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Distributing pro-COVID-19 vaccination information in English and Spanish in emergency departments (EDs) increases the likelihood that patients will choose to be vaccinated, according to research led by Robert M. Rodriguez, MD.

Research from UC San Francisco, UC Berkeley and the SF Department of Public Health co-authored by Maria Raven, MD, MPH, and Hemal Kanzaria, MD, MSc, finds that noncongregate shelter with supportive services in SIP hotels during the COVID-19 pandemic was associated with reduced use of acute health services among people with prior high use. 

Researchers led by corresponding author Renee Hsia, MD, MSc, show race, income, and location play a role in who gets optimal treatment. 

COVID-19 caused no deaths among people experiencing homelessness, but the pandemic reduced contact with substance use services, according to a study co-authored by Maria Raven, MD, MPH, and Hemal Kanzaria, MD, MSc.

Renee Hsia, MD, MSc, professor of Emergency Medicine and Health Policy, and associate chair of Health Services Research in the Department of Emergency Medicine  receives one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.

A study led by Leslie Suen, MD, MAS, shows emergency visits and hospitalizations made by patients with addictions increased 30 percent from 2014-2018.

Jahan Fahimi, MD, is co-first author of a national guideline on educational priorities on firearm injury prevention for health professionals.

Emergency staff report substantial anxiety, burnout and PTSD, according to a study led by Robert M. Rodriguez, MD.

Dr. William Whetstone, Professor of Clinical Emergency Medicine, represented Emergency Medicine at the "SCI 2020: Planning for a Decade for Disruption in Spinal Cord Injury Research" conference held February 12 at the National Institutes of Health campus in Bethesda, Maryland. He was on a panel that will help determine the spinal cord injury research priorities for the next five to ten years. 

Dr. Nida Degesys received the prestigious 2018 SAEM Resident Educator Award at the SAEM Annual Meeting in Indianapolis on May 17. This award is given to a single resident in the country and "recognizes an SAEM resident who has demonstrated exceptional aptitude and passion for teaching during residency."

Dr. Jeanne Noble for UCSF, Dr. Dan Repplinger for SFGH (pictured at left), and Dr. Dina Wallin for PEM are the 2nd Quarter Bedside Teaching Award winners for 2017-18. Our EM residents honor faculty members for their teaching abilities each quarter (PEM is semi-annual) by recognizing the ED Attending at each site who stands out for their bedside teaching skills and ability to provide constructive feedback to the EM residents.

Dr. Sonny Tat received the Faculty Teaching Award from the UCSF Department of Pediatrics at their recent residency graduation.The award recognizes excellence in house staff education and was voted on by the pediatrics residents.