As part of its continuing effort to ensure a student body and physician workforce that better reflects the demographics of California, the UC Davis School of Medicine has named Darin Latimore as its first director of student diversity. Latimore, a 1994 graduate of the UC Davis School of Medicine, will work in the school's Office of Medical Education to provide a bridge of support for students who come from disadvantaged backgrounds or who have been marginalized because of sexual orientation or gender identity. He will focus on the processes for both outreach and admissions, with an emphasis on premedical students who need expert guidance in achieving their goal of being accepted into medical school.