Congratulations to David Eisenman, MD, MSHS, for his appointment to serve a 5-year term on the Forum on Medical and Public Health Preparedness for Disasters and Emergencies of the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.The Forum convenes public and private sector leaders to improve the nation’s preparedness, response and recovery from disasters, public health emergencies and emerging threats.
DMPG Executive Committee Election Results
Drs. Ravi Dave & Lisa Skinner were elected as President (each a 6-month term). Dr. Magdalena Ptaszny was elected as Vice-President. Dr. Adam Cavallero was elected as Secretary.New GIM-HSR Federal Grant Awards
Youth Services Navigation Intervention for HIV+ adolescents and young adults being released from incarceration: A randomized control trial
PI: William Cunningham
Racial and SES Disparities in Outcomes of Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
PI: Jose Escarce
Population-Based Comparison of Evidence-Based, Patient-Centered Advance Care Planning Interventions on Advance Directive Completion, Goal Concordant Care and Caregiver Outcomes for Patients with Advanced Illness
PI: Neil Wenger, Co-PI: Anne Walling
NIH Diversity Program Consortium Coordination and Evaluation Center at UCLA
PI: Keith Norris
PI: William Cunningham
Racial and SES Disparities in Outcomes of Medicare’s Hospital Readmissions Reduction Program
PI: Jose Escarce
Population-Based Comparison of Evidence-Based, Patient-Centered Advance Care Planning Interventions on Advance Directive Completion, Goal Concordant Care and Caregiver Outcomes for Patients with Advanced Illness
PI: Neil Wenger, Co-PI: Anne Walling
NIH Diversity Program Consortium Coordination and Evaluation Center at UCLA
PI: Keith Norris
Chi-Hong Tseng, PhD, has been promoted to Adjunct Professor.
Weijun Zheng, DrPH, was 
Erin Noren, MD, MS; Stewart Reed, MD; and Nathan Samras, MD, MPH, join the Division as Clinical Faculty. Dr. Noren is interested in quality improvement in patients discharged from the hospital and transition of patients with congenital heart disease from pediatric to adult providers. Reed is interested in primary care, patient advocacy, and medical education. Samras studies health care utilization patterns in primary care, quality improvement and analysis in primary care, and global health, particularly Central America. They will see patients at the Beverly Hills (
The first Primary Care Journal Club of the year took place the evening of August 22nd. We were fortunate to have the lead author, Dr. Katherine Kahn, as a discussant for the article Dr. Neha Agarwal chose to present. The next Journal Club will be September 19th at 6:15 pm, with Farah Abdi, Lovelee Brown and Rachel Dajani presenting at Ben Waterman's home. All Faculty are invited to attend. Contact Mina Ma for more information. 
The GIM-HSR Friday Noon Research Seminar returns from Summer break on September 15th with speaker, Dr. Alexander Young (Director, VA Mental Illness Research, Education and Clinical Center; Assoc. Dir, VA HSR&D Center of Excellence; Professor, UCLA Psychiatry). 
RCMAR CHIME and UCLA CTSI Scientific Retreat
UCLA CTSI R Grant Writing Workshop