Disability and Health Care: A Conversation with Activist Alice Wong
Alice Wong is a disabled activist, writer and founder of the Disability Visibility Project, an online community dedicated to creating, sharing and amplifying disability media and culture.
Kate LaForge, a Doctoral candidate in Sociology in the Department of Social and Behavioral Sciences, was awarded $42,806 from the Agency for Health Research Quality (AHRQ) Health Services Research Dissertation Grant (R36) for her project, "Unraveling Crisis Text Services: Perceptions and…
It is our pleasure to announce the 2022/23 graduates on their successful dissertation defenses and dissertation awards!
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Erin Johnson, PhD(c) (2018 cohort), did an interview recently about some of her abortion volunteer work. The story came out on April 27, 2023 at the New Republic website:
This digital video was made by Esperanza Padilla's (cohort 2022) during her participation through the Story Jam program. “Women Leading Together: Solidarity in Storytelling” Story Jam is a nine-week online program for Japanese and American women and persons who identify as women to explore…
Sociology student Keri Spiller, co-author for "“Patients want to see people that look like them”: Aspiring midwives of color as resistance to racism through concordant care in the United States" has been published in the June 2023 issue of SSM - Qualitative Research in Health…
Sociology PhD candidate Jennifer Dunn has published the article, “‘Oh gosh, why go?’ cause they are going to look at me and not hire”: intersectional experiences of black women navigating employment during pregnancy and parenting" in the January 2023 edition of BMC Pregnancy and…
Current PhD Sociology student Brittney Pond, PhD(c) has co-authored the article, "Enhancing Dementia Knowledge and Self-Efficacy of In-Home Supportive Services Caregivers Through Online Training".
Every year UCSF recognizes and celebrates the efforts of members of our institution who demonstrate commitment and service to diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism. Moreover, these individuals show extraordinary leadership in their respective fields and in the communities they serve. I am…