Claire Brindis appointed Director of the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies! Click for announcement

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Diversity in U.S. Medical Schools: Revitalizing Efforts to Increase Diversity in a Changing Context, 1960s-2000s, a report of a major seven-year study of racial/ethnic diversity in medical schools, by Philip R. Lee, MD and Patricia E. Franks.

Universal Healthcare for Children co-authored by Mary Kreger.

Translating Medical Effectiveness Research into Policy: Lessons from the California Health Benefits Review Program by J.M. Coffman, M.K. Hong, W.M. Aubry, H.S. Luft, and E.H. Yelin.

A Health Research and Policy Agenda for Im/migration Between Mexico and California by L.A. Lubbock, C.D. Brindis, S.B. Macfarlane, et. al. California and Mexico are rich in research expertise and research interest in migrant health. The combined research outputs of academic institutions on both sides of the United States-Mexico border have resulted in a significant body of knowledge about patterns of disease, health seeking behaviors, access to health care, and health outcomes of Mexican migrants living in California. (Spanish PDF)

A Way to Deliver Health Care That;s Better, Safer and Cheaper by Henry F. C. Weil and Philip R. Lee in Washington Post of December 19th. "The health-care debate in the Senate has, thankfully, returned to the paramount issue of cost. Unfortunately, the most obvious, time-tested and feasible approach to providing high-quality care at reasonable cost remains excluded from consideration." --- Philip R. Lee, a former chancellor of the University of California at San Francisco

In Addressing California’s Health Coverage Gaps: The Impact of National Health Care Reform, political scientist Annette Gardner, Berkeley CHEFS Associate Director Melissa Rodgers, and Berkeley Labor Center Chair Ken Jacobs focus on the human face of health care reform: the millions of individuals and families who lack affordable insurance coverage.  The report analyzes how well the bills moving forward in Congress will succeed in filling coverage gaps in California and what effects the bills will have on California’s safety net system.

The 2007/2008 Forum- Creating a Health Research and Policy Agenda For Im/migration Between Mexico and California by Claire Brindis and Sarah Macfarlane

Claire Brindis interviewed by Hank Plante re: Senate debate on abortion amendment in health care reform bill.  http://cbs5.com/video/?id=58980@kpix.dayport.com

Primary Care and Accountable Care--Two Essential Elements of Delivery-System Reform. NEJM article by Diane Rittenhouse, Stephen Shortell; and Elliott Fisher.

CTSI-UCSF Health Policy Program has been awarded a NIH/ARRA Supplement Grant for a Comparative Effectiveness Large Dataset Analysis Core (CELDAC) to establish a centralized, campus-wide data repository infrastructure. CELDAC will be led by Jim Kahn, Adams Dudley, Steve Takemoto, and Janet Coffman. more

Joe Guydish and his team have been awarded a stimulus grant to look at the impact of core implementation components on the adoption of drug abuse treatment interventions shown to be effective. The long-term goal is to speed the translation of Clinical Trial Network research findings to implementation.

Michael Cabana and his team in collaboration with Homer Boushey have been awarded a 7-year grant to establish an asthma research center at UCSF, one of 8 centers funded throughout the country (a new AsthmaNet clinical research network).

Policies for the Treatment of Alcohol and Drug Use Disorders and the Highlights by Dennis McCarthy, John McConnell and Laura Schmidt.

“Policy Expert Brindis Takes the Pulse of Health Care Reform Efforts.”

“Reforming the Private Insurance Market: Lessons from California for National Health Reform.” Policy brief by Janet Coffman published by the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security.

UCSF Breast Care Center’s Decision Services Program led by Jeff Belkora was one of 3 winners of innovation award presented by the Mayo Clinic’s Center for Innovation. Presentation by Jeff Belkora and Alexandra Teng at Mayo’s TRANSFORM symposium. (Scroll down to 5th presentation.)

“Racial and Ethnic Disparities in Substance Abuse Treatment”, policy brief prepared by Laura Schmidt for the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.

“Beyond the Public Plan: A Pathway to Contain Costs and Transform the Delivery System.” Policy brief by Hal Luft published by the Berkeley Center on Health, Economic & Family Security.

“Quality-based payment for medical groups and individual physicians.” Inquiry article by J Robinson, S Shortell, D Rittenhouse, S Fernandes-Taylor, R Gillies, L Casalino.