Programs
Community Engagement & Inclusive Excellence Programs and Activities
Doc & Talk
Doc & Talk offers an opportunity for DoM staff to connect through shared learning and meaningful conversation. Each session features a documentary selected in recognition of a cultural heritage observance and invites participants to reflect on key themes, historical moments, and influential voices while exploring connections to their lived and work experiences.
Sessions are designed to foster curiosity, dialogue, and community engagement in a welcoming environment. Staff members are encouraged to bring their lunch and participate either in person or via Zoom. Check here for future Doc & Talk updates.
Staff Book Club
The DoM Staff Book Club offers an opportunity to connect with colleagues across the Department through shared reading and meaningful discussion. Each book club centers on a selected title and invites participants to exchange perspectives, reflect on key themes, and explore connections to our work.
Book clubs typically meet virtually for one hour every other week, with recommended reading assignments between sessions. Discussions focus on key takeaways, reflections, and insights from the reading.
For each book club, the first 10 registrants receive a complimentary copy of the selected book from CEIE. All other participants receive information on free or low-cost access options.
Stay tuned for future DoM Staff Book Club updates.
DoM Programs Advancing Engagement and Inclusion
The UCLA DoM Office of Community Engagement and Inclusive Excellence has curated a list of programs dedicated to fostering engagement and inclusion within the Department of Medicine. We invite you to explore these initiatives and join us in building a more connected and inclusive community.
RCMAR CHIME
The Center for Health Innovation and Maximizing Eldercare(CHIME) is a RCMAR Center funded by the National Institute of Health/National Institute of Aging (NIH/NIA). CHIME is housed in the UCLA Department of Medicine.
Our mission is to work on research to help reduce health disparities for older adults. The focus of our work at CHIME is on training and mentorship of early career faculty and postdocs who will advance their career by conducting research on aging populations.
The UCLA Clinical and Translational Science Institute (UCLA CTSI)
The mission of the UCLA CTSI is to produce and implement innovations that impact the greatest health needs of Los Angeles and the nation. Our vision is to catalyze research that translates discoveries into tangible improvements in health care, disease prevention, and health in our community.
Cultivating Interests in Research Careers (CIRC) Program
The CIRC Program seeks to provide community college students with research experiences and academic enhancement training that will empower them to make a difference in their local communities and prepare themselves for science and health professional careers. The goal of the CIRC program is to increase the number of community college students from underrepresented groups who are prepared to pursue research careers in the biomedical sciences.
UCLA LIFT-UP
UCLA LIFT-UP is one of only four centers in the country funded by the National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, our mission is to advance the career development of scientists who are conducting research in the areas of nutrition, obesity, diabetes, and related fields.
Internal Medicine Residency Program: Health Equity & Advocacy
The pathway emphasizes clinical training with underserved populations, but also aims to train residents in advocacy, medical and community education, and health systems/quality improvement research.
IM REACH Committee
The UCLA Internal Medicine Residents Engaged in Advocacy, Community, and Healing (IM REACH) committee is a group of residents, faculty, and staff that aims to advance extraordinary patient-centered health outcomes for all patients by offering curricular innovation for residency training; developing physician leaders that respect and embrace the communities we serve; advance mentorship within our field; and support outreach into communities across the greater Los Angeles area.
UCLA David Geffen School of Medicine: Road to Residency
This annual program gives medical students the opportunity to learn about residency programs at UCLA, meet residents and faculty, and engage with leadership from multiple departments.
Medicine-Pediatrics Residency Program
This program’s mission is to train a strong community of well-rounded, fulfilled, and versatile physicians who are passionate about caring for children and adults across the lifespan and are at the forefront of advocacy, equity, and service of our communities.
UCLA Minority Housestaff Organization
The organization aims to recruit, develop and advance physicians from historically under-represented racial and ethnic groups in medicine as well as advocate for the communities who help produce us.
DGSOM U.S. Visiting Student Scholarship Program
Visiting Student Scholarship Program aims to promote student interest in applying to UCLA categorical medicine, primary care medicine, and medicine-pediatrics training programs by exposing these student to UCLA’s dynamic clinical academic environment.
