Diversity and Outreach Initiatives

• The HEAL – Health Equity Action Lab – meets monthly and has been/will continue to be a great resource for equity-based research and locoregional projects. Email [email protected] to be added
• Mobile HEAL Clinic and Outreach Clinics
  • COVID Equity Project
  • Transgender Health (on hold due to COVID)
  • Poverello House – screenings, vaccinations, wound care
• Violence Intervention Program
  • Led by Surgery and Emergency Medicine departments
  • Partners a trained crisis intervention worker with patient, work with community organizations to access to resources for housing/education/job search/interview clothes and more
  • Large focus on those affected by gang violence, but with new grant now expanding beyond to more patients affected by interpersonal violence
• Trauma Survivors Network
  • Provide resources for those affected by traumatic injuries, support groups and one-on-one peer counseling
• Examples of some outreach efforts in departments (not comprehensive – still trying to bring awareness to activities of each department)
  • Pediatrics community and public health rotation; CARE Cultural Awareness & Reflection Exercises encourage residents to observe and reflect upon the histories, practices and lived experiences of various cultural and other social identity groups in the Central Valley
  • EM scheduled rotations at COVID equity clinics and running HEAL projects, integrated curriculum on DEI topics including voices from community organizations
  • Surgery volunteer at Poverello house, Violence Intervention, Breast cancer screenings, intentional recruitment coalition
  • Family Medicine: transgender health elective
  • Many departments: Vaccine awareness, health screening, volunteer work

Paving the Way Toward A More Diverse, Equitable, and Inclusive UCSF for All: We’re committed to building a broadly diverse community, nurturing a culture that is welcoming and supportive, and engaging diverse ideas for the provision of culturally competent education, discovery, and patient care.

• Website:fresno.ucsf.edu/fresno-diversity/. Main campus also has great resources: https://diversity.ucsf.edu
• Subcommittees
  • Outreach – working with and supporting local community organizations
  • Resources / Curriculum – curating list of local and national resources, events, and curriculum collaboration for trainee programs
  • Data – assessing diversity of our campus and committee, identifying focus areas for outreach
  • Past projects have included LGBTQ health care education with partner hospitals and electronic medical record update, accessibility awareness, supporting women in academic medicine, amongst others
  • Email michael.chago[email protected]  to be added to committee list