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With Humanity: How Amend Advances Change in Prison Culture

With the help of Amend, Washington State is making progress towards a more humane and effective prison system.

Dr. Margot Kushel Honored for Exceptional Service to the UCSF School of Medicine

Join us please in sending out a huge congratulations to our director, Dr. Margot Kushel today as she is receives the Lloyd Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the UCSF School of Medicine! 

Dr. Margot Kushel & Sage Johnson Interviewed on Fox

Southern California Co-Chair for the BHHI Lived Expertise Advisory Board member, Sage Johnson, and BHHI director, 

Amend Partner Receives Governor's Award for Leadership

Amend’s Washington Department of Corrections partner, Courtney Grubb, Washington Way Program Administrator has received the Governor’s Award for Leadership.

DHES Welcomes New Faculty Member, Dr. Ryan Assaf

Dr. Ryan Assaf received his PhD and MPH in Epidemiology from the University of California, Los Angeles, Fielding School of Public Health and his BS in Public Health Sciences from the University of California, Irvine. During his graduate degree, Ryan’s research focused on sexual health, HIV/STIs,...

Announcing the UCSF Action Research Center for Health Equity

The UCSF Center for Vulnerable Populations (CVP) is now the UCSF Action Research Center for Health Equity, or ARC for short.

New Policy Director Joins BHHI

Marc Dones joined BHHI as the new Policy Director! Marc (they/them) is an American social justice advocate and policy strategist. They have worked extensively in the fields of violence prevention, homelessness, affordable housing, and racial equity.

BHHI Releases New Report

 

Dr. Margot Kushel receives a Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the School of Medicine

Margot Kushel, MD is an innovator who thinks beyond science to improve our community, particularly the lives of those impacted by social forces such as homelessness. Dr.