UCSF offers unparalleled resources for training the next generation of leaders in health and health care
- We educate about 3300 students, 1600 residents, and 1100 post-doctoral scholars every year
- We provide patient care in diverse clinical settings
- UCSF Health’s hospitals and clinics (UCSF Medical Center, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals, Langley Porter Psychiatric Hospital and Clinics, and UCSF Dental Center)
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (our public, safety-net hospital)
- San Francisco Veteran’s Affairs Medical Center (VA)
- Community Regional Medical Center (Fresno)
- We are the largest public institution recipient of NIH dollars
- We are a hub of innovation, with more than 1800 active inventions and 185 start-ups
- We have established more than 100 community engagementprograms and work in partnership with hundreds of community partners
- Our faculty include five Nobel laureates
Most importantly, UCSF prides itself on the quality of its mentorship. Excellence in mentorship is recognized as the “secret sauce” that allows people who have trained at UCSF to become leaders in diverse fields and across diverse sectors. Our campus is entirely devoted to the health sciences, creating a deep bench of potential mentors for National Clinician Scholars. Each Scholar has a mentorship team to insure support in content, methods, stakeholder engagement, and career development.