Ariana Thompson-Lastad

Thompson-Lastad's research focuses on health care delivery, health equity, and integrative medicine. As a medical sociologist, she uses mixed-methods and qualitative approaches to understand how integrative medicine and other health care interventions can help advance health equity. Overarching themes in Thompson-Lastad's writing include the implementation of multi-modal health care interventions for vulnerable patients, and understanding how social and structural conditions shape health care practice. Thompson-Lastad serves as a trainer with the Bay Area Structural Competency Working Group, a member of the national steering committee for Hand in Hand, which collaborates with the National Domestic Workers Alliance, and co-chair of Integrative Medicine for the Underserved's equity, diversity and inclusion committee.