Maria Chao, DrPH, MPA, is an Associate Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco and the Associate Director of Research and the Associate Director for Health Equity and Diversity at the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health. Dr. Chao’s overarching research goal is to investigate how complementary and integrative medicine can advance health equity. Her current program of research focuses on non-pharmacologic approaches to improve quality of life among diverse and underserved populations living with chronic conditions. Dr. Chao is committed to building pipelines to improve diversity in the integrative medicine workforce. She co-directs two programs to support this goal, an Integrative Oncology Collaborative and an NIH-funded summer Training program in Integrative Health Equity and Applied Research. She also serves on the advisory board of Integrative Medicine for the Underserved and the steering committee of the Bravenet Practice-Based Research Network in Integrative Medicine.