Project Grant H79SM091152

The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration awarded the Regents of the University of California, San Francisco $1.869 million on September 30, 2026, under the Center for Mental Health Services Projects of Regional and National Significance program (CFDA 93.532) to establish the UCSF Center of Excellence for Eating Disorders.

UCSF will deliver gold-standard training and technical assistance in eating disorder screening, diagnosis, and evidence-based treatment to healthcare, educational, and community settings nationwide, with emphasis on underserved regions and populations including males, rural communities, and individuals with co-occurring conditions. The center will train approximately 1,300 healthcare providers annually across diverse settings: primary care, pediatrics, emergency departments, community mental health, colleges, schools, and athletic environments. Training audiences include physicians, advanced practice providers, psychotherapists, social workers, dietitians, nurses, medical assistants, school-based health staff, athletic trainers, coaches, educators, and paraprofessionals, along with health professional trainees to build future workforce capacity. Over five years, UCSF will reach more than 1.5 million individuals through webinars, on-demand modules, Project ECHO groups, conferences, consultations, and national campaigns. The center addresses critical gaps in eating disorder care, which ranks among the most medically serious psychiatric conditions yet faces average treatment delays exceeding 2.5 years and limited access to care.

The award period runs from September 30, 2026, through September 29, 2031, with place of performance in San Francisco, California.