We are delighted to announce that Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS has been selected as this year's recipient of the Harold S. Luft Award for Mentoring in Health Services and Health Policy Research, awarded by the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.
Read more:
https://healthpolicy.ucsf.edu/harold-s-luft-mentoring-award-2019
VIDEO: Meeting the needs of patients post-Roe v. Wade
The Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health cosponsored an event with the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, ANSIRH, and the National Center of Excellence in Women's Health, to bring together national and UCSF leaders on reproductive health and justice to discuss how our community should respond to increasingly extreme abortion restrictions sweeping the country.
Watch on-line:
The Role of an Academic Medical Center in a Haven State - Meeting the Needs of Patients Post Roe v. Wade, Part 1 of 2
Study shows California’s physician shortage is getting worseHeart disease is the leading cause of death in the U.S., and the new findings suggest addressing social factors like education may be key for health care providers and policymakers seeking to improve heart disease outcomes.
A recent study by Joanne Spetz and Janet Coffman, faculty members of the Healthforce Center at UCSF and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, indicates a growing shortage of physicians in California. The federal government recommends 60 to 80 primary care doctors per 100,000 people. In California, the number already is down to just 50 — and in particular areas, it’s even lower.
Read more: https://www.mercurynews.com/2019/08/20/paging-more-doctors-californias-worsening-physician-shortage
Link to publication: https://healthforce.ucsf.edu/sites/healthforce.ucsf.edu/files/publication-pdf/UCSF%20PCP%20Workforce%20Study_Rpt%202%20-%20Final_081517.pdf
