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Healthforce Alum Recruits Young People to Diversify Health Care Workforce

Jocelyn Freeman Garrick, MD is an emergency department physician who's on a mission to ensure that health care providers reflect the racial and gender diversity of the patients they serve. Her...
Sunita Mutha

Researcher of the Month: Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP

Healthforce Center at UCSF Director Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP, was featured in the UCSF Office of Research series, "Researcher of the Month." The article highlights Healthforce Center's role as the...
Cindy Selmi at Planned Parenthood

In the Face of Federal Threats, Planned Parenthood Leader Continues Fighting for Families

By Cindy Selmi, Senior Regional Director, Planned Parenthood of Northern California In the last 29 years, my career in reproductive health care has spanned multiple administrations and weathered many...
Susan Ehrlich at San Francisco

At the Center of San Francisco's Safety Net, the CEO Leans In

Photo: Susan Ehrlich, MD, MPP, the CEO of Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, presides over one of California’s most important safety-net institutions. Photo by: Josh Edelson Story source: ...
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San Joaquin Health Plan CEO Built the Plane as She Was Flying It

Photo: Health Plan of San Joaquin CEO Amy Shin, right, meets with Chief Information Officer Cheron Vail. Photo: Craig Sanders. Story source: California Health Care Foundation By Tracy Seipel,...
We are constantly thinking about ways to enhance the learning experience for our meeting attendees.

Six Secrets to Planning a Spectacular Event

By Healthforce leadership staff: Marie Hubbard, Alleysha Mullen and Christina Travlos As leadership staff of Healthforce Center at UCSF, we are constantly thinking about ways to enhance the learning...
Dr. Wei An Lee speaks at the LAC+USC Farmers Market

Leadership Alum's Project Continues to Bear Fruit (and Vegetables)

As a fellow in the  CHCF Health Care Leadership Program, Dr. Wei An Lee, an endocrinologist at Los Angeles County+University of Southern California (LAC+USC) Medical Center, developed a medical...
Clinic Leadership Institute participants gather at a seminar

Clinic Leadership Institute Brings Results

This month, the country’s largest pharmacy, CVS, bought one of the largest insurance companies, Aetna, as part of a $69 billion deal. Though mergers and acquisitions in the commercial sector far...
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Second Cohort of Cedars-Sinai's Community Clinic Initiative Managing to Leading Kicks Off

Thirty-one mid-level clinicians, administrators, and other non-clinical staff who work in health clinics in Los Angeles have been selected to participate in Cedars-Sinai’s Community Clinic Initiative...
Dr. Daniel Lowenstein, Executive Vice Chancellor of UCSF, talks with students

Leadership Training Teaches Valuable Lessons

Dan Lowenstein, MD, UCSF’s executive vice chancellor and provost, has served in many leadership roles including director of the UCSF Epilepsy Center, dean of medical education at Harvard Medical...