Slideshow: Scenes From Across UCSF in 2019
In countless labs, clinics and classrooms and throughout the community, UCSFers continued to give their best in 2019.
Take a look back at some special moments captured over the past year.
Nancy Pope-Angulo, nurse manager, plays with a child at the UCSF Pediatric Brain Center in Mission Bay. Photo by Barbara Ries
Flight nurse Annemarie Pimentel walks away from the Bear Force One helicopter at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco. Photo by Stephan Babuljak
Aja Johnson leads a cheer during the UCSF Amputee Comprehensive Training (ACT) program's Golden State Warriors basketball camp held on Feb. 9, 2019, at the Mission Bay Bakar Fitness & Recreation Center. Photo by Noah Berger
UCSF medical students head into the state Capitol on April 29, 2019, in Sacramento, Calif. The students, participants in the Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US), urged legislators to support funding for the university. Photo by Noah Berger
Aislinn Bird, MD, MPH, right, an alumnus of UCSF's Public Psychiatry Fellowship, and current fellow, Kate Benham, MD, wear backpacks while treating homeless patients for Alameda County Health Care for the Homeless on Feb. 28, 2019, in Oakland, Calif. Photo by Noah Berger
Kurtis Auguste, MD, pediatric neurosurgeon, talks with child in the Pediatric Brain Center at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital. Photo by Barbara Ries
Jordan Hastie and Nicholas Murphy walk down Hayes Street toward Davies Symphony Hall before the UCSF School of Medicine commencement in on May 22, 2019. Photo by Elisabeth Fall
Natalie Young, MD, assistant professor of medicine, has a consultation with cancer patient Sa Lee during an exam. Photo by Barbara Ries
UCSF celebrated International Women’s Day on March 8 with events on three campuses, including a Yoga class at the Bakar Fitness Center at Mission Bay. Photo by Susan Merrell
Senior R&D engineer Kevin Yamauchi, PhD, assembles the fluidics unit for a DNA sequencer at the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub. Photo by Noah Berger
Frank Molina, right, a first-gen student, with fellow MEPN students in the School of Nursing, Kathrine Kemp, left, and Tamara Nelson, feels for the fetus’ head in a labor and delivery simulation class in the Kanbar Center at the UCSF Parnassus Heights campus. Photo by Susan Merrell
Salma Hassan, a first-year graduate student in the physical therapy program, applauds during a presentation before receiving her first white coat at the annual UCSF/SFSU doctor of physical therapy white coat ceremony in Cole Hall at the Parnassus Heights campus. Photo by Susan Merrell
Dental student Nick Chiu jokes with 4-year-old patient Michael Ha after an exam at the Give a Kid a Smile Day at the UCSF Dental Clinic. UCSF Students and faculty provide free dental screenings, sealants, fluoride treatments and oral hygiene education to the community. Photo by Barbara Ries
Fion Ng, RN, a UCSF primary care pediatric nurse practitioner student, outside of the Larkin Street Youth Services clinic in San Francisco where she sees patients. Photo by Susan Merrell
Simone Batulayan, 9 months, standing on her mom Nicole Tapia-Batulayan’s lap, reaches for the stethoscope from Annie Hoang, a third-year medical student, after her examination at the Family & Community Medicine Lakeshore Clinic, in San Francisco. Photo by Susan Merrell
Monica Jain (far left), MD; clinical fellow in endocrine surgery, Amity Eliaz, a third-year medical student; Julie Ann Sosa, MD, MA, FACS, professor in the Department of Medicine, and chair of surgery; and Alexander Haddad, third-year medical student, monitor a patient during an endocrine surgery at the UCSF Parnassus campus. Photo by Susan Merrell
Infant cancer survivor, 3-year-old Quincy Lodge plays at home with his mom Lara Stuart. At 4 months, Quincy was diagnosed with a rare and aggressive childhood blood cancer called juvenile myelomonocytic leukemia (JMML), but was successfully treated with the help of a new genetic test. Photo by Barbara Ries
Kwadwo “Kojo” Opoku-Nsiah, graduate student in the Department of Neurodegenerative Diseases, and recipient of a 2019 Chancellor Award for Diversity, works in the Gestwicki Lab at Mission Bay. Photo by Susan Merrell
UCSF postdoc Bastian Joehnk, PhD, places culture flasks in an incubator while researching coccidioidomycosis, commonly known as Valley Fever, in a Biosafety Level 3 lab at UCSF’s Parnassus campus on Sept. 4. At right is graduate student, Dror Assa. Photo by Noah Berger
Jeremy Yee (right) with fellow graduate, Katherine Brousseau at the 2019 Graduate Division Doctor of Physical Therapy commencement ceremony on June 10 at the William J. Rutter Center on the UCSF Mission Bay campus. Photo by Barbara Ries
Aretha, left, an 8-year-old Alpine Oberhasl dairy goat, and Mango, 4, a half-Pygmy, half-Boer, enjoy a bundle of fresh leaves behind a fence that surrounds their grazing areas around the Mount Sutro summit. The goats are part of a San Francisco-based goat landscaping company dedicated to environmentally sustainable weed control and fire risk management. Photo by Susan Merrell
Pat Wirattigowit, team lead in research administration in the Department of Medicine, and his fellow volunteers carry barrels of invasive plants they picked in the Mount Sutro forest. The day was one of the many volunteer opportunities on the mountain offered by the Sutro Stewards throughout the year. Photo by Susan Merrell
Emiliana Ramirez, age 2, learns proper brushing from UCSF dental student, Gainly To, during the Cesar E. Chavez Day Parade & Festival on April 13. The event included the UCSF Hispanic Student Dental Association provided free dental screenings. Photo by Barbara Ries
Amputee Carly Davis works out during the Adaptive Athletic Clinic at San Francisco CrossFit on Nov. 16. UCSF orthopedics faculty, staff and students were on-hand to help participants, many of whom are UCSF patients. Photo by Noah Berger
Jeffrey Gossett, MD, pediatric cardiologist and director of heart failure, heart transplantation and mechanical circulatory support, checks in on one of his patient at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco. Photo by Barbara Ries
UCSF physical therapy students Ashlen Paustenbach, left, and Elizabeth Avazian, right, cheer as Jonathan Ferrigno, 7, balances during a challenge at the annual Cole Valley Fair on Sept. 29. Photo by Noah Berger
Clinical research coordinators from UCSF’s Division of Infectious Diseases march in San Francisco’s Pride parade on June 30. Photo by Noah Berger
Year in Review
In 2019, UCSF drove advancements in care delivery, scientific discovery, education, public service, and more. See the highlights