Excellence in Teaching Award
• 2021 Parker B. Francis Fellow

As principal investigator on 7 active grants including NIH K23HL175213 and Marcus Program funding, she collaborates with teams in implementation science, clinical informatics, and health services research. Her work addresses telehealth limitations through digital health tools and universal data models.