Eva Raphael

Dr. Eva Raphael is an Assistant Professor in the Departments of Epidemiology & Biostatistics and Family & Community Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She practices primary care at the Family Health Center, San Francisco General Hospital, and holds a medical degree from Emory University with clinical training in Family and Community Medicine from UCSF.

• BA in Molecular and Cell Biology (2006) from UC Berkeley
• MPH in Environmental Health Sciences (2008) from UC Berkeley
• 2021 Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training at UCSF

Her research investigates social and environmental drivers of community-onset drug-resistant bacterial infections, with special focus on urinary tract infections (UTI) in women. Using interdisciplinary approaches combining infectious disease epidemiology, social epidemiology, and spatial analysis, she examines:

• Antimicrobial resistance patterns in E. coli
• Geospatial distribution of infection clusters
• Health disparities among immigrant populations
• Social inequities in COVID-19 outcomes
• Environmental sources of resistant pathogens

Her publications show strong emphasis on antimicrobial resistance (11 publications), spatial epidemiology (6), and health equity (5) across 18 years of research. Key funding includes:

• NIH/NIAID K23AI166030 (2021-2026)
• NIH/NIDDK K12DK111028 (2021)

Dr. Raphael received the FCM Excellence in Student Teaching Award and has been featured in media discussing topics like:

• Evaluation of D-mannose for UTI prevention
• Refuting public health misinformation about immigrants
• Slum populations' vulnerability during pandemics
• Border policies and HIV-related family separation
• Primary care for HIV patients