UCSF Fellowship Orientation Information

The Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)

Please note: GBHI continues to monitor the COVID-19 pandemic. The following information is applicable to in-residence fellows at GBHI at UCSF; however, to support public health efforts, many services are currently limited. 

For the latest information about COVID-19 and UCSF, please visit coronavirus.ucsf.edu.

Welcome to the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), one of the two founding sites of the Global Brain Health Institute (GBHI). We have collected information to assist you with your transition. We wish you every success and hope that you have a fulfilling experience as you enter the GBHI community as an Atlantic Fellow for Equity in Brain Health.

You are also welcome to view the information available on the GBHI intranet (you will require your GBHI log-in credentials, which you will receive shortly before the official start date of the program).

UCSF Overview

UCSF is part of the 10-campus University of California, the world’s premier public research university system, and the only one of its campuses dedicated to graduate and professional education. Driven by our public mission, we are a collection of dedicated scientists, clinicians, students, and staff who strive to make the world a better place through our singular focus on health. Compassion is as critical as discovery in fulfilling our mission to make a difference for individual patients and whole populations. Further information can be found at www.ucsf.edu.

GBHI & UCSF Memory and Aging Center

GBHI lives within the UCSF Memory and Aging Center (MAC). The MAC, an international leader in the field of memory disorders and dementia, exists within the Department of Neurology in the School of Medicine. The center provides comprehensive evaluations for the diagnosis and treatment of patients; conducts research on new therapies; and offers support groups for patients, family members and friends. Our team comprises of specialists from a wide variety of disciplines, including neurology, neuropsychology, geriatrics, geriatric psychiatry, pharmacy, nursing, social work and speech pathology.

Campus Locations

With more than 20 locations throughout San Francisco and beyond, UCSF is an industry of its own, contributing greatly to the intellectual vigor and economic vitality of the City by the Bay. GBHI at UCSF is located at the Mission Bay Campus, a teaching, research and clinical care campus with a daily population of about 3,500 UCSF faculty, staff, students, patients and other visitors. With more than 1 million square feet of research space, the thriving campus also includes an integrated hospital that serves women, children and cancer patients.

Commuting to Campus

Whether you live in San Francisco or in the greater Bay Area, good public transportation systems (e.g. BART, CalTrain, Muni, and AC Transit) make it feasible for many faculty, staff and students to commute to campus, while still having reasonably short commutes and keeping costs down.

Visit the UCSF Campus Life Services website for information about public and shared transportation, parking, campus shuttles, biking, maps, and more.