Alfieri, professor of law and director of the Center for Ethics and Public Service, said UM has a “historic leadership opportunity to marshal its resources across the fields of education, research, and policy to assist underserved communities of color in Miami and throughout the region.” “Both Professor Alfieri and Timothy Loftus, M.D., now a senior law school student and fellow of the Center for Ethics and Public Service, have been instrumental to the success of this collaborative effort and are fully committed to training the next generation of leaders through this AAMC grant,” said Dr. Shafazand. “Our students will engage in virtual town hall meetings with community stakeholders, and identify gaps in care using population health data, community surveys and focus groups,” she said. “They will participate in a study to quantify the impact of social determinants of health on medical, psychological, and social well-being, and have an opportunity to present their findings at local and national meetings. It is only through a multidisciplinary, community-centered approach that we can hope to identify and address health care disparities.”
UHEALTH PEDIATRIC MOBILE TEAMS SURPASS 10,000 COVID-19 TESTS Written by Richard Westlund Published on December 22, 2020 Category: Alumna, Secondary Faculty, Service With strong support from community partners, UHealth pediatric professionals have tested more than 10,000 Miami-Dade children for COVID-19, providing a vital service to families without convenient access to care. “While most children are not symptomatic, they can spread the virus to adults, as well as coming down with serious symptoms themselves,” said Lisa Gwynn, D.O., M.B.A., associate professor of clinical pediatrics and public health sciences at the University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, and director of the Pediatric Mobile Clinic and the Dr. John T. Macdonald
Foundation School Health Initiative. “In fact, our findings show that COVID-19 infection rates in children are similar to the overall community rates.” After taking part in Miami-Dade’s initial COVID-19 adult testing program last spring, the mobile clinic team from UHealth – the University of Miami Health System has been focusing on children since July 1, using polymerase chain reaction (PCR) testing kits from the state Department of Health. Financial support for the pediatric testing initiative was provided by Children’s Health Fund, Truist Foundation, Jeffrey and Jenny Binder, Adam Koffler and Lisa Heiden-Koffler on behalf of the Koffler Foundation, and Lisa Heiden on behalf of William B. Heiden.
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