Academic Resources
Resources for Women & Minorities in Science
Chancellor’s Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (CACSW) — retention, promotion, and mentoring for women in science. Data on status of women at UCSF can be downloaded. This group is quite active on campus, initiating the first “Mentoring Mania” event for students and postdocs, and other events. statusofwomen.ucsf.edu
sfAWIS (San Francisco chapter of Association for Women in Sciences) — This active group hosts periodic seminars and social events. Women from industry as well as academia attend. This is a great way to build your professional network. www.sfawis.com
Center for Gender Equity (CGE) — The Center For Gender Equity provides leadership development and educational programs, advocacy and support services to both women and men at UCSF and the greater San Francisco Bay Area. Our programs and services are designed to promote the personal and professional development of faculty, students and staff on campus and create opportunities for the advancement women at UC and in the community at large. www.ucsf.edu/cge
Minority Graduate Student Organization (MGSO) — We are graduate students of color at UCSF committed to fostering a supportive community for the professional development, mentorship, retention and recruitment of students of color. We advocate for diversity and the needs of minority students within the graduate programs. www.ucsf.edu/mgso
Graduate Division —The UCSF Graduate Division coordinates fellowships, workshops, etc. especially for minority graduate students. saawww.ucsf.edu/diversity
LGBT Resources Center – Information, advocacy, social events, workshops for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, and Intersex community at UCSF. www.ucsf.edu/cge/lgbtr
Weekly Research Seminars
An up-to-date calendar of seminars/events being held at Mission Bay is available at: http://biochemistry.ucsf.edu/seminars_MB.html
For an updated listing of QB3 (UCSF, UCB, UCSC) seminars, see: www.qb3.org/seminar.htm
Weekly Journal Clubs and Seminars for Students in the Basic Sciences
Neuroscience www.neuroscience.ucsf.edu/neurograd/journalclub.html
Biophysics
biophysics.ucsf.edu/bp_seminars.php
BBC (joint Biological & Medical Informatics, Biophysics, and Chemistry & Chemical Biology) biophysics.ucsf.edu/bp_seminars.php#bbc_talks
PIBS
www.ucsf.edu/pibs/pibs_seminars.html
Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Journal Club www.ucsf.edu/bms/journalclub
Please note: This is an exercpt from a larger document titled, "Especially
Helpful Resources For UCSF Graduate Students in The Basic Sciences," prepared
by Cynthia Fuhrmann, PhD
Program Director, Academic Career Development in the Office of Career &
Professional Development. Download
entire pdf here >