Health psychologist and UCSF researcher focused on social determinants of health, stress and chronic disease | Family and Community Medicine | Opinions my own
What's it like being a family physician researcher? In a panel discussion, @dehlendorfmd @KevinGrumbach
@Holt_HK@M1potter@AJSharmaMD discussed their career paths and their impact on public health, policy, practice & beyond. Learn more: https://t.co/wCZsDtZ6gQ #fmrevolution
15+ yrs ago, @UCSF's Michael Potter worked w/SF community health clinics to develop a model that paired colorectal cancer screening w/something about 1/2 of us do annually: get a flu shot. Today, CHCs in all 50 states have used FLU-FIT to save lives. https://t.co/N3K8Z6MFOI
This is a BFD and interested to learn more. UCSF is the 2nd largest employer in SF county and 4th largest in bay area. As an economic entity we have a responsibility to provide training and employment opportunities that align with the community priorities https://t.co/HhbAT3dr2a
SIREN podcasts are back for the SUMMER! 📢
Our first episode dropped last week Wednesday.
You can listen to it here or on your favorite podcast platform: https://t.co/3yqKVPHy9W
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It was my privilege to chair a symposium at #adaSciSessions today focused on the international consensus to #EndDiabetesStigma and the Pledge with a panel of speakers: @matthewgarza98 Mary de Groot, Kevin Joiner and Susan Guzman (a thread of some of the messages shared today)
Excited to share our latest publication where we found virtual programs had meaningful positive impacts for adults with type 1 diabetes - both in terms of HbA1c and in how folks emotionally feel!
Adults with type 1 diabetes experienced clinically meaningful reductions in diabetes distress and HbA1c after participating in a virtual emotion-focused and/or education/behavioral program. @ADA_Pubs
Read Here➡️https://t.co/YTu8Bif9i3
@UCSFFamilyMed@DiabetesCareADA Grateful to all of the individuals with diabetes who participated to make this work possible, to our own UCSF Diabetes Clinic for taking steps to integrate learnings from this work into diabetes care, and to UCSF for supporting and helping to get the word out!
STUDY: Emotion-focused program for #diabetes distress (DD) displayed the most consistent benefits + was far more effective at lowering DD than any other intervention that has been previously researched. Paper in @DiabetesCareADA by @HesslerJones https://t.co/mndyJg6ipf
The recording from our latest webinar: New SIREN Social Care Conceptual Model is live on our YouTube channel.
Watch it here ➡️https://t.co/n8a2JikU2Y via @YouTube
Meet @rachelglogan. Her research agenda recognizes the expertise of Black communities and centers their perspectives on improving sexual and reproductive health outcomes. Dr. Logan was named a 2023 Changemaker in #FamilyPlanning by @societyfp. Learn more https://t.co/hUAwI5Whyv
Meet Drs. Emilia De Marchis and Laura Gottlieb of @SIREN_UCSF. In 2023, they published the 1st synthesis of existing social screening implementation research to inform screening practice and policymaking. Learn more https://t.co/hUAwI5Whyv #healthequity#research
About 38 million Americans have #diabetes What's causing the rise in #type2 in the U.S.? What groups are most impacted? In our new podcast episode, Prof Carolina Noya answers these Qs & shares the innovative diabetes care program she leads at @ucsfhealth https://t.co/2ZwHhLQpwl
Meet Abby Cabrera, @UCSFCEPC project manager + co-chair for the SF Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee. Within 2 yrs of implementation, the program has led to a 34% decrease in sugary drink consumption. Meet more #healthequity researchers https://t.co/TmDegvEIlX
Annals of Family Medicine @AnnFamMed has published the abstracts of completed research from the 51st Annual Meeting – check it out here: https://t.co/6n9nXRedqw