Serving our Community

On any given week, our faculty and students are putting pharmacy into action across San Diego County — providing vaccinations, screening for diabetes and heart disease and educating community members of all ages about medication best practices. Below are ways you can get involved.

San Diego Coast

UC San Diego Student-Run Free Clinic Project

All of our first-year students rotate through the UC San Diego Student-Run Free Clinic Project, often cited by our alums as one of the most memorable and meaningful moments of pharmacy school. Since our founding our pharmacy school has worked with the clinic, one of the largest student-led free clinics in the nation, to provide pharmacy services to people with limited access to health care.

Volunteer at the Student-Run Free Clinic Project

Community Health Fairs

Each quarter Associate Professor Jacinda Abdul-Mutakabbir partners with the County of San Diego to host free health screenings and vaccinations at local libraries and other community-centered sites, prioritizing areas with low Healthy Places Index® scores. Undergraduate and pharmacy students may volunteer; contact her at jabdulmutakabbir@health.ucsd.edu for details. The health fairs are held as follows:

  • Grossmont Healthcare District’s Health and Wellness Library 
    • 9001 Wakarusa Street, La Mesa, CA 91942
    • First Thursday of each month, 10 a.m.- 1 p.m.
  • Spring Valley Library 
    • 836 Kempton Street, Spring Valley, CA 91977 
    • Second Friday of each month, 2 p.m. - 5 p.m.
  • Lot O Care Fair
    • 1800 Welch Rd., San Diego, CA 92134
    • First Monday of each month, noon - 2:30 p.m.

Jacinda Abdul Mutakabbir and students at the Health Fair