Outgoing HASC James D. Barber Administrative Fellow Rathi Ramasamy says she will continue to focus on social determinants of health and health equity as her career unfolds.

Rathi Ramasamy wraps up her year as HASC’s first James D. Barber Administrative Fellow this week. An Ohio native, she earned a Master of Public Health degree at UCLA before embarking on her 13-month term — which she called “a springboard for career leadership” in the health care field.

Former Riverside County Public Health Director Susan Harrington (left) will serve as Communities Lifting Communities’ executive director. HASC veteran Karen Ochoa (right) is CLC’s project manager.

This week, HASC welcomes a new executive director and program manager to leadership roles in its Communities Lifting Communities initiative aimed at closing gaps in Southern California health care.

Associate members attended HASC’s Associate Member Luncheon in Sept. 2016. Associate membership gives participants access to select educational events, informational publications and other resources.

HASC’s 2018 Associate Member Luncheon is scheduled for Tuesday, Aug. 28 from noon to 1:30 p.m. in the HASC board room in downtown Los Angeles. Open to all associate members, the event is a great way to learn about economic, legislative and regulatory trends likely to impact the industry.

Project neighbors and NHF staff pose outside the 18th Street Los Angeles structure now being converted to a 62-bed facility for people experiencing health issues along with homelessness.

HASC charity partner National Health Foundation seeks volunteers for three Saturday work days in August that will assist building contractors with the group’s Pico-Union recuperative care project.