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#FeaturedFriday spotlights folks in our network & their contributions toward #EmancipatorySciences. This week, we're featuring Dr. Susan Chapman @HealthforceUCSF @UCSF_IHPS. Learn more about Dr. Chapman & her work! 🎉

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. @HealthforceUCSF @CHCFnews @UCSF Apply by May 31 bit.ly/3xQfSi9

Last week, I had the pleasure of presenting my PhD findings to staff @ucsfdentistry @healthforceucsf & US Dental Public Health colleagues at the #DPH475 lecture series. Thanks to @bethmertz for hosting me in San Francisco for my @SPHeREprogramme @TCDhpm int’l placement #PhD

Ireland’s National Oral Health Policy through a Workforce Lens @HealthforceUCSF @UCSFdentistry hosted @DrPaulLeavy as a visiting scholar w/ @BethMertz on factors influence dentists’ participation in state-funded dental programs. Watch the lecture!  bit.ly/3JxKPuj

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

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

ICYMI: @HRSAgov 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

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

🌔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

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

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

JOBS! @HealthforceUCSF 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

@HealthforceUCSF Providing Evaluation Services to CA for Major Workforce Initiative. We are contributing decades of evaluation expertise & research knowledge of workforce issues to this effort. LEARN MORE:  healthforce.ucsf.edu/consulting-eva…

$1-billion Gift Will Boost Workforce Diversity by Making Tuition Free. @HealthforceUCSF Director Sunita Mutha talked with @TheLancet about this gamechanging gift. READ: healthforce.ucsf.edu/blog-article/1…

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

NEW: Rising Reliance on Contract CNAs in Nursing Homes Impacts Care Quality & Workforce Stability. @HealthforceUCSF @UCSFHWRC @PHInational READ: healthforce.ucsf.edu/blog-article/r…

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

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