Kathryn A Phillips PhD
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Prof Health Econ/Dir @UCSF_Transpers implementation of precision medicine. EIC #HAScholar @Health_Affairs – OA journal of emerging & global health policy
San Francisco, CA
Joined June 2012
Migrating over time to #bluesky for many reasons! Moving both personal & work @UCSF_TRANSPERS #HAScholar @Health_Affairs. Come visit!
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RT @UCLAchancellor: The internet as we know it began with federal research funding and a breakthrough at @UCLA. In 1969, a UCLA team sent t….
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From the internet to the ozone layer, AI to the human genome, UC scientists have turned funding into history-making, economy-boosting solutions.
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UCLA’s legal win over Trump could prompt different strategy in similar cases
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The faculty of the University of California scored a victory for the Los Angeles branch campus against the White House, the first win for a university individually targeted by t…
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Excited to see this paper published in #HAScholar @Health_Affairs!.
Dive deeper into how Medicare policy is shaping access to opioid treatment by colleagues Jon Cantor, Julie Lai, @denis_agniel, and @KosaliSimon . Read the full article at:
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While @UCLA does all it can to protect its faculty, students, and staff from a $1B attack by the federal government—I’m proud to #StandUpForUC to defend life-saving research and ensure the country’s best public university isn’t devastated.
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Honored to be interviewed: " Health economist. Policy innovator. Thought leader in precision medicine" .
pharmacy.ucsf.edu
July 28, 2025 · The founder and director of the UCSF Center for Translational and Policy Research on Precision Medicine (TRANSPERS), who is receiving the UCSF Academic Senate Faculty Research
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Article in The Hill cites Health Affairs Scholar #HAScholar @health_affairs study Bipartisan Senate price transparency bill can fix US health care
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The Patients Deserve Price Tags Act, introduced by Sens. Roger Marshall and John Hickenlooper, would provide upfront price information to patients and employers, helping to reduce health care costs…
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Wow Vinad Prasad already gone. Top FDA vaccine regulator under Trump ousted amid conservative criticism.
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Vinay Prasad, a prominent critic of covid vaccine policy, was ousted as the FDA’s top regulator of vaccines and gene therapies, according to two people familiar with the situation.
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Strategies to Better Align Investments in Innovations for Therapeutic Development with Disease Burden and Unmet Needs: Public Release Webinar via @theNASEM.
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Learn more from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine
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Medical groups concerned that RFK Jr. may dismiss panel of primary care experts : NPR
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The American Medical Association is urging HHS Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. not to oust members of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force, an independent group of experts focused on primary care.
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NIH to cap Article Processing Charges for #openaccess journals - stay tuned re details but important policy change.
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At NIH, we have long upheld a strong commitment to open access.
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Wow big changes .Transparent peer review to be extended to all of Nature’s research papers
nature.com
Nature - From today, all new submissions to Nature that are published will be accompanied by referees’ reports and author responses — to illuminate the process of producing rigorous science.
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Very insightful article than is more nuanced than title suggests. Not a collapse but big changes. Inside the Collapse of the F.D.A.
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How the new health secretary, Robert F. Kennedy Jr., is dismantling the agency.
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RT @AcademyHealth: AcademyHealth sent a letter to congressional health leaders Wednesday urging them to protect the integrity of the USPSTF….
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Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. abruptly postponed a meeting of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force originally scheduled for Thursday, according to an email sent…
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RT @EricTopol: Internet search traffic for health information has dropped precipitously, the outlier vs drop in all other categories, as ch….
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RT @GIMJournal: Is it worth it? Return of additional findings following genomic sequencing may not be #costeffective. .
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Useful analysis from @TuftsCEVR in @Health_Affairs Important caveat to findings - they note there are many reasons why drug coverage policies & clinical guidelines may not align so not always inappropriate.
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Utilization management criteria influence patients’ access to specialty drugs, yet the processes used by health plans to establish these criteria are not well understood. This study examined the...
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RT @GIMJournal: The challenges of #precisionmedicine. Study reveals ~50% of the genetic variants reported in diverse adult genetic practice….
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