First ARCH Symposium at ⁦CSUEB News⁩ hosted by ⁦Arnab Mukherjea⁩

Great line up of talks and posters all by junior investigators and trainees working on #AsianAmerican #health

⁦Tung Nguyen⁩ ⁦Janice Tsoh, PhD⁩ ⁦Janet Chu MD MPH⁩

The Asian American Research Center on Health invites you to a virtual event honoring

Moon Chen, Jr., MPH, PhD
with the 2022 Christopher N.K. Jenkins Cancer Control Award

Fri, Oct 21, 2022
12-1 PM PT
Register here: tiny.ucsf.edu/JenkinsAward20…

Tung Nguyen Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center @ UCSF UCSFDGIM

We're live tweeting from the ARCH seminar on Filling Data Gap on #AsianAmericans with Neil G. Ruiz and Pew Research Center

use #BeingAsianinAmerica

bit.ly/3dcfMY8

Join the Asian American Research Center on Health for a webinar:

Tues, 9/13 12-1:30 PM PST

'Fill the Data Gap on Asian Americans: Pew Research Center #BeingAsianinAmerica Project' with Dr. Neil G. Ruiz

Register here: bit.ly/3wtiq2d

Cosponsored by AAPIC & UCSF Diversity

Congratulations Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH for receiving the 2022 Harold S. Luft Award for Mentoring in Health Services Research and Policy! So well-deserved for a truly exceptional mentor!

🔥 off the press! New paper sharing our local SF experience rolling out a 3-day low-dose overlap initiation protocol for buprenorphine.

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Check out our newly published issue brief from CHCF on methadone regulatory changes during COVID-19, highlighting work done with Kelly Knight Oanh Kieu Nguyen, MD!

In honor of #NationalWomenPhysicianDay we acknowledge the female physicians who support SGIM as members of our Council. Monica Lypson Gail L. Daumit, MD, MHS JulieOylerMD Tiffany I. Leung Janet Chu MD MPH

My colleagues Rena Fox & Janet Chu MD MPH helped put in a FIB-4 calculator in our EHR.
Within 2 weeks, I used it 3 times, identified 1 patient at high risk for cirrhosis and 1 who needs additional evaluations. All 3 have been my patients for a while.
Insist on a FIB-4 calculator!

Please think about supporting SGIM on 11/30 #GivingTuesdaySGIM --your donations help jumpstart the careers of trainees, further building the pipeline of general internists! I'm grateful for the support I received as a fellow and I'll be giving back
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1/ Excited to share our new publication in Joint Commission Journal here! tinyurl.com/lepdcdispariti…

Using post-hospital discharge automated phone calls, we found that patients with #LimitedEnglishProficiency were more likely has post-discharge issues across ALL domains we studied.

See Thread🧵

I've always been so inspired and impressed by Leslie Suen, MD, MAS's advocacy for patients at an individual and systems level

'Health care systems must treat [alcohol and other substance use] disorders...with evidenced-based treatment and connection to community care'

Incredibly honored to be awarded Best Published Paper by API Caucus, APHA APHA along w/ Janice Tsoh, PhD Ninez Ponce Elena Ong for our work highlighting the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 deaths among communities of color, particularly among AA and NHPIs.

Ana I. Velázquez Mañana, MD MSc (she/her/ella) Scarlett Lin Gomez, MPH, PhD Our FANS Study will look at possible causes of #lungcancer in Female Asian Never-Smokers. fansstudy.ucsf.edu youtu.be/0iHZPK_-sWU Scarlett Lin Gomez, MPH, PhD

Data suggest Asian Americans had the highest risk of death from #COVID infection. Few noticed. We examine the data in context of history and racism. Brandon Yan, MD MPH @JanetNChu Janice Tsoh, PhD Tung Nguyen rdcu.be/cudNH

Congrats Connie Wang on your poster of distinction at #ddw2021 highlighting the impact of COVID19 on endoscopies, potentially amplifying existing racial and socioeconomic disparities.

Excited to present our work identifying unrecognized fatty liver disease with high risk of advanced fibrosis among patients with diabetes in primary care #ddw2021 Rena Fox Danielle Brandman

Behind the scenes: When your photography- and AV-enthusiast husband Prentice Wongvibulsin finds out your have an oral presentation for #SGIM2021 . Excited to share our findings about disparities in liver cancer mortality by SF neighborhoods! Scarlett Lin Gomez, MPH, PhD Tung Nguyen Debby Oh, PhD

#MyFirstSGIM : Colorado 2018, Presenting a vignette poster on P. multocida ft a pic of my sister's dog (though not the culprit in the vignette), rooming with Leslie Suen, MD, MAS, and being inspired by work of incredible colleagues! Can't wait for #SGIM22 (hopefully in person!) #UCSF

Rapid uptake in telemedicine 2/2 COVID-19: 2 great #SGIM21 posters by Michelle-Linh Nguyen and team on impact of telemedicine on lab orders/referrals as well as patient experiences/barriers with telemedicine. Elaine Khoong Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH Courtney Lyles, PhD