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Virtual cardiac rehabilitation produces similar results as in-person treatment

Cardiac rehabilitation (CR) reduces hospitalization and mortality and improves quality of life for patients with cardiovascular disease. Despite its benefits, only 24 percent of eligible patients in the U.S. participate in CR due to financial and logistical barriers.

Cross-racial study of 1.87M vets shows wide disparities in dementia

In what is believed to be the largest study to date on race and dementia, researchers from UC San Francisco and the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Health Care System tracked health and demographic data from close to two million veterans. It compared rates of dementia across five racial groups and...

Socioeconomic status affects health across racial and ethnic groups, large study shows

Not long ago, public health research that identified disparate outcomes between racial or ethnic groups would conclude that the difference likely had to do with the lower socioeconomic status, on average, of non-whites – with a frequent caveat that maybe there was some genetic risk f

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, to Join JAMA and the JAMA Network as Editor in Chief

Call for Entries: DEB Award for Trainee Leadership in Population Health Scientific Dissemination and Communication

We are pleased to announce a new award in 2022, to recognize exceptional work disseminating scientific ideas relevant to population health. This award is meant to highlight the essential role of communication of research findings or scientific ideas to a broad audience for population health work.

Vittinghoff Innovation Award 2022 Call for Entries

We are encouraging nominations for the Vittinghoff Innovation Award.

Subtle signs of Alzheimer’s disease already present by age 50

Alzheimer’s disease affects more than 6 million Americans. Despite years of intensive research, we still lack effective tools to treat this devastating form of dementia.

Follow-up prevents repeat ER visits for kids with asthma

Follow-up care after an asthma-related visit to the emergency department (ED) may help prevent future ED visits for children, a new study led by UC San Francisco researchers found.

Welcome new LEAP K12 scholars

We are pleased to announce the appointment of the second cohort of scholars to the Learning Health System Early Career Acceleration Program (LEAP) K12. LEAP supports the career development of scientists at UCSF and affiliate institutions who conduct patient-centered outcomes research within...

A call to take online slurs and threats more seriously

An article by Hohl et al just published in the American Journal of Public Health builds on the March 2021 study by Yulin Hswen, ScD,  showing the rise of racist, anti-Asian hashtags on Twitter in the weeks after former president Trump referred in a tweet to SARS-Cov2 as “the Chinese virus.” Hohl et...