Primary care physician + health policy researcher @UCLA_GIMHSR focused on housing, place, and population health equity.
Joined August 2019
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It was a privilege to share my work on housing and health at @DOM_UCLA grand rounds alongside superstar clinician-scientists @alex_winnett and @skinnyfatPhD !
.@katchenmd shares that it's not just about presenting data - it's about advocating for change. Housing insecurity is shaped by policies, and we must work towards a future where all have access to safe and affordable housing.
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📣NEW PUBLICATION📣
A new article led by @LeifScience using Children’s HealthWatch data finds children are more likely to drop out of #SNAP, #WIC, and #Medicaid around the time of a cost-driven move.
Read the article: childrenshealthwatch.org/mov… – at Stamford, CT
‼️Stopped what I was doing to read @_sawhit's brilliant new paper synthesizing theory across disciplines to explain disinvestment, gentrification & displacement as intertwined consequences of racial capitalism with compounding effects on health disparities
tandfonline.com/doi/full/10.…
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New📜in @JournalofGME!
🤔Ever consider how residents get to practice supervising their near-peers on the wards but not in primary care?
🔎Is *clinic* a missed opportunity to build teaching skills & envision #MedEd careers?🧵
tinyurl.com/25c8sb4j
@DOM_UCLA @uclaimchiefs
➡️We conclude that supervised near-peer precepting experiences could be valuable for preparing residents as future outpatient educators -- in primary care but also in other medical specialties that spend time in clinic!
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Important and clarifying article from @snmarkley on the role and significance of HOLC’s redlining maps, which lays out current debates and a path forward (1/)
New #debates paper by Scott Markley: 'Federal "#Redlining" Maps: A Critical Reappraisal'
@snmarkley
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ALT Screenshot of article info including DOI, title, author, abstract and keywords
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Study finds positive health associations with homeownership for African American, Latinx, and White homeowners, but housing policies of racial exclusion or predatory inclusion can diminish or eliminate homeownership's health benefits. rdcu.be/derXO
Housing has a long history as a vehicle of structural racism. In this new @JournalGIM article led by Geoff Gusoff of @NCSP_UCLA, we ask:
🔎Do the beneficial health associations of homeownership vary by race & ethnicity❓ rdcu.be/derXO 🧵 1/
It's time to think about alternative housing models that incorporate the healthiest aspects of homeownership (eg stability, perceived safety, wealth-building) while mitigating its harms (eg neg effects of increasing property values on affordability & stability for renters). 8/
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We highlight community land trusts as one promising strategy. @jenny_schuetz outlines many others in her great book. Still much work to do to ensure that housing policy generates equitable population health benefits. 9/9
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