Jennifer Babik, MD, PhD

Professor

CLINICAL ACTIVITIES
Jennifer Babik specializes in clinical infectious diseases with a particular focus on infections in immunocompromised hosts. She attends on the Immunocompromised Host and General Infectious Diseases Consult Services at UCSF Health.

EDUCATIONAL PURSUITS
Jennifer Babik is the Program Director for the Infectious Diseases Fellowship at UCSF. She gives clinical lectures for students, residents and fellows in residency and fellowship core lecture series. Her primary interests in medical educational are developing best practices for effective teaching by consultants and curriculum development in subspecialty education. She is also the Mentoring Facilitator for the ID Division at UCSF Health.
Education
2018 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
Fellowship, 2009 - Infectious Diseases, UCSF
Residency, 2006 - Internal Medicine, UCSF
M.D., 2003 - School of Medicine, Stanford University
PhD, 1999 - Physiological Sciences, University of Oxford
BA, 1995 - Molecular Biology, Princeton University
Honors and Awards
  • Medical Education Community of Practice Featured Educator, IDSA, 2024
  • Academic All-America Hall of Fame Inductee, CoSIDA, 2022
  • Long Term Mentor Award in the SOM Inquiry Curriculum, UCSF, 2020
  • Excellence in Teaching Award, Class of 2018, UCSF, 2018
  • Master Clinician, Department of Medicine, UCSF, 2018
  • UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award, UCSF, 2018
  • Distinction in Teaching Award from the UCSF Academic Senate, UCSF, 2016
  • Induction into the Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators, UCSF, 2015
  • Vincent G. Pons Award for Excellence in Clinical Infectious Diseases Teaching, UCSF, 2015
Publications