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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 19/12/2025

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.

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Rebecca Sudore @prepareforyourcare.org · 09/12/2025

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/

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UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

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!

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Webinar: Understanding Health & Homelessness | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative

People experiencing homelessness in California face high rates of chronic illness and disability, and numerous barriers to care. These health challenges make it harder for people to obtain and retain…

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 10/12/2025

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

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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...

A screenshot of the online publication, showing the title: A self-report measure of digital skills needed to use digital health tools among older adults—the Skills Measurement and Readiness Training for Digital Health (SMART Digital Health), and also the author list: Lina Tieu, PhD, Courtney R Lyles, PhD, Hyunjin Cindy Kim, MPH, Isabel Luna, BA, Jeanette Wong, BS, Naomi Lopez-Solano, BS, Junhong Li, BS, Andersen Yang, MPH, Jorge A Rodriguez, MD, Oanh Kieu Nguyen, MD, MAS, Alejandra Casillas, MD, MSHS, Emilia H De Marchis, MD, MAS, Anita L Stewart, PhD, Torsten B Neilands, PhD, Elaine C Khoong, MD, MS

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UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social · 30/09/2025

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:

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Homelessness Is a Health Care Issue | Opinion | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative

In this op-ed, Maria Raven, MD, MPH, associate director at the Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, explains how homelessness is not just a housing issue, but a health care issue. She…

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 16/09/2025

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.

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English- and Spanish-Speaking Patient Preferences on Home Blood Pressure Monitors in an Urban Safety Net Setting: Qualitative Study

Background: Self-measured blood pressure monitoring is necessary for successful management of hypertension. However, disparities in blood pressure control persist, with low-income patients and racial/...

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 03/09/2025

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...

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Examining housing insecurity and transportation barriers in pediatric hospital readmissions: insights from structured and unstructured data

AbstractBackground. Pediatric hospital readmissions increase healthcare costs and highlight gaps in care. Social determinants of health (SDOH), such as hou

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 02/09/2025

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...

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Innovative Approaches to Buprenorphine Initiation Amid the Overdose Crisis

Despite promising reductions in overdose-related deaths in 2024, the US is still facing a deadly crisis, in large part due to elevated overdose risks associated with fentanyl use. Buprenorphine remain...

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 12/07/2025

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...

Photo: A view of Snake River Correctional Facility in Malheur County, Oregon, by Think Out Loud on Flickr.

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UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center @ucsfcancer.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

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...

RUN TIBURON is a fundraiser for UCSFʻs Survivorship and Wellness Health services

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Margot Kushel MD @mkushel.bsky.social · 10/07/2025

⭐ 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

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 09/07/2025

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?...

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Accuracy and safety of machine translation of patient-specific discharge instructions

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Rebecca Sudore @prepareforyourcare.org · 07/07/2025

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/

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 07/07/2025

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....

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Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2024 Award Recipient for AIDS Patient Care and STDs | AIDS Patient Care and STDs

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 02/07/2025

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-...

Leslie Suen, MD, MAS and Dr. Alicia Fernandez, MD

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 25/06/2025

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...

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 22/05/2025

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

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 24/04/2025

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

Dr. Margot Kushel, Director of UCSF Action Research Center for Health Equity

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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...

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UCSF-TRANSPERS @ucsf-transpers.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

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

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 17/04/2025

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.

From behind a UCSF lecturn, Dr. Alicia Fernandez responds to an audience question.

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

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...

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More Money, Fewer Problems? Examining Guaranteed Income and Housing Stability

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

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 🎉🎉🎉

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 06/03/2025

🔉 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

Tents line a sidewalk on Monday, Oct.1 , 2018, in San Francisco. .(Photo by Noah Berger).

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 25/02/2025

👀 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...

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Race and Ethnicity in Biomedical Research

This Viewpoint discusses recommendations to rethink and redesign the use of race and ethnicity in biomedical research and provides steps to facilitate the process.

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 06/02/2025

🎉 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! 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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.👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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

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UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social · 05/02/2025

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. 🔗 buff.ly/4hJ8hU6 #homelessness #HousingFirst

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How Veteran homelessness is dropping amid a record surge - VA News

This podcast episode looks at how Veteran homelessness rates dropped to a record low in 2024 despite a national homelessness epidemic.

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

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...

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The national decline in overdose deaths is leaving Black communities behind

While overdose death rates in the U.S. for white people have fallen dramatically, the rates for Black people lag behind.

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 30/01/2025

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

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

"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.

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UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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:

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Pregnancy and Homelessness | Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative

This topic brief examines who experiences pregnancy during homelessness, how they lost their housing, their experiences during homelessness, and barriers to regaining housing. The findings highlight…

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Margot Kushel MD @mkushel.bsky.social · 23/01/2025

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”

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UCSF Benioff Homelessness & Housing Initiative @ucsfbhhi.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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: buff.ly/4iaXl31

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Harvard Joint Center for Housing Studies (@harvard-jchs.bsky.social)

More than half of Black (57%) and Hispanic (53%) renters are cost burdened, substantially higher than the 45-46% of white and Asian renters. New research brief:…

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Margot Kushel MD @mkushel.bsky.social · 19/12/2024

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...

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Pregnant Kentucky woman cited for street camping while in labor

She told a police officer she was in labor. The Louisville Metro Police Department lieutenant cited her for unlawful camping as the ambulance arrived. She had a baby later that day.

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 20/12/2024

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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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

Keep up with ARC for Health Equity's latest news by subscribing to our newsletter, Bending Health Toward Justice: bit.ly/ARCforEquity... #healthequity

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UCSF Action Research Center for Health @arcforhealth.bsky.social · 12/12/2024

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.

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