CDRP director Elbert Huang urged policymakers to find common ground by supporting initiatives like the CDC’s National Diabetes Prevention Program and HRSA’s Health Center Program that both improve healthcare and lower costs in the LA Times. Read more to find out why.
To offset provider shortage and lengthy waitlists, the BHIP puts the knowledge and skills of mental health specialists into the hands of primary care clinicians and nurses.
The Center for Chronic Disease Research and Policy is hosting the 2025 Mt Hood Diabetes Challenge from June 23-25 at the Chicago Theological Seminary in Chicago. Register and submit abstracts at https://www.mthooddiabeteschallenge.com/upcoming-conference
CDRP faculty affiliate Stacy Tessler Lindau’s bionic breast project to restore sense of touch for mastectomy patients was featured in the Chicago Tribune on December 22, 2024
This week’s Chronic Diseases and Medical Decision-Making Workshop is available to stream on our YouTube channel
Congratulations to CDRP faculty affiliate Megan Huisingh-Scheetz on receiving the 2024 Terrie Fox Wetle Rising Star Award in Health Services and Aging Research from the American Federation for Aging Research and the Mid-Career Innovation Award from the Gerontological Society of America!
Congratulations to CDRP faculty affiliate Anna Volerman on being named Director of Research and Assessment at the Bucksbaum-Siegler Institute for Clinical Excellence! Listen to an interview with Volerman on the Clinical Excellence podcast
PITCH alumnus Nathaniel Glasser’s recent JAMA Network Open study, “Male Gender Expressivity and Diagnosis and Treatment of Cardiovascular Disease Risks in Men,” coauthored by CDRP faculty affiliates Elbert Huang, Stacy Tessler Lindau, Monica Peek, Elizabeth Tung, and Harold Pollack, was featured on CBS News Boston on October 28, 2024.
All of the issues that we struggle with in our health care system in general are magnified within kidney disease.
My lab has been examining the current kidney allocation system and its algorithm from various angles and trying to advocate for improvements to make the system more efficient and more equitable.