Projects to Advance Integrative Health Equity throughout the Osher Center

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Integrative Pediatrics Coalition for UCSF & Bay Area

Project Idea Status: 
Project Title: Integrative Pediatrics Coalition for UCSF & Bay Area
Names of Project Lead(s) and Key Team Members: Jen Matthews, Fatima Barrigan, Catherine Herbin
Brief Project Description, including Feasibility and Anticipated Impact (150 words maximum):

This new coalition will unite UCSF, BCH Oakland, SF General, and other partners to advance Integrative Pediatrics with a focus on equity and community-building. Each quarterly event will rotate among UCSF-affiliated sites, targeting primary care physicians and advanced practice practitioners, social workers, behavioral health providers, and outpatient clinical staff. Events will include integrative care seminars on climate change, environmental justice, and access to integrative care, alongside product selection sessions to support safe, informed clinical practice. The quarterly coalition meetings could build towards a dedicated day-long advocacy retreat, empowering the coaliition to drive impactful initiatives in health equity and integrative pediatrics.

Budget: Total budget estimate of $15,000 to include honorariums/teaching stipends, supplies, catering, marketing. 

Comments

What a needed effort. Would you also invite clinicians from other sites, e.g. community health centers? Or would it be UCSF/ZSFG only?

Yes, we are planning/hoping to include safety net pediatric clinicians. 

Please explicitly discuss in your Phase 2 proposal how this effort advances Integrative Health Equity at the Osher Center.  

Please also discuss plans for the sustainability of this project.  Remember that one of the review criteria is Impact. Does the project have the potential to have an ongoing impact, beyond the funding period?

When you submit your budget, please provide enough detail to justify the requested funds.

Finally, the review committee is unlikely to support both of the projects you've submitted in order to distribute funds more equitably.  Please consider which proposal you most strongly endorse and submit only one.