FUEGO: UCSF Faculty at UCSF Expanding Growth & Opportunities


 

The LCOE FUEGO (Faculty at UCSF Expanding Growth & Opportunities) program is a faculty/fellow development program that enhances UCSF’s ability to recruit, retain, and promote Latinx and medically, economically, or educationally disadvantaged faculty and fellows. The program serves UCSF Watson Scholars/medically, educationally, or educationally disadvantaged fellows, and junior faculty yearly. It consists of a one-year program composed of two, Full-Day Retreats that focus on professional development and Careers-In-Progress sessions.

The UCSF FUEGO program is led by UCSF LCOE faculty Dr. Alicia Fernández, Dr. Beth HarlemanDr. Meshell Johnson, and Dr. Sarah Alba-Nguyen.

For more information on FUEGO, please contact:

Connie Calderon-Jensen, Associate Director
Email: [email protected] 


The FUEGO program is open to all faculty/fellows who are interested in working with medically, economically, or educationally disadvantaged populations. If you believe that you can benefit from this program, please consider applying. All are welcome to apply, and FUEGO does not use race, gender, sex, or other protected categories or proxies for protected categories in the selection process.


FUEGO Upcoming Events 2025-2026

The next FUEGO retreat is planned for the fall of 2025.

More details coming shortly

FUEGO Cohorts

Click here to read more about the UCSF John A. Watson Faculty Scholars. 

The application will be posted when available. 

CLICK HERE FOR APPLICATION INSTRUCTIONS