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Five Years with the SF Soda Tax: Results of a Community-Public Health-Academic Partnership

***HYBRID EVENT***

ZSFG Carr Auditorium

1001 Potrero Ave.
Building 3 (22nd St. & San Bruno Ave.), 1st Floor, Room 101
San Francisco CA 94110

Zoom Information:
http://tiny.ucsf.edu/DOMGrandRounds
Meeting ID: 968 1679 7792; Password: 1001
Call-in: +1 669 900 6833, +1 213 338 8477, +1 669 219 2599

Objectives:

  1. Provide a brief history of the San Francisco Sugar Sweetened Beverage Tax
  2. Describe the contributions of UCSF faculty, staff and leadership who engaged in research and clinical based advocacy
  3. Present research on how tax revenues are being spent and discuss results of evaluations to date

Panelists:
Opening Remarks by Dr. Dean Schillinger, Dr. Grant Colfax and Malia Cohen

  • Christina Goette, MPH – DPH Healthy Eating/Active Living Chronic Disease Prevention Programs Manager; Acting Co-Director, Community Health Equity & Promotion
  • Roberto Vargas, MPH – UCSF, Center for Community Engagement Associate Director
  • Kris Madsen, MD, MPH – UC Berkeley, Professor at School of Public Health, Faculty Director of the Berkeley Food Institute, Pediatrician and Research Scientist
  • Dean Schillinger, MD – UCSF Professor of Medicine in Residence and Primary Care & Health Policy UCSF Institute for Health Policy Studies