Volunteer Opportunities

Some of these programs have age requirements (18 & over), for opportunities for students 18 & under please see below.

• UCLA Hospital Volunteer - The Ronald Reagan UCLA Medical Center offers volunteering opportunities in various rotation positions allowing students to explore various opportunities in health-care.
• UCLA Hospital Intern Program - The UCLA Health Intern Program allows chosen students to work with health care administrators and experience firsthand health care management.
• UCLA Hospital - People Animal Connection - The UCLA People-Animal Connection program is a comprehensive Animal-Assisted Therapy program where volunteer teams offer companionships to critically ill children and animals.
• UCLA Care Extender Program - The Care Extender Program provides opportunities for volunteers to assist Medical Center staff and experience health care from a clinical perspective through patient contact and volunteer involvement.
• UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine Volunteer - Students invited by David Geffen School of Medicine faculty can apply here to volunteer in a laboratory or administrative unit.
• UCLA Volunteer Center - The UCLA Volunteer Center offers resources for UCLA students looking for campus-wide volunteering opportunities.
• Mobile Clinic - Undergraduate students interact with clients and observe medical students through a service learning course that train them to function as caseworkers and committee members.
• Happy Feet - Run by UCLA undergraduate students, the Happy Feet Clinic works with community resources to bring foot care to the homeless.
• CTSI Research Associates Program (CTSI-RAP) - Undergraduate UCLA students gain exposure to hospital-based medicine as well as clinical research in an academic medical center.
• UCLA Care Center Volunteer - UCLA Care Center volunteers learn more about research and providing quality patient care for patients at risk for HIV and those living with HIV/AIDS.
• Care Harbor Volunteer - Care Harbor sponsors one of the largest free clinics in the country. The community-based event draws local resources and volunteers, including UCLA physicians, dentists and ophthalmologists.
• Venice Family Clinic Volunteer - Health professionals as well as community members can volunteer for various positions for one of the nation’s largest free medical clinic to the underserved in Los Angeles County.

• Sun Valley Health Center Volunteer - Volunteers in various positions at the Sun Valley Health Center provide medical care for the medically underserved residents of Los Angeles.