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UCSF HEAL Initiative Accepting Applications for Population Health Fellows

The UCSF School of Medicine Popoulation Health and Health Equity program (PHHE) is dedicated to improving the health of communities and populations in San Francisco and the Bay Area through strategic partnerships and targeted initiatives. PHHE provides research infrustructre and mentoring to…

Easier and Cheaper Access to Data for Health Services and Population Health Research

The Population Health Data Initiative, which is a collaboration of the Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine Tech, Population Health and Health Equity program, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Medical Effectiveness (CHIME), and UCSF Library, has continued to enhance the data…

Race and Medicine Series Published

A transcript of the colloquia on Racism and Race: The Use of Race in Medicine and Implications for Health Equity has been published online through the University of California Digital Library.

Changemaker Series

The UCSF Changemaker Series is a four-part video series that seeks to build the capacity of UCSF researchers to generate scientific evidence that is responsive to the needs of real-world decision-makers in order to accelerate equity-focused impact.

A Conversation with Dr. Alicia Fernandez – Newly Appointed Associate Dean for Population Health and Health Equity

We talked with newly appointed Associate Dean for Population Health and Health Equity Dr. Alicia Fernandez about her new role, post-COVID opportunities, and the benefits of not returning to “normal.”

Race and Medicine

Turning awareness into action can be a heavy lift, especially when the topic is weighty.

Lessons from a Person-Centered, Equity-First Vaccine Outreach Effort

  Local COVID-19 infection rates are down, vaccination rates continue to inch up, and the state is reopening. UCSF Health has taken an equity-minded population health approach to vaccine outreach and continues to refine their efforts based on valuable lessons learned. Equity can’t wait.

UCSF Speaker Series on Climate Change and Health

This Spring, the UCSF School of Medicine Office of Population Health and Health Equity hosted a virtual speaker series to highlight the launch of the Center for Climate, Health and Equity. Under the direction of founding co-directors, Dr. Sheri Weiser and Dr.

How Dr. Christine Anastasiou used Healthcare Cost and Utilization Project (HCUP) data to highlight mortality disparities among hospitalized lupus patients

COVID-19 offered stark proof of how much we still have to learn about the immune system. COVID-19-triggered cytokine storms that, in severe cases, caused patients’ immune systems to attack healthy tissues and organs, are reminiscent of how autoimmune diseases cause immune systems to mount responses…

Preventing a Twindemic

Preventing a Twindemic How UCSF Health’s Office of Population Health is collaborating with primary care providers and community ambassadors to increase flu vaccinations for a historically under-vaccinated population In a year dominated by concern around COVID-19, the 2020-21 flu season received…