About

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Advancing Together
Elevating Stories That Matter

Engage. Equip. Empower. Elevate

We lead and strengthen the efforts of the UC Davis community to realize our collective vision of excellence in which people from all backgrounds thrive. Our UC Davis community includes faculty, staff, and students, at all UC Davis locations, including laboratories, clinical services, and centers across California.

We ENGAGE all to participate in generating ideas and taking action. We EQUIP stakeholders to embed the structure, values and resources for inclusive excellence in their work, and we serve as a hub for inclusive practices innovation. We EMPOWER people to launch inclusive practice for their work, learning, growth, and community spaces. We ELEVATE the contributions of our champions through recognition, awards and dissemination.

We invite our broader community (patients and their families, prospective students and their families, and our community and institutional partners) to partner with us to realize this vision
UC Davis Principles of Community University of California Diversity Statement
UC Davis Strategic Plan: To Boldly Go
Diversity and Inclusion Strategic Vision
HSI Task Force Report
UC Davis Health 2022-2027 Clinical Strategic Plan
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About Our Offices and Centers

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Academic Excellence

The Office of Academic Diversity (OAD) strengthens the university's ability to train, recruit, and retain the most innovative scientific, research, and creative workforce in the world. Led by Luis Carvajal-Carmona, Ph.D., Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Medicine, the office develops programming to advance the recruitment, retention, and promotion of faculty members whose research, teaching, and service advances a variety of perspectives in all fields of studies. It similarly supports programs aimed at graduate student success, especially for those students who may be the first in their family to pursue a graduate degree.
Avanza (HSI) Initiative FOCUS for Faculty Scholarship
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Meaningful Engagement

The Office of Campus Community Relations (OCCR) fosters an inclusive and respectful campus climate through education, dialogue, and community engagement. Programs promote awareness, accountability, and meaningful conversations that strengthen campus connections and support the UC Davis Principles of Community to promotes respectful engagement. Led by Mikael Villalobos, Ed.D., the office also provides consultation services to faculty, staff, and departments seeking guidance on effective communication and professional development.
Campus Community Book Project The Education Program
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Health for All

The Office for Health Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion (HEDI) at UC Davis Health fosters a welcoming and respectful culture across the entire health system. Led by Dr. Hendry Ton, The office works to improve policies, structures, and daily practices to support a positive workplace and patient experience. Through leadership development initiatives and cultural competency training, HEDI equips faculty, staff, and students with tools to engage effectively and better serve their patients, workforce, and learners. The Office of Student and Resident Diversity (OSRD), reporting jointly to HEDI and the School of Medicine, develops California’s healthcare workforce by supporting aspiring and current medical professionals from K-12 through residency, with a focus on preparing physicians to serve communities in remote, rural areas and urban healthcare deserts where access to care is limited.
Health for All Supporting Students and Residents

Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Science

Fostering a community of scholars, supporting career development, and promoting research that integrates a variety of perspectives to drive innovation and discovery.

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Center for the Advancement of Multicultural Perspectives on Social Sciences, Arts and Humanities

Fostering a community of scholars, supporting career development, and promoting research that elevates a variety of perspectives to enrich the social sciences, arts, and humanities.

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Center for Reducing Health Disparities

Meaningful community outreach and engagement across research, education, training, and mentoring.

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Truth, Racial Healing and Transformation Center

Facilitating healing, fostering dialogue, and advancing justice to build a future where dignity, truth, and well-being are shared by all.

Dr. Jann Murray-Garcia

Renetta Garrison Tull

Vice Chancellor

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History Matters*

We cannot advance without knowing where we came from, including acknowledging the land on which we do our work. We also celebrate the pioneers and pioneering work that serves as the foundation for our ongoing efforts.

*History Matters connects to the 5 Pedagogical Stances (5PS) Framework for history, race, justice, language, and futures (In Restorative Justice in Education, Winn, M.T., and Winn, L. T., 2021).

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Executive Leadership Team

The Vice Chancellor also convenes a team of university-wide leaders to ensure the coordination of relevant activities across the UC Davis and UC Davis Health campuses and to have a unified advisory body made up of key leaders who oversee academic, staff, and student. In particular, the team provides advice on establishing professional standards and expectations; sharing and sustaining campus values and goals; relevant programs, projects, initiatives, or topics in need of senior leadership support or endorsement; legal, political, and economic issues that affect our campus; reinforcing success and sharing of best practices.