Blog

Healthforce Center at UCSF

Photo of some Healthforce Center staff at a food bank volunteer event in San Francisco, CA.

Healthforce Center's Journey to Advance Equity in Our Workplace

By Marie Hubbard, Senior Program Manager and Dr. Sunita Mutha, Director Photo: Healthforce Center staff volunteering at the San Francisco-Marin Food Bank in October 2023, from left: Kyoko Peterson,...
Photo of poster session at UCSF campus.

Healthforce Center Welcomes Five Summer Interns to UCSF!

Healthforce Center at UCSF is pleased to welcome five interns this summer! Working with interns is just one way in which Healthforce Center advances health equity by building pipelines of diverse...
Photo of Dr. Camara Phyllis Jones during the workshop.

Workshop – Confronting Racism Denial: Tools for Naming Racism and Moving to Action

Racism is a major driver of health inequities in the United States. For most of our 30 years, Healthforce Center at UCSF has been working to advance health equity by building pipelines of diverse...
Photo of Sunita Mutha at back of conference room

What's on Tap in 2022: Next Steps for Transforming Health Care

By Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP, Director of Healthforce Center In my last post, I promised to share what Healthforce Center is excited to focus on in 2022 as we celebrate our 30th anniversary. For three...
People coming together to form an arrow.

A Retrospective of 2021 Progress at Healthforce Center

By Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP, Director of Healthforce Center If 2020 was the year of a collective reckoning on racial injustice across the nation, then 2021 was the year of laser-like focus on how to...
Golden Gate Bridge and yellow wildflowers.

Healthforce Center: A Collective Force for Health, Equity, and Action

By Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP, Director of Healthforce Center I always breathe more deeply when the smells of spring begin to fill the air here in San Francisco. But this spring feels extra special, as I...
Man pondering and looking towards the future.

Reflections on Leadership: Being Intentional About How to Approach What’s Next

By Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP, Director of Healthforce Center As we look forward from this recent presidential election, there is a lot to celebrate given the huge success of “get out the vote” efforts....
Photo of

Leading Beyond the Crisis: What Leaders Should Know

By Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP, Director of Healthforce Center For nearly three decades Healthforce Center has been training health care leaders at all levels — from emerging to executive levels. Since...
Photo of lone person walking up plaza steps

Health Care’s Problems Too Big to Handle Alone

By Sunita Mutha, MD, FACP, Director of Healthforce Center The challenges facing health care are too big for individuals or individual organizations to handle alone. Solving these problems requires...
UCSF doctor takes pulse of patient

Six Solutions to Meet California’s Health Care Needs 

California faces serious shortages in its health workforce, which makes it difficult for too many people to access the care they need. For example, in the next decade, California will face a...