The SARS-CoV2 vaccine gives us all hope that 2021 will be a better year, but we all recognize that our GIM hospitalists and outpatient clinicians will continue to be tested in ways that we could not have imagined before 2020. There is no way to adequately thank all of you, but especially our hospitalists, who bring compassion, grit, and fortitude to work every day.
As we are coming into what may prove to be the worst part of the pandemic, please remember to reach out to your colleagues for support and help every day. We are strongest together.
--Carol
Welcome Dr. Chelsea Shover
Dr. Chelsea Shover joins our GIM-HSR division on February 1 as an Assistant Professor in Residence. Chelsea is coming to us after completing a postdoctoral research fellowship at Stanford. Many of you know her from her time matriculating her PhD at the UCLA SPH in the Department of Epi or from current research collaborations with her. Her research focuses on the intersection of policy, personal characteristics, health behaviors, and substance use. She was recently awarded an NIH K01 to support a project entitled "Adoption and scale up of long-acting medications for opioid use disorder by U.S. clinicians."
Please join us in offering Chelsea a warm GIM-HSR welcome!
GIM Quarterly Meeting this Monday Jan. 11 12:00pm
Announcements
Carol Mangione, MD, MSPH
Chief, Division of GIM-HSR
Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Initiatives in the Department of Medicine Keith Norris, MD, PhD, Professor of GIM-HSR;
Vice Chair, Equity, Diversity, & Inclusion, DOM
Carol Mangione, MD, Professor and Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine and Health Services Research, was named the 2020 recipient of the UCLA DGSOM Cultural North Star Award. She was selected by a panel of nine reviewers from 43 nominees. The Cultural North Star Program advances evidence-based strategies and practices that are designed to build a more inclusive, mission-driven culture at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA.
John Mafi, MD, MPH
NIH/NIA "Identifying Approaches to Measure and Reduce Harmful, Low-Value Care Among Older Americans with Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia"
R01 Grant
12/15/2020 –11/30/2025 First R01 - Congratulations!
Jose Escarce, MD, PhD
RAND Corporation (prime sponsor: DHHS/AHRQ)
"Integrated Health Systems, Market Concentration, and Socioeconomic Disparities in Quality of Care"
Subgrant
10/10/2020-09/20/2021
GIM Clinicians' Corner
Congratulations to Division members Daniel Croymans and Maria Han on their recent publication describing the rapid transition from in-person to telehealth visits at UCLA Health. A big thank you to all of our clinicians who have made this transition possible! It should give us all great pride to see that UCLA GIM is leading the nation telehealth delivery.
Happy New Year! 
Dr. Chelsea Shover joins our GIM-HSR division on February 1 as an Assistant Professor in Residence. Chelsea is coming to us after completing a postdoctoral research fellowship at Stanford. Many of you know her from her time matriculating her PhD at the UCLA SPH in the Department of Epi or from current research collaborations with her. Her research focuses on the intersection of policy, personal characteristics, health behaviors, and substance use. She was recently awarded an NIH K01 to support a project entitled "Adoption and scale up of long-acting medications for opioid use disorder by U.S. clinicians."
Announcements
