General Internal Medicine ZSFG
Faculty Mentoring Lunchtime Series - Margot Kushel, MD
TIPS FOR SUCCESS: Faculty Mentoring Lunchtime Series
This lunch series features distinguished faculty mentors in an informal session about mentorship, career advancement and satisfaction at UCSF.
Light lunch will be provided.
All faculty are welcome to attend. Registration is encouraged and will reserve you a lunch, but drop ins are welcome.
Alicia Fernandez receives grant to establish UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence
CVP Faculty Assume New Leadership Roles
It gives us great pleasure to announce Dr. Urmimala Sarkar as Associate Director of CVP and Dr. Alicia Fernández as Director of the CVP Program in Latinx and Immigrant Health.
Dinner and Panel: Addiction Medicine and the Opioid Crisis.
Please join Catherine Lucey, MD, Executive Vice Dean and Vice Dean for Education, for a special panel on addiction medicine and the opioid crisis on Tuesday, October 23, at 5:00pm in N217. This panel is open to the entire UCSF community. It is co-sponsored by the Departments of Anthropology, History and Social Medicine, and Psychiatry.
Research at ZSFG shows cost savings with rapid TB testing strategy
Results from a study at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG) published in JAMA Internal Medicine showed that rapid molecular testing yielded cost savings greater than $13,000 per isolated tuberculosis (TB)-negative patient. By implementing a rapid testing strategy, patients who tested negative were able to discontinue respiratory isolation in significantly less time than in the pre-implementation period.
Health Disparities Research Symposium
The UC San Francisco Health Disparities Research Symposium is an opportunity to showcase research on health disparities conducted by faculty and trainees at UC San Francisco and other Bay Area healthcare and research institutions. Our purpose is to inspire future collaborations and research direction by showcasing the breadth and depth of disparities research.
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Towards a New Analytical Framework to Critique Sugar Tax Policies
On Tuesday, July 31st at 10am, the UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations at ZSFG will host Gerardine Doyle, Professor at University College Dublin Quinn School of Business.
CVP Director Margot Kushel wins 2018 Hal Luft Mentoring Award
We are delighted to announce that Margot Kushel, MD has been selected as this year's recipient of the Harold S. Luft Award for Mentoring in Health Services and Health Policy Research, awarded by the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.