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Phenomenal presentation by UCSF Neonatal-Perinatal Medicine fellow Kayla Karvonen presenting data on experiences of discrimination by parents and providers in the NICU. Providers report witnessing & experiencing racism more than parents, for complicated, important reasons that need more investigation!

Could "social prescriptions" lead to less loneliness & better health? A UCSF study found people with few social connections have morality rates "equivalent or higher to those found in people with hypertension or obesity," UCSF's Dr. Matthew Pantell says. ucsfh.org/3JSI866

Thrilled to be a part of work led by the amazing Shivani Mehta, PhD cand, showing how clinician use of prescription drug monitoring programs is associated with changing prescriptions to non-opioid treatments. UCSF Epidemiology & Biostatistics @ONC_HealthIT UCSF School of Medicine doi.org/10.1093/jamia/…

Thanks to Brandi Cummings for interviewing me about relationships between social isolation, loneliness, and health on kcranews . I appreciate her highlighting the importance of this topic: kcra.com/article/ucsf-r… #socialdeterminantsofhealth #socialisolation #loneliness

Such an honor to speak at the PHM Club Session at the Academic Peds Assoc PAS Meeting 🤩

Honored to have helped review the U.S. Surgeon General’s incredible new Advisory detailing the impact of social isolation and loneliness on health and outlining a national strategy to advance social connection: #Connect2Heal #loneliness surgeongeneral.gov/connect2heal UCSF School of Medicine

Grateful to contribute to work led by the amazing @dsoulsMD investigating socioeconomic and racial inequities in outcomes among hospitalized children living with lupus: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ac… UCSF Pediatrics UCSF Benioff SF UCSF School of Medicine Erica Lawson, MD Megumi Okumura

📢NEW SIREN Grant Opportunity RFA for small 2-year grants focused on supporting researchers & community orgs/groups to develop, sustain, & expand partnerships related to #socialcare Applications are due on July 31st. Full details here: sirenetwork.ucsf.edu/siren-engageme…

Grateful for the opportunity to work with the REJOICE study team UCSF Benioff SF to ask hard questions about systemic and structural racism that reaches families within and outside of our NICU and to generate formal recommendations for change in partnership with community advisors

Honored to have contributed to a commentary with the amazing Jana Leary and Arvin Garg, MD, MPH about incredible work led by @MichaelLukeMD, @fiorikevin, et al. emphasizing the importance of caregiver perspectives on inpatient social needs screening: bit.ly/4502C5P @aap_hpeds

It was wonderful working with A Jay Holmgren, Jana Leary, Bradley Iott, John Neuhaus, Julia Adler-Milstein, & Laura exploring social care practices in children's hospitals: doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.… Thanks for your thoughtful companion paper, @MichaelLukeMD & Aditi Vasan. UCSF Pediatrics

Black, Latine and American Indian students experience racial and ethnic disparities in exclusionary school disciplinary events, and can be considered an adverse childhood experience (ACE). jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…

Introducing our 2023 cohort of John A. Watson Faculty Scholars! These junior faculty are committed to furthering the university’s commitment to diversity and service to underserved or vulnerable populations.

Amazing work led by Chidiogo Anyigbo at Cincinnati Children's exploring the relationship between social needs and behavioral functioning at 6 months of age.

“An Icon in American Medicine,” an advocate for social Justice and health equity, a dedicated mentor: Nancy Adler. Your compassion, influence and impact live on Julia Adler-Milstein Aric A. Prather, PhD UCSF Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences National Academy of Medicine medschool.ucsf.edu/news/nancy-adl…

It was a privilege to work with this fantastic team of collaborators on our newly published work exploring how cumulative social adversity is associated with higher levels of biomarkers of inflammation in children: nature.com/articles/s4139… SIRENetwork UC San Francisco UCSF Pediatrics

Join us in celebrating UC San Francisco’s Dr. William Brown III's remarkable contributions to health disparities research! In this interview w/CTSI’s Dr. Jacoby, he discusses his work on social determinants of health and innovative approaches to tackling opioid use youtube.com/watch?v=GEuQzj…

In our new paper we describe inequities in inpatient pediatric patient safety events by race, ethnicity, and insurance. Thanks to great collaborators, Kayla Karvonen, Paige Porter, James Stotts, John Neuhaus,& Arpi Bekmezian. UCSF Pediatrics UCSF Benioff SF doi.org/10.1542/hpeds.…

Thanks April Edwell (she/they) for leading this important work with co-authors Dr Jess and Tasce Bongiovanni, MD, MPP, MHS showing racial and insurance inequities in the application of behavioral flags for hospitalized kids: jamanetwork.com/journals/jaman…… UCSF Pediatrics UCSF School of Medicine UCSF DoC-IT #socialinformatics

Thanks KQED for highlighting the Zuckerberg SF General Hospital & Trauma Center Tattoo Removal Clinic and some of the amazing people involved with it. It's a privilege working there. Thx SFDPH and UCSF Pediatrics for continued support. Shout out to CARECENSF, providing similar services. kqed.org/news/12034513/…