Takahashi ER, Florez CJ, Biggs MA, Brindis CD. Teen Births in California: A Resource for Planning and Policy, shows California teen birth rates, differences by race and ethnicity, and comparison at the MSSA level. Click here for pdf document.
Claire Brindis comments on the need for comprehensive sex education.
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KQED QUEST segment on asthma, including information about TIPS, a Cabana team project. click for 10 minute segment.
"The patient-centered medical home: Will it stand the test of health reform?" JAMA article by Diane Rittenhouse and Stephen Shortell. click for article
Higher hospital safety rating not associated with lower risk of
in-hospital death.
JAMA article by Leslie Kernisan and Adams Dudley. click for article click for KPIX news link
Adams Dudley's and Diane Rittenhouse's papers voted as one of the 'Ten Most Influential Papers of 2008' in peer voting sponsored by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation click for more info
Lisa Bero wins UCSF Academic Senate Distinction in Mentoring Award
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Drummond Rennie receives the American Association for the Advancement of Science's Scientific Freedom and Responsibility Award
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Only 2.5% of adults and even fewer minorities participate in cancer therapeutic trials." Journal article by Galen Joseph and Dan Dohan
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