Rachael Callcut, MD, MSPH and Kalpana Harish, MPH Honored with Selection to Participate in UC Women's Initiative for Professional Development

Rachael Callcut, MD, MSPH and Kalpana Harish, MPH have been honored by selection to participate in the 2020 UC Women's Initiative for Professional Development, a platform to support UCSF’s emerging leaders, from among a pool of candidates throughout the UC system. Dr. Callcut is Associate Professor of Surgery based in the Department of Surgery at ZSFG. She is also Director of Data Science and Program Director of the Smarter Health Artificial Intelligence Initiative at the UCSF Center for Digital Health Innovation. Kalpana Harish is Administrative Director and Director of the Research Program in the Division of Transplant Surgery.

The UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development (UC WI) "is a unique, experiential, systemwide professional development program for mid-career women that brings together participants from every UC location. Participants represent faculty, academic personnel and staff, people managers and non-people managers. The program is sponsored by the President’s office and the Systemwide Advisory Committee on the Status of Women (SACSW) and offered by Systemwide Human Resources in partnership with Coro Northern California and SACSW."

The program has been designed to:

• Cultivate a professional network of women that spans the UC system
• Give women access to top UC leaders—women and men—so they can interview and learn from them about their diverse leadership approaches and journeys
• Strengthen skills and confidence through hands-on practice with a range of tools and skills

Learn more about the UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development (UC WI)