News Archive
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Podcast and Pre-Release of Manuscript on California Managed Care Mandate
2011
A podcast interview was released in October 2011 with the lead author of a journal manuscript about Medi-Cal beneficiaries' experiences with fee-for-service and Medi-Cal managed care in California....
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New Perspectives released on Biomonitoring: The Chemicals Within Us
2011
Growing evidence points to chemical exposure as a significant risk factor for many chronic diseases. In the latest issue of Perspectives, environmental health and health communications experts...
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Professor Linda Neuhauser Contributes to FDA Book on Risk Communication
2011
Linda Neuhauser co-authored a chapter on “Readability, Comprehension, and Usability” in Communicating Risks and Benefits: An Evidence-Based User's Guide.
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International Healthy Aging Symposium
2010
Sweden, the United States, and Japan were the focus of an International Symposium on Healthy Aging at UC Berkeley on September 13, 2010. Cosponsors include UC Berkeley's School of Public Health,...
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Len Syme Awarded Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship
2010
Professor Emeritus S. Len Syme, HRA's Co-Principal Investigator, received the Wade Hampton Frost Lectureship Award, one of the most prestigious awards in the field of epidemiology, at APHA's annual...
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Perspectives Periodical Released
2010
The release of Preventing Toxic Exposures: Workplace Lessons in Safer Alternatives was followed by an Op Ed post in the California Progress Report, by HRA Policy Director Holly Brown-Williams.
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Multi Purpose Prevention Technologies
2010
Highlights from the Microbicides 2010 Conference in Pittsburgh last May are available from (Coalition Advancing Multipurpose Innovations). Planning is underway for a November 2011 international...
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Platinum Hermes Creative Award for Health Plan Guide
2010
April 30, 2009 - Health Research for Action (HRA) and the California Office of the Patient Advocate (OPA) won a Platinum Award for excellence, quality, and creativity in the 2009 international Hermes...
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Emergency Preparedness Communication for Deaf and Hard-of-Hearing Communities
2010
UC Berkeley hosted Organizations and agencies that serve Deaf and hard-of-hearing people in May of 2010 to discuss the creation of an all-hazards emergency communication infrastructure that will...
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HRA and OPA Win 2010 Platinum Hermes Creative Award for New Senior HMO Guide
2010
California's HMO Guide for Seniors: Getting the Most from Your Medicare HMO is the latest collaborative effort between Health Research for Action and the California Office of the Patient Advocate,...