Tracy Lieu, MD, MPH

Tracy Lieu, MD, MPH, is a Research Scientist in the Division of Research, Kaiser Permanente Northern California (KPNC), a Deputy Editor for JAMA, and a pediatrician with The Permanente Medical Group. As director of DOR from 2012-2024, she led a department of 67 faculty research scientists and more than 600 staff whose mission is to transform health through research. She now serves as the KPNC Physician Advisor for Medical Education Research.

At JAMA, Dr. Lieu is the editor for child health and handles a broad range of manuscripts in preventive services and other fields. She is responsible for the JAMA Network Peer Review Academy and for enhancing synergy among the JAMA Network’s 13 journals.

Nationally and internationally, Dr. Lieu has served on the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force and the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices. She has chaired the Health Services Organization and Delivery grant review committee and other committees for the National Institutes of Health and the National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine. Dr. Lieu’s career includes roles at the University of California San Francisco, Penn, and Harvard, where she was the founding director of the Center for Healthcare Research in Pediatrics and received the medical school’s A. Clifford Barger Award for Excellence in Mentoring. She is a professor in the Bernard J. Tyson Kaiser Permanente School of Medicine and an affiliate professor in the UCSF School of Medicine.

Dr. Lieu is a practicing pediatrician who helped found the field of child health services research and led seminal studies in vaccine safety, health policy and decision sciences. Her current research studies how virtual care can be designed to facilitate quality and access for diverse patient populations. She is an elected member of the National Academy of Medicine.

Current role, Specialty/Department, Practice Location

• Research Scientist, Division of Research
• Physician Advisor for Medical Education Research
• Pediatrician, Oakland
• Deputy Editor, JAMA

Academic Appointments

• Affiliate Professor, University of California, San Francisco
• Professor, Kaiser Permanente Bernard J. Tyson School of Medicine

Education and Professional Summary

Honors and Awards

Boards, Advisory Committees, Professional Organizations

• 1998–2002 U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
• 2003–06 Society for Pediatric Research Council
• 2004–08 Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
• 2009–12 Chair, Health Services Organization and Delivery Review Committee, National Institutes of Health (member, 2009 – 2012 and chair, 2010 – 2012)
• 2010 Co-Chair, Expert Workshop on Comparative Effectiveness Research in Lung Diseases, National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute
• 2020-21 Chair, Committee on Addressing Evidence Gaps in Clinical Prevention, National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine
• 2021–22 Chair, Planning Committee, AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting
• 2024– Chair, Committee on Clinical Preventive Services for Addressing Cardiovascular Disease Risk to Reduce Pregnancy-related Deaths Among Women National Academies of Science, Engineering, and Medicine

Areas of Interest

Virtual care research; health services research; delivery science; decision sciences; child health care research