CHP/PCOR
Stanford University
117 Encina Commons
Stanford, CA 94305-6019

swati.tole@stanford.edu
(650) 723-2217 (voice)
(650) 723-1919 (fax)

Research Interests
HIV/AIDS prevention and the role of socioeconomic factors, health education and prevention in determining the health of individuals and populations.

Swati Tole is a CHP/PCOR trainee with the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality Fellowship Training Program. An internist, she most recently served as chief medical resident for the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San Francisco. She is interested in HIV/AIDS prevention and in the role of socioeconomic factors, health education and prevention in determining the health of individuals and populations.

Tole's previous research experience includes designing and implementing a survey of students at Bombay University regarding HIV risk factors and awareness. At the Society of General Internal Medicine's 26th annual meeting, she presented, "Teaching Evidence-based medicine to Medical Residents: The PRIME Curriculum." For several years, she volunteered at a clinic for the homeless in San Francisco, and also volunteered as a science teacher in underserved high schools in San Francisco. She received a BS in biology from Stanford and an MD from UCSF.