2023
2022
Jonathan Butler, PhD
Dr. Jonathan Butler was a panel participant at the 2022 American Heart Association Scientific Session on "Structural Racism and Healthcare Disparity: Cause or Effect?".
November 2022
Linda Park, PhD, NP, FAAN
Congratulations to Dr. Linda Park for being named the School of Nursing program director of the National Clinician Scholars Program (NCSP) at the UCSF site.
October 2022
Orlando Harris, PhD, FNP, MPH
Congratulations to Dr. Orlando Harris for being selected by the American Academy of Nursing as a distinguished nurse leader to be inducted into the 2022 Class of Fellows.
October 2022
Julio A. Lamprea-Montealegre, MD, MPH, PhD
Congratulations to Dr. Julio Lamprea-Montealegre for his CADC pilot project publication, “Association of Race and Ethnicity With Prescription of SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP1 Receptor Agonists Among Patients With Type 2 Diabetes in the Veterans Health Administration System” in JAMA.
September 2022
Hunter Holt, MD, MAS
Congratulations to Dr. Hunter Holt for his new grant from the UIC Cancer Center Institute for Cancer Health Equity Research and for being selected as an NIH BIRCWH K12 Scholar.
September 2022
Kendra Sims, PhD
Dr. Kendra Sims presented her use of UCSF’s Cardiovascular Disease Policy Model showing how much we could reduce heart attacks and strokes if the system were more equitable at the American Heart Association and was featured in MedicalNewsToday.
September 2022
Jonathan Butler, PhD
Dr. Jonathan Butler contributed to a CNN article on religion and Cardiovascular disease.
September 2022
Tor Neilands, PhD and Julene Johnson, PhD
Dr. Tor Neilands and Dr. Julene Johnson participated in the Writing a Strong Research Plan”, the second session in the “Music and Health Grant Writing Series”, sponsored by the Sound Health Network in collaboration with the NEA and NIH.
September 2022
Maria Garcia, MD, MPH, MAS and Leah Karliner, MD, MAS
Drs. Maria Garcia and Leah Karliner published "Equitability of Depression Screening After Implementation of General Adult Screening in Primary Care" in JAMA Network Open.
August 2022
Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS
Congratulations to Dr. Samuel Washington for his new role as Director of DEI for the UCSF Dept. of Urology
August 2022
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana published “Perioperative Therapy in Early-Stage Lung Cancer” in JAMA Oncology and "Do no harm: A call to action on COVID-19 and mask requirements" in Cancer.
August 2022
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC, Sorbarikor Piawah, MD, MPH, and Celia Kaplan, DrPH
Congratulations to Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana for her grant from the HDFCCC Recruitment Science Research Hub RFA to evaluate Cancer Clinical Trial Participation of Black/African American and Hispanic/Latinx Adults with Celia Kaplan and Sor Piawah as co-investigators.
July 2022
2022-2023 CADC Scientist Pilot Awardees
Meet our new CADC scholars: Drs. Jonathan Butler, Elaine Khoong, Aksharananda Rambachan, and Kendra Sims.
July 2022
Arnab Mukherjea, DrPH, MPH
Congratulations to Dr. Arnab Mukherjea for being elected as Vice Chair of the Steering Committee for the Alliance of California Schools & Programs of Public Health, which is supported by the California Endowment among other funders.
July 2022
Linda Park, PhD, NP, FAAN
Congratulations to Dr. Linda Park for her Department of Veterans Affairs Investigator-Initiated Research (IIR) Award for her project, “Virtual Care Strategies to Improve Participation in Cardiac Rehabilitation among Veterans.”
July 2022
Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH
Dr. Jason Flatt published “Subjective Cognitive Decline Associated with Discrimination in Medical Settings among Transgender and Nonbinary Older Adults” in the International Journal of Environmental Research and Public Health.
July 2022
Arnab Mukherjea, DrPH, MPH
Dr. Arnab Mukherjea published “Determinants of colorectal cancer screening among South Asian Americans” in the Journal of Asian Health.
July 2022
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Congratulations to Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana for being selected as one of the 2022 John A. Watson Faculty Scholars.
June 2022
Nynikka R. Palmer, DrPH, MPH
Congratulations to CADC Faculty Dr. Nynikka Palmer for being selected as a 2022 Recipient of the UCSF Mid-Career Development Program for Research Faculty.
June 2022
Anna Oh, PhD, MPH, RN
Dr. Anna Oh published "Rural and urban differences in the implementation of Virtual Integrated Patient-Aligned Care Teams" in the Journal of Rural Health.
June 2022
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana published “Electronic Monitoring of Patient-Reported Outcomes-Ready for Prime Time?” in JAMA Oncology and “Microaggressions, Bias, and Equity in the Workplace: Why Does It Matter, and What Can Oncologists Do?” in American Society of Clinical Oncology Educational Book.
June 2022
Orlando Harris, PhD, FNP, MPH
Dr. Orlando Harris published "Health Coaching Across the Stages of Vaccine Readiness and Action: A Practical Guide for Public Health Nurses" and “Climate Change, Public Health, Health Policy, and Nurses Training” in the American Journal of Public Health.
June 2022
Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS
Congratulations to Dr. Samuel Washington for passing his American Board of Urology oral boards exam and for now being a boards certified urologist.
June 2022
Nynikka Palmer, DrPH, MPH and Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Congratulations to CADC Faculty Dr. Nynikka Palmer and CADC Scholar Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana for their new roles as Assistant Directors of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
May 2022
Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS
Congratulations to Dr. Samuel Washington for for his new role as Community Outreach and Engagement liaison for the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center Prostate Cancer Program.
May 2022
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Congratulations to Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana for her new position as Assistant Professor in the Division of Hematology/Oncology at ZSFG.
May 2022
Leah Karliner, MD, MAS, Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC, and Celia Kaplan, DrPH
Drs. Leah Karliner, Ana Velázquez Mañana, and Celia Kaplan published “Barriers and Facilitators to Lung Cancer Screening: A Physician Survey” in the American Journal of Health Promotion.
May 2022
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana published “Dónde Están? Latinx/Hispanic Representation in the Oncology Workforce: Present and Future”, “The Problem of Hispanic/Latinx Under-Representation in Cancer Clinical Trials”, and “Are Quality Cancer Prevention and Treatment Along the Texas US-Mexico Border Achievable?” in JCO Oncology Practice.
May 2022
Wagahta Semere, MD, MHS
CADC Scholar Dr. Wagahta Semere presented during this year’s RCMAR Annual Meeting 2022.
April 2022
Julio A. Lamprea-Montealegre, MD, MPH, PhD
CADC Scholar Dr. Julio Lamprea-Montealegre presented during this year’s RCMAR Annual Meeting 2022.
April 2022
Sorbarikor Piawah, MD, MPH
CADC Scholar Dr. Sorbarikor Piawah presented during this year’s RCMAR Annual Meeting 2022.
April 2022
Anna Oh, PhD, MPH, RN
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Dr. Anna Oh for her new position as Nurse Scientist at Stanford Health Care.
January 2022
Nynikka R. Palmer, DrPH, MPH
Congratulations to CADC Faculty Dr. Nynikka Palmer for her grant “Community Engagement for the Atlas of Human Prostate Across Ancestries project” funded by the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative.
January 2022
Tung Nguyen, MD
Congratulations to CADC Faculty Dr. Tung Nguyen for his new appointed position as the HDFCCC Associate Director for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.
January 2022
Hunter Holt, MD, MAS
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Dr. Hunter Holt for his article in the Sacramento Bee and a short mention in KQED!
January 2022
Nynikka R. Palmer, DrPH, MPH
Congratulations to CADC faculty Dr. Nynikka Palmer for her promotion as an Associate Professor in Residence in the Department of Medicine, Division of General Internal Medicine at ZSFG.
January 2022
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana published “Impact of COVID-19 on Hematology-Oncology Fellowship Programs: A Quantitative and Qualitative Survey Assessment of Fellowship Program Directors” and “Impact of COVID-19 on Hematology-Oncology Trainees: A Quantitative and Qualitative Assessment” in JCO Oncology Practice.
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