Underrepresented Minorities Resources | UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

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We support the mission of the Office of Diversity and Outreach to build and support a diverse faculty, student, trainee and staff community. At UCSF our working definition of an underrepresented minority (URM) can be found here.

We also consider trainees from economically disadvantaged backgrounds, as defined by the HHS Poverty Guidelines, to be URM.

The Summary Table summarizes the resources and links to their websites. Below the table, you’ll find more detailed information.

Summary Table

Opportunities for Engagement [view details]
Cancer Center	Diversity Steering Committee (research staff, trainees, faculty) Serve as a mentor: CURE (EAOP), SEP, Oasis for Girls, SF BUILD
UCSF-Wide	Working groups (e.g. Differences Matter, DOM) Diversity Hub
Community	Office of Community Engagement (HDFCCC) SF BUILD Science and Health Education Partnership (SEP) Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) Oasis for Girls
Nationally	ASCO – Diversity in Oncology Initiative ASH – Minority Recruitment Initiative AACR – Minorities in Cancer Research
Opportunities for Funding [view details]
Medical Students	ASH Minority Medical Student Award Program ASCO Medical Student Rotation for Underrepresented Populations
Residents	The ASH Minority Resident Hematology Award Program (MRHAP)
Postdoctoral Fellows	CTSI and Academic Senate: Underrepresented Faculty and Senior Fellows Award in Clinical and Translational Medicine (Resource Allocation Program-40K/one year) Center for Aging in Diverse Communities Scholars Program (UCSF) University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program UCSF IRACDA Scholars Program / NIGMS Institutional Research and Academic Career Development Award Diversity in Bench Science (DiBS) Program
Faculty	CTSI and Academic Senate: Underrepresented Faculty and Senior Fellows Award in Clinical and Translational Medicine Dean’s Diversity Fund (John A. Watson Faculty Scholars) Center for Aging in Diverse Communities Scholars Program (UCSF) Resource Allocation Program (RAP)
Extramural	NIH Grant Diversity Supplements The AAAS Minority Science Writers Internship Gay Asian Pacific Alliance (GAPA) Foundation Scholarship Burroughs Wellcome Fund: Postdoctoral Enrichment Program Robert Wood Johnson- Harold Amos Medical Faculty Development Program (AMFDP)
Travel Grants	UCSF HDFCCC Travel Awards for Postdoctoral Fellows ASH Minority Graduate Student Abstract Achievement Award (Travel Award) AACR Global Scholar-in-Training Awards AACR Minority and Minority-serving Institution Faculty Scholar in Cancer Research Awards AACR Minority Scholar in Cancer Research Awards ASCO Women in Cancer Research Scholar Awards (WICR)
Mentoring [view details]
Residents & Medical Students	ASCO Education & Career Resources Research Initiative to Promote Diversity in Radiology (RIDR) Program
Graduate Students, Postdocs, and Faculty	Path to Postdoc Scientists 4 Diversity Center for Aging in Diverse Communities Scholars Program
Opportunities to serve as a mentor	SF BUILD Science and Health Education Partnership (SEP) Early Academic Outreach Program (EAOP) CURE Internship Oasis for Girls
Diversity training and other resources (UCSF) [view details]
Office of Diversity and Outreach
School of Medicine Differences Matter
UC Managing Implicit Bias Series