Health and Wellbeing

Taking care of your physical and mental health should be your top priority, even when you're really busy.

Urgent and Emergency Assistance

Emergency and Crisis Mental Health Services
Police or Medical EmergencyCall the UCSF Police Department at 911 or 415/476-6911
Person of Concern is UnreachableCall the UCSF Police Department for a welfare check at 415/476-HEAL (4235)
Emergency Mental Health SupportCall the San Francisco Crisis Line at 415/781-0500 or text MYLIFE to 741741
Urgent and Important Mental Health Services
NeedResourceWhat It IsContact Information
Urgent (not emergency) Psychiatric Care Needed After HoursUCSF Postdoc ProtoCall Services

After hours urgent telephone mental health support for postdoctoral scholars

  • Telephone triage and urgent support
  • Linkage and follow-up with FSAP as needed
  • Services provided during non-business hours, weekends, and university holidays
  • Urgent (non-emergency) service only

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855/201-4229
Local Emotional and Mental Health supportUCSF Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP)

Confidential employee assistance services at no cost to UCSF faculty, staff, postdocs, residents, and clinical fellows

Faculty and Staff Assistance Program

415/476-8279

Mental Health Insurance BenefitsPostdoc
HMO and
PPO health insurance plans		Virtual and in-person mental health careGarnett-Powers & Associates
1-800-254-1758
(Monday – Friday,
8 a.m. - 5 p.m. PST)

 

Sustained Assistance

Emotional Health Support

Faculty and Staff Assistance Program (FSAP): All postdocs are eligible to receive free, confidential, short-term counseling, and referrals from licensed professionals. Your insurance plan also includes mental health coverage. The Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences also offers excellent Mental Health Resources for Crises.

Disability Services

UCSF strives to create a climate of full inclusion for people with disabilities in the UCSF community. If you have a temporary or permanent disability, please reach out to Disability Management, part of the Human Resource services at UCSF.

Fitness

UCSF Campus Life Services runs the two campus Fitness & Recreation Centers, located at the Mission Bay and Parnassus campuses. Visit the CLS/Fitness & Recreation website for information on the programs and facilities offered. 

Ergonomics

The Campus Ergonomics and Human Factors program assists UCSF employees, including postdocs, with ergonomics by addressing a hierarchy of situations and needs using the most effective and efficient level of intervention.

Managing Interpersonal Difficulties

Are you at odds with your PI and not sure what to do about it? See resources for postdocs having difficulties with faculty mentors.

Health Plan

Even a healthy person can sprain their ankle. Fortunately, the robust Postdoctoral Scholars Benefits Plan provides all UCSF postdocs with medical, dental, and vision insurance. See information about your health benefits. 

Parenting

Get an extra hand juggling the responsibilities of being a parent while you are a postdoc. Visit the UCSF MyFamily portal. 

 

Additional Support Services
NeedResourceContact Info
Discuss Campus-Related Issues with OmbudsThe Office of Ombuds serves all members of the UCSF community (faculty, staff, administrators, students, postdoctoral scholars, residents, and fellows) and offers a safe, confidential place to discuss campus-related issues and to explore possibilities for informally addressing concerns.ombuds.ucsf.edu
Report Discrimination or HarassmentThe Office for the Prevention of Harassment and Discrimination (OPHD) supports the University policy prohibiting discrimination and harassment of any person on the basis of their membership in a protected category. File a complaint.ophd.ucsf.edu

415/502-3400
Receive Support for Interpersonal ViolenceThe Campus Advocacy Resources and Education Office (CARE Advocate)      provides free, confidential support to students, staff, faculty, postdocs, residents, and fellows who have experienced gender misconduct, interpersonal violence, such as sexual assault, dating/intimate partner violence, sexual harassment, or stalking.careadvocate.ucsf.edu
Spiritual CareUCSF Spiritual Care Services for staff, teams, and patientsucsfspiritcare.org

415/353-1941 (Parnassus and Mt. Zion)
415/514-4200 (Mission Bay)
Report Faculty MisconductHoused within The Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs, The Academic Employee Relations team administers faculty misconduct. Refer to the "Procedure for the Investigation of Faculty Misconduct and the Administration of Discipline" for more information. Faculty misconduct may also be reported to the UC Whistleblower hotline and/or the Vice Provost of Academic Affairs.

Email the Vice Provost

File a Whistleblower report

Disability Management Services

Disability Management Services (DMS) DMS can assist employees with issues regarding your disability, engaging in the interactive process with your department to identify reasonable accommodations in the workplace. 

Contact DMS at (415) 476-2621