Margaret Handley, PhD, MPH

Professor

Dr. Margaret Handley is a public heath-trained epidemiologist and implementation scientist in the Departments of Epidemiology and Biostatistics in the Department of Medicine, Division of Genereal Internal Medicine, at the University of California San Francisco and Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital.

Previously, she co-Directed the UCSF PRISE Center, Partnerships in Research in Implementation Science for Equity and the UCSF Training Program in Implementation Science. She is one of the Principal Investigators for the NIH-funded R25 training program in implementation since (RISE, focusing on implementation science and health equity).

In 2022 she was awarded a Fulbright to develop training in implementation science applied to climate change interventions, in partnership with colleagues at the School of Public Health, Zagreb, Croatia. Her current research focuses on environmental interventions in the context of climate change/extreme weather events and pollution as well as on ethical perspectives in data science applied to public health and environmental research.

Dr. Handley has methodological expertise in community-engaged research, intervention design, quasi-experimental designs, practice-based research, health communication and mixed methods. She is committed to implementation science skill-building across a wide range of settings, including under-resourced settings, UCSF-based degree programs, and nationally and internationally focused immersion and distance training for junior faculty. Dr. Handley also works in English as a Second Language (ESL) classrooms in the Bay Area with students and teachers to create effective risk communication materials for community and clinical settings.
Education
2020 - Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Champion Training, University of California
PhD, 05/2000 - Epidemiology, University of California
MPH, 05/1990 - Epidemiology and Biostatistics, University of California
B.A, 05/1986 - Environmental Science, University of California
Honors and Awards
  • Fulbright US Scholar Award, US Fulbright Program-Croatia, 2022-2023
  • Consultant of the Year- Consistent Excellence, UCSF CTSI, 2013-2014
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Associated
Publications

  1. Hawes MR, Chakravarty D, Cheng J, Handley MA, Tsoh JY, Lin TK, Hiatt RA, Vijayaraghavan M. The Healthy Homes Study: Protocol for a cluster randomized trial of a place-based smoke-free home intervention in affordable housing. PloS one 2025. PMID: 40729126


  2. Hswen Y, Naslund JA, Hurley M, Ragon B, Handley MA, Fang F, Haroz EE, Nakatumba-Nabende J, van Heerden A, Nsoesie EO. AI-Y: An AI Checklist for Population Ethics Across the Global Context. Current epidemiology reports 2025. PMID: 40657258


  3. Handley MA, Abascal Miguel L, Thompson LM, Velloza J. Bridging community-engaged research and implementation science methods to advance public health practice. Bundesgesundheitsblatt, Gesundheitsforschung, Gesundheitsschutz 2025. PMID: 40471262


  4. Amer M, Gittins R, Millana AM, Scheibein F, Ferri M, Tofighi B, Sullivan F, Handley M, Ghosh M, Baldacchino A, Tay Wee Teck J. Are Treatment Services Ready for the Use of Big Data Analytics and AI in Managing Opioid Use Disorder? Journal of medical Internet research 2025. PMID: 40294410


  5. Abratenko P, Alterkait O, Andrade Aldana D, Arellano L, Asaadi J, Ashkenazi A, Balasubramanian S, Baller B, Barnard A, Barr G, Barrow D, Barrow J, Basque V, Bateman J, Benevides Rodrigues O, Berkman S, Bhanderi A, Bhat A, Bhattacharya M, Bishai M, Blake A, Bogart B, Bolton T, Book JY, Brunetti MB, Camilleri L, Cao Y, Caratelli D, Cavanna F, Cerati G, Chappell A, Chen Y, Conrad JM, Convery M, Cooper-Troendle L, Crespo-Anadón JI, Cross R, Del Tutto M, Dennis SR, Detje P, Diurba R, Djurcic Z, Dorrill R, Duffy K, Dytman S, Eberly B, Englezos P, Ereditato A, Evans JJ, Fine R, Foreman W, Fleming BT, Franco D, Furmanski AP, Gao F, Garcia-Gamez D, Gardiner S, Ge G, Gollapinni S, Gramellini E, Green P, Greenlee H, Gu L, Gu W, Guenette R, Guzowski P, Hagaman L, Handley M, Hen O, Hilgenberg C, Horton-Smith GA, Imani Z, Irwin B, Ismail MS, James C, Ji X, Jo JH, Johnson RA, Jwa YJ, Kalra D, Kamp N, Karagiorgi G, Ketchum W, Kirby M, Kobilarcik T, Kreslo I, Lane N, Lepetic I, Li JY, Li Y, Lin K, Littlejohn BR, Liu H, Louis WC, Luo X, Mariani C, Marsden D, Marshall J, Martinez N, Martinez Caicedo DA, Martynenko S, Mastbaum A, Mawby I, McConkey N, Meddage V, Mendez J, Micallef J, Miller K, Mogan A, Mohayai T, Mooney M, Moor AF, Moore CD, Mora Lepin L, Moudgalya MM, Mulleriababu S, Naples D, Navrer-Agasson A, Nayak N, Nebot-Guinot M, Nowak J, Oza N, Palamara O, Pallat N, Paolone V, Papadopoulou A, Papavassiliou V, Parkinson HB, Pate SF, Patel N, Pavlovic Z, Piasetzky E, Pletcher K, Pophale I, Qian X, Raaf JL, Radeka V, Rafique A, Reggiani-Guzzo M, Ren L, Rochester L, Rodriguez Rondon J, Rosenberg M, Ross-Lonergan M, Safa I, Scanavini G, Schmitz DW, Schukraft A, Seligman W, Shaevitz MH, Sharankova R, Shi J, Snider EL, Soderberg M, Söldner-Rembold S, Spitz J, Stancari M, John JS, Strauss T, Szelc AM, Tang W, Taniuchi N, Terao K, Thorpe C, Torbunov D, Totani D, Toups M, Trettin A, Tsai YT, Tyler J, Uchida MA, Usher T, Viren B, Wang J, Weber M, Wei H, White AJ, Wolbers S, Wongjirad T, Wospakrik M, Wresilo K, Wu W, Yandel E, Yang T, Yates LE, Yu HW, Zeller GP, Zennamo J, Zhang C, MicroBooNE Collaboration. First Double-Differential Cross Section Measurement of Neutral-Current π^{0} Production in Neutrino-Argon Scattering in the MicroBooNE Detector. Physical review letters 2025. PMID: 40344138


  6. Handley MA, Murphy LD, Sherwin EB, Shade SB. Practical application of hybrid effectiveness-implementation studies for intervention research. International journal of epidemiology 2025. PMID: 40324872


  7. Thompson LM, Ferguson A, Raheel H, Lovvorn AE, Hengstermann-Artiga M, Lopez MR, Higgins M, Saikawa E, Handley MA. PRECIS-2 used as an implementation science tool for global environmental health: A cross-sectional evaluation of the Ecolectivos study protocol to reduce burning of household plastic waste in rural Guatemala. PloS one 2024. PMID: 39775435


  8. Musinguzi A, Kasidi JR, Kadota JL, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Nakimuli J, Kunihira LT, Opira B, Baik Y, Patel D, Sammann A, Berger CA, Aschmann HE, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PPJ, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A, Semitala FC, Katahoire AR. Evaluating the implementation of weekly rifapentine-isoniazid (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A qualitative evaluation of the 3HP Options Trial. PLOS global public health 2024. PMID: 39446746


  9. Fuster M, Hipol S, Huang TT, Colón-Ramos U, Conaboy C, Abreu R, Mortillaro LC, Handley MA. Bridging Implementation Science and Human-Centered Design: Developing Tailored Interventions for Healthier Eating in Restaurants. Global implementation research and applications 2024. PMID: 39568618


  10. Musinguzi A, Kasidi JR, Kadota JL, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Nakimuli J, Kunihira LT, Opira B, Baik Y, Patel D, Sammann A, Berger CA, Aschmann HE, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PP, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A, Semitala FC, Katahoire AR. Evaluating the implementation of weekly rifapentine-isoniazid (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A qualitative evaluation of the 3HP Options Trial. medRxiv : the preprint server for health sciences 2024. PMID: 39314926


  11. McDaniel M, Sundaram S, Manjanatha D, Odes R, Lerman P, Handley MA, Coffin PO, Myers JJ, Goldman ML. "They made me feel like I mattered": a qualitative study of how mobile crisis teams can support people experiencing homelessness. BMC public health 2024. PMID: 39135047


  12. Handley MA. The fern mandolin. Science (New York, N.Y.) 2024. PMID: 38547267


  13. Semitala FC, Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Kunihira Tinka L, Nakimuli J, Ritar Kasidi J, Bishop O, Nakasendwa S, Baik Y, Patel D, Sammann A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PP, Katahoire A, Berger CA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A. Comparison of 3 optimized delivery strategies for completion of isoniazid-rifapentine (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV in Uganda: A single-center randomized trial. PLoS medicine 2024. PMID: 38377166


  14. Chau D, Parra J, Santos MG, Bastías MJ, Kim R, Handley MA. Community engagement in the development of health-related data visualizations: a scoping review. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2023. PMID: 37279890


  15. Goldman ML, McDaniel M, Manjanatha D, Rose ML, Santos GM, Shade SB, Lazar AA, Myers JJ, Handley MA, Coffin PO. Impact of San Francisco's New Street crisis response Team on Service use among people experiencing homelessness with mental and substance use disorders: A mixed methods study protocol. PloS one 2023. PMID: 38051726


  16. Rennels C, Murthy SG, Handley MA, Morris MD, Alldredge BK, Dahiya P, Jagsi R, Kerns JL, Mangurian C. Informal Caregiving Among Faculty at a Large Academic Health Sciences University in the United States: an Opportunity for Policy Changes. Academic psychiatry : the journal of the American Association of Directors of Psychiatric Residency Training and the Association for Academic Psychiatry 2023. PMID: 37821717


  18. Chen I, Doum D, Mannion K, Hustedt J, Sovannaroth S, McIver D, Macdonald M, Lobo N, Tatarsky A, Handley MA, Neukom J. Applying the COM-B behaviour change model to a pilot study delivering volatile pyrethroid spatial repellents and insecticide-treated clothing to forest-exposed populations in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia. Malaria journal 2023. PMID: 37658337


  19. Garcia ME, Williams M, Mutha S, Diamond LC, Jih J, Handley MA, Pathak S, Karliner LS. Language-Concordant Care: a Qualitative Study Examining Implementation of Physician Non-English Language Proficiency Assessment. Journal of general internal medicine 2023. PMID: 37620723


  20. Vijayaraghavan M, Hartman-Filson M, Vyas P, Katyal T, Nguyen T, Handley MA. Multi-Level Influences of Smoke-Free Policies in Subsidized Housing: Applying the COM-B Model and Neighborhood Assessments to Inform Smoke-Free Policies. Health promotion practice 2023. PMID: 37209138


  22. Chen I, Doum D, Mannion K, Hustedt J, Sovannaroth S, McIver D, Macdonald M, Lobo NF, Tatarsky A, Handley M, Neukom J. Applying the COM-B behavior model to inform the delivery of spatial repellents and insecticide-treated clothing among forest exposed populations in Mondulkiri Province, Cambodia. Research square 2023. PMID: 37205382


  23. Horwitz MEM, Edwards CV, Athavale P, McCloskey L, Cabral HJ, Benjamin EJ, Handley MA. The STAR-MAMA RCT: Bilingual Mobile Health Coaching for Postpartum Weight Loss. American journal of preventive medicine 2023. PMID: 37028566


  25. Pajka SE, Kushel M, Handley MA, Olsen P, Li B, Enriquez C, Kaplan L, Sudore RL. Using behavioral theory to adapt advance care planning for homeless-experienced older adults in permanent supportive housing. Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2023. PMID: 36928791


  26. Abascal Miguel L, Christian C, Accurso EC, Najmabadi A, Athavale P, Diala JA, Sachdev D, Philip S, Reid MJ, Handley MA. Barriers and Enablers to COVID-19 Vaccination in San Francisco's Spanish-Speaking Population. Global implementation research and applications 2023. PMID: 36647398


  27. Handley MA, Santos MG, Bastías MJ. Working with Data in Adult English Classrooms: Lessons Learned about Communicative Justice during the COVID-19 Pandemic. International journal of environmental research and public health 2022. PMID: 36613016


  28. Handley MA. Confronting the plasticine: promise in a world wrapped in plastic. The Lancet. Planetary health 2022. PMID: 36087600


  29. Smith-Bernardin SM, Suen LW, Barr-Walker J, Cuervo IA, Handley MA. Scoping review of managed alcohol programs. Harm reduction journal 2022. PMID: 35879719


  30. Emily Dimond, Cara Conaboy, Margaret Handley, Terry T-K Huang, Donald Rose, Melissa Fuster. Assessing the Implementation Outcomes of Interventions to Promote Healthy Eating in Latin American Restaurants. Current Developments in Nutrition 2022. PMID:


  31. Hargrave AS, Garcia CM, Lightfoot M, Handley MA, Weeks J, Olsen P, Knight KR, Kushel MB. "We Remember the Pain": A qualitative study of intergenerational trauma among older adults experiencing homelessness in the HOPE HOME study. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless 2022. PMID: 38948456


  32. Fuster M, Abreu-Runkle R, Handley MA, Rose D, Rodriguez MA, Dimond EG, Elbel B, Huang TTK. Promoting healthy eating in Latin American restaurants: a qualitative survey of views held by owners and staff. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35477376


  33. Aranda-Díaz A, Imbert E, Strieff S, Graham-Squire D, Evans JL, Moore J, McFarland W, Fuchs J, Handley MA, Kushel M. Implementation of rapid and frequent SARS-CoV2 antigen testing and response in congregate homeless shelters. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35271622


  35. Mangurian C, Thomas MD, Mitsuishi F, Goldman LE, Niu G, Handley MA, Riano NS, Hwong A, Essock S, Dilley J, Newcomer JW, Schillinger D. Lessons Learned From a New Reverse-Integration Model to Improve Primary Care Screening in Community Mental Health Settings. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35138129


  36. Cai C, Knight KR, Olsen P, Weeks J, Handley MA, Kushel MB. Barriers and Facilitators to Resolving Older Adult Homelessness through Stays with Family: Qualitative findings from the HOPE HOME Study. Journal of Social Distress and the Homeless 2022. PMID: 38144397


  37. Christopher Cai
    Kelly R. Knight
    Pamela Olsen
    John Weeks
    Margaret A. Handley
    Margot B. Kushel. Barriers and facilitators to resolving older adult homelessness through stays with family: qualitative findings from the HOPE HOME study 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID:


  38. Nalugwa T, Handley M, Shete P, Ojok C, Nantale M, Reza T, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A, Ackerman S. Readiness to implement on-site molecular testing for tuberculosis in community health centers in Uganda. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35109936


  39. Kerkhoff AD, Farrand E, Marquez C, Cattamanchi A, Handley MA. Addressing health disparities through implementation science-a need to integrate an equity lens from the outset. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35101088


  40. Handley MA, Kushel M, Weeks J, Olsen P, Castillo J, Knight KR. Ground-Truthing the Experiences of Homeless Older Adults' Recent Stays with Family and Friends: A Case Study of Participatory Data Analysis. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2022. PMID: 35153219


  41. Cattamanchi A, Reza TF, Nalugwa T, Adams K, Nantale M, Oyuku D, Nabwire S, Babirye D, Turyahabwe S, Tucker A, Sohn H, Ferguson O, Thompson R, Shete PB, Handley MA, Ackerman S, Joloba M, Moore DAJ, Davis JL, Dowdy DW, Fielding K, Katamba A. Multicomponent Strategy with Decentralized Molecular Testing for Tuberculosis. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34936740


  42. Semitala FC, Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Nabunje J, Welishe F, Nakitende A, Akello L, Bishop O, Patel D, Sammann A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Kamya MR, Handley MA, Phillips PPJ, Katahoire A, Berger CA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy DW, Cattamanchi A. Completion of isoniazid-rifapentine (3HP) for tuberculosis prevention among people living with HIV: Interim analysis of a hybrid type 3 effectiveness-implementation randomized trial. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34914696


  43. Wesson P, Hswen Y, Valdez G, Stojanovski K, Handley MA. Risks and Opportunities to Ensure Equity in the Application of Big Data Research in Public Health. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34871504


  44. Rogers CR, Brooks E, Curtin K, De Vera MA, Qeadan F, Rogers TN, Petersen E, Gallagher P, Pesmen C, Johnson W, Henley C, Hickman W, Newcomb E, Korous KM, Handley MA. Protocol for #iBeatCRC: a community-based intervention to increase early-onset colorectal cancer awareness using a sequential explanatory mixed-methods approach. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 34862279


  45. Digitale JC, Stojanovski K, McCulloch CE, Handley MA. Study Designs to Assess Real-World Interventions to Prevent COVID-19. Frontiers in public health 2021. PMID: 34386470


  46. Fuster M, Kodali H, Ray K, Elbel B, Handley MA, Huang TT, Johnson G. Area Characteristics and Consumer Nutrition Environments in Restaurants: an Examination of Hispanic Caribbean Restaurants in New York City. Journal of racial and ethnic health disparities 2021. PMID: 34152587


  47. Melissa Fuster, Rosa Abreu-Runkel, Terry T-K Huang, Michelle Rodriguez, Elise Harrison, Brian Elbel, Krishnendu Ray, Margaret Handley. Facilitating Healthy Eating in Latin American Restaurants: Examining Acceptability and Barriers Among Restaurant Owners and Staff. Current Developments in Nutrition 2021. PMID:


  49. Knight KR, Weiser J, Handley MA, Olsen P, Weeks J, Kushel M. Temporary stays with housed family and friends among older adults experiencing homelessness: Qualitative findings from the HOPE HOME study. 2015 Year Book of Pediatrics. Ed. Cabana MD. (Elsevier; Philadelphia, PA) 2021. PMID: 35706979


  50. Handley MA, Landeros J, Wu C, Najmabadi A, Vargas D, Athavale P. What matters when exploring fidelity when using health IT to reduce disparities? BMC medical informatics and decision making 2021. PMID: 33827562


  51. Reza TF, Nalugwa T, Nantale M, Adams K, Fielding K, Nakaweesa A, Oyuku D, Nabwire S, Musinguzi J, Ojok C, Babirye D, Ackerman SL, Handley MA, Kityamuwesi A, Dowdy DW, Moore DAJ, Davis JL, Turyahabwe S, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A. Design and execution of a public randomization ceremony to enhance stakeholder engagement within a cluster randomized trial to improve tuberculosis diagnosis in Uganda. Contemporary clinical trials communications 2021. PMID: 34027222


  52. Fuster M, Handley MA, Alam T, Fullington LA, Elbel B, Ray K, Huang TT.. Facilitating Healthier Eating at Restaurants: A Multidisciplinary Scoping Review Comparing Strategies, Barriers, Motivators, and Outcomes by Restaurant Type and Initiator Int J Environ Res Public Health 2021. PMID:


  53. Handley MA. The "Foresty Way": My Mother's Brave Choice of Medical Aid in Dying. Annals of family medicine 2020. PMID: 33168684


  54. Fuster M, Pouget ER, Handley MA, Ray K, Elbel B, Sakowitz EN, Halvey K, Huang T. Ethnic Restaurant Nutrition Environments and Cardiovascular Health: Examining Hispanic Caribbean Restaurants in New York City. Ethnicity & disease 2020. PMID: 32989358


  55. Kadota JL, Musinguzi A, Nabunje J, Welishe F, Ssemata JL, Bishop O, Berger CA, Patel D, Sammann A, Katahoire A, Nahid P, Belknap R, Phillips PPJ, Namusobya J, Kamya M, Handley MA, Kiwanuka N, Katamba A, Dowdy D, Semitala FC, Cattamanchi A. Protocol for the 3HP Options Trial: a hybrid type 3 implementation-effectiveness randomized trial of delivery strategies for short-course tuberculosis preventive therapy among people living with HIV in Uganda. Implementation science : IS 2020. PMID: 32787925


  56. Rodríguez LA, Barquera S, Aguilar-Salinas CA, Sepúlveda-Amor J, Sánchez-Romero LM, Denova-Gutiérrez E, Balderas N, Moreno-Loaeza L, Handley MA, Basu S, López-Arellano O, Gallardo-Hernández A, Schillinger D. Design of a cluster-randomized trial of the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of metformin on prevention of type 2 diabetes among prediabetic Mexican adults (the PRuDENTE initiative of Mexico City). Contemporary clinical trials 2020. PMID: 32580032


  57. Moira Inkelas, Brian Mittman, Margaret Handley, Miriam Bender, Brad Pollock, Oanh Nguyen, Greg Aarons, Michael Cousineau, Rachael Sak. 4231 Identifying Educational Needs of Researchers and Health System and Health Agency Leaders in the Science of Implementation and Improvement: Report from California CTSAs. Journal of Clinical and Translational Science 2020. PMID:


  58. Melissa Fuster, Enrique Pouget, Eddie Nelson Sakowitz, Kayla Halvey, Krishnendu Ray, Brian Elbel, Margaret Handley, Terry T-K Huang. Examining Community Restaurant Nutrition Environments for Cardiovascular Health: An Assessment of Hispanic Caribbean Restaurants in New York City. Current Developments in Nutrition 2020. PMID:


  59. Reza TF, Nalugwa T, Farr K, Nantale M, Oyuku D, Nakaweesa A, Musinguzi J, Vangala M, Shete PB, Tucker A, Ferguson O, Fielding K, Sohn H, Dowdy D, Moore DAJ, Davis JL, Ackerman SL, Handley MA, Katamba A, Cattamanchi A. Study protocol: a cluster randomized trial to evaluate the effectiveness and implementation of onsite GeneXpert testing at community health centers in Uganda (XPEL-TB). Implementation science : IS 2020. PMID: 32316993


  60. Shete PB, Gonzales R, Ackerman S, Cattamanchi A, Handley MA. The University of California San Francisco (UCSF) Training Program in Implementation Science: Program Experiences and Outcomes. Frontiers in public health 2020. PMID: 32292773


  61. Johnson AT, Shumko M, Griffith B, Klumpar DM, Sample J, Springer L, Leh N, Spence HE, Smith S, Crew A, Handley M, Mashburn KM, Larsen BA, Blake JB. The FIREBIRD-II CubeSat mission: Focused investigations of relativistic electron burst intensity, range, and dynamics. The Review of scientific instruments 2020. PMID: 32260014


  62. Rosenwohl-Mack S, Kushel M, Ramsey C, Handley M, Knight KR. "We Really Help, Taking Care of Each Other": Older Homeless Adults as Caregivers. Gerontology & geriatric medicine 2019. PMID: 31903411


  63. Tuot DS, Rubinsky AD, Velasquez A, McCulloch CE, Schillinger D, Handley MA, Hsu CY, Powe NR. Interventions to Improve Blood Pressure Control Among Socioeconomically Disadvantaged Patients With CKD: Kidney Awareness Registry and Education Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial. Kidney Medicine 2019. PMID: 32734204


  64. Lyson HC, Ackerman S, Lyles C, Schillinger D, Williams P, Gourley G, Gupta R, Handley M, Sarkar U. Redesigning primary care in the safety net: A qualitative analysis of team-based care implementation. Healthcare (Amsterdam, Netherlands) 2018. PMID: 30552044


  65. Moise N, Shah RN, Essock S, Jones A, Carruthers J, Handley MA, Peccoralo L, Sederer L. Sustainability of collaborative care management for depression in primary care settings with academic affiliations across New York State. Implementation science : IS 2018. PMID: 30314522


  66. Chaisson LH, Duong D, Cattamanchi A, Roemer M, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Sur M, Pham P, Lin MA, Goldman LE, Quan J, Perez S, Healy M, Higashi J, Winston L, Haller B, Luetkemeyer AF, Davis JL. Association of Rapid Molecular Testing With Duration of Respiratory Isolation for Patients With Possible Tuberculosis in a US Hospital. JAMA internal medicine 2018. PMID: 30178007


  67. Santos MG, Gorukanti AL, Jurkunas LM, Handley MA. The Health Literacy of U.S. Immigrant Adolescents: A Neglected Research Priority in a Changing World. International journal of environmental research and public health 2018. PMID: 30257475


  68. Lyles CR, Handley MA, Ackerman SL, Schillinger D, Williams P, Westbrook M, Gourley G, Sarkar U. Innovative Implementation Studies Conducted in US Safety Net Health Care Settings: A Systematic Review. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2018. PMID: 30198304


  69. Fontil V, Lyles CR, Schillinger D, Handley MA, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Bibbins-Domingo K, Sarkar U. Safety-net institutions in the US grapple with new cholesterol treatment guidelines: a qualitative analysis from the PHoENIX Network. Risk management and healthcare policy 2018. PMID: 30034258


  70. Tuot DS, McCulloch CE, Velasquez A, Schillinger D, Hsu CY, Handley M, Powe NR. Impact of a Primary Care CKD Registry in a US Public Safety-Net Health Care Delivery System: A Pragmatic Randomized Trial. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2018. PMID: 29699885


  71. Ratanawongsa N, Quan J, Handley MA, Sarkar U, Schillinger D. Language-concordant automated telephone queries to assess medication adherence in a diverse population: a cross-sectional analysis of convergent validity with pharmacy claims. Volume 18 of Issue 1. BMC health services research 2018. PMID: 29625571


  73. Handley MA, Lyles CR, McCulloch C, Cattamanchi A. Selecting and Improving Quasi-Experimental Designs in Effectiveness and Implementation Research. Volume 39. Annual review of public health 2018. PMID: 29328873


  74. Strait A, Velasquez A, Handley MA, Leong K, Najmabadi A, Powe NR, Tuot DS. Acceptability of a multilevel intervention to improve blood pressure control among patients with chronic kidney disease in a public health care delivery system. Clinical kidney journal 2017. PMID: 30094019


  75. Mangurian C, Niu GC, Schillinger D, Newcomer JW, Dilley J, Handley MA. Utilization of the Behavior Change Wheel framework to develop a model to improve cardiometabolic screening for people with severe mental illness. Implementation science : IS 2017. PMID: 29137666


  76. Handley MA, Nelson K, Sanford E, Clarity C, Emmons-Bell S, Gorukanti A, Kennelly P. Examining Lead Exposures in California through State-Issued Health Alerts for Food Contamination and an Exposure-Based Candy Testing Program. Environmental health perspectives 2017. PMID: 29084633


  78. Clarity C, Sarkar U, Lee J, Handley MA, Goldman LE. Clinician Perspectives on the Management of Abnormal Subcritical Tests in an Urban Academic Safety-Net Health Care System. Volume 43 of Issue 10. Joint Commission journal on quality and patient safety 2017. PMID: 28942776


  79. Ackerman SL, Sarkar U, Tieu L, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Hahn K, Hoskote M, Gourley G, Lyles C. Meaningful use in the safety net: a rapid ethnography of patient portal implementation at five community health centers in California. Volume 24 of Issue 5. Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association : JAMIA 2017. PMID: 28340229


  80. Hiatt RA, Handley MA, Ling PM, Burchard E, Thakur N, Bibbins-Domingo K. Origins of Cancer Disparities in Young Adults: Logic Models to Guide Research. Volume 53 of Issue 3S1. 2017. PMID: 28818252


  81. Handley MA, Quan J, Chao MT, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U, Emmons-Bell S, Schillinger D. Use of Complementary Health Approaches Among Diverse Primary Care Patients with Type 2 Diabetes and Association with Cardiometabolic Outcomes: From the SF Bay Collaborative Research Network (SF Bay CRN). Volume 30 of Issue 5. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2017. PMID: 28923815


  82. Clarity C, Gourley G, Lyles C, Ackerman S, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Sarkar U, Conigliaro J. Implementation Science Workshop: Barriers and Facilitators to Increasing Mammography Screening Rates in California's Public Hospitals. Volume 32 of Issue 6. Journal of general internal medicine 2017. PMID: 28188571


  83. Hemmat S, Schillinger D, Lyles C, Ackerman S, Gourley G, Vittinghoff E, Handley M, Sarkar U. Performance Measurement and Target-Setting in California's Safety Net Health Systems. Volume 33 of Issue 2. American journal of medical quality : the official journal of the American College of Medical Quality 2017. PMID: 28555507


  84. Ayakaka I, Ackerman S, Ggita JM, Kajubi P, Dowdy D, Haberer JE, Fair E, Hopewell P, Handley MA, Cattamanchi A, Katamba A, Davis JL. Identifying barriers to and facilitators of tuberculosis contact investigation in Kampala, Uganda: a behavioral approach. Volume 12 of Issue 1. Implementation science : IS 2017. PMID: 28274245


  85. Athavale P, Thomas M, Delgadillo-Duenas AT, Leong K, Najmabadi A, Harleman E, Rios C, Quan J, Soria C, Handley MA. Linking High Risk Postpartum Women with a Technology Enabled Health Coaching Program to Reduce Diabetes Risk and Improve Wellbeing: Program Description, Case Studies, and Recommendations for Community Health Coaching Programs. Journal of diabetes research 2016. PMID: 27830157


  86. Handley MA, Harleman E, Gonzalez-Mendez E, Stotland NE, Althavale P, Fisher L, Martinez D, Ko J, Sausjord I, Rios C. Applying the COM-B model to creation of an IT-enabled health coaching and resource linkage program for low-income Latina moms with recent gestational diabetes: the STAR MAMA program. Implementation science : IS 2016. PMID: 27193580


  87. Handley MA, Gorukanti A, Cattamanchi A. Strategies for implementing implementation science: a methodological overview. Volume 33 of Issue 9. 2016. PMID: 26893401


  88. Garg SK, Lyles CR, Ackerman S, Handley MA, Schillinger D, Gourley G, Aulakh V, Sarkar U. Qualitative analysis of programmatic initiatives to text patients with mobile devices in resource-limited health systems. Volume 16. 2016. PMID: 26851941


  89. Rogers EA, Fine SC, Handley MA, Davis HB, Kass J, Schillinger D. Engaging Minority Youth in Diabetes Prevention Efforts Through a Participatory, Spoken-Word Social Marketing Campaign. American journal of health promotion : AJHP 2016. PMID: 26730553


  90. Ackerman SL, Boscardin C, Karliner L, Handley MA, Cheng S, Gaither TW, Hagey J, Hennein L, Malik F, Shaw B, Trinidad N, Zahner G, Gonzales R. The Action Research Program: Experiential Learning in Systems-Based Practice for First-Year Medical Students. Teaching and learning in medicine 2016. PMID: 27064720


  91. Urmimala Sarkar, David Lown, Sara Ackerman, Courtney Lyles, Gato Gourley, Dean Schillinger, Margaret A Handley. Coordinated performance measurement and improvement efforts in California's safety net systems: early experience and lessons. Implementation Science 2015. PMID:


  93. Tuot DS, Velasquez A, McCulloch CE, Banerjee T, Zhu Y, Hsu CY, Handley M, Schillinger D, Powe NR. The Kidney Awareness Registry and Education (KARE) study: protocol of a randomized controlled trial to enhance provider and patient engagement with chronic kidney disease. Volume 16. 2015. PMID: 26494562


  94. Ratanawongsa N, Karter AJ, Quan J, Parker MM, Handley M, Sarkar U, Schmittdiel JA, Schillinger D. Reach and Validity of an Objective Medication Adherence Measure Among Safety Net Health Plan Members with Diabetes: A Cross-Sectional Study. Volume 21 of Issue 8. 2015. PMID: 26233541


  95. Ross JM, Cattamanchi A, Miller CR, Tatem AJ, Katamba A, Haguma P, Handley MA, Davis JL. Investigating Barriers to Tuberculosis Evaluation in Uganda Using Geographic Information Systems. Volume 93 of Issue 4. 2015. PMID: 26217044


  96. Chaisson LH, Katamba A, Haguma P, Ochom E, Ayakaka I, Mugabe F, Miller C, Vittinghoff E, Davis JL, Handley MA, Cattamanchi A. Theory-Informed Interventions to Improve the Quality of Tuberculosis Evaluation at Ugandan Health Centers: A Quasi-Experimental Study. Volume 10 of Issue 7. PloS one 2015. PMID: 26172948


  97. Chao MT, Handley MA, Quan J, Sarkar U, Ratanawongsa N, Schillinger D. Disclosure of complementary health approaches among low income and racially diverse safety net patients with diabetes. Patient education and counseling 2015. PMID: 26146238


  98. Quan J, Lee AK, Handley MA, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U, Tseng S, Schillinger D. Automated Telephone Self-Management Support for Diabetes in a Low-Income Health Plan: A Health Care Utilization and Cost Analysis. Volume 18 of Issue 6. Population health management 2015. PMID: 26102298


  99. Cattamanchi A, Miller CR, Tapley A, Haguma P, Ochom E, Ackerman S, Davis JL, Katamba A, Handley MA. Health worker perspectives on barriers to delivery of routine tuberculosis diagnostic evaluation services in Uganda: a qualitative study to guide clinic-based interventions. Volume 15. BMC health services research 2015. PMID: 25609495


  100. Triveni DeFries, Maricela Rodrigues, Amireh Ghorob, Margaret Handley. Health Communication and Action Planning with Immigrant Patients: Aligning Clinician and Community Perspectives. MedEdPORTAL 2015. PMID:


  101. Royce S, Khann S, Yadav RP, Mao ET, Cattamanchi A, Sam S, Handley MA. Identifying multidrug resistance in previously treated tuberculosis patients: a mixed-methods study in Cambodia. The international journal of tuberculosis and lung disease : the official journal of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease 2014. PMID: 25299861


  102. Barakat S, Martinez D, Thomas M, Handley M. What do we know about gestational diabetes mellitus and risk for postpartum depression among ethnically diverse low-income women in the USA? Archives of women's mental health 2014. PMID: 25298252


  103. Maria T. Chao, Margaret Handley, Judy Quan, Urmimala Sarkar, Neda Ratanawongsa, Dean Schillinger. Disclosure of Complementary and Alternative Medicine Use Among Diverse Safety Net Patients with Diabetes. Journal of Alternative and Complementary Medicine 2014. PMID:


  104. Ratanawongsa N, Handley MA, Sarkar U, Quan J, Pfeifer K, Soria C, Schillinger D. Diabetes health information technology innovation to improve quality of life for health plan members in urban safety net. Volume 37 of Issue 2. The Journal of ambulatory care management 2014. PMID: 24594561


  105. Eng JA, Hunter CJ, Handley MA, Boscardin CK, Gonzales R, Ackerman SL. Patient attitudes about specialty follow-up care by telephone. The American journal of managed care 2014. PMID: 24738534


  106. Rogers EA, Fine S, Handley MA, Davis H, Kass J, Schillinger D. Development and early implementation of the bigger picture, a youth-targeted public health literacy campaign to prevent type 2 diabetes. Journal of health communication 2014. PMID: 25315590


  107. Santos MG, Handley MA, Omark K, Schillinger D. ESL participation as a mechanism for advancing health literacy in immigrant communities. Journal of health communication 2014. PMID: 25315586


  108. McBride D, Dohan D, Handley MA, Powe NR, Tuot DS. Developing a CKD registry in primary care: provider attitudes and input. Volume 63 of Issue 4. American journal of kidney diseases : the official journal of the National Kidney Foundation 2013. PMID: 24295612


  109. Sanford ED, Handley MA. Population health and accountable care organizations. JAMA 2013. PMID: 23860996


  110. Lyles CR, Schillinger D, Lopez A, Handley M, Ratanawongsa N, Sarkar U. Safety events during an automated telephone self-management support intervention. Volume 7 of Issue 3. 2013. PMID: 23759391


  111. Gonzales R, Ackerman S, Handley M. Can implementation science help to overcome challenges in translating judicious antibiotic use into practice? Archives of internal medicine 2012. PMID: 23007141


  112. Handley MA, Robles M, Sanford E, Collins N, Seligman H, Defries T, Perez R, Grieshop J. Navigating changing food environments - Transnational perspectives on dietary behaviours and implications for nutrition counselling. Global public health 2012. PMID: 23088255


  113. Gonzalez-Mendez E, Gonzales-Mendez E, Gonzalez-Maddux C, Hall C, Maddux-Gonzalez M, Handley MA. An examination of cesarean and vaginal birth histories among Hispanic women entering prenatal care in two California counties with large immigrant populations. Journal of immigrant and minority health 2012. PMID: 21298482


  114. Gonzales R, Handley MA, Ackerman S, O'sullivan PS. A framework for training health professionals in implementation and dissemination science. Academic medicine : journal of the Association of American Medical Colleges 2012. PMID: 22373617


  115. Ratanawongsa N, Handley MA, Quan J, Sarkar U, Pfeifer K, Soria C, Schillinger D. Quasi-experimental trial of diabetes Self-Management Automated and Real-Time Telephonic Support (SMARTSteps) in a Medicaid managed care plan: study protocol. Volume 12. BMC health services research 2012. PMID: 22280514


  116. Ratanawongsa N, Bhandari VK, Handley M, Rundall T, Hammer H, Schillinger D. Primary care provider perceptions of the effectiveness of two self-management support programs for vulnerable patients with diabetes. Journal of diabetes science and technology 2012. PMID: 22401329


  117. Gonzales R, Handley MA. Improving glycemic control when "usual" diabetes care is not enough. Archives of internal medicine 2011. PMID: 21986349


  118. Stoddard P, Handley MA, Vargas Bustamante A, Schillinger D. The influence of indigenous status and community indigenous composition on obesity and diabetes among Mexican adults. Social science & medicine (1982) 2011. PMID: 22033376


  119. Handley MA, Schillinger D, Shiboski S. Quasi-experimental designs in practice-based research settings: design and implementation considerations. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2011. PMID: 21900443


  120. Lucia MB, Anu R, Handley M, Gillet JP, Wu CP, De Donatis GM, Cauda R, Gottesman MM. Exposure to HIV-protease inhibitors selects for increased expression of P-glycoprotein (ABCB1) in Kaposi's sarcoma cells. British journal of cancer 2011. PMID: 21829205


  121. MARICEL G. SANTOS, JEFF MCCLELLAND, MARGARET HANDLEY. Language Lessons on Immigrant Identity, Food Culture, and the Search for Home. TESOL Journal 2011. PMID:


  122. Fagnan LJ, Handley MA, Rollins N, Mold J. Voices from left of the dial: reflections of practice-based researchers. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2010. PMID: 20616286


  123. Sarkar U, Handley MA, Gupta R, Tang A, Murphy E, Seligman HK, Shojania KG, Schillinger D. What happens between visits? Adverse and potential adverse events among a low-income, urban, ambulatory population with diabetes. Volume 19 of Issue 3. Quality & safety in health care 2010. PMID: 20378619


  124. Pérez RL, Handley MA, Grieshop J. NAPA Bulletin Savoring the taste of home: The pervasiveness of lead poisoning from ceramic and its implications in transnational care packages 2010. PMID:


  126. Westfall JM, Fagnan LJ, Handley M, Salsberg J, McGinnis P, Zittleman LK, Macaulay AC. Practice-based research is community engagement. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2009. PMID: 19587257


  127. Bodenheimer T, Handley MA. Goal-setting for behavior change in primary care: an exploration and status report. Patient education and counseling 2009. PMID: 19560895


  128. Villalobos M, Merino-Sánchez C, Hall C, Grieshop J, Gutiérrez-Ruiz ME, Handley MA. Lead (II) detection and contamination routes in environmental sources, cookware and home-prepared foods from Zimatlán, Oaxaca, Mexico. The Science of the total environment 2009. PMID: 19185330


  130. Yeuen K, Situ M, Handley MA, McClean I, Rundall T, Schillinger D.. Ecology matters: safety net patients’ perspectives of diabetes self-management support strategies- a study from the UCSF Collaborative Research Network Asian-Pacific Journal of General Practice 2009. PMID:


  131. Handley MA, Shumway M, Schillinger D. Cost-effectiveness of automated telephone self-management support with nurse care management among patients with diabetes. Annals of family medicine 2008. PMID: 19001303


  132. Mold JW, Pasternak A, McCaulay A, Manca D, Rubin G, Westfall J, Beasley J, Hickner J, Fagnan LJ, Handley M, Haddy R, Hankey T. Definitions of common terms relevant to primary care research. Annals of family medicine 2008. PMID: 19001315


  133. Sarkar U, Handley MA, Gupta R, Tang A, Murphy E, Seligman HK, Shojania KG, Schillinger D. Use of an interactive, telephone-based self-management support program to identify adverse events among ambulatory diabetes patients. Volume 23 of Issue 4. Journal of general internal medicine 2008. PMID: 18373145


  134. Handley MA, Grieshop J. Globalized migration and transnational epidemiology. International journal of epidemiology 2007. PMID: 17440022


  135. Schillinger D, Hammer H, Wang F, Palacios J, McLean I, Tang A, Youmans S, Handley M. Seeing in 3-D: examining the reach of diabetes self-management support strategies in a public health care system. Health education & behavior : the official publication of the Society for Public Health Education 2007. PMID: 17513690


  136. Goldman LE, Handley M, Rundall TG, Schillinger D. Current and future directions in Medi-Cal chronic disease care management: a view from the top. The American journal of managed care 2007. PMID: 17488192


  137. Handley MA, Hall C, Sanford E, Diaz E, Gonzalez-Mendez E, Drace K, Wilson R, Villalobos M, Croughan M. Globalization, binational communities, and imported food risks: results of an outbreak investigation of lead poisoning in Monterey County, California. American journal of public health 2007. PMID: 17395841


  138. MacGregor K, Handley M, Wong S, Sharifi C, Gjeltema K, Schillinger D, Bodenheimer T. Behavior-change action plans in primary care: a feasibility study of clinicians. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2006. PMID: 16672674


  139. Handley M, MacGregor K, Schillinger D, Sharifi C, Wong S, Bodenheimer T. Using action plans to help primary care patients adopt healthy behaviors: a descriptive study. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2006. PMID: 16672675


  140. Handley MA, Hammer H, Schillinger D. Navigating the terrain between research and practice: a Collaborative Research Network (CRN) case study in diabetes research. Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine : JABFM 2006. PMID: 16492010


  141. MacGregor K, Wong S, Sharifi C, Handley M, Bodenheimer T. The action plan project: discussing behavior change in the primary care visit. Annals of family medicine 2005. PMID: 16049082


  142. Handley MA, Reingold AL, Shiboski S, Padian NS. Incidence of acute urinary tract infection in young women and use of male condoms with and without nonoxynol-9 spermicides. Epidemiology (Cambridge, Mass.) 2002. PMID: 12094098


  143. Hankins CA, Gendron S, Handley MA, Richard C, Tung MT, O'Shaughnessy M. HIV infection among women in prison: an assessment of risk factors using a nonnominal methodology. American journal of public health 1994. PMID: 7943484


  144. Hankins CA, Lamont JA, Handley MA. Cervicovaginal screening in women with HIV infection: a need for increased vigilance? CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne 1994. PMID: 8313287


  145. Hankins CA, Handley MA. HIV disease and AIDS in women: current knowledge and a research agenda. Journal of acquired immune deficiency syndromes 1992. PMID: 1453325


  146. Hankins C, Gendron S, Handley M, Rouah F, O'Shaughnessy M. HIV-1 infection among incarcerated men--Quebec. Canada diseases weekly report = Rapport hebdomadaire des maladies au Canada 1991. PMID: 1751978


  147. Smith AH, Handley MA, Wood R. Epidemiological evidence indicates asbestos causes laryngeal cancer. Journal of occupational medicine. : official publication of the Industrial Medical Association 1990. PMID: 2143221


  148. Quint J, Handley M, Cummings K. Workplace health hazards: analysis of hotline calls over a six-year period. American journal of public health 1990. PMID: 2297067