by Dean Schillinger, MD
Please see the recent thoughtpiece in the Journal of Endocrinology and Diabetes.
Monday, December 19, 2016
Tuesday, December 13, 2016
Their Values and Ours
By Alicia Fernandez, MD
A really important Perspective piece was published recently in the NEJM, and I am proud to say that one of our colleagues,
Margot Kushel, was senior author.
Tuesday, August 30, 2016
Cautionary tale of health disparities in the age of precision medicine
by Kirsten
Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS
Many of us do not routinely read the genetic literature, but
for those of us interested in health disparities, a study in this week’s NEJM and its implications are critically
important.
Monday, August 1, 2016
Science and Public Health on Trial
by Dean Schillinger, MD
Our purpose in writing this piece was to alert the
scientific, clinical, and public health communities about the outcome of the
landmark decision regarding warning
notices on advertisements for sugar sweetened beverages (SSBs) and explain its
legal underpinnings. We also wanted to show this as an exemplar of how industry-misappropriated scientific language and scientific methods to hijack science
and public health and obfuscate scientific truth and introduce controversy
regarding associations between their products (in this case SSBs) and health
harms (in this case obesity, diabetes, and tooth decay). Finally, we wanted to
highlight the importance of such policy efforts for improving the health of
at-risk populations, including children, ethnic minorities, and individuals with
limited health literacy.
Click below to read the full JAMA viewpoint:
Monday, June 13, 2016
Citizen Engagement in Precision Public Health
By Courtney Lyles, PhD and Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, MD, PhD
At the Precision
Public Health Summit held this week at UCSF (sponsored by the Bill and
Melinda Gates Foundation and the White House Office of Science, Technology, and
Policy: see), we were inspired by many great discussions and ideas. While the field is still figuring out how to
define and conceptualize the core elements of “precision public health,” a
broad interpretation that is relatively simple and straightforward includes: a discipline for using the best methodologies
and datasets to tailor interventions (from medical screenings and treatments,
to community wellness and prevention programs, to science-informed advocacy and
policy) that better meet the needs and priorities of local communities and
individuals.
Friday, February 19, 2016
Dean Schillinger Receives 2016 James Irvine Foundation Award
Congratulations to our Chief of the Division of General Internal Medicine on receiving the prestigious James Irvine Foundation Award!
Below is his acceptance speech and a link to the UCSF article about the award:
Below is his acceptance speech and a link to the UCSF article about the award:
Thursday, November 5, 2015
Digital literacy and what it means for healthcare
by Courtney Lyles, PhD
Should healthcare organizations be taking a major role in
increasing the overall digital literacy of their patients?
In my last post I talked about how most patients in our
health system, the SFHN, want to use the internet to manage their health care
and health, but don’t have the proficiency they need to be able to do so. I
wanted to take that idea one step further. If our patients often can look
something up on Google but don’t know how to use an email account (which is
often required for signing up to access your electronic health record online) –
should we be providing them with basic technology classes? The answer I keep coming back to is “yes,”
and here are a few reasons why:
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