Photos of the Year
See the events that unfolded this year across our campus and UCSF Health as well as out in the communities we serve.
COVID Testing: Unidos En Salud Bridge Campaign 24th and Mission Testing provided community members with free rapid COVID-19 nasal tests at 24th & Mission BART station. Aiyana Jones (center) works with team member Thu Nguyen to process and document COVID-19 test results on-site. Photo by Barbara Ries
COVID Care: Gillian Haskell (left), PT, a physical therapist in Inpatient Rehabilitation Services at UCSF Mount Zion Medical Center, visits with Marcelino Lopez-Duran in a respiratory isolation room three weeks into his treatment for the COVID virus and 10 days before his discharge – Lopez-Duran, diagnosed with COVID in January 2021, underwent liver and kidney transplants at UCSF in 2020. Photo by Susan Merrell
Pop-Up Vaccinations: At a drive-through community site held by Umoja Health, BayPLS (Bay Phlebotomy and Laboratory Services) staff contracted under UCSF carefully track and prepare doses of the Moderna vaccine. Photo by Mike Kai Chen
Vaccine Milestone: Dorita “Doy” Fernandez (left), a patient at UCSF, prepares to receive the 100,000th dose of the COVID-19 vaccine administered from Sabrina Suen, RN, at the UCSF Parnassus Heights campus. Photo by Susan Merrell
Community Outreach: Jesse Demings, volunteers for UCSF Black Health Initiative (BHI) which partners with the San Francisco African American Faith-Based Coalition to get residents vaccinated on a walk-in basis. Photo by Barbara Ries
Vaccine Equity: Yoshiko Stowell receives her first dose of the Moderna vaccine at a drive-through pop up community vaccination site held by Umoja Health targeting the hard hit BIPOC community. By Mike Kai Chen
Tenderloin Outreach: At UN Plaza in downtown San Francisco, Eletise Numat (right) talks to volunteer Sara Staszak (left) after she received a COVID-19 vaccination. Roving teams of UCSF nurses and community outreach staff, and volunteers go around the Tenderloin neighborhood to offer vaccinations to unsheltered and underserved communities. Photo by Maurice Ramirez
Community Vaccinations: Patrick Ingram waits for his vaccination appointment with his son Nolan, 2, who is greeted by volunteer Andrea Green. UCSF’s Black Health Initiative (BHI) partners with the San Francisco African American Faith-Based Coalition. Photo by Barbara Ries
Fresno Fieldwork: UCSF Fresno medical students, led by Kenny Banh, MD, administered vaccines with the UCSF Fresno COVID-19 Equity Project to community members at Poverello House, a medical clinic, Men’s Resident Rehabilitation program, temporary overnight shelter, and social services provider. Courtney Barry, UCSF nurse practitioner, and medical student Lemuel Rivera (left) meet with community member Tim Weitcamp prior to his vaccine. Photo by Barbara Ries
Tenderloin Moment: Dillard Reginald, Tenderloin neighborhood resident, constantly wears his vaccination card displaying in the band of his stovepipe hat. He approached the UCSF roving vaccination team while they were working at UN Plaza to give his support. Photo by Maurice Ramirez
Children’s Vaccines: Jake Lounds, 13, gets a hug from his mom after receiving the first dose of the Pfizer COVID-19 vaccine at Benioff Children’s Hospital in Oakland. This was the first week any vaccine is approved to be given to 12-15 year olds. Photo by Maurice Ramirez
Mayoral Visit: San Francisco Mayor London Breed bumps elbows with Chan Zuckerberg Biohub co-president Joe DeRisi while celebrating Unidos en Salud’s efforts to combat the spread of COVID-19 in the Mission District. Photo by Noah Berger
Oakland Community Service: UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals assistant vice chancellor of development, Erin Hickey, shovels mulch during a volunteer day beautifying Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland buildings and the surrounding neighborhood. Photo by Noah Berger
White Coats: Incoming medical student, Ifechukwu Okeke, picked up her first white coat at a gathering replacing the annual formal white coat ceremony in the courtyard of the Faculty Alumni House at the Parnassus campus. Photo by Susan Merrell
New Facilities: Thomas Vail (left), MD, and Erdan Kayupov, MD, perform a knee replacement in the newly renovated orthopedic surgery unit of UCSF’s Mount Zion campus. Photo by Noah Berger
Breakthrough Science: Eddie Chang, MD, prepares to connect an experimental medical breakthrough brain implant which will help a paralyzed patient “Bravo1” speak by reading his brain signals. “Bravo1” was paralyzed after a car accident 16 years ago and volunteered to have the brain implant as part of Chang’s study. Photo by Mike Kai Chen
Labor and Delivery: Felicia C. Lester, MD, and Chelsea Jones, RN, check the fetal monitor and baby’s position during patient Shanna Tellerman’s labor at UCSF Betty Irene Moore Women’s Hospital in Mission Bay. Photo by Barbara Ries
Nobel Moment: UCSF professor David Julius, PhD, stands with his wife, Holly INgraham, PhD, and research colleagues while celebrating his Nobel Prize award. Photo by Noah Berger
From My Family to Yours
Throughout the past year, you have embodied what truly distinguishes UCSF—an unrelenting commitment to our public mission across care delivery, research, and education at a time when those we serve need it most.
You continue to raise the bar in the pursuit of excellence and innovation in the health sciences. And I am inspired by our leadership and contributions, grateful for what you have achieved even under the most challenging circumstances.
From my family to yours, and on behalf of my leadership team, I wish you a warm and happy holiday season.
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“When you work here, when you spend every day here, what you get, mostly, is a sense of humanity, a sense of warmth, a sense of kindness. I wanted the piece of music to reflect that – in a way it’s my gratitude to the entire UCSF community and what it feels like to work here and live here.”