University of San Francisco California
SIREN Podcast
Listen to the SIREN Podcast Channel
Since December 2020, SIREN has hosted a podcast channel focused on hot topics in social care research, policy, and practice. Our channel brings together edited recordings of recent webinars alongside exclusive, podcast-only conversations. You can listen to all the episodes at any time by subscribing to our podcast on Apple, Stitcher, Spotify, or using the links below.
Latest Episodes
Bonus Episode: Awareness Afterparty
This bonus episode is a special addendum to the first five episodes, which all focused on health care sector efforts to increase Awareness about both patient and community-level social conditions.
Social Risks vs. Social Needs: Assessing Patients' Interest in Assistance
This episode is the final in a series of five conversations focused on health care sector efforts to increase Awareness about both patient and community-level social conditions.
Building Accountability for Social Risk Screening into State Medicaid Programs
Sarah DeSilvey, DNP, FNP-C, social determinants of health clinical informatics director of the Gravity Project and faculty at the University of Vermont Larner College of Medicine speaks with Michael Bailit, MBA, founder of Bailit Health, a consulting firm dedicated to ensuring insurer and provide
Understanding Patients’ Perspectives on Social Risk Screening
Elena Byhoff, MD, MSc, assistant professor in the Department of Medicine at Tufts Medical Center and Tufts University School of Medicine speaks with David Schleifer, PhD, the director of research at Public Agenda, a national, nonpartisan, nonprofit research and public engagement organization.
The Intersection of Racism, Discrimination, and Social Risk Screening in Clinical Settings
Dr. Toyin Ajayi, Co-founder and Chief Health Officer at Cityblock Health speaks with Dr. Monica Peek, associate professor of General Internal Medicine at the University of Chicago.
To Scale or Not to Scale: Social Risk Screening and the US Health Care System
Dr. Anand Shah, Vice President of Social Health at Kaiser Permanente speaks with Dr. Stacy Lindau, tenured professor at the University of Chicago, founder of NowPow, and president of MAPSCorps.
Introducing the SIREN Coffee & Science Series: The NASEM Social Care Framework
What is this conversation series all about? What are the “five As” of social and medical care integration? How is the COVID-19 pandemic changing how health care systems see their roles and responsibilities related to the integration of social and medical care delivery? SIREN Director Dr.