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Social Interventions Research and Evaluation Network

Our mission is to improve health and health equity by advancing high quality research on health care sector strategies to improve social conditions.

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Survey finds smaller non-profits are less likely to participate in CalAIM. Dive into these findings in the latest article by @carolinefich.bsky.social & colleagues in BMC Public Health.

📚Read it here: bmcpublichealth.biomedcentral.com/articles/10....
July 31, 2025 at 9:59 PM
The recent special issue of Health Services Research (HSR) on social care and the US health care sector had lived experience experts and community members as reviewers. Learn more about the process here: lnkd.in/gA64rfA6

📚 Read the special issue here: lnkd.in/gWSNix6d
May 19, 2025 at 9:08 PM
In case you missed it, we recently shared a new section of our website focused on recommendations for applying four key principles of anti-racism praxis to each stage of social care research.

Access recommendations here: sirenetwork.ucsf.edu/anti-racism-...
April 16, 2025 at 1:59 AM
If you're not subscribed to our newsletter, you should be 😉 but we released the must-watch, final plenary discussion from our SIREN 2025 National Research meeting with health and social care pioneers Damon Francis, Monica Soni, Palav Babaria, and Sanjay Basu.

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February 20, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Our love letter to #socialcare
February 14, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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In the midst of the country’s political and climatic maelstrom, SIREN's 2025 National Research Meeting in San Diego last week provided a much-needed reprieve. It felt restorative to be surrounded by people driving to improve health equity in the US.

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February 12, 2025 at 10:57 PM
Dr. Aceves speaking about why most research is in the collaboration bucket rather than the empowerment : “The system doesn’t empower communities to do their own research.”

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February 4, 2025 at 5:46 PM
A summary of SIREN’s engagement journey

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February 4, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Why lived experience expertise is critical to #socialcare research

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February 4, 2025 at 5:26 PM
Lunch time panel on the next four years of #socialcare research and policy.

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February 3, 2025 at 8:19 PM
Three takeaways:
1. Analyses of what a health system is ethically required to do are strongly influenced by the assumption of ideal or non-ideal conditions

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February 3, 2025 at 5:54 PM
Drs. Anyigbo and Fleegler starring in a performance skit of the differing ideas of ideal theorists and non-ideal theorists.

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February 3, 2025 at 5:34 PM
Dr. Lauren Taylor speaking about the debate of whether the healthcare sector should engage in #socialcare or if they should they leave it to the experts.

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February 3, 2025 at 5:24 PM
Dr. Bechara Choucair, executive vice president and chief health officer of Kaiser Permanente speaking about the importance of #socialcare, the rigor that we should conduct research and practice, and the importance of understanding the types of interventions that are needed for patients.

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February 3, 2025 at 5:03 PM
@carolinefich.bsky.social opening remarks for our 2025 National Research Meeting!

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February 3, 2025 at 4:54 PM
Welcome Panel at 2025 SIREN National Research Meeting sponsored by Kaiser Permanente

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February 3, 2025 at 12:53 AM
Hey 2025 SIREN National Research Meeting attendees!

Don’t forget to take a photo at our photobooth!

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February 2, 2025 at 8:54 PM
Happy Sunday from sunny San Diego—our location for our 2025 SIREN National Research Meeting!

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February 2, 2025 at 8:06 PM
We’re excited to see some of you in person in San Diego this next week for our 2025 SIREN National Research Meeting!

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January 31, 2025 at 6:58 PM
"Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly." -Martin Luther King Jr.

Letter from Birmingham, Alabama jail, April 16, 1963.

#mlkday
January 20, 2025 at 10:15 PM
Important Announcement RE: SIREN 2025 National Research Meeting 📢

We will only contact you from [email protected] or from email addresses with horizonmeetingmanagement.com. Please do not hesitate to reach out to us if you have any questions.

The SIREN Team
January 10, 2025 at 11:12 PM