California awarded $875,000 to UC Davis Health residency training programs to help ensure a robust primary health care workforce. The award includes $500,000 for the Family and Community Medicine Residency Program. health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines…

May is #AsianandPacificIslanderHeritageMonth! Join #UCDavisDEI in celebrating the contributions and achievements of the AandPI community, including its cultures, traditions and languages. View upcoming events & resources in our IG story highlight: instagram.com/ucdavis_divers…

It's #UCDavisPrideMonth! 🌈 Join us in celebrating the #LGBTQIA+ community before the national celebration in June. Places like the LGBTQIA Resource Center provide a space to find community and resources. Learn more: lgbtqia.ucdavis.edu #UCDavis #UCDavisDEI

Kudos to our residents for visiting Valley High School yesterday to help students stay in the game with sports physicals! Great work keeping Sacramento's young athletes healthy and safe.

As part of their “street medicine teams” deployment, UC Davis Health & Sacramento County Health Center are providing comprehensive primary care services to unhoused populations in and around homeless encampments. bit.ly/3UGk8Zw

Our Family Medicine Residency Program is collaborating with CommuniCare+OLE to start a new training site to care for underserved patients in West Sacramento. health.ucdavis.edu/news/features/…

“Screening mammography has been shown to reduce breast cancer mortality, but recent evidence on when to start or stop screening was limited.” -Joy Melnikow, Family and Community Medicine at UC Davis Health physician, contributor to the USPSTF evidence review and co-author of the systemic evidence review in JAMA.

We’re beyond proud to have Dr. Marcy Faustin from UC Davis Health supporting Team USA as their physician. Her support for athletes like Simone Biles, especially in emphasizing mental health, is a game-changer. Learn more: ow.ly/fsiP50SMGSU 📸: USA Gymnastics

🎉 Celebrate #LatinxHistoryMonth with a special talk by Luis Carvajal-Carmona, associate vice chancellor for Academic Diversity & professor UCDavisMedSchool. He’ll explore the genetic history of Latinx communities & its relevance to disease patterns. 🔗 More info in bio!

Led by UC Davis Health family medicine physician Na’amah Razon, researchers are conducting a study to better understand the impact transportation and different modes of transportation have on dialysis patient outcomes. health.ucdavis.edu/news/headlines…

Join national healthcare leaders on October 17-18 for a summit on revitalizing primary care in California and across the U.S. Attend in-person or via webinar. Register soon, seats are limited! Learn more and register: health.ucdavis.edu/family-medicin…

Check out this great Q&A with our very own Dr. Marcia Faustin!

Rev PC kicks off next week! Register today to join national healthcare leaders for a summit on revitalizing primary care. In-person seating is still available on October 17, but filling up fast. You can also attend via webinar. Learn more and register: health.ucdavis.edu/family-medicin…

HCAI Director Elizabeth Landsberg will be speaking on the Office of Health Care Affordability’s new Primary Care Investment Benchmark at the upcoming Rev PC summit hosted by UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research. Learn more and register for the event here: bit.ly/4837Z73

In this The Sacramento Bee op-ed, our department chair Anthony Jerant shares ideas for addressing the shortage of primary care physicians in California and across the US.

“We want to know the short- and long-term effects that CA Bridge has on patients treated for opioid addiction. ” —Joshua Fenton, professor of family medicine and principal investigator on the study.

Last month, we proudly joined Family and Community Medicine at UC Davis Health to host a who’s who of state and national thought leaders and physicians eager to improve the declining state of primary care. There were critical conversations on solving the U.S. primary care crisis. Learn more: health.ucdavis.edu/chpr/news/head…

.California HCAI Director Elizabeth Landsberg says California’s 15% spending target for primary care in the next decade is “ambitious but achievable.” Vanessa G. Sánchez reports: californiahealthline.org/news/article/c…

In this latest episode of Face To Face, I chat with UC Davis Health family and sports medicine physician, Dr. Marcia Faustin! Watch the full episode here: ucdavis.edu/news/podcasts-…