RECENT PROJECTS

  • Lead consultant for Fresno Healthy Communities Access Partners' Access to Care Task Force and Kaiser Specialty Care Access Project;
  • Co-investigator with USC on dental utilization in Healthy Kids programs and effectiveness of outreach and enrollment strategies in Children's Health Initiatives;
  • Lead consultant for TCE-funded Farmworker Health Reform project;
  • Co-investigator for CHCF-funded study on increasing dental capacity in community health centers;
  • Lead consultant on Tri-County Medi-Cal managed care local initiative community engagement planning project in Fresno, Kings and Madera counties;
  • Co-investigator with UCSF on report on impact of elimination of adult Denti-Cal benefits;
  • Technical assistance in the design and implementation of Children’s Health Initiatives in Fresno, Tulare, Kings, Santa Barbara and San Luis Obispo Counties to provide health insurance to all children and statewide support California Children's Health Initiatives;
  • Program evaluation of Santa Barbara County Children's Health Initiative, Fresno County Children's Health Initiative, California Dental Association's Pediatric Oral Health Access Project,  Fresno Metro Ministry's Local Health Care Coalition, Clinica de Tolosa dental clinic, National Health Law Program’s Medicaid Consumer Voice Project, San Luis Obispo County AIDS Support Network's Hep C Project;
  • Principal investigator for the Central California Health Data Project and author of Health in the Heartland: The Crisis Continues – A report on Health Status and Access to Care in the San Joaquin Valley;
  • Principal investigator for the Central Coast Health Data Project and author of Paradox in Paradise: Hidden Health Inequities on California’s Central Coast;
  • Key facilitator for San Luis Obispo County Childhood Obesity Prevention Task Force;
  • Key facilitator for Future Vision Task Force examining the future of health care for low-income persons in San Luis Obispo County;
  • Author of San Luis Obispo County Children’s Summary Report 2005 for Children's Services Network;
  • Author of Oral Health: Successes and Opportunities for California’s Children’s Health Initiatives;
  • Author of Putting Teeth into Health Care Reform
  • Program development for farmworker health coverage program for Fresno Healthy Communities Access Partners;
  • Developing grantmaking strategies, strategic planning, policy analysis and review of proposals for The California Endowment, The California Wellness Foundation, The California HealthCare Foundation, and San Luis Obispo County Community Foundation;
  • Program design and grant development for numerous nonprofit agencies including Economic Opportunity Commission of San Luis Obispo County, Community Counseling Center and Central Coast Assistive Technology Center.