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of the UCLA Department of Medicine.
We are a group of clinicians, researchers, and educators, whose mission is to
advance the art and science of health care delivery.
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Division News
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UCLA Faculty receive Eisenberg Award
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The article, "Does ambulatory process of care predict health related quality of life for patients with chronic disease?" by Katherine L. Kahn, Diana M. Tisnado, John L. Adams, and colleagues from UCLA and RAND [Ron Hays, Cheryl Damberg], published in Health Services Research 42(1): 67-83, 2007, has been selected to receive the HSR's 2008 Eisenberg Award. This annual award was established in 2003 as a memorial to Dr. Eisenberg and his vision of translational research to move the field of health service research forward into evidence-based policy and practice.
The award recognizes excellent and original research among all articles published in the Journal during the year prior to the award. Awardees were selected by the Co-Editors-in-Chief and the Senior Associate Editors, based on the overall quality of the article and its relevance to policy areas that Dr. Eisenberg worked in or promoted during his tenure as Director of the Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality from 1997 to 2002.
The authors will be honored with a plaque and will accept the award at the annual HSR Editorial Board meeting and breakfast on June 9, 2008 in Washington, D.C., which is being held in conjunction with the AcademyHealth Annual Research Meeting.
In the ongoing debate in quality measurement circles about whether to measure processes or outcomes, this paper demonstrates the importance of using appropriate analytic techniques to sort out the answer - better processes are associated with improvements in functional status. This finding has important implications for policies today that range from pay-for-performance to public reporting to internal quality improvement. It also underscores the critical importance of the long standing collaborative relationship between UCLA and RAND - together we produce the best health services research in the world.
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GIM Faculty receives Nickens Award at SGIM Meeting
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Dr. Martin Shapiro, Professor of Medicine and Chief of the Division of GIM/HSR at UCLA, is the recipient for the NICKENS AWARD for 2007 by SGIM, the Society of General Internal Medicine. The award will be presented at SGIM's 30th Annual Meeting, 2007, in Toronto Ontario, Canada. The Herbert W. Nickens Award recognizes exceptional commitment to cultural diversity in medicine. The award is named in memory and honor of the late Dr. Herbert W. Nickens, former Director of the Office of Minority Health, Department of Health and Human Services and the first Vice President and Director of the American Association of Medical Colleges (AAMC) Division of Community and Minority Programs. We congratulate Dr. Shapiro on this recognition and honor.
programs and mentored fellows for 25 years and influenced hundreds of scholars.
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Conference Room Dedicated to Long-Time Administrator/Educator
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On Friday, November 17th, 2006, the General Internal Medicine & Health Services Research conference room, housed at Broxton Plaza at UCLA, will be formally renamed and dedicated to the late Marlene Nishimoto-Horowitz, a long-time administrator and educator for the RWJ Clinical Scholars and NRSA fellowship programs. Ms. Nishimoto-Horowitz guided these
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GIM Researcher receives Honors
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Professor of Medicine Carol M. Mangione, M.D., MSHS has received two high honors. She has been elected to the American Society of Clinical Investigation (ASCI) this year. Carol was also selected this year by the Society of General Internal Medicine (SGIM) to receive an award for exceptional achievement in mentoring by a faculty member at mid-career. We congratulate Dr. Mangione on this national recognition for her efforts.
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Researchers receive funding to examine the health of Mexican immigrants
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Hispanics are the largest and fastest-growing ethnic group in the U.S. Nearly 60 percent are of Mexican origin, many of them recent immigrants. Despite the size and continued growth of this population, large gaps remain in our understanding of the factors that affect the health and health behaviors of Mexican immigrants. Co-investigators Professor Jose J. Escarce, M.D., Ph.D., and Assistant Professor Leo S. Morales, M.D., Ph.D., M.P.H., of the David Geffen School of Medicine at the University of California, Los Angeles, examine the health of Mexican immigrants by assessing the relative importance of acculturation and cohort effects. Their project, The Health of Mexican Immigrants in the U.S.: Acculturation or Cohort Effects?, explores the Hispanic paradox; that is, the phenomenon of immigrants of low socioeconomic status who nevertheless are healthy and exhibit healthy behaviors. The co-investigators also examine apparent health declines among Mexican immigrants who have lived in the U.S. for many years and have become acculturated. Drs. Escarce and Morales analyze health trends in Mexico, the types of individuals who migrate, health differences among immigrants who arrived here over various time periods, and changes in immigration policy to assess future demands on the delivery and financing of U.S. health care.
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New study explores racial concordance between HIV positive patients and their providers
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An upcoming study to be published in the Journal of General Internal Medicine by William King, Mitchell Wong, Martin Shapiro, Bruce Landon and William Cunningham explored whetehr racial concordance (patients and providers having the same race) affects the tiem of receipt of protese inhibitors. This study determined patient-provider racial concordance was associated with time to receipt of protease inhibitor therapy for persons with HIV.
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GIM Hospitalist receives Internal Medicine Housestaff Full Time Faculty Teaching Award
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Dr. Michael Lazarus has been selected by the Internal Medicine Housestaff to receive this year's Full Time Faculty Teaching Award. This recognition is given for dedication and commitment to the educational programs of the Department and for serving as a role model to the Housestaff. Our best wishes and congratulations.
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