SUPR Speaker Series

Robert Cook, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Epidemiology,
University of Florida Health Internal Medicine

Dr. Robert Cook is a professor within the department of epidemiology, and he also serves as a physician at UF Health Internal Medicine – Medical Plaza. Dr. Cook received both his masters of public health degree and medical degree from the University of North Carolina. He interned in internal medicine at the University of Virginia before completing his residency in preventive medicine at the University of North Carolina. Upon completion of his residency, Dr. Cook concluded his fellowship training in preventive medicine with the Clinical Scholars Program. Dr. Cook has been at the University of Florida since 2006, combining clinical practice with research and teaching.

Ayesha Appa, MD
Assistant Professor, Division of HIV, ID, and Global Medicine
UC San Francisco

Dr. Ayesha Appa is an Assistant Professor in the Division of HIV, ID, and Global Medicine at UCSF. She graduated from UCSF with an MD with distinction, trained in Internal Medicine at the University of Washington, completed her chief residency at Harborview Medical Center, and completed both Infectious Diseases and Addiction Medicine fellowships at UCSF. Dr. Appa’s work has so far helped define gaps in effective care for people who have substance use disorders and HIV or other serious infections, and her research is now focused on the implementation of models that provide simultaneous treatment of substance use disorders and HIV or other serious infections. She works clinically at Ward 86 providing HIV primary care in the POP-UP and Women’s Clinic settings in addition to attending on the HIV/Infectious Diseases and Addiction Care Team inpatient consult teams at SFGH.