About

The Office of the Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Discrimination (AVCR-IDEA) aims to engage the research community within UCSF and to promote inclusion, diversity, equity, and anti-discrimination among UCSF researchers to ensure that the UCSF research enterprise carries out the university's mission and values. 

Located in the UCSF Office of Research, with additional support from the UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach, the AVCR-IDEA Office focuses on four areas:  

•    Increasing accountability   
•    Promoting UCSF scholarship on anti-discrimination research 
•    Supporting and developing the UCSF research workforce   
•    Promoting and supporting community-engaged research   

We implement this work using the "AEIOU” principles of Accountability, Engagement, Individual-centered institutional change, Opportunities, and Unity.  Our Approach is to: 

• Synergize: Connecting effective projects that have an overlap. 
• Amplify: Identifying effective activities and scaling them.
• Build collaboration across siloes: Working with different parts of the UCSF campus and schools, UCSF Health, and communities to solve complex problems. 
• Sustain: Helping to identify resources to maintain effective projects. 
• Initiate: Creating new pilot projects to address gaps in research workforce development and community-engaged research   

We measure the progress of our work by assessing our effectiveness in catalyzing structural changes, developing partnerships to develop strategies and projects for change, and implementing programs and services to address specific barriers and promote specific strengths.

Initiatives

Consultation Service

Get free support for theory, methodologies, and methods to advance your anti-discrimination research by contacting Dr. Jennifer James ([email protected]).

Institutional Partners: UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach and the UCSF Clinical & Translational Science Institute.  

Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Research Funding

The AVC-RCE coordinates an internal pilot grant mechanism to fund partnership building and pilot projects on anti-discrimination research. More information about the application can be found here.  

Institutional Partners: UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute Community Engagement Program, UCSF Resource Development Office, UCSF Academic Senate, School of Medicine’s Research Evaluation and Allocation Committee (REAC), and Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI).

Developing Research Training and Employment Pathways

Our office is committed to developing the research workforce by partnering with various programs to provide training pathways for aspiring researchers. These specialized programs are designed to equip individuals with the skills and knowledge necessary to pursue careers in research. Our SF BUILD partnership with San Francisco State University is one example of this work.

Institutional partners:  UCSF Center for Science, Education, and Outreach, UCSF Bay Area Youth Science Program, UCSF Anchor Institution Mission

Clinical Research Coordinators: Learners for Engagement (CIRCLE)  

The goal of CIRCLE is to advance research by preparing individuals to become Clinical Research Coordinators (CRCs) and to increase the participation of all in research studies. CIRCLE has two components: a two-week training course and a 20-hour shadowing experience.  

Community-Engaged Research 

Our office collaborates with the UCSF Center for Community Engagement, the CTSI Community Engagement program, and community-engaged researchers throughout UCSF to promote more community engagement in UCSF research projects.  

Team

Contact Us and Get Involved

We welcome your engagement in the endeavor to increase community engagement in the UCSF research enterprise and engage our research workforce. Send an email to [email protected] to sign up for our listserv and send us feedback.