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About Our Speaker
Renee Navarro is the inaugural vice chancellor for the Office of Diversity and Outreach at UCSF. She has moved the campus and health system--an organization that comprises more than 30,000 individuals--in a new direction, one that is boldly inclusive, equitable, and anti-racism.
In 2020, a decade into the establishment of the Office of Diversity and Outreach, she took on the role of leading the UCSF-wide Anti-racism Initiative, a far-reaching and comprehensive program to dismantle systemic racism at UCSF. She describes this work as “the strategic disruption of the status quo”.
Under her leadership, the Office of Diversity and Outreach has significantly advanced diversity and inclusion within the campus community and was twice awarded the Health Professions Higher Education Excellence in Diversity Award Insight into Diversity Magazine (2016, 2019).
Amidst a very busy schedule, Dr. Navarro still finds time to give back to the community. In 2019, the National Medical Fellowships (NMF) Bay Area honored her with a “Champions of Health Award” for her on-going mentoring to students of color and her work to expand the medical field to underrepresented communities.
In 2021 she was named by SF Business Times in the 100 most influential women in the Bay Area. Her impact on health equity and service has also been recognized by San Francisco Mayor Willie Brown’s Proclamation of J. Renee Navarro Day in San Francisco. Dr. Navarro holds a PharmD from the University of the Pacific and a MD from the University of California, San Francisco and is a Professor of Anesthesia and Perioperative Care.
