Situated in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, GLIDE Memorial Church stands as a cornerstone of the local community and has spent more than five decades championing social justice. GLIDE offers a comprehensive range of services to address critical societal issues such as poverty, housing instability, and the pursuit of racial and social equity. 

For the past two years, GLIDE and clinicians, researchers, and community organizers from UCSF's Division of Hospital Medicine, including the RESET Health research group, have been collaborating to better understand the healthcare experiences and meet the health needs of community members experiencing marginalization. As part of this effort, GLIDE and UCSF have facilitated ‘Listening Sessions’ for community members to share feedback about their care experiences with UCSF clinicians and hospital leaders. Moreover, the GLIDE-UCSF ‘Healers at the Gate’ program engages healthcare professionals in dialogue and service with communities affected by racism, houselessness, and substance use in the Tenderloin, aiming to reshape perspectives and disrupt discriminatory practices in healthcare. Most recently, the RESET Health research group is part of a UCSF team partnering with GLIDE to develop a research project aimed at deepening our understanding of and addressing the needs of BIPOC and unhoused individuals for their transitions of care to the hospital and back into the community.