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Blanca Meléndrez and Amina Sheik Mohamed of the UC San Diego Center for Community Health received the James Irvine Foundation Leadership Award for their efforts to address health equity in partnership with underserved, immigrant and refugee communities.
In the absence of dedicated shelter beds or direct access for hospitals, San Diego’s homeless hospital patients often end up back on the street despite a state mandate to prioritize post-discharge placements.