Role in CARE Study

Dr. Dayna Long is the co-principal investigator of the CARE study. Dr. Long is a Professor of Clinical Pediatrics at the University of California, San Francisco and is a primary care pediatrician at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland for over 20 years. For the past 7 years, she has also served as the co-Director of Center for Child and Community Health (CCCH). The mission of CCCH is to be a positive force for all children to live a full, vibrant and healthy life. Dr. Long accomplishes this mission through clinical transformation, health equity science, and systems leadership.

Why I'm Excited About CARE

She dedicates her career to eliminating childhood health inequities that lead to poor health, financial and educational outcomes for families and young children on both individual and population levels.  Dr. Long leads numerous research studies on health, adversity, trauma and resiliency. She is a co-Principal Investigator of the Pediatrics Adverse Childhood and Resilience Study (PEARLS). The PEARLS tool screens and measures children for experiences in their daily environment that puts them at risk for toxic stress.