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Donna Castelblanco 😷

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(Grand)daughter. Tia Donna 🇨🇴 🇪🇨 Johns Hopkins DrPH student. Trauma Informed (Prenatal) Yoga. UPenn & Misericordia alum. How do you show up and serve? linktr.ee/donnacastelblanco

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Alister Martin @alisterfmartin.bsky.social · 01/02/2026
Honored to be appointed the 45th Commissioner of Health for New York City under Mayor @zohrankmamdani.bsky.social. As a kid from Jackson Heights, nothing means more to me than coming home to serve the city I was born in.
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Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health @johnshopkinssph.bsky.social · 27/05/2025
Announcing the next dean of @jhu.edu Bloomberg School of Public Health, Keshia Pollack Porter! A champion for public health, Dr. Pollack Porter has distinguished herself as a leader in advancing policy change that promotes safe, healthy environments. hub.jhu.edu/2025/05/27/b...
Headshot of Keshia Pollack Porter. Text reads: Announcing the next dean of the Bloomberg School: Keshia Pollack Porter, PhD ’06, MPH. Dr. Pollack Porter currently serves as the Bloomberg Centennial Chair and Professor in the Dept. of Health Policy and Management, a position she has held since 2022."Our aim was to find someone with distinguished academic credentials, proven administrative experience, and exceptional leadership qualities, who would honor the Bloomberg School’s storied history while fostering innovation and collaboration around a shared and ambitious vision for the school’s future at a moment of unique challenge for higher education and the field of public health. I am delighted to report that we found the perfect leader in Keshia Pollack Porter.” Ronald J. Daniels, President of Johns Hopkins University
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ACOG @acog.org · 27/05/2025
ACOG is deeply disappointed by HHS’s move to drop COVID-19 vaccine recommendations in pregnancy. The science is clear: COVID-19 remains dangerous in pregnancy and vaccination protects both patients and newborns. The vaccine is safe and protects families. Read our full statement: buff.ly/OGue7sO
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Scott Delaney @scott-delaney.bsky.social · 28/03/2025
PLEASE KEEP SUBMITTING YOUR TERMINATED GRANTS! So far, there have been fewer grants terminated this week than last, but the week ain't over. It's *CRITICAL* to advocacy for the public to know what's going on. We can't do that without you. Submit your terminated grant info here ⤵️
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Please use this form to submit information identifying specific NIH grants that have been cancelled for any reason after January 20, 2025. Data from this form will be used to update the Rescinded NIH...
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Maya Kaufman @mayakaufman.bsky.social · 12/02/2025
If you're a researcher in New York who's struggling to access NIH grant funds, please reach out! I'm a NYC-based health care reporter covering the local impact. Tips are confidential. #medsky
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 09/02/2025
There is a global solidarity movement happening at 5:30 EST today , Sunday, February 9th. Elon Musk has purchased $40M on a series of Superbowl ads attacking USAID as "wasteful spending." www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqUE...
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HealthBegins @healthbegins.bsky.social · 08/02/2025
#JobOpportunity #JobAlert #Hiring! Are you passionate about the #Upstream Movement & #healthequity? Want to work for a company that is #GPTWcertified? We're looking for a Lead #ProgramManager to join our team. Apply:
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Savvy HR Partner - Lead Program Manager - Remote Job
Savvy HR Partner This is a remote position. Lead Program Manager  About the position: California Applicants preferred, but Massachusetts and Colorado
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Dr. Lucky Tran @luckytran.com · 06/02/2025
After an unprecedented pause of three weeks, the CDC has resumed publishing its Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report (MMWR). However, three studies about bird flu that were supposed to appear in this edition, remain on hold even as the outbreak spreads.
Notes from the Field: Emergency Department Use During the Los Angeles County Wildfires, January 2025
Weekly / February 6, 2025 / 74(3);40–42

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Emily Kajita, MS, MPH1; Karen Chang, PhD1,2; Vannalyn de Leon, MPH1; Wesley Moss, MPH1; Michael Lim, MPH1; Sharon Balter, MD1; Annabelle de St. Maurice, MD1 (VIEW AUTHOR AFFILIATIONS)
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Jennifer Nuzzo, DrPH, SM @jennifernuzzo.bsky.social · 06/02/2025
I’m glad to see publication of the MMWR resume, but I am disappointed that the H5N1 reports that have been anticipated were not included.
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Dr. Sanjay Basu wrote a book and it's free!! Can't wait to read it! www.waymarkcare.com/blog/announc... #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Transforming Medicaid: A Blueprint for Equitable Care | Waymark
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"Think about what you can do that can help you get to the future state" - Dr. Damon Francis @siren-ucsf.bsky.social #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Damon recommends checking out this article, looking forward to reading it! journals.sagepub.com/doi/abs/10.1... @siren-ucsf.bsky.social #SIREN2025
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Primary Care and Equity in Health: The Importance to Effectiveness and Equity of Responsiveness to Peoples' Needs - Barbara Starfield, 2009
A consensus exists that health systems undergirded by primary health care principles achieve better health and greater equity in health than systems with a spec...
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"The people that we serve and the people who are served need to be better partnership" -Dr. Damon Francis @siren-ucsf.bsky.social #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
A question we need to always ask, "Is every dollar somehow getting back to the community it serves?" - Dr. Monica Soni @siren-ucsf.bsky.social #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Primary care is a public good, may be within the community and serving the community. Thank you Monica #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Check out recently published Birthing Care Pathway report www.dhcs.ca.gov/CalAIM/Pages... #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Need to mindful of overlap and differences between social drivers of health and structural racism @siren-ucsf.bsky.social #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"If we do our jobs well, we should be working ourselves out of our jobs." -Dr. Palav Babaria #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
What are upstream efforts? We need to remind ourselves of the long game. How are we getting patients out of poverty? #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Screen and refer is a downstream effort, YES! Thank you, Palav! #SIREN20225 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Research is great! It's not the what, it's the how that is challenging. Yes - thank you Palav! #SIREN205 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Monica reminds us to go to your colleagues, your community to think about other ways to address a specific social care issue. For example, how can we offer medically tailored meals? #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
"If healthcare isn’t doing it right, give money back to the patients” - Dr. Damon Francis #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Dr. Palav Babaria is the Chief Quality and Medical Officer for the California Department of Health Care Services. Dr. Sanjay Basu is a co-founder of Waymark, check them out here: www.waymarkcare.com #SIREN2025
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Community-based care for people receiving Medicaid | Waymark
Waymark connects you with a local care team, including community health workers, therapists, pharmacists, and care coordinators to help you get and stay healthy.
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Dr. Monica Soni is the Chief Medical Officer for Covered California. She highlights a new program calls grocery support program, a flexible fund service, for many Californians for 1 year. WOW!! #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Can't believe I'm saying this, at my final session. Dr. Damon Francis leading the final session to discuss social care policy and practice in California #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Fun fact: Berkowitz wrote this book, can't wait to check it! #SIREN2025 www.press.jhu.edu/books/title/...
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Equal Care
Introduces a vision for the future of health equity and explains practical policy measures for how to achieve it.Health inequity is one of the defining problems of our time. But current efforts to add...
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The report was shared! Here it is #SIREN2025 www.ncdhhs.gov/about/depart...
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Healthy Opportunities Pilots | NCDHHS
Lead Pilot Entities Evaluation Update Jan. 14, 2021—In May 2020, the Department announced suspension of the evaluation of proposals for RFP
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Last presentation is Dr. Seth Berkowitz was NOT ALLOWED! The communication pause impacted him, and he is not able to present on a federally funded program. The presentation title was "Medicaid spending in the North Carolina Healthy Opportunities Pilots Program" #SIRENN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Summary of helpful resources feom Dr. McCurley’s presentation on the flex program in MA! #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
There were several implementation challenges related to payments, data sharing, and administrative burden #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
For housing recipients, experiences were mixed #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
In general pts in the flexible services program, were highly satisfied, helped with having enough food, and helped with easier healthier food #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
MassHealth aka the state's Medicaid sends $$ to Mass General Brigham (a medicaid ACO) who then sends $$ to nutrition and housing orgs to offer services #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
The third presentation will be from Dr. Jessica McCurley and discussing a "multilevel evaluation of the Massachusetts Medicaid Flexible Services program to address food and housing insecurity" #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Okay this was one of my FAVORITE presentations! So wonderful!! Thank you! #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Health Share of Oregon created a community of practices to support housing navigators and CBOs #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Here are the qualitative findings of the housing benefit pilot #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Wahoo! A qualitative component, 32 semi-structured interviews with staff from 18 unique organizations #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
What a helpful slide! Check out what services were used and cost per member per month #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Pilot wrapped up in November 2024. Big overview findings - Medicaid is complicated, healthcare is complicated, AND housing is complicated! #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Sadly this pilot was paused in March 2023 and re-organized from 12 month benefit to 6 month benefit, this was to aligned with Medicaid Waiver in Oregon @siren-ucsf.bsky.social #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Goal of this housing benefit pilot: prevent or shortwn time #Medicaid patients experience #homelessness #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Oregon's largest coordinated care org serves 450K Medicaid members, wow! #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Oregon adopted housing benefit in 2024, however this pilot was before and in anticipated of Medicaid 1115 waiver #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Next up is Dr. Cat Livingston who is presenting on the initial findings and lessons learned from a Medicaid housing benefit pilot #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Check out services based in North Carolina to address IPV #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Another state to highlight North Carolina with their Medicaid 1115 waiver: Healthy Opportunities Pilot (HOP), they have several IPV services #SIREN2025
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
There are several Medi-Cal benefits that can prevent and address IPV including but not limited New Birthing Care Pathway the requires IPV screening and reframing all maternal health services to use trauma-informed lens #SIREN2025 @siren-ucsf.bsky.social
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Donna Castelblanco 😷 @dgcastelblanco.bsky.social · 04/02/2025
Recommendation #5: contract with community-based IPV services #SIREN2025
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