Protecting Patients: Privacy-Preserving Computing in Patient Data
Privacy-preserving computation can help hospitals and researchers use sensitive health data without exposing it. Farinaz Koushanfar, Ph.D.,...
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18 episodesHealth Disparities For People With Developmental Disabilities
As part of the 2025 Developmental Disabilities Conference, Amged Soliman from the National Council on Disability provides an update on healt...
Barriers to Care for People with Developmental Disabilities
As part of the 2024 Developmental Disabilities Conference, three leaders of the disability community - Max Barrows, Matteo Musso, and Elizab...
Software Tracking COVID Variants in Real Time is Key to Controlling Outbreak
UC Santa Cruz developed a computational tool known as UShER that enables real-time SARS-CoV-2 tracking and helps researchers identify new li...
Why We Are Failing - Historical Perspective on California's Homeless
Since the mid 1970s, California policy makers have attempted to address the ever-growing problem of homelessness and incarceration of people...
How to Solve California's Chronic Homelessness
What's California doing to address the issue of chronic homelessness? Some say nothing while others point to many efforts at the local and s...
21st Century Global Health Priorities with Christopher Murray
The world has lived through 2+ years of the COVID-19 pandemic, heightening the awareness of the links between health and other aspects of li...
The Status Quo Loves To Say No: Disability Rights and the Battle Against Structures of Exclusion with Judith Heumann
Disability rights activist Judy Heumann has been fighting for inclusion for over six decades, in ways that transformed legal and societal un...
Marion Nestle: The Journey of One Woman in Science and Policy
Marion Nestle, Ph.D., MPH, reflects on her late-in-life career as a world-renowned food politics expert, public health advocate, and a found...
Metrics in Action: Lessons Learned from 30 Years of the Global Burden of Disease Study with Christopher Murray
The Global Burden of Disease Study (GBD) began in 1991 sponsored by the World Bank and the World Health Organization to fill a critical gap...
How To Bolster The Safety Net For Those Most Impacted By The Pandemic
COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives and policymakers at the local and state level are seeking solutions to help restore the health an...
Why Are People Acting So Weird? Social Disruption Stress and Substance Use During the Pandemic
COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives over the last two years. Policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solution...
Health Workforce Shortages in the Wake of the Pandemic
COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives, and policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to help restore th...
Seeing CLIIR-ly: Insights from UCSF's Center for Clinical Informatics and Improvement Research
COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives and policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to help restore the...
Is Parental Leave Costly for Parents and Co-Workers?
In this program, Heather Royer, Ph.D., discusses the challenges and benefits of parental leave, including the impact on families, companies,...
Food and Nutrition Security
COVID-19 changed many aspects of our lives and policymakers at the local, state, and federal level are seeking solutions to myriad problems,...
Design at Large: Future Prospects in Health Equity and Technological Innovations
There is increasing awareness that health disparities are largely a result of the socioeconomic position in which you are born, the housing...
Triton Talks: Fighting Forward Through Public Service
For San Diego County Supervisor Nathan Fletcher, public office is about the opportunity to improve the lives of the people he serves. Fletch...