Pam Ling, Ph.D (UCSF)

Professor, Department of Medicine (General Internal Medicine), UCSF

Dr. Pamela Ling is an internist and primary care doctor with a special interest in caring for underserved urban populations. Ling’s current research investigates the intersection of tobacco use, media and social marketing with an emphasis on young people. Her work focuses on understanding how tobacco marketing encourages youth and young adults to begin using tobacco, and how to counter-engineer the same strategies to improve tobacco control programs. Ling earned her medical degree from UCSF, followed by a Master of Public Health degree from the University of California, Berkeley. She completed a residency in medicine at UCSF and a fellowship at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. Ling is a member of the American Public Health Association and the Society for General Internal Medicine. She is a professor of medicine at UCSF.

Publications

  1. Ling P, Holmes LM, Jordan JW, Lisha NE, Bibbins-Domingo K. Bars, Nightclubs, and Cancer Prevention: New Approaches to Reduce Young Adult Cigarette Smoking. Am J Prev Med. 2017 Sep; 53(3S1):S78-S85. PMID: 28818250.

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  1. Schillinger D, Ling P, Fine S, Boyer CB, Rogers E, Vargas RA, Bibbins-Domingo K, Chou WS. Reducing Cancer and Cancer Disparities: Lessons From a Youth-Generated Diabetes Prevention Campaign. Am J Prev Med. 2017 Sep; 53(3S1):S103-S113. PMID: 28818240.

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  1. Hiatt RA, Handley MA, Ling P, Burchard E, Thakur N, Bibbins-Domingo K. Origins of Cancer Disparities in Young Adults: Logic Models to Guide Research. Am J Prev Med. 2017 Sep; 53(3S1):S95-S102. PMID: 28818252.

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  1. Hendlin YH, Elias J, Ling P. The Pharmaceuticalization of the Tobacco Industry. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Aug 15; 167(4):278-280. PMID: 28715843.

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  1. Llamas J, Holmes LM, Lisha NELing PM. Psychometric evaluation of an abbreviated version of the intragroup marginalization inventory. J Ethn Subst Abuse. 2017 Jul 14; 1-20. PMID: 28708013.

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  1. Ling P, Holmes LM, Jordan JW, Lisha NE, Bibbins-Domingo K. Bars, Nightclubs, and Cancer Prevention: New Approaches to Reduce Young Adult Cigarette Smoking. Am J Prev Med. 2017 Sep; 53(3S1):S78-S85. PMID: 28818250.View in: PubMed
  2. Hendlin YH, Elias J, Ling P. The Pharmaceuticalization of the Tobacco Industry. Ann Intern Med. 2017 Aug 15; 167(4):278-280. PMID: 28715843.
  3. Popova L, McDonald EA, Sidhu S, Barry R,  Richers Maruyama TA, Sheon NM, & Ling PM.  Dimensions of perceived harm of tobacco, marijuana, and electronic vaporizers among young adults in Colorado: A qualitative study.  Addiction. 2017 Oct;112(10):1821-1829. doi: 10.1111/add.13854. Epub 2017 May 26.
  4. McDonald EA, Popova L, Ling PM. Traversing the triangulum: the intersection of tobacco, legalised marijuana and electronic vaporisers in Denver, Colorado. Tob Control. 2016 Oct;25(Suppl 1):i96-i102. doi: 10.1136/tobaccocontrol-2016-053091. PMCID: PMC5099213.
  5. Grana RA, Popova L, Ling PM.  A Longitudinal Analysis of Electronic Cigarette Use and Smoking Cessation.JAMA Internal Medicine.2014 Mar 24. doi: 10.1001/jamainternmed.2014.187. PMCID:4122246.