Research Centers
UCSF Action Research Center (ARC) for Health Equity
The UCSF Action Research Center (ARC) for Health Equity leads research to create conditions that support everyone in achieving good health and well-being.
ARC coordinates, accelerates, and supports the work of 40+ UCSF faculty. Our rigorous research covers a wide range of topics, including homelessness, incarceration, food insecurity, immigrant health, and pathways to expand perspectives in the health workforce.
We translate our research into action by supporting institutional and community-based initiatives and by informing policy- and decision-makers about barriers that affect health and access to care.
Phillip R Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies
The Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies at UCSF is an interdisciplinary collection of concerned researchers who share a mission — improve health and transform healthcare in America by working across competing interests, collecting evidence, informing policy, and improving practice.
UCSF PRISE (Partnerships for Research in Implementation Science for Equity) Center
Their mission is to advance opportunity in health through community partnerships and transformative implementation research. We accomplish this by making implementation science methods accessible and meaningful to leaders of public health and clinical programs and partnering with them to develop and evaluate the best ways to improve the delivery and uptake of health services.
UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence (LCOE)
The UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence (LCOE) was established in 2018 under the direction of Dr. Alicia Fernández, Director of the CVP Program in Latinx and Immigrant Health, Professor of Medicine at UCSF, and general internist at ZSFG. Dr. Fernández was awarded a four-year grant to establish the UCSF LCOE by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA).
The UCSF LCOE is jointly funded through HRSA and UCSF and is housed within the UCSF School of Medicine, with close affiliation with the UCSF Action Research Center (ARC) for Health Equity at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG). While the program title reflects its federal designation, all activities and opportunities offered through the LCOE are open to all individuals interested in its mission.