Health Professional Radio - Podcast

Dr. Dayna Long, Medical Director and Researcher, UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, Oakland Center for Child and Community Health, discusses her involvement in the All In For Kids virtual series that took place in December 2020, and how research has shown that persistent childhood adversity – abuse, neglect, violence, racism, and other forms of trauma – can lead to higher rates of illness (cancer, stroke, Alzheimer’s, etc.) later in life. COVID-19 has exacerbated the trauma, isolation, and stress kids are experiencing and is disproportionately affecting Black, Latinx, Indigenous, and other communities of color. Dr. Dayna Long, Pediatrician, Medical Director and Researcher UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, Center for Child & Community Health. Dr. Dayna Long has been a primary care pediatrician at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland for over 20 years. For the past 5 years, she has also served as the co-Director of Center for Child and Community Health at University of California, San Francisco