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FCM Welcomes New Faculty Members

UCSF Family & Community Medicine welcomes two new faculty members this month. Drs. Dr. Cindy Saenz and Cazandra Zaragoza have joined FCM's core faculty as Assistant Clinical Professors. Both are graduates and former chief residents of FCM's residency program at UCSF-San Francisco General...

FCM Honors Exceptional Staff with Shine Awards

Ten FCM staff members were honored with the department's Shine awards recognizing individuals who demonstrated exceptional dedication and went above and beyond in supporting our teams throughout the past year. The awards were presented by FCM Chair Megan Mahoney (shown left with Evelyn Garcia) ...

Transitions Clinic Network Advocates for Pre-Release Medicaid Coverage for the Incarcerated

Around 600,000 people leave prison in the U.S. every year, and another 10 million re-released from county jails. Many of them suffer from chronic physical, mental, and substance use conditions putting them at an extremely high risk of hospitalization and death.

FCM's Christine Dehlendorf honored by the Society of Family Planning

FCM's Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MAS has been named the recipient of the 2022 Society of Family Planning Beacon of Science Award.

Meet FCM’s Newest Faculty Members

Three new faculty members joined the UCSF Dept of Family and Community Medicine (FCM) thus far in 2022, adding further breadth to its collective expertise in providing and improving continuous, whole-person primary care in pursuit of health equity and social justice.  The new joiners (in order of...

CalWORKs Home Visiting Program: A lifeline for families during the pandemic

California has the nation’s highest rate of poverty, with a third of Californians living in or near the poverty line. The situation would be even worse without services provided by the state’s social safety net program, CalWORKs. But, how were CalWORKs services affected by the pandemic? An...

Leadership Transition in the Department of Family and Community Medicine

Kevin Grumbach, MD is stepping down as Chair of the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine, after serving in the role since 2003. Megan Mahoney, MD will assume the role of Chair, effective September 12, 2022.

Black people in the U.S. are twice as likely to face coercion, unconsented procedures during birth

Black people in the U.S. are twice as likely as white people to be coerced into procedures during perinatal and birth care, and to undergo them without their explicit consent, according to a new study by researchers at the UC San Francisco (UCSF) and at University of British Columbia’s (UBC) Birth...

UCSF Health & Human Rights Initiative honored by the SF Immigrant Rights Commission

UC San Francisco’s Health and Human Rights Initiative (HHRI) has been named a recipient of a 2022 Immigrant Leadership Award from the San Francisco Immigrant Rights Commission. The awards are given each year in recognition of local immigrant leaders for their extraordinary contributions as...

2022 J. Rodnick Forum: Recordings now available.

Did you miss our annual J. Rodnick Colloquium? You can watch the opening and closing sessions below.