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Explore thought-provoking conversations and groundbreaking insights from the UCLA Social Medicine Research Symposium. The recorded talks feature leading voices in social medicine, public health, and community advocacy—capturing the spirit of collaboration and innovation that drives our work at UCLA. Watch, learn, and be inspired.
Belonging and Dispossession: Personal Property in Transitional Homes
Evidencing Good Care: An Ethnographic Exploration of Validation, Certainty, and Communicability
The Promises and Pitfalls of Pre-Exposure Prophylaxis (PReP) to HIV
The Arrival of Xylazine to Tijuana and Southern California: Clinical and Harm Reduction Implications
No Place Like Home: Relationality, Resistance, and Meaningful Life on the Kansas River
Board and Care (En)Closures in Los Angeles: Slow Abandonment and Freedom Dreams in Long-Term Residential Care Facilities
The Carceral Psychiatric Fix
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