Daryl Norcott, AMEND at UCSF’s Director of Strategy & Innovation, highlighted AMEND’s work with California Dept. of Corrections & Rehabilitation to better engage with populations living in isolated prison spaces & to help train staff to interact more effectively with incarcerated individuals.

Thrilled to announce our latest ACP study, conducted across 50 clinics in the UC health systems. We found that adding health navigator outreach to PREPAREforYourCare.org and mailed materials substantially increased AD/POLST documentation for seriously ill patients. pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/41285010/

The recording of our latest webinar is now available. ➡️ How are poor health and homelessness connected? ➡️ How are CA systems responding to federal changes? ➡️ What do older adults need? ➡️ How can systems partner with communities? ...Watch the recording to find out!

The UCSF Action Research Center for Health works to give everyone access to live a healthy life. Visit our website and subscribe to our newsletter to learn more. lnkd.in/gyyipcAS

A stellar team from ARC identify a brief scale to accurately assess digital skills among older adults for use in identifying need for support to use digital health tools. Out now in the Journal of the American Medical Informatics Association: academic.oup.com/jamia/articl...

Healthcare has a crucial role to play in homelessness responses, but it's not enough. "Treating illness against a background of homelessness feels like a no-win situation," says Dr. Maria Raven, who has cared for patients experiencing homelessness for two decades. Learn more:

ARC Mentored Faculty member & Asstnt Prof. in residence Marissa Boeck, MD, MPH, spoke with @abc7.bsky.social about the success of Project REACH, a pilot drop-in clinic supporting unhoused patients at @zsfgcare.bsky.social See the report here: abc7news.com/post/project...

Out now in JMIR Cardio: English- and Spanish-Speaking Patient Preferences on Home Blood Pressure Monitors in an Urban Safety Net Setting: Qualitative Study, senior authored by ARC Associated Faculty member Elaine Khoong, MD, MS. Check out the visual abstract below... cardio.jmir.org/2025/1/e60196.

Examining housing insecurity and transportation barriers in pediatric hospital readmissions: insights from structured and unstructured data. From a team including ARC Associate Director Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH, & Associated Faculty member William Brown, PhD, DrPH: academic.oup.com/jamia/articl...

Out now in JAMA Network Open: ARC Mentored Faculty member Leslie Suen, MD, MAS, provides invited commentary with Sarah Rosenwohl-Mack, MD, MPH: Innovative Approaches to Buprenorphine Initiation Amid the Overdose Crisis jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

Preparing for the Next Pandemic, out now in @annalsofem.bsky.social. www.annemergmed.com/article/S019...

Your weekend read: After Decades in Solitary, a Sliver of Light, How One Oregon Prison Is Working to Mend the Damage of Long-Term Isolation...ARC affiliated program Amend at UCSF offers opportunities to deprogram & reimagine alternative protocols for safe prisons. solitarywatch.org/2025/06/24/a...

We are taking a moment to celebrate the courage of our @ucsfhealth.bsky.social patients, doctors, nurses, researchers, caretakers, friends, and families by participating in the Courage Over Cancer 5K & 10K Run/Walk in beautiful Tiburon! September 7th: calendar.ucsf.edu/event/courag...

⭐ Important report from @capolicylab.bsky.social on pilot data from homelessness prevention project 🔑 to homelessness prevention is ID ppr w highest risk, finding them, using evidence based interventions to as many as possible. They did that! RCT results to come. ⬇️ Read the report! lnkd.in/gsYMDiEW

@ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social-led study on patient portal messaging to oncology patients | Disparities in Patient Portal Messaging Among Oncology Patients Enrolled in the Patient Portal | JCO Clinical Cancer Informatics ascopubs.org/doi/10.1200/...

UCSF Action Research Center Study Reveals Promise and Perils of AI Translation for Patient Care Instructions. Watch the video abstract via the link! youtu.be/VIzDnWQfg6g?...

Check out my mentee Kei Ouchi’s new paper: a randomized trial on serious illness conversations in the ED for older adults with advanced illness, showing how values based talks can lead to better end-of-life care. Read here: pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/40531532/

ARC Core Faculty member and Associate Professor of Medicine, @morganphilbin.bsky.social earned the 2024 Annual RFS Award in Science! The award recognizes outstanding contributions across Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. peer-reviewed journals. #AIDS #PatientCare. Congrats! www.liebertpub.com/doi/full/10....

Leslie Suen, MD, MAS and Alicia Fernandez, MD, receive 2025 ZSFG Department of Medicine Faculty Awards! The awards acknowledge the extraordinary contributions and dedication of colleagues in various areas of the department. arcforequity.ucsf.edu/news/leslie-...

UCSF Chancellor Recognizes Rebecca Sudore, MD, with 2025 UCSF Founders Day Award youtu.be/bxz_IazKgKw?...

Check out ARC's podcast, Research to Action! Hear straight from distinguished faculty about how rigorous research translates into action by supporting & informing interventions & initiatives that affect health. #healthequity #ucsf #research #interventions. arcforequity.ucsf.edu/arc-resource...

In case you missed it, ARC Core Faculty member Jinoos Yazdany, MD, MPH, was named Executive Director of AI Monitoring in Clinical Care for the UCSF Dept of Medicine’s Division of Clinical Informatics & Digital Transformation. @jyazdanymd.bsky.social @ucsfdocit.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social

🎉🎉🎉 Congratulations to ARC Director Margot Kushel MD @mkushel.bsky.social for earning the 2025 Paul Nathanson Advocate Award from Justice in Aging @justiceinaging.org! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

Want to stay up to date with news about the faculty and work at core of the UCSF Action Research Center? Sign up for our newsletter and get the latest announcements straight to your inbox every two months! bit.ly/ARCforEquity...

Read the latest TRANSPERS news on Payer Decision-Making, Patient-Centered Genomics, and more conta.cc/4cRXl5x

Led by Amend, the Brennan Center visited prisons in Norway with correctional leaders, policymakers, and advocates to learn about more humane models of criminal justice. Read what they learned… @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @briesf.bsky.social

Dr. Alicia Fernandez delivered the 27th Annual Reza Gandjei Lecture! ARC Core Faculty and Executive Committee member Alicia Fernandez, MD, discussed social drivers of health screening, as well as strategies for reducing health disparities, including via systems-level & community-based approaches.

Housing insecurity is a major issue in the Bay & beyond. Could providing a financial safety net help? ARC Core Faculty member & implementation science expert Dr. Oanh Nguyen explores evidence & evaluates relationships btwn guaranteed income & secure housing outcomes. www.youtube.com/watch?v=pwwG...

ARC Core Faculty member, Nynikka Palmer, DrPH, MPH, earned the 2025 Claire D. Brindis Award for Community Engagement & Service in Health Policy Research! Congratulations, Dr. Palmer! @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social @ucsfurology.bsky.social 🎉🎉🎉

🔉 Fact: The majority of homeless people in CA are not illegal drug users. Dr. Margot Kushel shares findings that highlight the state's critical need for better treatment options & housing solutions. @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social @mkushel.bsky.social @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social #publichealth bit.ly/3F7SIHT

👀 NEW READ: ARC core faculty member and chief of medicine at the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, Dr. Neil Powe on Rethinking Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research. @jama.com @ucsanfrancisco.bsky.social jamanetwork.com/journals/jam...

From our Faculty @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social, a deep dive into substance uses by people experiencing homelessness. Key: More access to low-barrier evidence-based interventions is desperately needed. Also: we desperately need more housing! Read more via @jama.com. #PublicHealth #HealthPolicy #HousingFirst

🎉 Join us in congratulating ARC Associated faculty Dr. Elaine Khoong as ZSFG DOM's new Medical Director of Quality & Patient Safety! In this role Elaine coordinates & implements quality of care initiatives provided by the Dept's clinical services in the inpatient & outpatient settings. Congrats! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

ARC Executive Committee Member, Dr. Alicia Fernandez was appointed to the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force! She joins experts in disease prevention & evidence-based medicine, to improve the health of people nationwide by making evidence-based recommendations about clinical preventive services.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

📅 Register & Attend "Telehealth's Evolution in California," a conversation about successes and disparities in health care delivery. Featuring ARC Associated Faculty, Elaine Khoong.

Veteran homelessness fell 8% in 2024, while overall homelessness hit record levels. Why? Sustained funding, bipartisan support, and housing with services that help people stay housed. The challenge now is scaling what works. 🔗 https://buff.ly/4hJ8hU6 #homelessness #HousingFirst

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Though national overdose death rates have dropped 14%, rates for Black Americans rose 1.4 times higher than that of whites. Miriam Komaromy & @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social Post Doc Scholar, Trina Johnson outline steps to make addiction treatment more effective & equitable. www.statnews.com/2025/01/24/o...

As telehealth opens new doors for health care delivery, experts see successes & disparities that need attention. Tune in for a critical discussion featuring ARC Associated faculty member Dr. Elaine Khoong. Register now: www.chcf.org/event/telehe... #Telehealth #HealthEquity #DigitalHealth

"The source of all safety and security..." Listen to @arcforequity.bsky.social director @mkushel.bsky.social speak about the significance of #home, on KCRW.com's Life Examined.

Every pregnancy needs care and support. BHHI’s pregnancy brief highlights the role of stable housing and supportive, non-punitive care in improving outcomes for pregnant people and their babies. Read more on #MaternalHealthAwareness Day:

NIH study sections & council meetings cancelled. NIH employees told to not purchase supplies. Does the public understand what the NIH does or what this means?This article ⬇️ points out but doesn’t name some of the wonders of science & quiet heroism of scientists whose work leads to these “miracles”

Out-of-reach housing costs and discrimination are key factors in pathways to homelessness. Our CA study shows they hit Black and Indigenous people hardest, driving deep inequities. Housing justice is racial justice. ⬇️ CA Homelessness Study: https://buff.ly/4iaXl31

A police officer cited a homeless woman for "camping" as she was in active labor. In some ways, the logical end result of policies that criminalize sleeping--for people who have no other place to go. @jesserbnwtz.bsky.social & I are quoted @sylviaruthg.bsky.social www.lpm.org/news/2024-12...

It's been a big year for us at UCSF ARC for Health Equity: a new name, new faculty, and oh, the awards! Here's a sample of the wind we're feeling at our backs as we reflect and prepare to renew and charge into 2025 in the name of #HealthEquity:

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Based at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, the public health hospital of the City and County of San Francisco, ARC’s work is deeply connected to patients, community initiatives, and the development of the next generation of medical professionals.