Dear UCSF Community,

We are pleased to announce the recipients of the 2025 Chancellor Principles of Community Awards.

This year’s awardees exemplify an outstanding commitment to the UCSF PRIDE Values and our Principles of Community. Through their remarkable efforts, all of our awardees have contributed significantly to efforts that empower UCSF’s excellence and expand belonging in their respective fields and in the communities they serve.

We invite you to learn more about the award recipients and their achievements by visiting our awards page.

We were delighted to celebrate their extraordinary contributions at a ceremony held earlier today and congratulate each of these awardees.  

Chancellor Award for Advancement of Women 
Dena Dubal, MD, PhD

Chancellor Award for Disability Service 
Brooke Vance, MPA

Chancellor Award for Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership 
Ryan Hernandez, PhD
Abdur Shemsu
Earl Chism, MD

Chancellor Award for Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer, and Intersex Leadership 
Joanne Engel, MD, PhD
Graham Hinchcliffe, MS
Colbey Ricklefs, MD, MPH

Please join us in congratulating the 2025 Chancellor Principles of Community awardees.

Sincerely,

Sam Hawgood, MBBS
Chancellor
Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor

J. Renée Navarro, PharmD, MD
Vice Chancellor, Opportunity and Outreach
Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care