Updates & Events
Read about the latest updates from CHESA members including achievement, partnerships and events.
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Dr. Mary Nabukenya awarded Makerere RIF Grant for National Workforce Planning – Uganda
CHESA collaborating faculty Dr. Mary Nabukenya, Lecturer at Makerere University has been awarded a competitive grant from the Makerere Research and Innovations Fund to conduct research on workforce trends and incentives and bring together national stakeholders for planning the Uganda national surgery, anesthesia and obstetric workforce scale-up.
2020 CHESA Seed Grant Recipients Announced
Each year the UCSF Center for Health Equity in Surgery and Anesthesia (CHESA) awards up to $50,000 to CHESA members and collaborators for projects.
Is Sorry Enough? by HEAL Fellows Sam Percy and Carlie Field
Reflections from Samuel Percy (HEAL anesthesiologist) and Carlie Field (HEAL obstetrician and gynecologist) currently working on Navajo Nation as part of the UCSF HEAL Initiative fellowship.
CHESA welcomes new Director, Dr. Doruk Ozgediz
Doruk Ozgediz, MD, MSc, FACS, FAAP, will be returning to UCSF to become the inaugural Director of Global Surgery and Health Equity in the Department of Surgery starting March 1, 2020.
