With summer drawing to a close and fall just around the corner, I am pleased to share our latest Department of Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences newsletter.

​Happy reading,

Peter Lindenauer MD MSc MHM (he/him)

Chair, Department of Healthcare Delivery and Population Sciences

Eduardo Núñez has recently received a NCI K08 award to test a community health worker-delivered intervention to mitigate disparities in lung cancer screening.

"As the opioid epidemic continues, clinicians, advocates, community members, and people who use drugs are all looking for ways to keep people safe. We have already been providing several aspects of harm reduction in our emergency department for a few years, but as we planned to expand the care we provided, we felt it would be beneficial to better understand our patients’ perspectives...." Read more about Elizabeth Schoenfeld and Lauren Westafer's recently published article in Annals of Emergency Medicine.

"Our BeHealthy ACO Innovation Project is to develop and pilot the implementation of a program plan for group visits centered on well infant care (named Healthy Babies) and obesity management (named Healthy Lifestyles) at the pediatrics clinic..."

Penny Pekow

Supervisor of Biostats and Research Support

Team Member since: 1996

Karin Johnson discussed the use of anti-obesity drug Zepbound for treating sleep apnea on health-reporter.news.

DHDPS is inviting applications for a new Assistant Professor position within the Division of Health and Behavior. This position is ideal for physician or PhD scientists with post-doctoral training and a particular interest in behavioral or translational science, as well as the related fields of community-engaged research, implementation science, and health disparities.