California Community Service-Learning Program
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Year | Name | Medical School | Project Title | Project Location | Key Outcome | |
2017 | Olumuyiwa Akinrimisi | University of California, San Diego School of Medicine | Health Professions Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) | Health Profession Recruitment and Exposure Program (HPREP) | Educational and social support to students from disadvantaged neighborhoods. | |
2017 | Jemma Alacron | University of California, Irvine, College of Medicine | Vulnerability Index: Assessing the Mortality Risk Among the Street Homeless Populations in Santa Ana, CA | Civic Center, Santa Ana, CA & UC Irvine School of Medicine | Utilize the Vulnerability Index to assess the mortality risk among individuals residing in the Civic Center encampment. | |
2017 | Thinh Chau | University of California, Davis, School of Medicine | Promoting Hepatitis B Awareness and Screening in the Sacramento Vietnamese Community | Asian American Network for Cancer Awareness Research & Training | Educate the community about common cancer risk factors and benefits of undergoing recommended routine cancer screenings. | |
2017 | Kathryn Choo Loy | University of California, San Diego School of Medicine | Lincoln Health Equity Program | Lincoln High School | Eliminate health disparities through the creation of a culturally and linguistically competent health care workforce. | |
2017 | Naeemah Munir | University of California, San Diego School of Medicine | Racism as a Contributor to Allostatic Load: Explaining Cardiovascular Health Disparities among African Americans | Multicultural Health Foundation | Determine the relationship between racism, its perceived stress as a contributor to AL, and prevalence of CVD and CVD risk factors. | |
2017 | Brian Nguyen | University of California, San Diego School of Medicine | Diabetes Academy: Utilization of Video Education for Expansion of Updated Asian American Diabetes Screening Guidelines | Screen at 23, Pilipino Undergraduate Society for Health | Identify and implement effective video presentation to encourage health literacy among viewers and facilitate enhanced early diabetes screening of Asian Americans. | |
2017 | Amanda Onyewuenyi | University of California, San Francisco, School of Medicine | Centering Pregnancy for Women of Color | San Francisco Black Infant Health Program/UCSF | Established a focused Centering Pregnancy program. | |
2017 | Jamila Rahmaan-Colder | Western University of Health Sciences/College of Osteopathic Medicine of the Pacific | Pomona Afterschool Science Tutoring: Cardiovascular Health and Wellness Education Program at La Verne Science and Technology Center | LaVerne Science and Technology Charter School | Improve the existing cardiovascular health disparity in Latino and African American communities in Pomona. | |
2017 | Gianna Ramos | University of California, Los Angeles, David Geffen School of Medicine | Community Health Catalyst Project Year 2: A shift from Mendez High School to Boyle Heights Health Needs | Mendez High School | Inspire CHCP participants to continue to engage in public health initiatives and community advocacy work as part of their future careers. | |
2017 | Nancy Rodriguez | University of California, Davis, School of Medicine | Development of a Hybrid Medical Spanish Course for Health Professional Students | UC Davis School of Medicine & School of Nursing and Language Academy of Sacramento | Develop a hybrid medical Spanish course for health professional students that will provide tools and resources to provide more culturally-oriented care to our Spanish speaking community. |