Recent RAMP Events
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Webinar Recording: Racism, Housing, and Asthma: A Conversation
Regional Asthma Management & Prevention (RAMP) and the National Center for Healthy Housing (NCHH) jointly hosted a conversation on December 11, 2023 on the connections between racism, housing, and asthma with three of the country’s leading practitioners and researchers in this space: Among those providing asthma home visiting services and/or working toward scaling and sustaining…
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Webinar Recording: California Air Agency Shares Research Findings on Port and Air Pollution Impacts on Asthma in Southern California
On November 15th, 2023, from 1:00-3:00 Pacific, researchers presented findings from an analysis quantifying the impact of exposure to air pollution from train and port operations, as well as air toxics from multiple sources, on asthma symptoms and Emergency Department (ED) visits within vulnerable communities in Southern California. The webinar recording is available here. The…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Helping Clients Protect Their Health During Extreme Heat
On September 6, 2023, Daniel Woo, Team Lead, Climate Change & Health Equity Section, and Abigail Ramirez, Health Program Specialist, with the California Department of Public Health Office of Health Equity, presented “Helping Clients Protect Their Health During Extreme Heat.” To view the full presentation, click here. To view the slides from the presentation, click…
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RAMP CHW Meeting – Racial Inequities in Asthma Care-History, Findings and Opportunities for Solutions
Dr. Sande Okelo with the Division of Pediatric Pulmonology and Sleep Medicine, at the David Geffen School of Medicine at University of California Los Angeles., presented “Racial Inequities in Asthma Care – History, Findings and Opportunities for Solutions.” on July 19, 2023. To view the full presentation, click here. RAMP hosts regular convenings for CHWs, promotoras,…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Asthma and Allergies
Naveena Bobba, MD, MPH, Deputy Director of Health at San Francisco Department of Public Health, presented “Asthma and Allergies” on June 22, 2023. To view the full presentation, click here. RAMP hosts regular convenings for CHWs, promotoras, and others providing asthma education. For additional information about future meetings, including how to join them, please visit our…
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CHHC Annual Meeting
Members of the California Healthy Housing Coalition (CHHC), including RAMP staff, gathered on June 15-16, 2023, for the first in-person Annual Meeting since 2020. The two-day event featured lively presentations and in-depth discussions on a wide range of healthy housing issues. If you missed the event – or want to catch portions of it again…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: An Update on Guidelines-Based Practices in Asthma Management.
Dr. Andi Marmor, Pediatric Asthma/Allergy Clinic, San Francisco General Hospital, University of California, San Francisco, presented “An Update on Guidelines-Based Practices in Asthma Management” on May 24, 2023. To view the full presentation, click here. RAMP hosts regular convenings for CHWs, promotoras, and others providing asthma education. For additional information about future meetings, including how to…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Probiotics and Asthma
Michael D. Cabana, MD, MPH, The Michael I. Cohen, M.D., University Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Albert Einstein College of Medicine, and Physician-in-Chief, The Children’s Hospital at Montefiore in the Bronx, presented “Probiotics and Asthma” on April 25, 2023. To view the full presentation, click here. RAMP hosts regular convenings for CHWs, promotoras, and others providing asthma education.…
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RAMP CHW Meeting: Gas Stoves and Asthma
John Balmes, M.D., professor of medicine emeritus at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), professor of environmental health sciences emeritus in the School of Public Health at UC Berkeley, and attending physician in the Division of Occupational, Environmental and Climate Medicine (OECM) and the Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine at Zuckerberg San Francisco…