2025 Health Services Research Symposium: April 29, 2025

9:00 -9:15 - Opening Remarks

9:15 - 10:00 - Keynote: State of Health Policy & Equity in 2025: Threats, Tactics, & Transition

Jeffrey Reynoso, DrPH, MPH

Biden-Harris Regional Director at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in Region 9

10:00 – 10:45 –

Hal Luft Mentoring Award Presentation

Claire D. Brindis Award for Excellence in Presentation

10:45 – 11:00 – Break

11:00 – 12:00 – Breakout Session 

12:00 – 12:45 – Networking Lunch

12:45 – 1:00 – Break

1:00 – 2:00 – Breakout Session 

2:00 – 2:15 -  Break

2:15 – 3:15 – Podium Talks

3:15 – 3:30 -  Break

3:30 – 4:30 – Closing Plenary: Communicating Research Results to Diverse Audiences

Dan Gorenstein,  Founder and Executive Director of Tradeoffs

Panelists:

Jennifer James, PhD, MS,MSW

Lisa Kroon, PharmD

Marissa Raymond-Flesch, MD, MPH

Marilyn Thomas, PhD, MPH

4:30 – 6:00 - Poster Reception

Breakout Session Topics:

• Population Health Data at UCSF
• Common Challenges With Grantwriting: Hitting Your Specific Aims
• Climate Research Happening at UCSF
• Bridging Health Services Resarch and Advocacy
• Recruiting Underserved/Under-Represented Populations for Primary Data Collection in Health Services Research
• The Financialization of Healthcare
• New Technologies, New Dilemmas: Bioethics in a Changing Healthcare Landscape
• The Place of Theory in Applied Health and Health Services Research
• AI & Underserved/Under-Represented Populations
• Behavioral Health Research
• Real-World Impact: Leveraging Medicare & Medicaid Data in Scientific Studies
• Introduction to Health Services Research Datasets at UCSF