Brain Camp
Dr. Josephson explains the structures of the brain at Brain Camp, a free, immersive, week-long experience for underserved high school students in San Francisco. Learn more here.
Diversity Committee
The Neurology Diversity Committee was formed in January 2014 to improve diversity, defined across multiple domains, throughout the department. The committee advises the Hiring and Compensation Committees on equity issues in recruitment/retention and coordinates educational and community activities to increase awareness of diversity issues among faculty, staff, and trainees. The Committee reports to the Chair of the Department and also advises the Director of Administration.
Committee
Winston Chiong, MD, PhD - co-Chair
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD - co-Chair
Norko Anderson, MD, MPH
Christine Fox, MD, MAS
Viktoriya Irodenko, MD
Lani Pettersen
Ann Poncelet, MD
Julio Rojas-Martinez, MD, PhD
Neel Singhal, MD, PhD
Sandeepa Sriram, MD
Benjamin Tang, PhD
Charles Windon, MD
Leadership Opportunities
AAMC Leadership Seminars: The in-person AAMC Leadership Seminars have been cancelled for 2020. Please review their course catalog.
AAN Leadership University: Women Leading in Neurology Program (now closed, but subscribe for updates).
Would you like to be a speaker or mentor? Please contact us.
Message from the
Vice Chair for Diversity
Given recent events, we need as a community to address the healing and recovery needed from the continuing social injustice and racism that pervades our society. Black Americans and others are suffering, and we are compelled to support individuals and to take action while continuing to make our department and campus safe and equitable for all. To facilitate how we can work together and do our part, I have included the resources below from the Office of Diversity and Outreach. Together we can focus on healing, exchanging ideas, and finding our common humanity during these difficult times. As always, I am available to support you and please do not hesitate to contact me.
Nerissa Ko, MD
Vice Chair for Diversity, Equity and Inclusion
Here are some things you can do
- Offer support to your learners, faculty and staff who may be suffering.
- Listen and engage in discussions about these difficult subjects with your groups.
- Learn more about these issues and gain knowledge.
- Grow your individual self-awareness (unconscious bias, allyship, microaggression training).
- Speak up and be an active ally and partner.
Resources
- Unconscious bias education and training
- Resources for engaging in anti-racism work
- We are living in a racist pandemic
- Your Black Colleagues May Look Like They're Okay - Chances are They're Not
- Affirming Black Lives Without Inducing Trauma
- Vice Chancellor Navarro's Statement on Anti-Blackness
- 5 Ways to Show Up For Racial Justice Today
- 75 Things White People Can Do for Racial Justice
- Dear Bruh. A Eulogy. A Baptism. A Call for Action.
- Before You Call the Cops: The Tyler Merritt Project
- An Antiracist Reading List
- Explain racism and protest to your kids with these books
- E-book for kids, "I Want to Be a Neurosurgeon" (in 12 languages)
Events
Sexual & Gender Minority Communities: Community Based Participatory Research
Equitable Assessment: So All Learners Can Succeed
Black Voices in Healthcare: A New Audio Documentary Storytelling Project
This new podcast will be an audio documentary storytelling series featuring the voices and experiences of Black people in all aspects of healthcare. To learn more and add your voice, click the link above.
More events are listed at the UCSF Office of Diversity & Outreach.
Recordings of Recent Events
UCSF Diversity Initiatives and Resources
UCSF Black Caucus is an instrument of change, community building, and professional support for students, faculty, and staff.
Visiting Elective Scholarship Program (VEP) for fourth-year medical students who are underrepresented in medicine.
Differences Matter : developing and sustaining a culture of equity and inclusion at UCSF.
UCSF's Diversity and Outreach website.
"Injustice and Health" UCSF Teach-in
with CNN Correspondent Soledad O'Brien (recorded earlier)
Society for the Advancement of Chicanos and Native Americans in Science (SACNAS)
Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Under-Represented Faculty and Senior Fellows for Clinical and Translational Research Award
Take the Implicit Association Test (IAT) online at Project Implicit to discover and measure your attitudes and beliefs toward others.