CTCRE & @ucsfcancer.bsky.social hosted the annual Tobacco & Cancer Control Scientific Trainee Retreat in Sept! We were fortunate to be joined by Dr. Elizabeth Blackburn, 2009 Nobel Laureate in medicine, who delivered the keynote conversation and thoughtfully answered questions from our fellows.

Bottom line of systematic assessment of studies on Covid vaccinations/boosters: ~50% reduction of hospitalization, across all adults (not just older) who are not immunocompromised Real data on vaccine-induced myocarditis: occurred in 1-3 per 100,000 male adolescents www.nejm.org/doi/full/10....

Yesterday when I was teaching health policy, I told them that SNAP payments are not being made on November 1 and that while there is a contingency fund, they’re not using it. My students naturally asked why they wouldn’t use these funds to help people eat. Tough thing to answer in PG language.

Want to do research on home care, assisted living, and nursing home workers, but are having trouble finding info about the policies that affect them? Look no further! The AWARD Network Data Compendium has data for you! Learn more in our new JAMDA article. www.sciencedirect.com/science/arti...

The research is clear that peaceful protest movements are extremely effective. Movements that involve property damage are less effective but usually still effective in general.

Med cannabis law adoption induces sustained reductions in pain-medication use, esp opioids, among commercially insured patients. On avg, patients prescribed opioids drop by over 100 per 10,000 enrollees qrtrly within 4 yrs after policy adoption.(1/3)

Link: www.dovepress.com/patient-pers...

New in Clinical Ophthalmology: Patient Perspectives and Concerns Regarding Cataract Surgery and Cataract Surgery Sedation: A Qualitative Study - Molina et al. Spotlighting IHPS Faculty: Dr. Catherine L. Chen

ICYMI - San Francisco's most common job is also the lowest paid - home/personal care aides. This is true for much of the country. Policies are desperately needed to improve pay for these jobs while supporting the growing population that needs their help. www.sfchronicle.com/bayarea/arti...

Glad to see my alma mater issuing a clear statement about the Trump administration's attempt to control universities. (My current employer wasn't asked, but we know what they would say - a firm no!)

Are you an alum from one of the 9 schools the federal government just attacked? Sign this alumni petition now to support your school, defend democracy, and build a grassroots movement for campus freedom across America. alumni.standforcampusfreedom.org/petitions/tr...

Another week, the GOP's shutdown continues. No surrender. Stand firm on protecting public health, healthcare and research. Write to your Senators now. actionnetwork.org/letters/tell...

One of my kids is quite fearful for the big insurance premium increase they'll have to absorb - they work for a small nonprofit and health insurance costs have been a killer as it is.

This reads exactly as my grad school study-buddy @dandrezner.bsky.social always spoke! Thanks for calling it like your well-informed self sees it.

We studied Marketplace enrollees before the enhanced tax credits were in place and around a third a people with incomes >400%FPL had financial burden and forgone care and more than 10% spent more than 20% of income on OOP cost and premiums jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Caturday hanging out while I bake.

Finalizing my materials for my first lecture of the fall quarter - Snoop Dogg's advice is in the powerpoint! www.youtube.com/watch?v=aOIv...

The quality of the faculty has long been a distinction for UC Law San Francisco. Thanks to the excellence of current faculty, the College is able to offer courses and experiences in emerging areas of law, while continuing to be the No. 1 school for producing lawyers admitted to the California bar.

Wondering what the ACA expiring premium tax credits mean for household budgets? Drew lays it out: www.kff.org/from-drew-al...

"This is a great milestone for a green future." Thank you Supervisor Engardio (@joelengardio.bsky.social) for your support and celebrating one year of electric Caltrain!

Got my COVID-19 booster at 4pm yesterday. Me at 6am: Wow, I don't feel too badly after this booster. Yay! Me at 12pm: Can I cancel all my meetings for the rest of the day? I have all-over body aches. Also me: This is way better than my last case of COVID and way way better than the shingles shot!

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UCSF IHPS Director @joannespetz.bsky.social speaks to @newsweek.com about rising financial pressure on health care employers. America’s Health Care Time Bomb www.newsweek.com/america-heal...

I adore Caltrain. It makes commuting into SF so much easier!! Thank you @caltrain.com !!

1/ RFK Jr. promised to “find the cause of autism” by September. Well, it’s September—and as many of you may have heard, word is his report drops today (or this week). It's rumored he will announce that #Tylenol "causes" autism along with a few other possibilities, so let's see what the studies say👇

Reminder: personally attacking a journalist for criticizing the government is not normal agency conduct. It's a pretty clear attempt to intimidate the journalist, and from those that complained about government censorship, like Secretary Kennedy did, the hypocrisy is jarring.

“wake me up when it’s caturday” - boocat

#UCLawSF has named @nicoleozer.bsky.social, a national leader in constitutional rights and technology law, as the founding executive director of its new Center for Constitutional Democracy.

A train can’t swerve. A train can’t stop quickly. But you can make safe choices. 🚆 #RailSafetyMonth #SeeTracksThinkTrain

🎉 After 2 years of work, our #OpenScience guide for researchers in developing countries is LIVE! Check out our new preprint: osf.io/preprints/ps... We map the opportunities 🌟 + barriers 🧱 facing Global South researchers. *(1/4)*

One of the great educators, scholars, and mentors of my field has left us. I was fortunate to know him and learn from him. Our world was a better place and I will miss him very much.

This is one article from Special Collection on the NIA-funded National Dementia Workforce Study (@ndws.bsky.social) just published (open access!) in @agsjournal.bsky.social agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/toc/10.1... cc @joannespetz.bsky.social @um-ihpi.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social

Did you know that the National Dementia Workforce wave 1 datasets are now available for your use? Plus, you can learn more about how the questionnaires and sample were designed in our new articles in JAGS! To get you started: agsjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

The Administration proposed to eliminate home care workers' protections under the Fair Labor Standards Act, which were given to them in 2013 after decades of being excluded from protections (including minimum wages). This rollback of rights needs comments: www.federalregister.gov/documents/20...

Just posted a video to TikTok about what #SCOTUS did in the NIH funding case. It’s too long to embed on Bluesky, but here’s a link: www.tiktok.com/t/ZPHG57sTnM...

📣 New @ucsfchildrens.bsky.social study in Current Pediatrics Reports! Potential benefits of #SocialMedia use and how to balance them 🔗 tinyurl.com/smhealthbene... @smahrteam.bsky.social @ucsfhealth.bsky.social @ucsf-ihps.bsky.social

How can digital media shape the future of medical education? C. Glatz et al. share insights from a digital media fellowship in @jhospmedicine.bsky.social. Spotlighting IHPS faculty Charlie Wray, DO, MS.

It’s not yet Caturday but I think some of us might need a cat today. Blossom is here for you.

While UCLA does all it can to protect its faculty, students and staff from a $1B attack by the federal government—I’m proud to #StandUpForUC to defend life-saving research and ensure @uofcalifornia, the country’s best public university, isn’t devastated. bit.ly/standuc

You may have read that premium costs for ACA marketplace enrollees will go up by 75% if the ARPA-enhanced subsidies expire in 2026, as they probably will. Turns out that estimate of cost hikes is low. xpostfactoid.substack.com/p/worse-than...

The Guardian is covering the rise of @defendpublichealth.bsky.social. #IHAT is evidence-based policy making and grassroots people powered movement building for justice and rights. MAHA is policy-based evidence making rooted in fascist politics and capital-serving eugenic ideas. #IHATnotMAHA

Have you heard of "Direct Entry Midwives"? These are midwives who don't have a nursing background - and they are a growing part of our reproductive care workforce. Learn more about them in our new article! journals.sagepub.com/doi/10.1177/...

These cuts have stopped issuance of the next year of funding for pre-doc and post-doc researchers supported by AHRQ. The money was appropriated but there is nobody there to send it. This is leaving departments like mine scrambling to make sure our next generation is supported.

I personally know only one person who has concerns about mRNA technology. Where’s the data to prove the claim of the NIH director, who claims to be data-driven? www.statnews.com/2025/08/11/m...

UC is the best public university system in the US, if not the world. I’m standing to save it.

Took a stroll through the San Jose King of the Streets event on the way to the SJ Jazz Festival today. A super-cool event celebrating low-rider culture and art. We saw some of The Hop!

People in Los Angeles have been protesting 24 hours for 2 weeks straight and no news outlet is covering it! 8/8/25

Our latest study @jamahealthforum.com shows the harms of work requirements for safety net programs. Women who were subject to harsher requirements and who received less cash assistance from TANF were less likely to breastfeed. jamanetwork.com/journals/jam... @donmoyn.bsky.social @hsph.harvard.edu 1/