Associate Professor (CHS)
yohualli.anaya@fammed.wisc.edu
ACHC Wingra (Madison)
Education
- University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine – MD
- University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine – MPH
- University of California Los Angeles – Family Medicine Residency Program
Bio
Yohualli B. Anaya, MD, MPH (she/her/hers) joined DFMCH as faculty in 2022. She is a primary care doctor at the Access Community Health Center Wingra Family Medical Center where she teaches residents and medical students. Through her work, she focuses on the application of research to promote policies and programs that address health care equity. She is the co-director of the CESLAC Accelerating Latinx Leadership Institute and is an associate editor for the journal Family Medicine. In 2022, she was selected as a UW-Madison Centennial Scholars and Clinicians Program awardee. In 2023, Anaya was a Visiting Scholar at the Robert Graham Center for Policy Studies in Family Medicine and Primary Care in Washington, DC. She is also a 2024-2026 National Academy of Medicine Fellow to Advance State Health Policy and a member of the UW Health ACO Board of Directors.
Before joining DFMCH, Anaya was assistant professor and core residency faculty in the Department of Family Medicine at the UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine and served as co-chair of the family medicine core clerkship. She has collaborated on research and policy efforts with organizations such as the Latina Futures Lab and has been a featured expert for the California Legislature Assembly Health Committee, California Latino Legislative Caucus, and Hispanas Organized for Political Equality.
Clinical Interests
Anaya’s clinical interests include full-spectrum primary care for the whole family, including pediatrics and outpatient procedures, and providing language-concordant care to Spanish-speaking patients.
Research Interests
Anaya’s research interest is in health care access equity and spans Latinx and immigrant health, workforce diversity, policy, and telehealth.
Publications and Presentations
Awards and Honors
- 2024 UW Department of Family Medicine and Community Health Faculty Excellence Award
- 2024 NIH National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities Health Disparities Research Institute Scholar
- 2021 Bi-National Mexico-United States Zaragoza Award
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