Our Experts in the News! Janet Coffman on a panel for the #CaliforniaLegislature: Universities’ workforce initiatives aim to help California address mental health challenges stateofreform.com/california/202…

Our Experts in the News! Joanne Spetz on the Minding Memory podcast: The Professional Workforce of People Who Provide Dementia Care University of Michigan michiganmedicine.org/minding-memory…

Our Experts in the News! Sunita Mutha & Kristin Hoeft for the UC San Francisco UCSF Dentistry: How UCSF Dentistry Is Driving Change in Health and Science youtube.com/watch?v=3mj3So…

NEW: Rising Reliance on Contract CNAs in Nursing Homes Impacts Care Quality & Workforce Stability. Healthforce Center at UCSF 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @UCSFHWRC PHI READ: healthforce.ucsf.edu/blog-article/r…

NEW RESEARCH: Training Home Care Workers Reduces Emergency Room Service Utilization READ: healthforce.ucsf.edu/publications/t…

$1-billion Gift Will Boost Workforce Diversity by Making Tuition Free. Healthforce Center at UCSF 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Director Sunita Mutha talked with The Lancet about this gamechanging gift. READ: healthforce.ucsf.edu/blog-article/1…

JOBS! Healthforce Center at UCSF 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ Please spread the word – Healthforce Center is seeking a program manager & senior program manager. #hiring #applynow #recruiting Follow on LinkedIn for other jobs & workforce news! To see job details, search “Healthforce” here: bit.ly/42a3zIF

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

🌔31.5 million people are in the path of today's total eclipse, according to NASA. 🩺That's the same number of patients each year who visit Community Health Centers to find affordable, high-quality, and patient-directed care! #ValueCHCs #Eclipse

"This is what #DEI efforts wanted to accomplish: to bring clinicians who look, speak, and think like their patients to their bedsides." David Velasquez, MD STAT I saw the promise of diversity efforts in health care. A moment later I saw its critical gaps buff.ly/3VGFiZp

Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting my PhD findings to staff UCSF Dentistry Healthforce Center at UCSF 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ & US Dental Public Health colleagues at the #DPH475 lecture series. Thanks to Dr. Beth Mertz for hosting me in San Francisco for my SPHeRE Centre For Health Policy and Management int’l placement #PhD

ICYMI: HRSA announced increased loan repayment amounts to providers practicing in underserved areas. This will benefit communities with significant shortages of primary care workers. hrsa.gov/about/news/pre… #PrimaryCare

The Safety Net #Innovation Summit is back!!! Save the date for September 24-26, 2024. Hosted in Uptown #Oakland in the #BayArea, we will share more details in the coming weeks! Be sure to stay posted with the latest + registration by subscribing here: careinnovations.org/subscribe/

The 2023 HWRCs’ Annual Report captures all of the HRSA-sponsored work conducted by the HWRCs throughout the past year. #COVID-19 #burnout #telehealth #healthequity #oralhealth ow.ly/yJ2450QWJfM @OralHealthWatch @nysdf

Webinar: Navigating Cross-Sector Challenges in a Street Medicine Partnership Thursday, May 2 at noon Hear about the operational challenges to provide street medicine and supportive services to individuals who are homeless. @CHCFnews REGISTER NOW: bit.ly/3UvrGiG

COHTAC: Improving Oral Health in California The California Oral Health Technical Assistance Center provides tools, trainings, and other support to boost the capacity of California’s 60 local oral health programs (LOHPs). LEARN MORE oralhealthsupport.ucsf.edu

Ireland’s National Oral Health Policy through a Workforce Lens Healthforce Center at UCSF 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @UCSFdentistry hosted Paul Leavy as a visiting scholar w/ @BethMertz on factors influence dentists’ participation in state-funded dental programs. Watch the lecture!  bit.ly/3JxKPuj

Apply for CHCF Health Care Leadership Program! Widely recognized as a transformative experience that helps clinicians of all disciplines better lead change in a competitive, complex environment. Healthforce Center at UCSF 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ @CHCFnews UC San Francisco Apply by May 31 bit.ly/3xQfSi9

#FeaturedFriday spotlights folks in our network & their contributions toward #EmancipatorySciences. This week, we're featuring Dr. Susan Chapman Healthforce Center at UCSF 🏳️‍🌈🏳️‍⚧️ UCSF IHPS. Learn more about Dr. Chapman & her work! 🎉