Partners
Asylum Medicine Training Initiative
The Health and Human Rights Intiative is a co-founder and leader of the Asylum Medicine Training Initiative which was was founded in 2021 to train healthcare professionals to meet the nationwide need for forensic medical evaluations of people seeking asylum in the U.S. The AMTI Introductory Curriculum is the product of our interdisciplinary collaboration involving 80 contributors with expertise in asylum medicine and human rights law from over 40 organizations and academic centers across the U.S.
Society of Asylum Medicine
The mission of the Society of Asylum Medicine (SAM) is to create a community of physicians, mental health providers and other caregivers, as well as legal and human rights professionals who work with individuals seeking asylum. Our goal is to promote community, an exchange of ideas, scholarship and advocacy among clinicians and their partners involved in asylum medicine.
SAM provides a robust bibliography and library of asylum medicine and human rights literature, including essential legal and historical documents. SAM promotes scholarly growth in the field of asylum medicine with opportunities for collaboration among professionals. SAM maintains an ongoing list of conferences, trainings and activities related to the field. Asylum medicine leaders and master clinicians highlight the most pressing issues in regularly published podcasts and blogs.
Trauma Recovery Center/Survivors International
UCSF Trauma Recovery Center/Survivors International Survivors International provides essential psychological, social service and medical services to help heal the wounds of torture for those who have survived persecution and have fled to the United States seeking safety and freedom. Our program aims to help survivors re-establish healthy, productive lives by providing support and ensuring access to comprehensive services. Survivors International serves residents of San Francisco.
UCSF Interpreting Services
UCSF Interpreters generously donate their services to interpreting during our forensic medical evaluations.
UCSF Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing
The Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing (CoE) is a cross-bay entity based at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in San Francisco and Oakland, California and serves as the infrastructure for collective action to address the health of children in immigrant families through education, evidence-based clinical services, and advocacy.
Office of Community Engagement and Immigrant Affairs
San Francisco's Office of Civic Engagement and Immigrant Affairs (OCEIA) is a policy, compliance, direct services and grantmaking office focused on promoting inclusive policies and immigrant assistance programs that lead to full civic, economic and linguistic inclusion.
Zellerbach Family Foundation
The Zellerbach Family Foundation is a catalyst for constructive social change by initiating and investing in efforts that strengthen families and communities. Through its strategic framework, Zellerbach Family Foundation works with its grantees and partners to promote belonging, connection, and a shared sense of safety among people and communities across the Bay Area and California.
Center for Gender and Refugee Studies
The Center for Gender & Refugee Studies (CGRS) protects the fundamental human rights of women, children, LGBTQ individuals, and others who flee persecution, combining sophisticated legal strategies with policy advocacy and human rights interventions to advance protections for refugees. We envision a world where no refugee is denied her right to protection and we strive to achieve this vision by: Providing technical assistance and training to attorneys and other advocates representing asylum seekers in the United States and abroad; Undertaking strategic litigation to advance sound asylum laws and defend the due process rights of asylum seekers; and Engaging in policy and advocacy to align U.S. policies with international human rights norms.
Partnerships for Trauma Recovery
Partnerships for Trauma Recovery (PTR) is a local nonprofit organization dedicated to healing the psychosocial and psychological impacts of trauma among international survivors of human rights abuses, forced displacement resulting from war, torture, persecution related to identity and beliefs, gender-based violence and other forms of interpersonal violence. PTR provides culturally and contextually responsive, trauma-informed and linguistically accessible psychological and psychosocial care for asylum seekers and refugees from around the world.
