Center for Vulnerable Populations

Dr. Margot Kushel was presented today with the Lloyd Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the UCSF School of Medicine.

"Wherever you look in the U.S., there is a relationship between the availability of low-income housing, income and homelessness."

Dr. Urmimala Sarkar, Associate Director of ARC for Health Equity, Professor of Medicine in the Division of General Internal Medicine, Associate Chair for Faculty Experience for the Department of Medicine, and Primary Care Physician at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital’s Richard H.

Director of the Latinx Center Of Excellence and Associate Dean of Population Health and Health Equity, Dr. Alicia Fernandez coauthored an important perspective piece in The New England Journal of Medicine.

From Amend, Dr. Brie Williams is part of a team who shares Reimagining San Quentin: Recommendations to Transform San Quentin State Prison into a Rehabilitation Center, their landmark report for the Governor’s office.

The AMEND team was busy with a visit from Norway’s Crown Prince and Minister of Trade and Industry. AMEND Director Dr. Brie Williams accompanied Prince Haakon on a visit to San Quentin Rehabilitation Center alongside Governor Gavin Newsom.

Dr. Margot Kushel, ARC director and director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative (BHHI), speaks to the Guardian about the California Statewide Study of People Experiencing Homelessness (CASPEH). Dr. Kushel discusses how many older unhoused people struggled with isolation while experiencing the stigma and shame of living outside.

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Dr. Hilary Seligman and Veggies 4 Vouches are featured generously in a TIME magazine article explaining the science and expounding the benefits of food-based health interventions.

See the whole article here: Prescriptions for Healthy Food? What to Know About the ‘Food Is Medicine’ Movement. 

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