Meet UCSF Benioff Oakland Hospital’s Next Gen Health Care CHAMPS

The CHAMPS Program is diversifying the future of U.S. health care system by training the next generation of health care professionals. This three-year internship program prepares Oakland teens of color for health care careers. High school juniors shadow UCSF doctors, nurses, and technicians and...

UCSF Commits to Local Hiring Goal to Foster Economic Opportunity

As part of UCSF’s work with the Healthcare Anchor Network (HAN) and the National Fund for Workforce Solutions, UCSF Anchor Institution Mission has committed to hiring 10% of new employees from underserved communities by the end of 2027. HAN announced May 10, 2023, that UCSF is one of 17 HAN members...

How UCSF's Workforce Development Programs Accelerated Career Growth for This San Francisco Resident

San Francisco native Kisha Mickels wants to help people. When the former Housing Assistant in Campus Life Services was looking for an opportunity to grow professionally, she utilized a workforce training program available at UCSF like the one that helped her start her career here. Kisha had...

U.S. News Names UCSF Among Top Hospitals with New Health Equity Metrics

Since 1990, the Best Hospitals rankings and ratings have focused on hospitals that excel in providing high quality care, whether it be for relatively routine procedures and conditions, or more complex and challenging diagnoses. The Health Equity Measures expand on the mission of Best Hospitals by...

UCSF, Anchor Institution Mission Advancing Community Health with Procurement Strategies

As part of UCSF adopting the anchor framework, we made a commitment to consciously apply the long-term, place-based economic power of the institution, in combination with its human and intellectual resources, to better the long-term welfare of the community in which the institution is anchored.

UCSF Launches Community Investment Program to Support Housing and Minority-Owned Small Businesses

3-year Pilot Program Augments UCSF’s Anchor Institution Initiative to Address Health Equity through Community Economic Support

City College of San Francisco, UC San Francisco and Homebridge Launch Groundbreaking Partnership To Increase Access To Health Care Jobs

The initiative aims to overcome obstacles to career advancement for home care providers, including access to education and training, as well as fees associated with healthcare training and certification.

UCSF targets health inequity by leveraging its power to hire, train and support locals

Community, UCSF Experts Partner to Promote Health Equity, Rethink How University Does Business

In these past few weeks, much progress has been made to advance the UCSF Anchor Institution Initiative and reimagine the ways the university does business to strengthen its ability to help promote health equity in the communities it serves.

UCSF Advances Anchor Initiative, Engaging Business Units and Community Partners

The unveiling of the UCSF Anchor Institution capacity and recommendations report last May represented a significant commitment from UCSF to rethink and reshape the ways in which it does business in order to address health disparities and inequities.