Dan Ly, MD, PhD, MPP, comes to us from Boston where he was an instructor at Boston University and lecturer at Harvard, where he also completed his PhD in Health Policy with a concentration in economics this past spring. He was also an attending physician at the VA Boston Healthcare System. His research has looked at at health care disparities and physician worklife issues. He currently is focusing on physician behavior, particularly what influences physician testing and treatment behavior and the consequences of such behavior. He brings with him a NRSA F32 fellowship with NIA, "Understanding how physician cognitive biases affect the treatment of older adults with dementia." We welcome Dr. Ly and look forward to collaborating with him!
Dr. Art Gomez Named Inaugural Co-Director of
Foundations of Practice for DGSOM
Dr. Art Gomez will serve as one of two inaugural Co-Directors of Foundations of Practice, a key component of DGSOM curricular redesign. The other co-director is Dr. Peter Quiros, Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology. Drs. Gomez and Quiros will assume overall leadership, oversight and delivery of this course, and will work closely with the cadre of 30 extraordinary Educators for Excellence (of which they are two). The Foundations of Practice course is a critically important component of the new curriculum—quite literally laying the foundation for our medical students by teaching the core skills of medical interview, physical examination, and clinical reasoning.
Dr. Gomez joined the faculty in 1994 and is Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Veterans Administration’s Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System and Associate Program Director for the Internal Medicine training program at Cedars Sinai. Dr. Gomez is a highly respected and decorated teacher and education leader, having won numerous teaching and research awards, mentored hundreds of pre-health, medical students, residents and fellows, and has distinguished himself in the areas of academic course development and student assessment. Dr. Gomez brings deep knowledge of medical education, health disparities and cross-cultural issues in medicine.
GIM-HSR Faculty Among “100 Women of Achievement”
Honored by UCLA Health
To mark Women’s Equality Day, August 26th , 2020, honoring the 100th anniversary of the passage of the 19th amendment to the U.S. Constitution, establishing women’s right to vote, UCLA Health identified 100 “Women of Achievement”. UCLA acknowledged that although the passage of the 19th amendment granted all people the right to vote, discriminatory practices did not protect that right for Black Americans and other people of color, making the Voting Rights Act of 1965 necessary to begin to address systematic suppression of voting in the U.S. The full list of awardees is here: UCLA Health 100 in 100 Women of Achievement
Congratulations to GIM-HSR faculty acknowledged for their achievements!
Alejandra Casillas, MD, MSHS, Assistant Professor of Medicine, recognized for her work on closing the gap on health disparities for the Latinx community using telemedicine and other telehealth tools.
Joann Elmore, MD, Professor of Medicine, recognized for her research on the accuracy of mammography, and studies of how artificial intelligence could improve cancer diagnosis.
Eve Glazier, MD, HS Associate Clinical Professor, recognized for her leadership as President of the UCLA Health Faculty Practice Group.
Nina Harawa, PhD, Professor of Medicine, recognized for her research on reducing HIV risk, and HIV, racial disparities, and incarceration. Dr. Harawa was awarded the NAACP Unsung Hero award in 2011.
Carol Mangione, MD, MSPH, Professor of Medicine and Chief, GIM/HSR, recognized for her work on diabetes care and prevention, health disparities and minority faculty development, and community engagement at UCLA. Dr. Mangione was elected to the National Academy of Medicine in 2019.
Janet Pregler, MD, Professor of Clinical Medicine, recognized for her collaboration with the Los Angeles County Department of Public Health and community efforts on health issues that affect low income and immigrant women. Dr. Pregler was named “Woman of the Year” in the health category by the Los Angeles County Board of Supervisors in 2017.
Donna Washington, MD, MPH, Professor of Medicine, recognized for her research assessing access to emergency and ambulatory care, and racial, ethnic, and gender disparities in health care, including for women veterans. Dr. Washington was recognized with the “Congressional Black Caucus Veterans Braintrust Award” in 2019.
GIM Mentoring & Teaching Recognition
Dr. Alejandra Casillas was awarded the 2020 UCLA MSTAR Best Research Mentor Award. The 2020 DGSOM Educators for Excellence, a cadre of 30 accomplished and dedicated faculty teachers with expertise in small group facilitation and an outstanding track-record of exceptional teaching, included 11 GIM faculty: Michael Ayoub; Rachel Brook; Jodi Friedman; Art Gomez; Sherwin Hsu; Henry Kirolos; Tyler Larsen; Antonio Pessegueiro; Satya Patel; Faysal Saab; and Pam Tsing
Congratulations to all honored--you are a credit to our Division with your excellent teaching and mentoring!
Carolyn Crandall Elected to ASBMR Council
Congratulations to Dr. Carolyn Crandall on her election to the Council of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. The ABSMR is a professional, scientific and medical society established to bring together clinical and experimental scientists who are involved in the study of bone and mineral metabolism. Her term begins this month.
Congratulations on a New Funding Award in GIM!
PI: Kimberly Narain, MD, PhD
NIH-NIA National Institute on Aging
K08 Award
"The Implications of Insurance Benefit Design for Health and Disability Among Low Income Adults with Diabetes"
GIM Seminars & Events
RCMAR CHIME Methodological Webinar Series
Homero del Pino Associate Professor, Psychiatry and Human Behaviors, Charles R. Drew University of Medicine and Science; Co-Director, RCMAR CHIME Research Education Core
“Strategies for remote/online interaction with research participants during COVID-19”
• Patricia Jones, DrPH, Director of the Office of Special Populations, National Institute on Aging
• Alison A. Moore, MD, Professor and Chief of the Division of Geriatrics and Gerontology in the UCSD Department of Medicine, Co-Director of the San Diego AD-RCMAR
• Equity-minded Approaches to Career Development: A small group discussion with an overview by Keith Norris, MD, PhD
Dan Ly, MD, PhD, MPP
Dr. Art Gomez will serve as one of two inaugural Co-Directors of Foundations of Practice, a key component of DGSOM curricular redesign. The other co-director is Dr. Peter Quiros, Associate Clinical Professor of Ophthalmology. Drs. Gomez and Quiros will assume overall leadership, oversight and delivery of this course, and will work closely with the cadre of 30 extraordinary Educators for Excellence (of which they are two). The Foundations of Practice course is a critically important component of the new curriculum—quite literally laying the foundation for our medical students by teaching the core skills of medical interview, physical examination, and clinical reasoning.
Congratulations to Dr. Carolyn Crandall on her election to the Council of the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. The ABSMR is a professional, scientific and medical society established to bring together clinical and experimental scientists who are involved in the study of bone and mineral metabolism. Her term begins this month.
