IHPS staff and faculty are internationally-known experts across a variety of policy topics, but a large amount of our work is focused on our home state of California. This is not surprising, given that California’s population and economy is larger than most nations, and we are close to Sacramento. We support state policymakers and administrators with data, research, evaluation, and expert guidance. This month we describe some of these projects, which include studies of the environment and health, the healthcare workforce, and the impact of safety-net programs on health outcomes.
Joanne Spetz
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Many IHPS faculty work with policymakers and elected officials in state and local governments in California. Julia Adler-Milstein, PhD works with the California Department of Public Health to determine the health information technology landscapre. Naomi Bardach, MD led the state of California effort to open schools during the COVID-19 pandemic. Janet Coffman, PhD, MPP has provided guidance to the California State Legislature for many years through the California Health Benefits Review Program (CHBRP).
Jayme Congdon, MD, MS, collaborating with CA Assemblymember Matt Haney (D-San Francisco) on a policy brief and bill that proposes to reduce the age for which parental consent is needed for medication treatment for opioid use disorder. Mara Decker, DrPH provides evaluation, technical assistance, and training in partnership with the California Department of Public Health’s Maternal, Child and Adolescent Health division to support their Adolescent Health Education Programs. Rita Hamad, MD, PhD is currently leading an effort to increase use of the earned-income tax credit by WIC beneficiaries in California.
Matt Pantell, MD, MS is working with the CA Office of the Surgeon General and Department of Health Care Services to explore adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) screening as measured by Medicaid claims. Joanne Spetz, PhD is working with the California Department of Aging’s program to develop and support career pathways for the Home and Community-Based Services (HCBS) workforce. Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH is working with the state on a report on how microplastics affect health.
Learn more about some of IHPS's current work with state and local government in California. Read more
Photo: IHPS Affiliated Faculty and Director, UCSF Public Psychiatry Fellowship at ZSFG, Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS (l) with Sacramento Mayor Darrell Steinberg when advocating for the UCSF public psychiatry fellowship which is funded by the California Mental Health Services Act.
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California Labor Lab Webinar Series |
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Improving Worker Health Through Organizational Changes
Glorian Sorensen, PhD, MPH
Harvard University
Feb 22, 12 - 1 pm
Webinar registration link here
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The Impact of State Preemption of Local “Sanctuary” Policies on Immigrant’s Access to Health Services
Mark Hall, JD
Wake Forest University
Mar 1, 12 - 1 pm
Mission Hall 1406 and Webinar link here
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IHPS Health Policy Grand Rounds |
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Innovation in the US Healthcare Delivery System’s Social Care Activities
Laura Gottlieb, MD, MPH
UCSF, Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Mar 15, 12 - 1 pm
Mission Hall 2103 and Webinar link here
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IHPS Emerging Scholar Seminar |
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Central Nervous System-Active Medication Use Among Persons Living with Dementia in Long-Term Care
Lauren Gerlach, PhD
University of Michigan
Mar 16, 12 - 1 pm
Mission Hall 1406 and Webinar link here
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IHPS Impacting Policy Seminar Series |
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Health Policy and Twitter: Social Media as a Career & Program Development Tool in Health Policy Research
Charlie Wray, DO, MS
UCSF, School of Medicine
Mar 22, 12 - 1 pm
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John Rose, MD, MPH, is a plastic and reconstructive surgeon who cares for patients with cancer. In research, Rose focuses on the performance of health care systems for patients having surgery. Taking a broad view of health services, he studies the effects of hospital protocols, the dissemination of new technologies, and the effects of health care policy on patient care. His research has received funding from the National Institutes of Health and includes data from patients in numerous countries. He has authored more than 50 scientific manuscripts, and his findings have been featured in landmark initiatives from the Lancet, World Bank and World Health Organization.
Rose earned a medical degree from the University of California, Irvine and a master of public health degree from the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health. He completed a residency in general surgery at Brigham and Women's Hospital and a residency in plastic and reconstructive surgery at Johns Hopkins University. He then completed a fellowship in microsurgery at Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center.
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Newer “closed-loop” neurostimulation devices in development could, in theory, induce changes to patients’ personalities and self-perceptions. Empirically, however, only limited data of patient and family experiences exist. Responsive neurostimulation (RNS) as a treatment for refractory epilepsy is the first approved and commercially available closed-loop brain stimulation system in clinical practice, presenting an opportunity to observe how conceptual neuroethical concerns manifest in clinical treatment. In a recent AJOB Neuroscience article, Dan Dohan, PhD, Alissa Bernstein Sideman, PhD, MPH, MA and colleagues share their findings that empirical experiences of a clinical population being treated with closed-loop neuromodulation do not corroborate theoretical concerns about RNS devices described by neuroethicists and technology developers. However, closed-loop devices demonstrated an ability to change illness experiences., calling attention to the need to situate neuroethical concerns in the broader contexts of patients’ illness experiences and social circumstances
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Comprehensive sexual health education that addresses adolescents’ questions and concerns regarding clinical services can help to reduce perceived barriers, increase facilitators, and increase intention to use services if needed. In a recent Journal of Adolescent Health article, Mara Decker, DrPH, Melissa Saphir and colleagues discuss the findings of their study that examined whether comprehensive sexual health education that provides information on clinical services can change adolescents' perceptions of barriers, facilitators, and intention to use services and whether changes in perceptions differ by participant characteristics. Read more
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Spinal cord stimulators (SCSs) are neuromodulation devices implanted in the epidural space with the goal of treating chronic pain that fails to respond to conventional treatment. Despite the increasing utilization of SCSs, there are limitations to the evidence supporting its superiority over usual care, which includes conventional medical management (CMM). In a recent JAMA Neurology article, Sanket Dhruva, MD, MHS, Rita Redberg, MD, MS and colleagues share their findings from their large, real-world, comparative effectiveness research study comparing SCS and CMM for chronic pain, that found SCS placement was not associated with a reduction in opioid use or nonpharmacologic pain interventions at 2 years. SCS was associated with higher costs, and SCS-related complications were common. Read more
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Adolescent girls and young women (AGYW) in sub-Saharan Africa face many barriers to accessing preventive sexual and reproductive health services. Jenny Liu, PhD, MPP, MA and colleagues drew upon the strengths of two complementary approaches, human-centered design and behavioral economics, to craft a holistic, highly-tailored, and empathetic intervention to motivate AGYW to seek contraception and HIV self-test kits at community drug shops. They shared their findings in a recent Social Science & Medicine article that integrating human-centered design and behavioral economics was effective for developing an innovative and effective intervention that simultaneously met the different needs of economic actors in support of public health priorities.
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IHPS faculty are responding to policy challenges raised by the
COVID-19 pandemic.
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Janet Coffman:
(CalMatters)
Jayme Congdon:
(NBC BayArea)
A Jay Holmgren:
(Politico)
Jack Turban:
(Common Dreams)
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Philip R. Lee Fellowship Fund Update |
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We are thrilled to share that our effort to endow the Philip R. Lee Fellowship Fund has been successful – we have exceeded the minimum threshold and will move the funds into an endowment later this year. We currently have more than $400,000 raised towards our ambitious goal of $1 million.
If you are interested in supporting the fellowship and would like to double your impact, we have an exciting donor match that will match gifts up to $50,000. You can make your gift here: (note that the total on this page is lower than our total raised, because some donors have used donor-advised funds or directly sent a check).
The first PRL Fellow, Kim Rhoads (l), with Phil Lee (r)
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