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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland
December 2020
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Greetings of the Season to All!
This is a season of great change and also stillness. Alameda County has implemented the State’s stay at home order as of Monday, December 7, 2020. As healthcare workers we may travel to and from work but we should adhere to the guidance and recommendations about personal travel. If you do need to travel please access the UCSF guidance on testing and similar guidance specific to the Oakland campus and know this is developing daily.
Three C’s: Compassion, Coronavirus testing and COVID-19 vaccine!
This is the season of caring and compassion. Many of us have been working to maintain these sentiments and, after the long haul, experiencing fatigue. Please look at these wellness resources and remember to look after yourselves in addition to your patients and your loved ones. But we have great reason for hope. There is a revolution in Sars-CoV-2 testing options and several COVID-19 vaccines coming our way!
Join me in celebrating the new year. I am so looking forward to 2021. As we close out 2020 as a challenging year, rest in your accomplishments and your service. We will get through this and on to better times.
We wish you all hope, joy and peace,
Kelley
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Dear School of Medicine Community,
We are excited to announce the appointment of Dr. Katherine (Kathy) Julian, MD as Associate Dean for Graduate Medical Education (GME) at the UCSF School of Medicine, effective January 1, 2021. Dr. Julian, a professor of medicine, will succeed Robert (Bobby) Baron, MD, who will be retiring in December after serving our learners and faculty for over 14 years in this position.
Dr. Julian brings a breadth of both GME and medical education leadership experience to her new role as the Associate Dean. For the past five years, Dr. Julian has served as the Director of Outcomes and Optimization for the Office of Graduate Medical Education overseeing accreditation for UCSF’s 98 ACGME-accredited residency and fellowship programs. She is currently the Director of Educational Programs and Associate Division Chief for Education in the Division of General Internal Medicine, the program director for the Primary Care General Internal Medicine Residency Program, the Associate Program Director for Ambulatory Affairs for the Medicine Residency Program, and the Fellowship Director for the General Medicine Clinician Educator Fellowship Program.
Dr. Julian has co-authored more than thirty publications in medical education. A graduate of the Center for Faculty Educators Teaching Scholars Program, Dr. Julian also directed the Health Professions Educator Pathway, a program dedicated to expanding knowledge in the field of health professions education. In recognition of her contributions to UCSF’s medical education community, she was inducted into the Academy of Medical Educators in 2006.
Throughout her career, Dr. Julian has championed improving the pipeline of underrepresented trainees. A past Chair of the Equal Opportunity Academic Senate Committee, Dr. Julian led the implementation of holistic residency application review in the Department of Medicine, thereby almost doubling the match of underrepresented in medicine residents.
Dr. Julian graduated from University of California, Berkeley in 1991, received her MD from UCSF in 1996 and completed her internal medicine residency at UCSF in 2000. As a UCSF alumnus of both our medical school and internal medicine residency program, Dr. Julian’s in-depth institutional knowledge pave the way for a seamlessly transition into her new Associate Dean role.
We are thankful for Dr. Baron’s longstanding leadership of our residency programs and look forward to Dr. Julian continuing UCSF’s tradition of excellence and innovation.
Please join us in welcoming Dr. Julian to her new role!
Sincerely,
Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD
Dean, School of Medicine
Catherine R. Lucey, MD, MACP
Executive Vice Dean and Vice Dean for Education, School of Medicine
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BCH Oakland Staff Blood Drive
Friday, December 11
Thank you to everyone who has made our ongoing blood drives a success; we will be back on Friday, December 11, for our next event. In addition to saving lives, your donations help support our blood partner Vitalant during a time of serious need. Your continued enthusiasm is deeply appreciated!
BCH Oakland Staff Blood Drive
Friday, December 11
9 a.m. to 1 p.m.
OPC Boardroom
Make an appointment
Check your eligibility
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Mary Jones, MD
February 8, 1948 - November 21, 2020
With great sadness we share the passing of Mary Jones. Dr. Jones’ legacy is one of inspired leadership and compassion in her dedication to the health and wellbeing of some of our community’s most vulnerable children. She led a life of service both as a community pediatrician, and more recently as Director of the Rett Syndrome Clinic.
https://www.tributearchive.com/obituaries/19132941/Mary-D-Jones-MD
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Diversity, Equity and Inclusion at UCSF BCH | |
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From Marsha J. Treadwell, PhD
DEI Co-Chair BCH Oakland
Professor of Psychiatry and Pediatrics, UCSF School of Medicine
Jordan Fund Endowed Chair, Department of Hematology/Oncology
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The focus of the BCH Diversity, Equity and Inclusion (DEI) Initiative is to dismantle systemic racism within BCH by taking action to insure that policies, institutional practices, cultural representations and other norms no longer reinforce and perpetuate racial group inequity for Blacks, Indigenous and People of Color. Patients and families and other groups in the workforce, including LGBTQ+ are negatively impacted within the current problematic climate. For more information, please feel free to reach out to me, our program manager Henry Ocampo, or visit our website https://diversitybch.ucsf.edu/.
Online registration for the BCH Black Caucus Oakland:
Updated info on the DEI website.
Questions? Email Abdur Shemsu at abdur.shemsu@ucsf.edu
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FOOD FOR THOUGHT
Tuesday, December 8 at 4 pm – 5 pm
To register:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUuc-Cgqz8uE9ECOZbUBWNuzpLZZH7BTFaY
We invite you to join our next Food for Thought session, where we will be discussing chapters 1 – 17 from the book Caste: The Origins of Our Discontent by Isabel Wilkerson.
These "Food for Thought" sessions provide a time/space for you to process feelings that come up for you as we advance the work to dismantle structural racism within BCH. We want you all to know that we recognize this work is not just about thoughts and behaviors, but about the heart and the spirit. We will continue to provide time for personal sharing but are pleased to offer a more structured segment of the sessions, with work in between, moving forward. We are looking forward to seeing you December 8!
Please contact Marsha Treadwell marsha.treadwell@ucsf.edu if you have any questions.
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ADVANCING DEI IN BCH TRUE NORTH BOARDS
As part of our organizational goal to dismantle structural racism and embed Diversity, Equity & Inclusion (DEI) thinking in our every day practices, we are introducing a new probing question to the Coaching Kata: ‘What are the differences by race; ethnicity; language (REAL) and/or sexual orientation & gender identity (SOGI)?’. By introducing DEI principles into our True North Boards and hardwiring DEI into our True North Board thinking, we are developing structures and strategies to equip leaders with the ability to manage diversity, be accountable, measure results, refine approaches on the basis of such data, and institutionalize a culture of inclusion. We have created a companion toolkit that includes the following elements to support team efforts:
- Coaching Roadmap to ensure the psychological safety for managers and teams in having these conversations
- BCH Needs Assessment data
- Conversation Guide & Framework
More information will be presented at the next Cross-Bay Manager’s Forum.
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DEI STEERING COMMITTEE
The DEI Council is launching a quarterly Steering Committee meeting. The purpose of the Steering Committee is to review DEI best practices across the BCH enterprise, review the BCH DEI Action Plan rollouts, ensure communication and alignment of department-specific DEI initiatives with the DEI Action Plan, maximize our limited resources and to keep one another informed and engaged. We invite departments to share where you are with DEI thinking and what your departmental plans are to advance DEI. Our inaugural meeting will be on Thursday, December 10.
Please contact Henry.Ocampo@ucsf.edu for more information.
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DEI Foundational Training
UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach is developing a 45-minute online Foundational Diversity Training. This training will be mandatory for all UCSF and BCH staff. The training will be available on the LSM system for UCSF staff around January 20 and soon after on Healthstream for BCH OAK staff.
Core competencies include:
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UCSF Chancellor’s Pillar of Equity and Inclusion, and UCSF PRIDE values
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US history of racism, with reference to UCSF and the formation of the Black Caucus
- Legal requirements (Title VII and Title IX)
- UC policies: non-discrimination and bullying
- Definitions of Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, Cultural Humility, Unconscious Bias, Micro-aggressions, Gender Inclusion
- Examples of never events
- Examples of how to create an affirming and inclusive climate
- Resources - additional trainings, references, roadmaps. UCSF will provide the different channels of opportunities for our community members to further their learning and engagement in diversity and inclusion.
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UCSF’s PRIDE Values and how they can be enacted through our daily lives are:
P - Professionalism: To be competent, accountable, reliable and responsible, interacting positively and collaboratively with all colleagues, students, patients, visitors and business partners.
R - Respect: To treat all others as you wish to be treated, being courteous and kind, acting with utmost consideration of others.
I - Integrity: To be honest, trustworthy and ethical, always doing the right thing, without compromising the truth, and being fair and sincere.
D - Diversity: To appreciate and celebrate differences in others, creating an environment of equity and inclusion with opportunities for everyone to reach their potential.
E - Excellence: To be dedicated, motivated, innovative and confident, giving your best every day, encouraging and supporting others to excel in everything they do.
Download a copy of the PRIDE Values
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Speak Up for Safety
It is more important than ever that we have tight safety protocols onsite. While we must commit to taking care of each other to stay safe, we also strongly believe that it is possible to do this with kindness and respect for one another.
The “Speak Up” campaign aims to strengthen safety protocols during this pandemic by reinforcing behaviors – masking, distancing, hand hygiene and eye protection – that we know can protect us from COVID-19. You play an important role in executing this effort which includes team huddle discussions.
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You can access the COVID Safety Behaviors Toolkit via this link.
Please begin using these materials with your teams and reach out to Susan Pappas at Susan.Pappas@ucsf.edu with any questions.
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UCSF COVID-19 Relief Program Reopens December 7th! | |
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12/3/20 From:
Sam Hawgood, MBBS
Chancellor
Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor
Dear UCSF Community,
Throughout this year, we have been working on solutions to help support UCSF learners and employees who face financial hardships due to the pandemic. I am pleased to share with you that we will be providing a second round of COVID-19 relief funds, with a focus on those who earn $95,000 or less per year.
The additional funding we have secured enables us to provide up to $1,000 in tax-free funds to assist those in our UCSF community with the greatest need. The application process for this second round of funds will open on Monday, December 7.
This second round of relief funding is an extension of the UCSF COVID-19 Relief Program that we created in September to help members of our UCSF community who need help with expenses such as child care and housing payments. I am grateful for the generosity of our donors who helped us establish the UCSF COVID-19 Relief Program, and we continue to raise funds.
During this season of sharing, I encourage all those who are able to give to the UCSF COVID-19 Qualified Disaster Relief Fund to donate here. You can find details about eligibility for the new round of COVID-19 Relief Program funding on the coronavirus website. For questions about the program, please email COVID19relief@ucsf.edu. We will continue to look for ways to help as many members of our UCSF community, as the pandemic evolves.
I am heartened by the dedication and commitment of all of you working to fulfill our public health mission during a difficult year. I look forward to brighter days ahead. Thank you for all you do for our patients and communities.
Sincerely,
Sam Hawgood, MBBS
Chancellor
Arthur and Toni Rembe Rock Distinguished Professor
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Bright Horizons®
UCSF has partnered with Bright Horizons® to offer high-quality back-up care to eligible faculty, residents and clinical fellows. Eligible faculty include UCSF Faculty in the Ladder Rank, Professor in Residence and Clinical X series and UCSF Faculty in the Adjunct and Health Sciences Clinical Professor series with appointments of 51% or more paid by UCSF.
COVID-19 Modifications
Back-up care options normally include in-home well and mildly ill child care, center-based child care and in-home adult and elder care. During the COVID-19 pandemic, these modifications are in place:
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All mildly ill care has been suspended. In-home care cannot be used when the care recipient or any household members have a suspected or known COVID-19 exposure or are experiencing any symptoms. Learn more at https://www.brighthorizons.com/covid19
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In-home caregivers conduct daily health checks and wear face coverings. Adults and children over the age of five years old also must wear face coverings in the presence of the caregiver. Learn more about health protocols at https://www.brighthorizons.com/covid19
- Center-based care options are limited due to reduced capacity at centers and public health requirements for stable groups and minimum enrollment periods
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Out-of-network care provides reimbursement of up to $100/day for situations where in-home or center-based back-up care cannot be utilized (such as a COVID-19 exposure or household symptoms)
Program Details
- Access up to 20 days of back-up care per academic year (July 1-June 30)
- In-home care for children, adults, and elders
- Center-based child care
- 4-hour minimum for all care requests
- Co-pays apply
Registration
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Returning Users: If you have previously participated in the Back-up Care program, re-enrollment is not required. Returning participants may simply reserve care by calling 877-BH-CARES (877-242-2737) or on the Bright Horizons Back-Up Care Sign-in web page.
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New Registrants: To learn more about eligibility criteria and to register, visit the UCSF Back-up Care web site.
For general questions regarding the program, please contact Family Services at myfamily@ucsf.edu
Additional Child/Dependent Care Resources
Learn more about additional resources available during COVID-19 at this Family Services website.
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Teach for UCSF Certificate in Clinical Teaching | |
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Originally From:
Victoria Ruddick
Faculty Development Manager
Center for Faculty Educators, School of Medicine
Dear East Bay Faculty Development Consortium Members,
The annual weekend Accelerated Path to the Teach for UCSF Certificate in Clinical Teaching, which includes three workshops via Zoom video-conference on Saturday, March 20th, 8am-5pm, is now posted for registration. There will be a small fee per workshop to cover expenses associated with offering a weekend event. CME credit is available for certain health professions.
8:00am-10:00am Educational Strategies to Promote Clinical Reasoning
10:15am-2:45pm Teaching and Assessing in Competency-Based Education (includes 1/2 hour break)
3:00pm-5:00pm Fundamental Skills in the Art of Effective Feedback
Spots are likely to fill up fast! Please distribute this link to your faculty who teach UCSF learners. REGISTER: https://meded.ucsf.libcal.com/event/7124668
Thanks!
Victoria
Victoria Ruddick
Faculty Development Manager
Center for Faculty Educators, School of Medicine
More information on the Teach for UCSF Certificate Program
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As workers on the frontline, you’re dealing with a lot right now. And we know it’s not easy. But help is at hand. Free, confidential mental health counseling is available to you right away through The Frontline Workers Counseling Project, a group of over 400 licensed mental health professionals here in the Bay Area who have reached out to help.
If you’re ready, please visit fwcp.org/bayarea to learn more and sign up to be connected to a trained mental health professional. It’s free and 100% confidential.
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You can also view and share a video we’ve created to spread the word: https://youtu.be/IGh2AAzKiK8
You can find additional materials in these Google files.
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From: Beth Gleghorn MD
The Field Study Internship is part of the UC Berkeley Health and Medical Apprenticeship Program (HMAP). As an organization, HMAP was created to introduce undergraduate students to the role of health professionals in the community and to increase the students' awareness of current social, ethical, and political issues in health and medicine. Normally, students in the Field Study Internship are offered a unique undergraduate opportunity to investigate health care firsthand through shadowing a preceptor. Additionally, they attend weekly class discussions to cover public health topics and discuss their shadowing experiences with fellow interns. Our students gain powerful insights into the medical field that shape their undergraduate education, as well as their future goals and aspirations. In its 34 years of operation, HMAP has gained the support of fourteen University of California departments and more than 100 Bay Area Professionals; additionally, it has earned national acclaim by AAMC. This support is due to our dedication to exposing our students to current ethical issues and situations presented by our preceptors.
Due to the impacts of the pandemic and safety concerns for both our students and patients, our FSI team has been working on an alternative mentorship program to allow students to still receive mentorship and engage in critical discussions. With this being said, we would like to invite you to be a virtual mentor for Spring 2021. As a mentor, you would be guiding undergraduate students as they navigate the early stages of a career in healthcare, sharing your experiences and career journey, and discuss the most pressing issues of healthcare today. This commitment would entail a one-hour meeting per week for the course of the Spring 2021 semester. Additionally, if your medical practice enables telehealth shadowing, we have previously had interns successfully join in telehealth calls while remaining HIPAA compliant.
Beth Gleghorn MD
Peds GI
She /her/hers
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UCSF Collaborative to Advise on Re-opening Education Safely (CARES) | Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources
In case you missed it, you can get more info and watch the recordings at: https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu/cares
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
Oakland
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Grand Rounds
Tuesday, December 8th at 8:00am
BCH Oakland Research Update 2020:
CAR-T Cell Therapy, Coronavirus Vaccine and Screening for Trauma & Adversity
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Presented by UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
Anu Agrawal, MD, Hematology/Oncology/BMT
Peter Beernink, PhD, Associate Professor, Pediatrics
Dayna Long, MD, Department of Community Health and Engagement
Kelley Meade, MD, Clinical and Academic Affairs
Objectives:
1. Describe the process to treat patients with CAR-T cells. (Agrawal)
2. Identify obstacles to treat patients with CAR-T cells. (Agrawal)
3. Explain different COVID-19 vaccine approaches. (Beernink)
4. Differentiate between advantages and disadvantages of different vaccine platforms. (Beernink)
5. Identify algorithm to screen for adversity, trauma and determinants of health. (Long)
6. Examine ways in which screening results can be used to tailor treatment planning and follow-up. (Long)
Zoom Information
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Case Conference
Thursday, December 10th at 8am
"A Complication of Complications"
Presented by: Allison Coleman
PGY 3
Check out the calendar for educational offerings
Contact Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu for more info
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
San Francisco
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Congratulations Titi Singer, MD of the Division of Hem/Onc/BMT on the R33 (HL147845-01A1) award!
The goal of this project is to investigate in a phase 1/2 study the dose evaluation, safety and preliminary efficacy of Benserazide HCl in Subjects with Beta Thalassemia Intermedia. The beta-thalassemias and sickle cell syndromes are serious genetic blood diseases, causing a growing global health burden. The disorders decrease production or alter the structure of the beta-chain of adult hemoglobin A, resulting in hemolytic anemia, progressive widespread organ damage, and early mortality. Current treatments are able to reduce morbidity but there are still significant unmet medical needs in both disorders.
Fetal hemoglobin (HbF) is another type of hemoglobin which is high in fetal life but low after infancy. Previous studies have found that pharmacologic augmentation of HbF is a modality known to reduce the clinical severity of both conditions as it corrects some of the anemia. Multiple studies over the past 30 years have attempted to increase HbF to an extent that will be clinically meaningful; most have had only modest success.
In a screening study of existing drugs which are approved for other conditions, Benserazide, stood out as a strong inducer of HbF. Its action was validated in nonhuman primates, in mice and in human red blood cells in the Lab. It was not yet used in human studies for the purpose of HbF induction, but has been used and shown safe combined with drugs for Parkinson’s disease. In baboons it increased HbF 30-fold over baseline. The drug works through suppression of molecules that do not permit expression of HbF, thereby allowing increase in HbF when this suppression is relieved.
This proposal will evaluate Benserazide in patients with beta thalassemia and sickle-cell disease in a study design that will assess the optimal safe dose for induction of HbF. The hope is that this study will provide a basis for conducting definitive larger scale clinical trials that will prove to improve patients’ clinical course.
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UCSF Physician Scientist Scholar Program
The School of Medicine is soliciting nominations for the UCSF Physician-Scientist Scholars Program (PSSP). Division Chiefs nominate their most promising and accomplished physician scientists. PSSP is designed to provide financial resources, career guidance and protected research time to facilitate early career development of clinician-scientists who have high potential to conduct transformative laboratory-based research to advance human health.
Nominations are required to go through Department Chairs. Complete nominations are due January 6, 2021. Departments may set earlier review deadlines. Please work with your Division Chief if you are interested in being nominated.
Read more:
https://ucsf.app.box.com/s/7jrudlf9rcs9ova245l3elc6vmvws8zk
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PROPEL (Post-baccalaureate Research Opportunity to Promote Equity in Learning) offers a one-year research opportunity to 10-15 post-baccalaureates from underrepresented groups in science. PIs looking for post-baccalaureate researchers are encouraged to post job openings here. Potential employers can browse the PROPEL site for a list of interested applicants and for information about an upcoming virtual information session and meet-and-greet in January.
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From: Roi Jennings
Program Coordinator
Summer Student Research Program
The Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) formerly known as CHORI SSRP continues in the struggle for diversity, equity, and inclusion of students from underserved backgrounds interested in STEM. This past summer we pivoted from in-person training to providing a completely virtual program. We were able to do this while still supporting our students financially and providing a mentoring experience that allowed our students to conduct research albeit outside of a lab or clinic. These bright, exceptionally motivated high school and undergraduate students spent their summer exploring basic science and clinical research questions with practicing scientists who hold appointments at BCH-Oakland, UCSF and UC Berkeley.
SSRP held its 39th Annual Research Symposium on Friday, August 7th. Our digital Symposium Book highlights the research performed by our 30 high school and undergraduate interns. They presented research findings in a half day symposium held via zoom- and posted on YouTube. We hope you will enjoy a glimpse into their experience and what they were able to accomplish in just 8 short weeks.
For a more in depth look at how we created the first all-virtual SSRP, you can see a recent interview with us HERE.
Applications for Summer 2021 went online, November 1st and the deadline for submission of applications is in early February 2021. Details can be found on our website HERE.
If you have any questions regarding our program, how faculty can participate as mentors or how students can apply, we can be reached via e-mail at: ssrp@ucsf.edu
Roi Jennings
Program Coordinator | Summer Student Research Program
Student Services & Visiting Scientist Coordinator | CHORI
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Children's Hospital Oakland Research Institute
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Originally Sent On Behalf Of Silver, Esther
QB3 and UCSF IT Security Webinar: NICK SHENKIN, FEDERAL BUREAU OF INVESTIGATION. "IP PIRACY IN LIFE SCIENCE"
You must register for this event. The link to registration platform is below.
For many life science startups, IP is the most crucial factor that determines whether they succeed or fail. An innovative concept and freedom to operate are essential to winning investment.
But hostile foreign and domestic actors want to steal ideas and data from scientists and entrepreneurs. They target the most vulnerable: academics and early-stage companies.
Are you one of these targets? Do you want to know what threats you face and what you can do to protect yourself? Join us on Wednesday, January 27 to hear from FBI Special Agent Nicholas Shenkin, Director of the Strategic Technology Task Force for the FBI’s San Francisco Field Division.
WHERE & WHEN
Zoom Webinar
Wednesday, January 27, 2021 - 1:00 to 2:00 PM
Event held by QB3 and UCSF IT Security.
Registration:
https://qb3.org/upcoming-events/2020/11/23/qb3-webinar-nick-shenkin-federal-bureau-of-investigation-ip-piracy-in-life-science
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Nicholas Shenkin is an FBI Special Agent and the Director of the Strategic Technology Task Force for the FBI’s San Francisco Field Division. Nicholas is a Counterintelligence specialist and leads a staff of Special Agents and Intelligence Analysts responsible for hardening the target of 400+ Cleared Defense Contractors, Silicon Valley, Lawrence Livermore National Lab, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab, and all businesses and academic institutions in the San Francisco Field Division. In 1996, prior to his engagement with the Bureau, Nicholas started a high-security hosting and data analysis company. Nicholas sold that company in 2002 and subsequently became in-house counsel focused on M&A matters and on security compliance issues surrounding HIPAA and SOX. Nicholas is a graduate of UCLA and Loyola Law School, Los Angeles, and is a member of the California Bar.
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Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Dean’s Office
UCSF School of Medicine
510-428-3726
Mailing Address:
747 52nd Street, Oakland, CA 94609
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