Arian Hatefi, MD, MS

Associate Clinical Professor

Dr. Hatefi is a physician and public health specialist with interests in global health policy, governance, and financing. He serves as Public Health Medical Officer with the California Department of Public Health, and as Associate Clinical Professor at University of California San Francisco. He is a recognized subject matter expert on global health governance and health system strengthening, and has provided technical leadership or core contributions to multiple country-level technical assistance and operational engagements. Dr. Hatefi is primarily interested in the provision of global public health goods, particularly related to health system improvement, health in all policies, and health diplomacy and security.
Education
Residency, 2014 - Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Internship, 2012 - Department of Medicine, University of California San Francisco
Doctor of Medicine, 2011 - School of Medicine, Emory University
Master of International Healthcare Management, Economics, and Policy, 2010 - SDA Bocconi, Bocconi University
Bachelor of Science, 2005 - Biology, Emory University
Publications

  1. Collins TE, Akselrod S, Mahy L, Poznyak V, Berlina D, Hatefi A, Allen L. Engaging with the Private Sector for Noncommunicable Disease Prevention and Control: Is it Possible to Create "Shared Value?" Annals of global health 2023. PMID: 37425141


  2. Hatefi A. Universal health coverage is the vital link when health care is a public health good. The Lancet. Global health 2023. PMID: 36521949


  3. Allen LN, Wild CEK, Loffreda G, Kak M, Aghilla M, Emahbes T, Bonyani A, Hatefi A, Herbst C, El Saeh HM. Non-communicable disease policy implementation in Libya: A mixed methods assessment. PLOS Global Public Health 2022. PMID: 36962549


  4. Allen LN, Aghilla M, Kak M, Loffreda G, Wild CEK, Hatefi A, Herbst CH, El Saeh H. Conflict as a macrodeterminant of non-communicable diseases: the experience of Libya. BMJ global health 2022. PMID: 36210068


  5. Hatefi A, Marten R, Smith RD. Global-scale action in health: a common language is a critical starting point to bolster global health financing. Health policy and planning 2021. PMID: 33564869


  6. Hatefi A, Marten R, Smith RD. Global-scale action in health: a common language is a critical starting point to bolster global health financing. Health policy and planning 2020. PMID: 32860681


  7. Allen LN, Hatefi A, Feigl AB. Corporate profits versus spending on non-communicable disease prevention: an unhealthy balance. The Lancet. Global health 2019. PMID: 31607454


  8. Feachem RGA, Chen I, Akbari O, Bertozzi-Villa A, Bhatt S, Binka F, Boni MF, Buckee C, Dieleman J, Dondorp A, Eapen A, Sekhri Feachem N, Filler S, Gething P, Gosling R, Haakenstad A, Harvard K, Hatefi A, Jamison D, Jones KE, Karema C, Kamwi RN, Lal A, Larson E, Lees M, Lobo NF, Micah AE, Moonen B, Newby G, Ning X, Pate M, Quiñones M, Roh M, Rolfe B, Shanks D, Singh B, Staley K, Tulloch J, Wegbreit J, Woo HJ, Mpanju-Shumbusho W. Malaria eradication within a generation: ambitious, achievable, and necessary. Lancet (London, England) 2019. PMID: 31511196


  9. Crosbie, E
    Hatefi, A
    Schmidt, L. Emerging threats of global preemption to nutrition labelling Health Policy & Planning 2019. PMID:


  10. Crosbie E, Hatefi A, Schmidt L. Emerging threats of global preemption to nutrition labelling. Health policy and planning 2019. PMID: 31173105


  11. Hatefi A, Allen LN, Bollyky TJ, Roache SA, Nugent R. Global susceptibility and response to noncommunicable diseases. Bulletin of the World Health Organization 2018. PMID: 30104800


  13. Hatefi A. The costs of reaching the health-related SDGs. Volume 5 of Issue 12. 2017. PMID: 29132608


  17. Shretta R, Avanceña AL, Hatefi A. The economics of malaria control and elimination: a systematic review. Volume 15 of Issue 1. 2016. PMID: 27955665


  20. Hoffman A, Hatefi A, Wachter R. Hospitalists, value and the future. Future hospital journal 2016. PMID: 31098182


  21. Boyle CF, Levin C, Hatefi A, Madriz S, Santos N. Achieving a "Grand Convergence" in Global Health: Modeling the Technical Inputs, Costs, and Impacts from 2016 to 2030. Volume 10 of Issue 10. PloS one 2015. PMID: 26452263


  22. Jamison DT, Summers LH, Alleyne G, Arrow KJ, Berkley S, Binagwaho A, Bustreo F, Evans D, Feachem RG, Frenk J, Ghosh G, Goldie SJ, Guo Y, Gupta S, Horton R, Kruk ME, Mahmoud A, Mohohlo LK, Ncube M, Pablos-Mendez A, Reddy KS, Saxenian H, Soucat A, Ulltveit-Moe KH, Ulltveit-Moe KH, Yamey G. Global health 2035: a world converging within a generation. Volume 382 of Issue 9908. Lancet (London, England) 2013. PMID: 24309475