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The Armenian Graduate Society is committed to developing a community for Armenians pursuing careers in the healthcare field, providing mentorship for undergraduates and high school students, and creating networks and opportunities to serve in the Armenian community both locally and abroad.

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ANAMS at UCSF is an organization of health professions students who self-identify as Native American, or allies, who are working together to advance representation of Native Americans on campus. ANAMS at UCSF also promotes cultural understanding and an awareness of the health disparities affecting Native American/Alaskan Native peoples through educational programs and campus events.

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Badminton at UCSF is dedicated to bringing together badminton players of all backgrounds and skill levels.

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Benchtop Gamers is a University of California - San Francisco based organization dedicated to providing accessible, no-cost environments for board gaming enthusiasts at all skill and ability levels. We aim to create spaces to bolster camaraderie amongst peers and the joys associated with playing board games together such that participants can immerse themselves fully and without any stresses. The foundation of our RCO is established on mutual kindness and respect and we hope you will join us for lots of refreshments, dice rolling, and card shuffling!

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Best Buddies is an organization that aims to promote inclusion of individuals with intellectual and developmental disabilities through friendship pairings, community building social events, and more. Best Buddies at UCSF will match UCSF students and faculty with buddies through the San Francisco Unified School District Adult Transition Program. Through community building social events, Best Buddies at UCSF will promote friendship among and inclusion of people of all abilities.

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Biostats club is an interprofessional club with monthly meetings geared towards fostering the fundamentals of biostatistics and their proper application among those in the student body. Each topic of the month is chosen by a volunteer speaker, and is not necessarily built on previous meetings. A special emphasis is placed on teaching about common errors which occur in the application of each biostatistics topic and how the topic may be executed computationally. The speakers are encouraged to develop presentations in a topic of which they are non-experts but interested in applying.

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The Birdwatching Club at UCSF is a community-driven ornithological club dedicated to fostering a love for birdwatching and promoting the conservation of avian species. Our club brings together bird enthusiasts of all levels, from beginners to seasoned birders, to share knowledge, experiences, and a passion for the diverse birdlife that inhabits our world.

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The Black Student Health Alliance (BSHA) is a student organization devoted to fostering community among students in the Schools of Nursing, Medicine, Pharmacy, Dentistry, Physical Therapy and the Graduate Division at UCSF. In collaboration with other campus organizations, we aim to increase diversity within the student body, as well as among faculty and staff. As an extension of this mission, we offer support and guidance to students as they navigate academic institutions and prepare for careers in the health professions. BSHA provides an extended community of peers and mentors by building alliances among professionals and alumni in all health fields, and encourages the collaboration of resources and expertise. Through community events and outreach activities, BSHA contributes to the enrichment of the Black student community in particular, and to the broader UCSF community at large.

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The purpose of the Blockchain at UCSF is to build community and educate those interested in blockchain technology, practical applications of blockchain in modern life, and meaningful opportunities to participate in blockchain adoption. The Blockchain Club will host speakers with industry expertise and provide opportunities for UCSF community members to explore fundamental ideas and groundbreaking applications of blockchain technology. Our goal is to increase literacy regarding blockchain technology by educating people about its applications in both the public and private sectors. Moreover, given our evolving world in which digital footprints are becoming an ever-important part of our identities, we will explore topics around cyber-security, encryption, and decentralization. Of note, we aim to be blockchain agnostic and will not promote attendees to invest in specific cryptocurrencies, NFTs, or companies. Moreover, given the volatility of crypto markets, we encourage all attendees to do research outside of the club before investing any money in the industry.

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We are a chapter of Body Empowerment Project, which is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization dedicated to decreasing eating disorder risk in adolescents by equipping them with the skills to live peacefully and healthfully in their bodies through meaningful, near-peer interactions.

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Mission Statement: Cambodian Health Advocates is a student run organization that is dedicated to raising awareness of the disparity in health in the Cambodian community. Through CHA we hope to promote health and social well being through ongoing service and education to medically underserved Cambodians living in the United States. In addition, we hope to cultivate a cultural environment and provide members of UCSF insight on relevant health issues affecting the greater Cambodian community
By fostering a positive enriching environment for those who want to learn about the diaspora affecting Cambodians and Cambodians alike, we hope to bring people together and share about our culture and traditions.

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Catholic Student Association (CSA) aims to foster the Catholic community here at UCSF through fellowship, Bible studies, and service opportunities.

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The Chamber Music Society at UCSF (CMS at UCSF) is a student-run organization dedicated to creating opportunities for UCSF student and residents to participate in chamber musical performance and community outreach. The Society encourages students and residents to share their artistic talents through free concerts at UCSF, as well as through outreach and benefit performances at local healthcare organizations such as rehabilitation and hospice care facilities. The Society organizes sight-reading sessions at the beginning of each semester for musicians to form longitudinal chamber music groups, and helps them prepare for performances at the end of each semester. In addition, the Society will engage with other UCSF artistic organizations to explore the intersection of music and medicine, as well as the role of art in the pursuit of healing.

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CHE (Chicanos/Latinos in Health Education) is an umbrella organization of LMSA (Latino Medical Student Association), HSDA (Hispanic Dental Student Association), LAPS (Latino Association of Pharmacy Students), Voces Latinas Nursing Student Association, and (LPTSA) Latine Physical Therapy Student Association. CHE unites Latino students and those interested in the Latino community, from within the various professional schools at UCSF. Our mission consists of an interdisciplinary approach that offers outreach, mentoring, cultural awareness, health education, and direct services to diverse communities in San Francisco and the greater Bay Area. Our goal is to unite as professional students who come from humble origins, in the hopes of serving as an inspiration to youth and future leaders in the health professions.

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I) We promote interprofessional student involvement within UCSF to raise awareness of Chinese culture.

CHPSA's primary goal is to promote respectable understanding of Chinese culture and its diversity to students at UCSF. More importantly, CHPSA will emphasize Chinese culture relevant to medical and dental treatments and facilitate culturally sensitive patient centered care at UCSF. We hope to not only promote interprofessional cooperation amongst various health professional schools, but also to promote such cooperation amongst students of all ethnic and cultural backgrounds, not limited to students of Chinese ethnic background.

II) We promote healthcare outreach to the Chinese American communities in San Francisco

Chinese Americans make up 20% of the population of San Francisco, making them the largest minority group in the city. CHPSA's primary goal of outreach is promote health education to this large population in the city, and specifically, to reach out to the elderly as well as pediatric population. The seniors often face language and culture barriers in seeking medical care while children are clearly dependent on their legal guardians for support. As a result, many fail to understand proper medical knowledge and suffer from unanswered questions to their ailments. We hope to provide useful health information to the Chinese American population to enhance their ability to communicate with healthcare professionals in the future.

III) We promote UCSF in the Chinese American communities

If patients perceive health professionals as individuals unable to relate to their health concerns, they would never seek help. This will only cultivate a negative cycle within one of the most vulnerable communities despite great effort in providing culturally sensitive care by healthcare providers. As a long term goal, we wish to change the perception of a doctor's visit from a stressful, unhelpful and unpleasant experience to a positive experience. We hope to promote UCSF as a friendly and competent agency in providing low barrier healthcare and to give underserved Chinese American population the confidence in seeking medical and dental care at UCSF.

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Christian Fellowship is an inter-professional group of Christian students at UCSF. We strive to connect fellow Christians with one another so that we may grow in our faith, serve, and build each other up as a body of Christ. We provide opportunities to build community inter-professionally as well as within each school by offering bi-weekly Bible studies, fellowship, inter-professional events, volunteer outreach, and retreats. We also invite guest speakers from various sectors of healthcare to impart valuable insights into the intersection of their career and faith.

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Promote climbing at UCSF, help students destress from school through physical activity, and foster community

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The Clinical Ethnography Group aims to foster generative discussions on writings that use ethnographic techniques to explore health, illness, and clinical encounters in the context of culture. Through monthly meetings on selected draft texts, collaborative dialogue, and prolonged engagement, we aim to sharpen our understanding and practice of clinical ethnography while fostering a supportive community of social scientist scholars.

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Coding Camp at UCSF is dedicated to providing interprofessional students with practical coding skills and computational tools relevant to biomedical research, clinical problem-solving, and digital innovation in an increasingly tech-integrated healthcare space. Our goal is to foster a collaborative learning environment where students can explore programming basics, data analysis, and machine learning from their peers, empowering them to integrate quantitative and computational thinking into their medical education, research, and future practice.

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To create a forum for the exchange of innovative ideas, provide research/publication opportunities, and promote scholarly discussions on the latest research pertaining to COVID-19 therapeutics and disease management, thereby fostering a spirit of innovative investigative inquiry related to this disease among the UCSF community.

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The Crossword Club at UCSF is dedicated toward providing an open space for the UCSF community to come together and solve crosswords together. We love words, puzzles, and having a good time. We welcome all skill levels, from Monday beginners to Saturday experts. Come join us to channel your creative side, decipher clues and fill in boxes, and destress!

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The mission is to foster community through dance-related collaborations.

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The Data Science Interest Group (DSIG) is an interprofessional organization with the goal of building high-yield data science skills with a focus on healthcare research. The group brings together hands-on collaborative skill building, bridging knowledge gaps between professions, and creating an avenue for research projects and support. This group provides a critical student connection to work being done by local research groups such as the Data Science Initiative (DSI), Institute of Computational Health Sciences (ICHS), and informatics specialties.

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We are an open group for all UCSF students with disabilities and chronic illnesses, as well as their allies. We aim to provide a space for students with disabilities to share their stories. We also strive to confront ableism and increase awareness of disability in the UCSF community.

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DHIG is an inter-professional student group looking to examine the role we as healthcare providers from all fields can play in addressing health disparities facing all individuals with disabilities, including but not limited to physical, mental, and developmental disabilities.

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Our mission is to empower future health professionals to become active leaders in the fight for social and environmental justice through dedicated community activism and institutional advocacy. We strive to educate and mobilize our members to understand the intersection of environmental factors and health outcomes, fostering a commitment to equity and sustainability. Through grassroots organizing, advocacy efforts, and collaborative projects, we aim to create positive, lasting change alongside community partners. Our club is dedicated to promoting social responsibility and environmental stewardship as integral components of health practice, ensuring that our members are equipped to be involved in community-driven initiatives and institutional change.

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We are an all levels, multidisciplinary dance group. Our mission is simple: to dance! We hold weekly workshops in all levels and styles, and invite anyone with an interest in dance to join. We will also organize group outings to attend dance classes and performances around the Bay Area.

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We wanted to create a social group on campus for individuals interested in film to come together to appreciate the art of cinema and discuss the stories of the big screen that expound the human condition.

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Being a first generation college student is more than coming from a background where one's parents or guardians did not graduate from college. It is about venturing into the unknown world of graduate and professional school to actualize one's potential and contribute to one's family, community, profession and society.

The First Generation to College Organization (FG2C) at UCSF believes that providing mentorship, community, and professional development for first generation to college students ensures that our academic community remains inclusive, vibrant, strong, and diverse. We hope to create a supportive community for first generation students, faculty and staff at UCSF, and we welcome you to join us!

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Allow students to connect with the outdoors, de-stress, make new friends, promote conservation and ultimately gain an appreciation for the beautiful animals and nature that make California great!

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