December 14, 2022 Female physicians of color research in progress With generous funding from The Physicians Foundation, the Physicians for a Healthy California’s (PHC) Network of Ethnic Physician Organizations is conducting research that focuses on reducing burnout, improving career satisfaction, bolstering mental health and establishing equity for female physicians of color. read more
December 14, 2022 Nearly $67 million awarded to safety-net providers to improve COVID-19 treatment in underserved communities The California Department of Public Health contracted with Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) to administer the COVID-19 Test to Treat Equity Grant program, with the goal of more expeditiously connecting patients who test positive for COVID-19 with therapeutic treatment. read more
November 21, 2022 Free Webinar: Inequities in Dementia Detection and Cognitive Health Assessments PHC has partnered with the Alzheimer's Association and the UCSF Dementia Care Aware project on a free webinar about the impact of Alzheimer’s in diverse communities disproportionately affected by the disease. read more
November 17, 2022 State tobacco tax-funded program awards $38 million to expand California’s health care workforce Physicians for a Healthy California (PHC) today announced more than $38 million in CalMedForce awards across the state to support medical training and residency programs and help grow the physician workforce. read more
November 1, 2022 PHC medical student grant program now accepting applications PHC medical student grant program now accepting applications for its 2023 grant cycle. The MedStudentsServe grant funds medical student organizations to support educational, advocacy, community service and outreach programs that enhance the health and well-being of California’s communities. read more
September 29, 2022 Latino Coalition for a Healthy California chair honored with leadership achievement award Internal medicine physician Efrain Talamantes, M.D., MBA, M.S., has been awarded the Physicians for a Healthy California 2022 Robert D. Sparks, M.D., Leadership Achievement Award. This award is given annually to an individual or organization that has demonstrated extraordinary interest and efforts in improving community health. read more
September 29, 2022 Association of Black Women Physicians honored by PHC The 2022 Frank E. Staggers, Sr., M.D., Outstanding Ethnic Physician Organization Award is given to Cozzette Lyons-Jones, M.D., MPH, FACP, in her role as president of the Association of Black Women Physicians (ABWP), a nonprofit organization established in 1982 focused on closing health disparities gaps through community education, professional support of women physicians of color and mentoring future Black doctors. read more
September 29, 2022 Women’s health physician recognized with access to care award Inland Empire OB/GYN Guillermo Valenzuela, M.D., MBA, has been named the 2022 recipient of the Physicians for a Healthy California Adarsh S. Mahal, M.D., Access to Health Care and Disparities Award. This award honors an individual or organization that has demonstrated extraordinary interest and efforts toward improving access to health care or reducing health care disparities in California. read more
September 29, 2022 UC Davis surgeon recognized with Ethnic Physician Leadership Award Sacramento surgeon David T. Cooke, M.D., FACS, has been awarded the 2022 Physicians for a Healthy California Ethnic Physician Leadership Award. This award recognizes an individual physician for his or her contributions toward improving the health of ethnic communities. read more
September 21, 2022 You’re Invited! Unconscious Bias in Healthcare: Policy, Practice and the State of the Science Symposium Join health equity experts, researchers and change agents for a day of focused discussion and problem-solving around how to effectively mitigate unconscious bias in health care settings at our first Unconscious Bias in Healthcare Symposium, on October 14, 2022. read more