Faculty Scholars

The UCSF Global Health Faculty Scholars Program was established in 2006 to coordinate and facilitate short-term opportunities for faculty members collaborating with academics, clinicians, and researchers in international partner institutions. Our goal is to strengthen mutually beneficial collaborations by:

• fostering long-term relationships with our international partners
• providing a framework for UCSF faculty to engage in Global Health Sciences' overall activities
• providing a foundation for developing future faculty and student exchanges

We currently have collaborative relationships with partners in China, Croatia, East Africa, India, and Vietnam.

If you are a UCSF faculty member interested in becoming a Global Health Faculty Scholar click here.

If you are an international institution seeking collaboration click here.

For more information please contact: Judy Dang

Becoming a Global Health Faculty Scholar

It is our goal to create a rewarding experience for individual faculty scholars and international partners through mutually beneficial, long-term institutional collaborations. We hope you will join our program as a faculty scholar.

Examples of Opportunities for Global Health Faculty Scholars

• basic science or clinical lecturer at a university
• clinical consultant at a regional teaching hospital
• research collaborator working with in-country scientists and students

Global Health Sciences program staff will

• match scholar with international partner institutions according to expertise and interest
• facilitate communication between the scholar and local host before, during, and after visit
• help scholars plan for international field experience
• provide guidance on medical, safety, political climate, and cultural sensitivity issues
• assist with travel and lodging arrangements

Global Health Faculty Scholars will

• secure permission from department to participate in the program
• arrange travel and lodging
• complete a post-visit report and presentation
• adhere to agreement signed by UCSF and partner institution

Partnering with UCSF

Please contact us to discuss how we can together develop a mutually rewarding and long term partnership. Approximately 40 faculty scholars with a diverse range of interests and expertise are available to serve as lecturers, clinical consultants, and research collaborators. Their areas of expertise span:

• Cardiology
• Education and curriculum development
• Emergency medicine
• Epidemiology and biostatistics
• Faculty development
• Geriatrics
• Health care policy
• HIV/AIDS
• Infectious diseases
• Molecular biology
• Neurology
• Occupational medicine
• Oncology
• Pediatrics
• Pharmacology
• Psychiatry
• Reproductive health
• Research design
• Surgery
• Urology

Global Health Sciences program staff will

• match scholars with international partner institutions according to institutions' request
• facilitate communication between the scholars and local hosts before, during, and after visit

International Partner Institutions will

• help arrange lodging and local transportation for scholars
• identify local professional hosts for scholars
• adhere to agreement signed by UCSF and partner institution