Honoring Our Community

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2024 Chancellor Awards for Diversity. This year’s awardees have all committed their time and effort far beyond their job scope or academic role to build bridges, dismantle barriers, and create spaces of innovation and connection.

Sam Hawgood's signature.
Sam Hawgood, MBBS
Chancellor
Renee Navarro signature.
J. Renee Navarro, PharmD, MD
Vice Chancellor,
Diversity and Outreach

Award Categories:
Group of working professionals posing in a close group.
UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood and Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Outreach J. Renée Navarro, PharmD, MD, celebrate with award recipients at the 2024 Chancellor Awards for Diversity event on October 29, 2024, at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus. Photo by Noah Berger

Ailene Estalilla (she/her)
Chancellor Award for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership – Staff 

As Chief of Staff at the UCSF Police Department, Ailene is recognized for uplifting others, focusing on helping underrepresented staff feel valued and heard and advancing UCSF’s social justice and antiracism efforts. 

Alicia Fernández, MD (she/her)
Chancellor Award for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership - Faculty 

Founder of the UCSF Latinx Center of Excellence, Alicia is committed to achieving health equity and social justice in part by working to increase the Latinx physician workforce to better reflect the state population through training and mentoring learners.

Annesa Flentje, PhD (she/her)
Chancellor Award for Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex Leadership

As director of the UCSF Alliance Health Project, Annesa is recognized for advocating for research that aims better understand the biological impact that discrimination has on the LGBTQIA+ community and by building a coalition of people working together toward solutions.

Amy Hyams (she/her)
Chancellor Award for Disability Service - Staff

Part of the UCSF Health patient experience team, Amy is hailed for creating a welcoming and supportive health care environment for patients, especially caring for and removing barriers for people with disabilities. 

Jae Rouse Iñiguez, MSHA, MA (they/them)
Chancellor Award for Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex Leadership - Staff

As Associate Director of Operations for the Department of Family and Community Medicine, Jae is being hailed as an advocate for the LGBTQIA+ and Latinx communities and equitable access to health care through the Training & Health Equity Collaborative.

Carolyn Sangokoya, MD, PhD (she/her) 
Chancellor Award for Advancement of Women - Faculty 

An assistant professor of pathology who runs her own lab, Carolyn is credited for founding a women’s physician-scientist group of more than 100 members that fosters collaboration and provides support and resources to uplift women across UCSF.

Jada Williams (she/her)
Chancellor Award for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership – Student 

A third-year medical student, Jada is lauded for volunteering as part of UCSF’s Black Health Initiative to improve care and address health disparities in the Black community at the Booker T. Washington Community Clinic.

Ryen Wilson, MS (he/him)
Chancellor Award for Lesbian, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, Intersex Leadership – Student 

Leaning into his identity as a Black queer man, fourth-year dental student Ryan is recognized for advocating for equitable health care for patients in the LGBTQI community, especially those who are survivors of domestic violence.