Jayme Congdon, MD, MS recently worked with San Francisco State Assemblyperson Matt Haney on legislation that expands access to buprenorphine treatment for opioid addiction to adolescents age 16 and older. The bill, AB 816: Medication Assisted Treatment for Youth, was recently signed into law by Governor Gavin Newsom. Currently, overdose deaths account for 1 out of every 5 deaths of those under 18 in California. With the signing of the bill, California joins nine other states in implementing laws that allow youth 16+ to consent to medical treatment for substance use disorder.
Clinical practice in hospitals after the "X-waiver" for buprenorphine prescribing was been removed, allowing all clinicians with an active DEA registration for Schedule III medications to prescribe buprenorphine for OUD, is discussed in a Journal of Hospital Medicine article by Oanh Nguyen, MD, MAS and colleagues.
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Investiture of Dean Schillinger, MD
into the Andrew B. Bindman Professorship in Primary Care and Health Policy
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The professorship, jointly held between IHPS and UCSF’s Division of General Internal Medicine, honors an individual who has a commitment to providing high quality care to the urban underserved, conducts ground-breaking health policy research, and has a love for teaching and mentoring residents and fellows.
Photo: Dean Schillinger seated in chair, l-r: Bob Wachter, Bimla Schwarz, Andy Bindman, Talmadge King, Nicole Lurie, Joanne Spetz
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Dean Schillinger (l) and Andy Bindman (r)
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Alison Cohen is an epidemiologist who does community-driven, policy-relevant applied epidemiology and public health research to study social and environmental determinants of health inequities, and possible interventions that could reduce these inequities. In addition to her primary appointment in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, she is also affiliated faculty with the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.
Much of her research is in partnership with community-based organizations, with the goal of systematically documenting health inequities using community-based participatory research approaches and harnessing the power of research-practice partnerships. She also studies interventions beyond the health sector that could reduce inequities in health and well-being.
Alison has experience doing multidisciplinary research and evaluation on topics including public health, education, youth, civic engagement, and the environment. She conducts research locally, nationally, and internationally, in English, Spanish, and French.
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IHPS Grand Rounds: For the Long Haul: The Pandemic’s Impact on Practice Orientations and Labor Relations for Registered Nurses
LaTonya Trotter, PhD, MA, MPH
University of Washington
Dec 5, 2023, 12 - 1 pm PT
In-person Mission Hall 2100
Zoom here (passcode 513693)
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Jeff Belkora:
(Stat News)
A Jay Holmgren:
(Washington Post)
Joanne Spetz:
(The Nation)
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Philip R. Lee Fellowship Fund Endowed
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Since its founding 50 years ago, IHPS has been dedicated to training the next generation of leaders in interdisciplinary research to solve our most important health policy issues. In celebration of our 50th anniversary and to honor our founders, Phil Lee and Lew Butler, we established an endowment fund for the Philip R. Lee Fellowship. We are pleased to announce the fund has been endowed! We hope to continue to keep this fund and our fellowship program robust. Please consider donating at our dedicated webpage!
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