Uploaded May 2024 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
A 2024 graduate of the UCSF School of Medicine, Kyle Lakatos, MD, has cultivated a cultural shift amongst his peers and colleagues, bringing Native American voices from all UCSF health professions and graduate schools to confer and celebrate. His work has resulted in large-scale changes that will have a lasting impact at UCSF and beyond.
That’s why he is the recipient of the 2024 Chancellor Award for Public Service.
Kyle helped plan the NABARI Youth Decolonization Camp, a free week-long summer camp experience for high school-aged Bay Area Native and Indigenous youth in which campers explore concepts of social justice and their own heritage in a way that focuses on youth resilience and empowerment. “Building this camp was something that I thought was important because higher education is such a transformative moment for me, that I want to ensure that other people have that as well,” he said.
The UCSF Founder’s Day Awards celebrate the outstanding service of faculty, staff and learners to the University and to our community in fulfillment of our mission of advancing health worldwide.
See the rest of the 2024 Founder’s Day Award winners here: https://tiny.ucsf.edu/2024foundersday
A 2024 graduate of the UCSF School of Medicine, Kyle Lakatos, MD, has cultivated a cultural shift amongst his peers and colleagues, bringing Native American voices from all UCSF health professions and graduate schools to confer and celebrate. His work has resulted in large-scale changes that will have a lasting impact at UCSF and beyond.
That’s why he is the recipient of the 2024 Chancellor Award for Public Service.
Kyle helped plan the NABARI Youth Decolonization Camp, a free week-long summer camp experience for high school-aged Bay Area Native and Indigenous youth in which campers explore concepts of social justice and their own heritage in a way that focuses on youth resilience and empowerment. “Building this camp was something that I thought was important because higher education is such a transformative moment for me, that I want to ensure that other people have that as well,” he said.
The UCSF Founder’s Day Awards celebrate the outstanding service of faculty, staff and learners to the University and to our community in fulfillment of our mission of advancing health worldwide.
See the rest of the 2024 Founder’s Day Award winners here: https://tiny.ucsf.edu/2024foundersday
