Diversity Hub

The LGBTSA's goal is to promote advocacy for LGBT-related issues at UCSF, to foster community and provide networking for LGBT students, and to educate UCSF about the healthcare needs of LGBT patients.

The purpose of this organization is to provide a framework for nurses and nursing students, as a group, to meet, to discuss, and influence factors which affect men as nurses. The primary mission of the group is to enable men in the nursing profession to have professional exchange, develop social networks, and to develop innovations in nursing.

The Muslim Community at UCSF is a student-run organization that aims to educate, empower and unite Muslims from a variety of backgrounds and professional schools. This is done through activities and educational programs, which emphasize the teachings and principles of the Islamic faith.

Established in 1986, the Native American Health Alliance (NAHA) is comprised of UCSF students, staff and faculty of native descent (and their supporters) who are working together to advance representation of Native Americans on campus. NAHA also promotes cultural understanding and an awareness of the health disparities affecting Native American/Alaskan Native peoples through educational programs and campus events.

The goal of TSSA is to facilitate the social connection and intellectual exchange among the Taiwanese community in UCSF. It also aims to facilitate the interaction with other Taiwanese communities around Bay Area and the country. The major activities include celebration for traditional holidays, the annual farewell/welcome party in the summer, and occasional events such as Taiwanese film discussion. We invite students, postdocs, staffs, and faculty members from Taiwan or having interest in Taiwanese culture to join us to appreciate the Taiwanese culture. /

Our purpose is to provide a standing mechanism to deal with the issues that arise out of conflict and to promote the general welfare of Filipinos at UCSF by organizing a forum and other special events and fostering cross cultural exchange activities with staffs and students. We serve as the voice of the Filipino Community in social events, UCSF multi cultural functions, all diversity functions including Community of Minority Organization (COMO).

VSA at UCSF engages our inter-professional community with a rich and multi-faceted view of Vietnamese Culture through cultural events, community involvement, and medical Vietnamese elective. We have always been one of the most active cultural organizations on campus and continue to host annual events to promote cultural awareness including the Fall Banquet to welcome new students, Winter Holiday Potluck, Vietnamese New Years (Tet) Festival, Black April Commemoration for the Fall of Saigon, and our Spring Vietnamese Culture Show. All events feature talented student volunteers as singers, actors, and dancers. We also invite students to participate in our medical Vietnamese elective each quarter, which provide interactive learning of a very useful and elegant language. In the past, VSA has also collaborated with other cultural RCO at UCSF to promote diversity and tolerance.

Women in Life Sciences (WILS) is an organization run by UCSF trainees, that is dedicated to supporting women graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, faculty and staff at UCSF by organizing networking, mentoring, and career-building activities. Men and women are both welcome to attend all meetings and events.

Dedicated to the political and social well being of African American staff at UCSF since May, 1968.

The Hispanic Dental Association (HDA) is a national, non-profit organization comprised of oral health professionals and students dedicated to promoting and improving the oral health of the Hispanic community. In addition, they provide advocacy for Hispanic oral health professionals across the US. As one of the leading voices for Hispanic oral health in California, the UCSF student chapter of HDA promotes service, health education, advocacy and leadership to strengthen our Hispanic student community at UCSF. To reach this goal, we organize health fairs and mentorship events as well as socials, fundraisers, and community service events. In addition, we partner with the Chicanos/Latinos for Health Education (CHE), an organization where the Schools of Medicine, Nursing, Pharmacy and Dentistry at UCSF come together to reach our main objective to one day eliminate health disparities in the Bay area.