HCOE
The University of California, San Diego, School of Medicine Hispanic Center of Excellence (UCSD SOM HCOE) supports faculty recruitment, training, and retention efforts designed to increase the number of Hispanic faculty in the School of Medicine and increase the number of junior faculty with the necessary qualifications to achieve promotion into full time faculty and tenured positions. HCOE fellows and junior faculty are encouraged and provided with support to participate in research training and faculty development programs such as the UCSD National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine, the San Diego EXPORT Center, UCSD Extension programs in Healthcare Leadership and management, and NIH research training fellowships.