Center for Vulnerable Populations

ARC Associated Faculty Member Anjana Sharma, MD, MAS, has been named the inaugural Learning Hub faculty lead for the UCSF CODEX (Coordinating Center for Diagnostic Excellence).

In a newly created position within the UCSF Department of Medicine’s Division of Clinical Informatics and Digital Transformation (DoC-IT), ARC Core Faculty Member Jinoos Yazdany MD, MPH, spearheads the development of the foundational components of the Impact Monitoring Platform for Clinical Care (IMPACC), a real-time AI monitoring platform designed t

ARC Core Faculty member Neeta Thakur, MD, assumed the role of faculty director of Clinical Research Operations for the Clinical Trials Operations Unit under UCSF’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI). In her new role, Dr.

UCSF ARC For Health Equity Director Margot Kushel, MD, will be awarded the 2025 Paul Nathanson Advocate Award from Justice in Aging, on April 29. 

ARC Core Faculty member, Nynikka Palmer, DrPH, MPH, earned the 2025 Claire D. Brindis Award for Community Engagement & Service in Health Policy Research!

Housing insecurity remains a major issue in the Bay Area, as it is in many parts of the country. Could providing a financial safety net help?

ARC Core Faculty and Executive Committee member Alicia Fernandez, MD, discussed the social drivers of health screening, as well as strategies for reducing health disparities, including via systems-level and community-based approaches as the chosen presenter of the UCSF Department of Medicine’s annual Reza Gandjei Lecture.

New Recommendations on the Use of Race and Ethnicity Categories in Medicine Aim to Transform How Scientists Use These Concepts

ARC Core Faculty member, and chief of medicine at the Priscilla Chan and Mark Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital, Neil Powe, MD, MPH, MBA, penned a recent call for accountability in research.