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Introducing Healthforce Center at UCSF

Mon, 12/28/2015 - 12:00

UCSF's student newspaper Synapse covered Healthforce Center's identity and website launch: On Thursday, Jan. 28, the Center for the Health Professions at UCSF will officially have a new name: Healthforce Center at UCSF.

ACA will Lead to the Development of New Skills

Wed, 12/02/2015 - 12:00

Contact: Jennifer O'Brien, Assistant Vice Chancellor/Public Affairs, (415) 502-6397, [email protected]

Major NIH Grant Awarded to Healthforce Center

Mon, 10/19/2015 - 12:00

Healthforce Center Faculty Elizabeth Mertz has been awarded a $4.8 million dollar grant aimed at improving dental care quality and outcomes through evidence-based prevention and treatment. Read more about UCSF's awards to reduce childhood oral health disparities.

Affirmative Action: How Will Court Ruling Affect Medical School Diversity?

Mon, 07/03/2023 - 12:00

By By Robin Buller. Reprinted with permission from the California Health Care Foundation. on

California’s experience after Proposition 209 offers some clues and lessons The US Supreme Court outlawed the use of affirmative action on June 29, deciding that race and ethnicity can no longer be considered primary factors in university admissions.