Anita Palepu
Current Roles:
Internal Medicine specialist, St. Paul’s Hospital
Program Director for the General Internal Medicine Fellowship Program, University of British Columbia
Researcher – Dr. Palepu is a researcher at the Centre for Health Evaluation and Outcome Sciences at St. Paul’s Hospital. Her research interests include: urban health, substance use, harm reduction, addiction treatment, social determinants of health such as housing and homelessness, and quality of life
Description:
Dr. Palepu advocates for open and free access to peer-reviewed medical knowledge that can help with informed decision-making in health care. She is one of the founders of Open Medicine Journal, a peer reviewed not-for-profit open and free access journal that facilitates equitable global dissemination of high-quality health research to improve clinical practice and to expand and deepen the understanding of health and health care.
Dr. Palepu’s other areas of interest are: Health and Underhousing, Addictions Health, and Health Education and Advocacy
Get involved – Dr. Palepu is interested in connecting with students, practitioners, and members of the community to provide mentorship, opportunities in advocacy work, research, academic conversations, idea generation, and knowledge translation. She invites all the relationships that may come from the Social Medicine Network and is excited to see what develops.
Contact:
apalepu@hivnet.ubc.ca
Telephone: 604-682-2344 ext 63194