2023
Orlando Harris, PhD, FNP, MPH
Dr. Orlando Harris published "Understanding the concept of trust and other factors related to COVID-19 vaccine intentions among Black/African American older adults prior to vaccine development" in SSM Qualitative Research in Health.
March 2023
Orlando Harris, PhD, FNP, MPH
Dr. Orlando Harris published "Challenges and opportunities for medical referrals at a mobile community health clinic serving sexual and gender minorities in rural South Carolina: a qualitative approach" in BMC Health Services Research.
March 2023
Wagahta Semere, MD
Congratulations to Dr. Wagahta Semere for being a 2023-2024 Diabetes Research for Equity through Advanced Multilevel Science Center for Diabetes Translation Research (DREAMS-CDTR) ADA pilot award recipient.
February 2023
Jennifer James, PhD, MS, MSW
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer James for her new publication “Diagnosis and the practices of patienthood: How diagnostic journeys shape illness experiences” in Sociology of Health & Illness.
February 2023
Celia Kaplan, DrPH
Congratulations to Dr. Celia Kaplan on her new role as Co-chair of the Community Engagement Alliance (CEAL) Steering Committee. CEAL is an NIH effort co-led by the NHLBI and NIMHD.
February 2023
Sachin J. Shah, MD, MPH
Dr. Sachin J. Shah published "Social Frailty Index: Development and validation of an index of social attributes predictive of mortality in older adults" in The Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS).
February 2023
Hunter Holt, MD, MAS
Dr. Hunter Holt contributed to the New York Times article "Why Many Older Women Are Getting Pap Tests They Don’t Need".
January 2023
Arnab Mukherjea, DrPH, MPH
Dr. Arnab Mukherjea published "COVID-19–Associated Misinformation Across the South Asian Diaspora: Qualitative Study of WhatsApp Messages" in JMIR Infodemiology.
January 2023
2022
Hunter Holt, MD, MAS
Dr. Hunter Holt published “Use Trends and Recent Expenditures for Cervical Cancer Screening–Associated Services in Medicare Fee-for-Service Beneficiaries Older Than 65 Years” in JAMA Internal Medicine.
December 2022
Jonathan Butler, PhD
Congratulations to Dr. Jonathan Butler for his new role as Associate Director for UCSF's Black Health Initiative.
December 2022
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Congratulations to Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana for being awarded the AACR Career Development Award to Further Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion in Clinical Cancer Research.
December 2022
Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD, MAS
Congratulations to former CADC Scientist Maya Vijayaraghavan for her new role as Director of the UCSF Smoking Cessation Leadership Center.
December 2022
Jonathan Butler, PhD
Dr. Jonathan Butler published "Perspectives of COVID-19 Vaccine Hesitant Emergency Department Patients to Inform Messaging Platforms to Promote Vaccine Uptake" in Academic Emergency Medicine.
November 2022
Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS
Dr. Samuel Washington will be serving on the NCCN Prostate Cancer Early Detection Panel as a representative of UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
November 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
Tung Nguyen, MD
Congratulations to CADC Faculty Dr. Tung Nguyen for his new role as UCSF Associate Vice Chancellor for Research – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism and recent feature in Nature on decolonizing science.
October 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.
January 2022
2021
Hunter Holt, MD, MAS
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Dr. Hunter Holt for their new role as a Research Tenure Track Assistant Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago.
December 2021
Leah Karliner, MD, MAS and Celia Kaplan, DrPH, MA
CADC faculty members Drs. Leah Karliner and Celia Kaplan recently published “Increasing Telehealth Access to Care for Older Adults During the COVID-19 Pandemic at an Academic Medical Center: Video Visits for Elders Project (VVEP)” in the Joint Commission Journal on Quality and Patient Safety.
December 2021
Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, MS
CADC Scholar Dr. Jennifer James recently published “The limits of personalization in precision medicine: Polygenic risk scores and racial categorization in a precision breast cancer screening trial” in PLoS One.
December 2021
Maria Garcia, MD, MPH, MAS
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Dr. Maria Garcia for receiving the 2021 DGIM Robert H. Crede Award for Research.
December 2021
Renee Hsia, MD, Msc
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Dr. Renee Hsia for being elected to the National Academy of Medicine.
November 2021
Julio A. Lamprea-Montealegre, MD, MPH, PhD
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Dr. Julio Lamprea-Montealegre for joining the UCSF Health Division of Cardiology faculty starting Jan. 1, 2022.
October 2021
14th Annual Health Disparities Research Symposium
CADC co-sponsored the Health Disparities Research Symposium See the link below to watch the Keynote Speaker, Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones.
October 2021
Orlando Harris, PhD, FNP, MPH and Elissa J. Hamlat, PhD, MA
CADC Scholars Drs. Orlando Harris and Elissa Hamlat presented at the 14th Annual Health Disparities Research Symposium. Dr. Harris delivered a plenary presentation and Dr. Hamlat presented a poster.
October 2021
Nynikka R. Palmer, DrPH, MPH
Congratulations to CADC faculty Dr. Nynikka Palmer for her recent PCORI grant with Dr. James Harrison titled “Catalyzing Systematic Stakeholder Engagement between Academic and Community Health Centers for COVID-19 Research”.
October 2021
Orlando Harris, PhD, FNP, MPH
Dr. Orlando Harris recently contributed to the article, "IDWeek 2021: Words Matter in Facilitating Inclusive Conversations Around Sexual Health" in TheBodyPro.
October 2021
Liliana Ramirez Gomez, MD
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Dr. Liliana Ramirez Gomez for receiving an Alzheimer's Association grant to continue research with Spanish-speaking caregivers.
September 2021
Anna Oh, PhD, MPH, RN
CADC Scholar Dr. Anna Oh recently published “Front-Line Hospice Staff Perceptions of Barriers and Opportunities to Discussing Advance Care Planning with Hospice Patients and their Families” in the Journal of the American Medical Directors Association.
September 2021
Felisia Thibodeaux, CADC Community Advisory Board member
Congratulations to Felisia Thibodeaux for her great vaccination efforts in the community and recognition by Mayor London Breed.
August 2021
Wagahta Semere, MD, MHS
Congratulations to Dr. Wagahta Semere for receiving her K award titled “Promoting Quality and Safety by Engaging Diverse Diabetes Patients and their Caregivers in Secure Messaging".
August 2021
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Congratulations to Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana for receiving the UCSF Clinical Practice Group Strategic Use of Reserves Fund (SURF 4.0) Grant and for two new publications: "Trends in Breast Cancer Screening in a Safety-Net Hospital During the COVID-19 Pandemic" in JAMA Nework Open and "Opinion & Special Articles: Maximizing Inclusiveness and Diversity Through Virtual Residency Applications and Interviews" in Neurlogy.
August 2021
Orlando Harris, PhD, FNP, MPH
Dr. Orlando Harris recently published “Achieving Racial and Ethnic Equity in COVID-19 Vaccination: From Individual Readiness to Health System Readiness” in JAMA Health Forum.
August 2021
Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS
Congratulations to Dr. Samuel Washington for being selected as one of the 2021 John A. Watson Faculty Scholars.
July 2021
Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, MSSP
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer James for receiving 3 different grants to support her work with formerly incarcerated women. She is also UCSF's Office of Research "Researcher of the Month".
July 2021
Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS
Dr. Samuel L. Washington received the ERACE Research Award from ConcertAI - a data management firm - to look at racial disparities and geographic variations in systemic treatment for advanced prostate cancer.
July 2021
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Congratulations to Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana for being selected as an American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) 2021-2022 Trainee & Early Career Council Leader.
July 2021
Elissa J. Hamlat, PhD, MA
Congratulations to Dr. Elissa J. Hamlat for receiving a diversity supplement from the National Institute on Aging and for also receiving the 2021 Grand Rounds Trainee Research Award from the UCSF Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences.
July 2021
2021-2022 CADC Pilot Awardees
Meet our new CADC scholars: Drs. Elissa Hamlat, Orlando Harris, Hunter Holt, Julio Lamprea-Montealegre and Anna Oh.
July 2021
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Congratulations to Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana for being selected as an ASCO (American Society of Clinical Oncology) 2021-2022 Trainee & Early Career Council Leader, and for being awarded an ASCO 2021 Annual Meeting Merit Award for the abstract: "Digital footprint of hematology-oncology fellowship programs: Identifying gaps after the first virtual recruitment season."
June 2021
Arnab Mukherjea, DrPh, MPH
Dr. Arnab Mukherjea recently published “Appropriate Use of the Asian American Demographic Category in Health Disparities Research” in the American Journal of Public Health.
June 2021
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Dr. Ana Velázquez Mañana, with collaborators from outside institutions, was part of one of the teams awarded the AAMC Collaborative for Health Equity: Act, Research, Generate Evidence (CHARGE) 2020 Health Equity Call for Research.
June 2021
Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS
Congratulations to Dr. Samuel L. Washington for being awarded the Goldberg-Benioff Endowed Professorship in Cancer Biology and for being selected for the Grunfeld Scholars Research Development Initiative for the SF VA Health Care System.
May 2021
Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, MSSP | Jane Jih, MD, MPH | Arnab Mukherjea, DrPh, MPH | Jason Flatt, PhD, MPH
Dr. Jennifer James and Dr. Jane Jih were appointed to the RCMAR Scientist Advisory Board and will be representing CADC. CADC scholars Dr. Arnab Mukherjea and Dr. Jason Flatt were also selected and will be representing the Rutgers Asian RCMAR.
May 2021
Cathy Samayoa, PhD
Congratulations to Dr. Cathy Samayoa for being selected for the Eddie Méndez Scholar Award. She will have the opportunity to present and meet with faculty at the Fred Hutch.
April 2021
Tung Nguyen, MD and Anita Stewart, PhD
Drs. Tung Nguyen and Anita Stewart authored in the new textbook, The Science of Health Disparities Research.
April 2021
Rosa Maria Sternberg, PhD, RN
Dr. Sternberg completed a second study of her innovative stress management program for low-income Spanish-speaking Latinos - Mentes Positivas en Acción (Positive Minds in Action). The program was delivered by promotores in a community setting, and reduced stress and depressive symptoms. This was based on her CADC pilot study and her ongoing partnership with a community-based organization serving disadvantaged residents.
April 2021
Leah Karliner, MD, MAS
Dr. Leah Karliner recently contributed to the New Yorker article, "The Lonely, Vital Work of Medical Interpretation During the Coronavirus Pandemic".
April 2021
Tung Nguyen, MD
Dr. Tung Nguyen contributed to the CNN article, "The history of attacks against Asian Americans is complicated. Addressing it will be, too".
April 2021
CADC COVID-19 Policy Brief
CADC released the policy brief, “The Impact of COVID-19: Multiethnic Older Adults and the Community-Based Organization Serving Them, Policy Implications”.
March 2021
Arnab Mukherjea, DrPh, MPH
Dr. Arnab Mukherjea published “Handwritten Journals for Supporting Behavior Change among University Students” in the International Journal of Health, Wellness, and Society.
March 2021
Sorbarikor Piawah, MD, MPH
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Dr. Sorbarikor Piawah for receiving the 2020 V Scholar Grant for Black/African American Cancer Researchers from the Victory over Cancer Foundation.
March 2021
Maria Garcia, MD, MPH, MAS and Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, MS
Congratulations to Drs. Maria Garcia and Jennifer James for being selected as part of the 2021 Class of Deans’ Population Health and Health Equity (PHHE) Scholars.
February 2021
Julene Johnson, PhD
Congratulations to Dr. Julene Johnson for being selected as the 2021 recipient of the UCSF Academic Senate Distinction in Mentoring Award for faculty at the rank of full Professor.
February 2021
Jennifer James, PhD, MSW, MS and and Jane Jih, MD, MPH
Dr. Jennifer James and Dr. Jane Jih were appointed to the RCMAR Scientist Advisory Board and will be representing CADC UCSF. CADC scholars Dr. Arnab Mukherjea and Dr. Jason Flatt were also selected and will be representing the Rutgers Asian RCMAR.
January 2021
Julene Johnson, PhD
Dr. Julene Johnson is Co-Director of the newly launched Sound Health Network (SHN). SHN's mission is to promote research and public awarenes about the impact of music on health and wellness. It is an initiative of the National Endowment for the Arts, in partnership with UCSF, in collaboration with the NIH, the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, and Renée Fleming.
January 2021
Maria Garcia, MD, MPH, MAS
Dr. Maria Garcia recently contributed to the San Francisco Chronicle article, "California says equity is vital for vaccine distribution. But data is almost nonexistent".
January 2021
Julene Johnson, PhD
Dr. Julene Johnson recently published “The Effects of the COVID-19 Pandemic on the Lived Experience of Diverse Older Adults Living Alone with Cognitive Impairment” in the Gerontologist.
January 2021
2020
Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD, MSC
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Ana Velázquez Mañana for being awarded the 2020 UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Award.
December 2020
Julene Johnson, PhD and Anita Stewart, PhD
Dr. Julene Johnson and Dr. Anita Stewart both published in the recent Ethnicity & Disease journal supplement dedicated to Recruitment and Retention of Diverse Older Adults into Research.
November 2020
Maria Garcia, MD, MPH, MAS
Dr. Maria Garcia has been awarded a K23 from the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities entitled: “Equity in Depression Care for Primary Care Patients with Limited English Proficiency”
September 2020
Jane Jih MD, MPH and Gina Moreno-John, MD, MPH
Dr. Jane Jih and Dr. Gina Moreno-John presented at the SFBay Collaborative Research Network annual meeting: “Food Pharmacies – Not Just for Safety Net Practice Settings”.
September 2020
Aime Afable, PhD, MPH
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Aimee Afable for starting a new position as Associate Dean for Community Engagement at State University of New York (SUNY) Downstate Medical Center School of Public Health.
August 2020
Wagahta Semere, MD, MHS
Dr. Wagahta Semere was awarded with a 3-year NIH KL2 Research career development grant that beautifully brings together her interests and commitments to caregiving, vulnerable populations, chronic disease and health communication. This support is a natural extension of her success as an RWJ Clinical Scholar while at Yale, a UCSF Watson Diversity Scholar, and a prior CADC grant awardee.
June 2020
Jennifer James, PhD
CADC Scholar joins UCSF School of Nursing faculty as an Assistant Professor in the Institute for Health & Aging and the Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences. She is also affiliate faculty in the UCSF Bioethics Program.
Sorbarikor Piawah MD, MPH
Sor Piawah, MD MPH, 2019 CADC Scholar, completed her fellowship in Hematology/Oncology at UCSF and has accepted a faculty position as an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Department of Medicine, Division of GI Oncology at UCSF, starting May 1st 2020. With this new position, she will continue to pursue her research in colorectal cancer disparities while establishing her clinical practice as a gastrointestinal oncologist.
May 2020
Samuel L. Washington III, MD, MAS
CADC Scholar joins UCSF Department of Urology faculty as an Assistant Professor - In Residence. Follow him on Twitter @SamWashUro.
2019
Tung Nguyen, MD
Congratulations to CADC Faculty Tung Nguyen, MD for being a 2019 recipient of one of the Chancellor Awards for Diversity; the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Leadership Award for faculty.
November 2019
Wagahta Semere, MD, MHS
Dr. Semere, who is an assistant professor of medicine at UCSF and a primary care physician at the Richard H. Fine People's Clinic at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, recently spoke with ACP Hospitalist about how hospitals and physicians can better support caregivers of patients with limited English proficiency.
November 2019
Elizabeth Rose Mayeda, PHD, MPH
Dr. Mayeda has been awarded the highly competitive Brian MacMahon Early Career Epidemiologist Award from the Society of Epidemiologic Research. The Brian MacMahon Early Career Epidemiologist Award is awarded annually to recognize early career epidemiologists who have already made substantial contributions to the field and are poised to become future leaders in epidemiology. This award is funded by Harvard University, School of Public Health in honor of Dr. Brian MacMahon, a preeminent epidemiologist. The award will be presented to her at SER's Annual Meeting in Boston in December.
August 2019
Nynikka Palmer, PhD, MPH
CADC Scholar joins UCSF School of Medicine Inaugural Class of Dean’s Population Health and Health Equity (PHHE) Scholars.
January 2019
Kara Odom Walker, MD Elected to the National Academy of Medicine
Congratulations to CADC Scholar Kara Odom Walker, MD, MPH, MSHS on her election to the National Academy of Medicine. Election to the Academy is considered one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine and recognizes individuals who have demonstrated outstanding professional achievement and commitment to service.
January 2019
2018
CADC Faculty, Julene Johnson PhD
and colleagues published results from the Community of Voices study.
November 2018
CADC Renewal Announcement
National Institute on Aging (NIA) has awarded a fifth consecutive five-year P30 grant to fund the UCSF Center for Aging in Diverse Communities.
September 2018
Drs. Anita Stewart and Anna Napoles
Published a new article entitled "Transcreation: an implementation science framework for community-engaged behavioral interventions to reduce health disparities."
September 2018