'It's always about work. Everybody knows that'

I wish I saw this mindset in medical training

Our Sweetgrass Grant is open for applications! Sweetgrass grantees may receive up to $10,000.

Sweetgrass gives out awards to urban Native-serving orgs who produce programming on Indigenous approaches to chronic disease.

Apply by 6/28/24. Details here: loom.ly/Xl8F9nU

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You—yes, you!—should attend this super cool event I'm helping with @ucsf Emancipatory Sciences Lab

There will be:
- panel on scholar-activism
- panel on art as activism
- hands-on workshop time

It's free! There's food! You can join virtually!

Tickets here: buff.ly/4959Bwa

'Homelessness rarely arises by choice but is an accumulation of setbacks layered upon vulnerability...With open hearts, not closed minds, we can create solutions where all people can preserve dignity.' - Claudine Sipili

Read: progressive.org/op-eds/a-just-…

#stigma #dignity

I'm really excited to share my latest contribution to the CHCF blog at my experience practicing #primarycare in a PBI--a predominantly Black institution. No code-switching required! We're hiring - come join me!

The Gift I Didn’t Realize I Needed chcf.org/blog/gift-didn…

It was great to see everyone at our first HF Partners Conf session!

Here's what's next for our team:
🗓️ 4/10 | 12:15PM ET Homelessness & Health Plenary:
Margot Kushel MD
🗓️ 4/11 | 8:30AM ET Lived Expertise Partnerships:
@KaraYoungPonder& Fresno Homeless Union

Hope to see you there!

Essential reading if you and your organization value authentic partnership and the #livedexpertise of communities you hope to serve!

The “Digital Coach-Navigator” position is available at UCSF. If interested in applying, please visit bit.ly/sfbuildlinks.

🌍 Happy World Health Day! 🌟 Prioritizing our well-being means having important talks about medical preferences with loved ones. Discover step-by-step planning at PrepareForYourCare.org let's make informed decisions together! 🏥💙 #WorldHealthDay

LISTEN: 📻⚕️👂🏾Dr. Leslie Suen Leslie Suen, MD, MAS joined KQED Forum and discussed new federal regulations that could expand access to methadone treatment and save lives in the midst of the nation’s most devastating overdose crisis. 🙏🏾

Highly Recommended:

📅 Register for the PCORI Advisory Panel on Patient Engagement Spring Meeting on April 18-19!

pcori.me/3vyFNKA

Listen in as the panel discusses a range of topics, including but not limited to:
- PCORI’s Framework for Compensation in Research:
- A session of 'Patient…

Now Listening: Dr. Margaret Handley joins the Science podcast and shares a letter she wrote to Science about how her past, her family, and a rare instrument relate to her current career focus on public health and homelessness.

Click here to listen: science.org/content/podcas…

Knowing how many folks are dying while homeless and why is key to creating effective public health interventions.

“That is how we work to change things,” says Dr. Margot Kushel MD. “One of the problems with not reporting it is that it makes it harder to act.”

kqed.org/news/11980547/…

📢 Job Alert: Digital Coach-Navigator UC San Francisco will work closely with a transdisciplinary team to implement an intervention to provide digital navigation and health coaching for patients with chronic illness. sjobs.brassring.com/TGnewUI/Search…

It's #SecondChanceMonth - let's reflect on how difficult it is to regain housing when exiting an institution.

Check out evidence-based ways to break this cycle and create a brighter future:
homelessness.ucsf.edu/our-impact/stu…

#SocialJustice #HousingJustice #RacialJustice