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HETSS Announcements

  • Helena Hansen, M.D. Ph.D. was appointed interim chair of the Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences, interim director of the UCLA Semel Institute for Neuroscience and Human Behavior at the David Geffen School of Medicine (DGSOM) at UCLA, and interim physician-in-chief of the Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital!
  • Congratulations to all of the 2021 UCLA DGSOM/CTSI/ HETSS Seed Grant Program awardees! 
  • Dr. Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, M.D., Ph.D., M.A.S. from UCSF School of Medicine was just named the new editor-in-chief of JAMA and JAMA Network!
  • Co-Chairs, Drs. Rochelle Dicker and Helena Hansen, were featured in the UCLA Health article "Propelling a culture shift in medicine" on February 14, 2022 by Jocelyn Apodaca Schlossberg!
  • Congratulations to our co-chair, Dr. Helena Hansen, for being elected to the National Academy of Medicine, among the highest honors in the fields of medicine and health! 
  • Congratulations to our co-chair, Dr. Rochelle Dicker, for receiving the prestigious 2021 American College of Surgeons/Pfizer Domestic Surgical Volunteerism Award!

Upcoming HETSS Events

Co-sponsored by the Research Theme in Health Equity & Translational Social Science (HETSS) and the Rangell Social Medicine Grand Rounds Series. These Zoom webinars are free, but registration is required. Please see below and save the date for our upcoming events.

Reproductive (In)Justice in America

Friday, June 17, 2022
1:00pm - 2:00pm PT

Presented by the Health Justice Seminar Series of The Lancet Commission on US Public Policy and Health.

Carole Joffe and Jennifer Karlin will discuss their research on self-sourced medication abortion, "CJ" and Sam Dickman will provide perspectives from a community organizer and Texas abortion provider, respectively. Talks to be followed by Q&A moderated by Dr. Liza Buchbinder from UCLA. 

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Why is Juneteenth a New Holiday to Us?: How Acknowledging Racism Breeches Healthcare's Social Contract

Tuesday, June 21, 2022
12:00 - 1:00pm PT 

Co-sponsored by HETSS, JEDI, & CGP.

Michael Mensah, MD, MPH - former UCLA Program Chief Resident, board certified psychiatrist, National Clinician Scholar, and Phd student at Yale University - will provide a historical background and critical analysis on the "new" Juneteenth holiday.  This is a hybrid event on Zoom and in-person at Semel C8-193. Please see link below for Zoom registration.

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Christina Harris M.D.

Dr. Christina Harris is a primary care physician at West Los Angeles VA, where she also serves as an associate program director for the UCLA Internal Medicine Residency Program. She has spent her career in residency leadership focused on advancing workforce diversity and advocating for a more inclusive and equitable learning environment for trainees. She also holds leadership positions for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion within the UCLA GME Office and the UCLA Department of Medicine. In July 2022, she will be transitioning to Cedars-Sinai Medical Center in the role of vice president and chief health equity officer where she will lead institution-wide health equity strategies in clinical care, research, advocacy, and education.

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