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The Real Chernobyl: Q & A with Lydia Zablotska

Lydia Zablotska, associate professor, has studied the long-term health impacts of radiation exposure on the Chernobyl cleanup workers, local children and others in the region. UCSF.edu talked with her about the real-life health impacts of the Chernobyl disaster portrayed in the HBO miniseries.

New scholars appointed to IMPACT K12 program

The Implementation Science for Pulmonary and Cardiac Research Training (IMPACT) K12 career development program recently appointed two new scholars.

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo to Receive Harold S. Luft Mentoring Award

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS, has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the Harold S. Luft Award for Mentoring in Health Services and Health Policy Research, awarded by the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies.

Biostatistics faculty collaborate and create

It’s not surprising that the faculty in the Biostatistics division of the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics are sought-after collaborators on campus, given that UCSF is the top public recipient of National Institutes of Health research funding.

Paul Wesson named Watson Scholar, joins department faculty

Paul Wesson, PhD has been selected to join the 2019 class of John A. Watson Faculty Scholar program.

Learning Health Systems K12 Program Names Inaugural Scholars

The first four scholars in the Learning Health Systems (LHS) K12 Career Development Program were recently appointed. The LHS K12, a new program, supports the career development of scientists at UCSF and affiliate institutions who conduct patient-centered outcomes research (PCOR) within LHS. 

Cancer Division Considered Among Best in the Country

John Witte, PhD says the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics Cancer Epidemiology Division “is arguably one of the strongest cancer epidemiology groups in the country.” What supports his claim? As chief of the division, Witte points to its breadth and depth: an extremely active and large...

Department announces new division structure, leadership

The Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics is pleased to announce a new, modified division structure, division chiefs and chief designates: Bioinformatics Mark Segal, chief until July 2020; Katie Pollard, chief designate

Prostate Cancer Disparities Greatest in Low-Risk Disease

A new UCSF-led study investigating prostate cancer deaths by race has found that African American men have twice the chance of dying from low-risk prostate cancer than men of other racial and ethnic groups, even after adjusting for socioeconomic status.

Podcast: Person-centered Maternity Care in Low- and Middle-income Countries

In a podcast, Patience Afulani, PhD, MD, MPH, assistant professor in the Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics,  talks about her paper Person-centred maternity care in low-income and middle-income countries.