This climate survey gathers data that will help the University assess the overarching learning, living, and working environments – or climate – with a focus on issues of diversity, equity and inclusion for members of our UCSF community. It takes the pulse of all members of the UCSF community – faculty, staff, students, postdocs and residents. The faculty climate survey focused on gauging perceptions from just the faculty, and the staff engagement survey conducted by Gallup focused exclusively on staff to measure their sense of belonging. The leaders of these surveys will work together to identify common themes and to develop top priorities to address in a coordinated action plan.

Findings from past surveys have led to the implementation of several UCSF-wide programs and initiatives. For example, the 2017 faculty climate survey led UCSF to address pay gaps between men and women and enhance family leave policies that increased childbearing and child-rearing leave and mandating that search committees include more women and people of color. Other recent and related improvements at UCSF include expanding the CARE Advocate Program, working to achieve greater diversity in leadership through the Staff Equity Advisor recruitment model, establishing an inaugural Chief Accessibility Officer role, and launching a mandatory foundational diversity, equity and inclusion training program for all faculty, staff and learners.

Over the next months, individual units will be rolling out detailed action plans. High-level results were shared with the Chancellor and all of his cabinet members, all of whom have pledged to take ownership for their results and work with their teams on action plans for improvement.

In addition to getting involved in UCSF’s diversity committees focused on specific groups or populations, such as women, LGBTQ, Latinx, Asian and Pacific Islanders, Blacks/African Americans, and persons with disabilities, please speak to your manager about how you can get involved in improving the climate in your specific area.