2025 Health Services Research Symposium: April 29, 2025
8:30 - 9:00 - Coffee/Tea - (Robertson Auditorium lobby)
9:00 -9:15 - Opening Remarks, Joanne Spetz, IHPS Director (Robertson Auditorium)
9:15 - 10:15 - Keynote: State of Health Policy & Equity in 2025: Threats, Tactics, & Transition
(Robertson Auditorium)
Jeffrey Reynoso, DrPH, MPH
Biden-Harris Regional Director at the U.S. Department of Health & Human Services in Region 9
10:15 – 10:45 – (Robertson Auditorium)
Harold S. Luft Award for Mentoring in Health Policy and Health Services Research Presentation
Claire D. Brindis Award for Community Engagement & Service in Health Policy Presentation
10:45 – 11:00 – Break
11:00 – 12:00 – Breakout Session #1 (see below for links to session titles and panelists)
12:00 – 12:45 – Networking Lunch (Bank of America Plaza, first floor - lunch provided)
12:45 – 1:00 – Break
1:00 – 2:00 – Breakout Session #2 (see below for links to session titles and panelists)
2:00 – 2:15 - Break
2:15 – 3:15 – Podium Talks (Robertson Auditorium - see below for speaker bios)
3:15 – 3:30 - Break
3:30 – 4:30 – Closing Plenary: Communicating Research Results to Diverse Audiences (Robertson Auditorium)
Dan Gorenstein, Founder and Executive Director of Tradeoffs
Panelists:
Marissa Raymond-Flesch, MD, MPH
4:30 – 6:00 - Poster Reception (Fisher Room - first floor)
Breakout Session Topics:
AM Sessions:
- Common Challenges With Grantwriting: Hitting Your Specific Aims
- Climate Research Happening at UCSF
- Recruiting Underserved/Under-Represented Populations for Primary Data Collection in Health Services Research
- New Technologies, New Dilemmas: Bioethics in a Changing Healthcare Landscape
- The Place of Theory in Applied Health and Health Services Research
- Real-World Impact: Leveraging Medicare & Medicaid Data in Scientific Studies
PM Sessions:
- The Financialization of Healthcare - Colbenz
- AI & Underserved/Under-Represented Populations - Room 212
- Behavioral Health Research - Room 211
- Bridging Health Services Research and Advocacy - Robertson Auditorium
- Population Health Data at UCSF - Room 214
- Introduction to Health Services Research Datasets at UCSF - Room 213
Podium Talk Speakers
Co-Sponsors:
Gold Sponsor:
Department of Urology
Department of Humanities and Social Sciences
Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Weill Institute for Neurosciences
Silver Sponsor:
Department of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care
Department of Medicine
Bronze Sponsor:
Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation
Department of Emergency Medicine
Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Department of Family and Community Medicine
Department of Family Healthcare Nursing
Department of General Internal Medicine
Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences
Department of Ophthalmology
Department of Pediatrics
Department of Surgery
UCSF Center for Health and Community
UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
UCSF Institute for Health and Aging
Blue Sponsor:
Department of Family Healthcare Nursing