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In this Berkeley News article describing the disproportionate effects of California’s wildfires on its indigenous communities...Read more about The Disproportionate Effects of Wildfires on CA’s Indigenous Communities

“Learning Language, Un/Learning Empathy in Medical School'' by Seth Holmes, Co-Chair of Berkeley Center for Social Medicine, was published in Culture, Medicine, and Psychiatry....Read more about Un/Learning Empathy in Medical School

Research by Ariana Thompson-Lastad, Berkeley Center for Social Medicine faculty affiliate, is featured in this article by Cal Matters. The research investigates access to midwifery care for people insured through Medi-Cal and the barriers to community midwives...Read more about Community Midwives and MediCal