UCLA Health Care Symposium

Thank you to the Healthy Campus Initiative and the generous support of Jane and Terry Semel for allowing us to partner with LiveWell in the recent award of our student funding grant. This year we hope to use our symposium to discuss why and how the healthcare system can use social justice as a means to improve access to healthcare for immigrants in the United States.

Hello everyone! Thank you for your patience. Videos have been uploaded from the conference on our website: http://hcs.dgsom.ucla.edu/

Thank you to all who attended and those who were not able to attend but expressed interest in the topic!

Health Care Symposium Gentrification is affecting many communities across Los Angeles and the broader United States. While gentrification can bring change and growth into a community, it directly affects those most vulnerable through displacement, disruption of community ties, and decreased access to healthcare. Healthca...

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Housing Instability Can Make People Sick Rent anxiety can hurt the mental and physical health of family members of all ages.

Thank you to everyone that attended today's symposium. We hope that you all enjoyed the event and left with a greater understanding of the intersection of gentrification and health as well as some action items.

On another note, we found a jacket in one of the case style rooms. If this is your jacket please message us to come pick it up at Geffen Hall.

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Here is the schedule for the symposium this Saturday. We hope to see you all there!

Hello everyone! This is just a reminder to RSVP here:

Gentrification and Health: Understanding and Healing the Wounds of Our Community The 22nd annual Health Care Symposium (HCS) titled "Gentrification and Health: Understanding and Healing the Wounds of Our Community" will be held on Saturday, January 27th between 8:00-1pm in Geffen Hall. This year's keynote is Dr. Mindy Fullilove, a board-certified psychiatrist and researcher whos...

Hello everyone! We are pleased to announce the speakers for the 22nd Annual Health Care Symposium, titled "Gentrification and Health: Understanding and Healing the Wounds of Our Community" on January 27th, 8am-1pm at the UCLA Medical School Campus.

Raffle prizes include:
- Kaplan prep course
- 30 month subscription to Picmonic
- 2 $50 UCLA gift cards

Register today: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/gentrification-and-health-understanding-and-healing-the-wounds-of-our-community-tickets-40047419911

In the world of HIV treatment, we have a saying: “Housing is health care.” What it means is that it is very difficult to link people living with HIV/AIDS to health care if they do not have stable housing. That’s why we try our utmost to connect our clients with a place to live.

A victory for health care via housing "In the world of HIV treatment, we have a saying: 'Housing is health care.' What it means is that it is very difficult to link people living with HIV/AIDS to health care if they do not have stable housing."

Moore said the eviction has taken a toll on her, causing panic attacks and sleepless nights: “I want to turn my brain off.” To her new landlord, Moore added: “I haven’t even shaken your hand. You don’t even know whose lives you are ejecting from this community.”

She fought for her community as a Black Panther. Will gentrification force her out? In America’s ‘hottest housing market’, one woman’s fight to keep her home has become a rallying cry against the displacement of communities of color

Thank you to the UCLA Healthy Campus Initiative and the generous support of Jane and Terry Semel for allowing us to partner with BEWell in the recent award of our student funding grant.

We are very excited to engage the UCLA and broader community in a meaningful discussion about how gentrification impacts health and what we can do as health care providers to reduce health inequity.