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Jill Blumenthal, MD MAS (she/her/hers)

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University of California San Diego
San Diego, CA, United States

Jill Blumenthal (she/her/hers), MD MAS, is a Professor in the Division of Infectious Diseases and Global Public Health in the Department of Medicine at UC San Diego Health. She went to college, medical school and residency at Cornell in New York and completed her Infectious Diseases fellowship at UCSD in 2014. She is Board-certified in Infectious Diseases and Internal Medicine. She conducts clinical research on HIV prevention using pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) in cisgender men who have sex with men, cisgender women, and transgender and gender diverse (TGD) individuals at risk for HIV. She cares for adolescents and adults living with HIV and is the Director of PrEP Services at the Owen Clinic. In 2018, she co-founded the Transgender Community Advisory Board to help engage and empower the TGD community in research. Jill also provides gender-affirming care for TGD individuals at the Owen Clinic and is the Clinical Medical Director of the Owen Gender Health Program at UC San Diego Health. Jill served as co-chair of the UC San Diego Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on Gender Identity and Sexual Orientation Issues from 2021-2024 and was a 2022 UCSD LEAD (Leaders for Equity Advancement and Diversity) Fellow, campus champions who engage and lead crucial conversations around improving organizational learning and campus climate. Her approach to medical care and research emphasizes the importance of person-centered harm reduction principles and treatment as prevention in patients made vulnerable by the effects of systemic health disparities.

Disclosure(s): Clinical Care Options: speaking fees; Gilead Biosciences: Advisor/Consultant, Grant/Research Support

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