Judith Auerbach, PhD, is an independent science and policy consultant and Adjunct Professor of Medicine at the University of California San Francisco. She previously served in leadership positions in governmental and non-governmental agencies, including the Institute of Medicine, National Institutes of Health Office of AIDS Research White House Office of Science and Technology Policy, amfAR (The Foundation for AIDS Research), and San Francisco AIDS Foundation. Dr. Auerbach received her Ph.D. in Sociology from the University of California Berkeley, and has taught, presented, and published widely in the areas of HIV/AIDS, social science, global public health, public policy, women's health, and sex and gender.
Dr. Auerbach has served on many high-level professional and advisory groups, including, the Scientific Advisory Board of the President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, the National Advisory Council on Drug Abuse, and the Governing Council of the International AIDS Society, She has received numerous awards including the 2014 Feminist-Scholar-Activist Award from the Sex and Gender Section of the American Sociological Association. In 2022, Dr. Auerbach was elected a lifetime Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Dr. Auerbach's research interests focus on social determinants of health and wellbeing; the relationship between science, program, and policy; and community-engaged research. As a consultant, she advises about scientific agenda-setting, strategic planning and priority-setting, and linking research and policy; and her clients include government agencies, non-profit and advocacy organizations, industry, and universities.
