Committed to the Community
We support our community by sponsoring events, providing health screenings, hosting community meetings, making strategic community partnerships and public benefit investments, and promoting activities to encourage health and wellness. Our commitment to the community includes:
- Hosting community meetings and workshops that engage neighbors in local campus planning
- Participating in health fairs that connect UCSF clinicians and trainees with people who face the greatest barriers to care
- Volunteering in events that engage the entire community
- Providing job training and workforce development programs for local residents
Learn more about UCSF's community involvement, or browse events below that we encourage our community members to join.
UCSF Physical Therapy students and faculty participated at the UCSF booth at the Cole Valley Fair in San Francisco.
Events
Our Communities
Mission Bay and Dogpatch
Our biotechnology hub in Mission Bay/Dogpatch is where academia and industry come together and create cutting edge, lifesaving research with our new hospital complex, UCSF Medical Center.
Current Projects
Parnassus Heights
Bordering the Inner Sunset and Cole Valley neighborhoods, the UCSF campus at Parnassus Heights is the original site of the Affiliated Colleges that evolved into the health sciences university that it is today.
Current Projects
Mount Zion
Located in the vibrant Western Addition/Lower Pacific Heights neighborhood, the UCSF Mount Zion campus is a hub of specialized medical center clinics and surgery services, such as the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center.
Current Project
Zuckerberg SF General
One of the longest and most successful UCSF partnerships is with the Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, a public safety-net hospital where more than 2,000 UCSF physicians and staff work side-by-side with the dedicated employees of the San Francisco Department of Public Health.
Current Project
Oakland
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland is dedicated to the health and well-being of children and their families today and into the future through our mission of Caring, Healing, Teaching and Discovering. The Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute (CHORI) is dedicated to translating basic and clinical research into life-saving and health benefits for children.
Current Project
Fresno
UCSF Fresno represents a unique medical education and physician training program that is a model for community and university partnership. Since 1975, it has given Valley residents access to the highest quality health care services while enabling doctors in training – working alongside the finest physicians – to experience the dynamic interplay of scholarship, research, patient care and health.
Resources
Engage with UCSF in planning for your community:
- Contact UCSF Community Relations with any questions, suggestions, or concerns.
- Visit the Community & Government Relations staff page to connect with our team members directly.
- Sign up for neighborhood email updates and get notified about upcoming meetings.
- Learn more about the Community Advisory Group that advises UCSF on priority issues.
Resources for community organizations:
- Partner with UCSF and request support from UCSF for your event or activity.
- UCSF co-sponsors the use of conference facilities for San Francisco nonprofit organizations.
Sutro Stewards volunteer Gwen Joe clears vegetation from UCSF's Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve.