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Ryan Assaf, PhD, MPH, Named a Recipient of the John A. Watson Faculty Scholar Fund Award

Please join us in congratulating DHES, ARC, and BHHI faculty member Ryan Assaf for being named one of the 2026 class of John Watson Scholars. 
Margot Kushel holds up her award certificate standing between Neil Powe and Beth Harleman

Dr. Margot Kushel Receives the John Murray, MD Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine Award

The John Murray, MD Award for Excellence in Internal Medicine award is presented to a Medicine faculty member in recognition of academic excellence and dedication to the humanitarian mission of ZSFG.
Portrait of Dr. Brie Williams

Brie Williams, MD, MS has been selected as the 2026 recipient of the Claire D. Brindis Award for Community Engagement and Service in Health Policy Research

"I am thrilled to congratulate and celebrate Brie’s exceptional history of conducting policy-relevant, ground-b
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Division Chief, Margot Kushel, interviewed by the Stanford Center on Longevity in recent Podcast Episode

Listen to a recent interview with Dr. Margot Kushel for episode 4 of the "Century Lives: The Home Stretch" podcast produced by the Stanford Center on Longevity.Episode 4: Over the Rainbow

‘Counterintuitive and dangerous’: advocates warn Trump administration policies will increase homelessness

Director, Margot Kushel, was quoted recently in an article from The Guardian covering the current administration's cuts to federal funding for solving the homelessness crisis.Read the full article here: https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/jan/19/homelessness-trump-policies-cuts

New UCSF BHHI Report Finds High Rates of Chronic Disease and Disability Among Californians Experiencing Homelessness

Despite
RV parked in a Berkeley neighborhood with trash piled around it

BHHI-Partnered Berkeley RV buyback program sees initial successes, houses former encampment residents

After Decades in Solitary, A Sliver of Light: How One Oregon Prison Is Working to Mend the Damage of Long-Term Isolation

By Edward Tie, Solitary Watch on
"Jay Marriott entered the common room at Snake River Correctional Facility, his six-foot fr

Despite Increase in Medicaid Coverage, PEH Have Limited Access to Outpatient Care

Mary Ann Liebert, Inc. Announces Winners of RFS Awards in Science 2024

Morgan Philbin, PHD, MHS announced as a recipient of an RFS Award in Science for 2024.