Yvette Z. Coulter, BA, is the Manager of the Education Program at UCSF's Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, where she coordinates comprehensive educational initiatives for medical students, healthcare professionals, and the public, and manages complex research projects, including several NIH-funded studies.

A core part of Ms. Coulter's work involves administering the Center's T32 and T35 pre- and post-doctoral training programs. She oversees trainee recruitment and appointments, manages program budgets, and takes the lead on Research Performance Progress Reports (RPPRs) and grant renewal applications. She also coordinates training seminars and identifies speakers for curricular activities, helping ensure trainees have access to rich, relevant learning opportunities throughout their fellowships.

As an education program manager, Ms. Coulter works closely with faculty educators to develop new courses for health professions students. She partners with UCSF's Office of Continuing Medical Education (OCME) to design and refine continuing education programming, and supports faculty in developing and strengthening student assessments and program evaluations. Her experience spans both the operational and pedagogical sides of health professions education, giving her a comprehensive view of how educational programs are built, delivered, and improved over time.

Ms. Coulter earned her Bachelor of Arts in Anthropology, with a focus on Native American Studies and Indigenous health ways. She has since pursued extensive continuing education in integrative medicine through lectures, workshops, and coursework, along with additional training in project management and instructional design. This combination of academic grounding and applied professional development allows her to bridge traditional academic medicine with holistic and culturally rooted healing approaches.

Central to Ms. Coulter's perspective — and to her positionality as a practitioner working at the intersection of anthropology and integrative medicine — is a recognition that healing practices emerge from diverse cultural traditions and knowledge systems. She views the work of integrative medicine as building upon centuries of wisdom from varied healing traditions, while embracing evidence-based approaches to health and wellness. She is committed to honoring these traditions even as she helps advance contemporary medical education, mindful of the responsibility that comes with drawing on knowledge systems beyond her own.

Ms. Coulter has long been interested in how a person's beliefs about illness and health can shape the healing process. She enjoys exploring how these beliefs influence communication, decision-making, and the patient-provider relationship, particularly through the lens of integrative health. This interest, informed by her anthropological training and her experience supporting educational programs at UCSF, continues to shape her approach to program design, faculty collaboration, and trainee mentorship.

Through her work at the Osher Center, Ms. Coulter continues to support a growing community of clinicians, researchers, and educators dedicated to integrating diverse healing traditions with rigorous, evidence-based medical education