Center for Vulnerable Populations

Herbert W. Nickens Minority Health and Representation in Medicine Award

The Herbert W. Nickens Award recognizes exceptional commitment to cultural diversity in medicine. The award will honor an individual or representative of an organization who has demonstrated exceptional commitment to cultural diversity in medicine or to improving minority health.

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The first-of-its-kind initiative, which will be part of the CVP, will convene experts from various fields to conduct rigorous academic research on homelessness and housing issues, identify evidence-based solutions and train the next generation of homelessness researchers. The initiative will complement and integrate research being conducted by faculty and researchers across the university.

UCSF Training Opportunity: Research in Implementation Science for Equity (RISE)

Antwi Akom founder of SOUL Lab and the co-founder of Streetwyze Aekta Shah were funded through an RWJF Pioneer Award for their project “A Fitbit for Neighborhoods: Towards a New Approach to Building Health Equity with Our Nation's Most Vulnerable Populations".