Join us tomorrow, April 9th from 12:00–1:00 PM for a book talk with David Blumenthal, MD, MPP, as he discusses WHIPLASH: From the Battle for Obamacare to the War on Science. We hope to see you there!

Please join us virtually tomorrow, April 8, for our IMPACT + IHPS Policy Skills Series featuring a talk on Translating Cost and Cost-Effectiveness for Policymakers, presented by Reza Yaesoubi, PhD, and James Kahn, MD, MPH.

Please join us for IHPS Health Policy Grand Rounds on tomorrow, April 1, 2026, from 12:00–1:00 PM, featuring Shekinah Fashaw-Walters, PhD.

We're delighted to welcome Emerging Scholar, Adam Horwitz, PhD, tomorrow, March 31, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM.

Please feel free to reach out to Beth Thew at beth.thew@ucsf.edu for the Zoom link.

What are obesogens? The sneaky metabolism killer lurking around your home These chemicals have fancy names like bisphenol A, phthalates and polybrominated diphenyl ethers — and unfortunately, they are pretty much everywhere.

UCSF IHPS Faculty Robert Lustig in "What are obesogens? The sneaky metabolism killer lurking around your home".

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Blue Shield of California and California Department of Education Offer Youth Mental Health First Aid Training to California Teachers "Youth Mental Health First Aid empowers educators to support students in distress and serve as a bridge to ongoing, holistic care."

UCSF IHPS evaluation study featured in Blue Shield of California and California Department of Education Offer Youth Mental Health First Aid Training to California Teachers.

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Please join us tomorrow, March 17, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our IHPS Health Policy Grand Rounds with Gina Solomon, MD, MPH.

What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion mean for the Health Sciences, and Why Big Data Needs Them All YouTube video by Commonwealth Club World Affairs of California

UCSF IHPS faculty member Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD, at Commonwealth Club World Affairs with The Lundberg Institute.

Watch here:
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What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mean for the Health Sciences, and Why Big Data Needs Them All Sometimes, because of the current political pushback, one can get the false impression that the academic attention that has recently been paid to increasing a university’s diversity, equity and inclus...

Join IHPS at UCSF and The Lundberg Institute on March 9, online or in-person, as Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD gives a @cwclub.bsky.social talk, What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mean for the Health Sciences, and Why Big Data Needs Them All

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As Trump’s immigration crackdown continues, hospitals have become a battleground OPINION: 32 people died in U.S. immigration custody in 2025, the highest recorded number of deaths in more than two decades — and most died in hospitals near detention centers.

UCSF IHPS faculty Theresa Cheng, MD, JD: As Trump’s immigration crackdown continues, hospitals have become a battleground

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Commentary: My toothache led to a painful discovery: The dental care system is full of cavities as you age Roughly half of adults 65 and older have no dental insurance, and they may soon have more company.

UCSF IHPS faculty member Beth Mertz, PhD, MA, on dental costs in the US. #latimes #dentalcost

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Please join us tomorrow, March 4, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our IHPS Health Policy Grand Rounds with Dorit Reiss, LLB, PhD.

Can a Med School’s Residency Pathway Cure the Pediatrician Shortage? Peds-START (Pediatric Specialized Training and Admission to Residency Track) is one of the only programs of its kind in the country that provides medical students interested in pediatrics early mentor...

“The question is whether we value the health of our children and the country’s future enough to act.”- UCSF IHPS's Janet Coffman

Can a Med School’s Residency Pathway Cure the Pediatrician Shortage?

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A tremendous thank you to the Honorable Robert L. Santos for delivering our 2026 Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture yesterday in addition to spending the day with our faculty and UCSF National Clinician Scholars Program fellows.

Please join us tomorrow, February 11, from 12:00–1:00 PM for our annual Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture, “The Real Challenge Facing Researchers Is… Us!” a fireside chat with The Honorable Robert L. Santos.

What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mean for the Health Sciences, and Why Big Data Needs Them All Sometimes, because of the current political pushback, one can get the false impression that the academic attention that has recently been paid to increasing a university’s diversity, equity and inclus...

Join UCSF IHPS and The Lundberg Institute on March 9, online or in-person, as Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD gives a @cwclub.bsky.social talk, What Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Mean for the Health Sciences, and Why Big Data Needs Them All

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Should Ultraprocessed Foods Be Off The Menu? New USDA dietary guidelines tell us to “eat real food.” Should policymakers get highly processed foods out of our stores and school lunches?

UCSF IHPS's Laura Schmidt joins Flora Lichtman. What might ultraprocessed food be doing to our health & what steps policymakers could take to help us eat less of them?

Should Ultraprocessed Foods Be Off The Menu?

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Congratulations to UCSF IHPS faculty Melanie Molina, MD, MAS who received a 2026 JAMA Editorial Fellowship. Her research focuses on using electronic health record-based interventions to address social and behavioral needs in the emergency department. #JAMA

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When CA State Legislature needs advice on the most current health policy issues UCSF IHPS provides hands-on support w/the latest research & clinical expertise. Thanks to our faculty who presented at our annual health policy symposium in the State Capitol this week! #healthpolicy

America’s Convenience-Store Conundrum The Trump administration’s “real food” campaign will go only so far as the offerings at your local mini-mart.

UCSF IHPS faculty, Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS, in The Atlantic: Mini-marts such as 7-Eleven and Sheetz “have an outsized role in our food system because they are the only food access point in many neighborhoods."

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New work by UCSF IHPS faculty member Sarah Garrett, PhD:

“Shifting the Culture and the Way That We Practice”: Perinatal Clinicians' Cognitive, Behavioral, and Team‐Level Changes Following Equity‐Focused Interventions

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Trauma or Toxic? A Deep Dive into the Impact of Stress on Kids’ Health UCSF researchers found evidence that stress occurring as early as before birth or as late as adolescence can affect multiple conditions in kids, from asthma to mental health to cognitive functioning.

Stress matters now for kids, before they demonstrate visible harm finds the most comprehensive review to date by UCSF IHPS faculty Nicole Bush & colleagues.

Trauma or Toxic? A Deep Dive into the Impact of Stress on Kids’ Health

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The IHPS + IMPACT Policy Skills Series will hold its next session tomorrow, 1/14/26 from 12:00pm-1:00pm with Sarah Roberts, DrPH.

Please feel free to reach out to Beth Thew at beth.thew@ucsf.edu for the Zoom link. We hope to see many of you present virtually!

‘It keeps your body strong, your muscles strong, your brain strong:’ perceptions about the role of physical activity and nutrition in brain health among middle-aged Latinos Latinos are disproportionately impacted by Alzheimer’s disease and related dementias (ADRD). It is estimated that interventions targeting lifestyle and health behaviors could prevent or delay up to...

New work by UCSF IHPS faculty Alissa Bernstein Sideman ‘It keeps your body strong, your muscles strong, your brain strong:’ perceptions about the role of physical activity and nutrition in brain health among middle-aged Latinos

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Kids are spending a lot of their school days on their phones | CNN Adolescents spend an average of 70 minutes of their school days on their phones, new research finds. But parents can help suggest ways kids not use phones at school.

Help kids resist the "addictive qualities" of phones at school urges

UCSF IHPS faculty, Jason Nagata

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Please join us tomorrow, January 7, 2026, from 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM for our IHPS Health Policy Grand Rounds with Kitt Carpenter, PhD.

WHO Recommends GLP-1 Drugs for Obesity: What to Know New guidelines from the World Health Organization (WHO) recommend using GLP-1 medications to help manage obesity along with a healthy diet and regular exercise.

UCSF IHPS faculty, Anil Makam, on new WHO guidelines - "GLP-1 medications are the first truly effective class of drugs we’ve ever had to treat obesity,”

Makam added the WHO guidelines may have actually undersold the benefits of these weight loss drugs.

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"Anytime I see public actors like the city of San Francisco or state level attorneys interested in litigation, I'm encouraged, because that's how we got the attention of the tobacco companies back in the 1990s," -UCSF IHPS faculty, Laura Schmidt

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Trump administration proposes to exclude education, social work, nursing from professional degrees The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, passed in July, implemented loan limits on advanced degrees. With it came a new division of professional degrees and graduate degrees.

UCSF IHPS faculty, Janet Coffman, on the impact to nurses of the proposed changes in professional degree categories and loan limits.

Trump administration proposes to exclude education, social work, nursing from professional degrees

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When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest

UCSF IHPS faculty Renee Hsia in @thenyt.bsky.social.

When the G.O.P. Medicaid Cuts Arrive, These Hospitals Will Be Hit Hardest #HealthcareCuts #HealthCoverage #AccesstoCare #Medicaid

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