LCOE Mission and Goals - Spanish Version

Explain the LCOE Mission and Goals; Dr. Manuel Tápia talks about CMB; Dr. Leticia Rolón talks about SOM; Andres Calvillo talks about LMSA

Dr. Sarah Schaeffer publishes a new study on Avoiding the Virtual Pitfall

Public health concerns related to the COVID-19 pandemic are leading many residency and fellowship programs to transition from in-person to videoconference interviews (VCIs). The magnitude and speed of the shift to VCIs, the lack of existing research around bias and VCIs, and the underlying stress...

UCSF LCOE Street Team

Early in March 2020, UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence (LCOE) set up a volunteer program names LCOE Street Team to provide trustworthy COVID-19 information to people waiting in food lines. LCOE Street Team volunteers are made up of physicians and health professional students such as UCSF medical and...

Appointment of Dr. Meshell Johnson as Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep for the San Francisco VA

Dear Colleagues: We are thrilled to announce that Meshell Johnson, MD has accepted the position of Chief of Pulmonary, Critical Care Medicine, and Sleep for the San Francisco VA Health Care System. Dr. Johnson is Professor of Clinical Medicine at UCSF and a member of the SFVAHCS Pulmonary/Critical...

Dr. Alejandra Rincón publishes chapter in Springer's Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education.

We are excited to share Dr. Alejandra Rincón's new publication entitled “Immigrants’ Efforts to Access Public Schools and Higher Education in the United States”. The chapter is part of Springer’s Handbook on Promoting Social Justice in Education. 

New study by Dr. Robert Rodriguez examines the effect of anti-immigrant rhetoric on Latinx health.

Anti-immigrant remarks from the White House are taking a substantial toll on Latino patients’ perceptions of their personal safety and are affecting their access to emergency health care, researchers report in a new study led by emergency medicine physicians at UC San Francisco.

Latinx Center of Excellence Celebrates One Year of Programming

The UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence (LCOE) has wrapped up its first year of programs.  Funded by the Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) and the UCSF School of Medicine (UCSF SOM), the UCSF LCOE is primarily focused on UIM career development at multiple places along the journey to...

Alicia Fernández receives grant to establish UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence

Alicia Fernandez receives grant to establish UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence.