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September marks Women in Medicine Month, an annual event celebrating the significant contributions of women in the healthcare field. In honor of this occasion, we spotlight three exceptional women working with the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research.

A study by the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research explored workplace support programs during the COVID-19 pandemic and their relationship to frontline physician burnout.

UC Davis received a $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to focus on health equity. Courtney Lyles, director of the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, is a co-principal investigator on the grant with Center affiliate and nursing professor Leigh Ann Simmons.

Yi Zhang, a senior statistician at the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, is working to collect and analyze data from multiple California counties as part of the EPI-CAL project. The project's goal is to transform mental health care in California.

Two studies are being conducted by researchers at the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research to advance equity and improve access to hypertension treatment. Both studies are in partnership with UC San Francisco.

New guidance recommends all women get screened for breast cancer every other year starting at age 40. The recommendation issued by the United States Preventive Services Task Force comes alongside a new systematic evidence review and modeling study published in JAMA that helped inform the updated recommendations. 

The Center for Healthcare Policy and Research has won a $4 million award to run and edit the Patient Safety Network, an online resource to help improve patient safety and prevent medical errors.

Led by David Johnson, a gerontologist at UC Davis Health, the Good Life program supports the healthy development and personal growth communities of color in and around Oakland, CA. Johnson takes a community-engaged approach to his research. This means members of the community are equal partners and collaborators in the research process.

A new paper published in Vaccine explores physician communications strategies to address COVID-19 vaccine hesitancy. The findings suggest that many physicians engage with vaccine hesitant patients to encourage vaccine uptake and that research is needed to define the most effective strategies.

Since 2018, the CA Quits statewide project has focused on the implementation of tobacco treatment best practices with health systems and health plans serving California’s low-income population. The project is housed at the UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research.

The UC Davis Center for Healthcare Policy and Research hosted four undergraduate students interested in health equity. The students interned at the Center from January through March 2024 as part of the Quarter at Aggie Square’s Advancing Health Care Equity experience.

Researchers evaluated California’s mental health crisis management and prevention programs in a report that called for more sustainable programs and community collaborations to support people with mental illness. The report's contributors include staff and faculty affiliates from the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research. 

A new report by the UC-led California State Policy Evidence Consortium investigates the impact of near-roadway air pollution on indoor air quality. Dominique Ritley and Katrine Padilla, researchers at the Center for Healthcare Policy and Research, contributed to the report. 

Upon request from the state legislative health committees, the California Health Benefits Review Program provides analyses of the medical, financial, and public health impacts of legislation affecting health insurance benefits and mandates. The Center for Healthcare Policy and Research coordinates the program's UC Davis team.