UCSF’s innovative, collaborative approach to patient care, research and education spans disciplines across the life sciences, making it a world leader in scientific discovery and its translation to improving health.
Peter Ureste, MD is an Assistant Clinical Professor in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at the University of California, San Francisco. He provides inpatient psychiatric care to individuals with serious mental illness at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital. He also serves as a faculty member for the PROF-PATH program.
Associate Director, Community Engagement and Health Policy, UCSF Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Roberto Ariel Vargas, MPH, is Associate Director for the Center for Community Engagement and Senior Staff, Community Engagement Program of UCSF’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute. Vargas helped shape health policy and practice at the municipal and national levels on chronic disease prevention and cancer care. He has served on the National Cancer Institute’s National Council of Research Advocates, and as chair of the board of the Central American Resource Center & the SF Sugary Drinks Distributor Tax Advisory Committee.
Executive Director, UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women's Health
Judy Young is the Executive Director of the National Center of Excellence (CoE) in Women’s Health. As an educator and mentor, activist and advocate, and life-long learner, Judy embraces the mission of the CoE and brings a multi-dimensional lens to addressing health inequities, disparities and social change. Judy joined UCSF in 2006 to be the Program Director for Fostering Excellence in Women’s Health, a multi-year, multi-million dollar national program that enhanced academic-community partnerships in women’s health across the national network of Centers of Excellence in Women’s Health.
