2022 DEM Safety Manual and Emergency Action Plan

A big thank you to Vanessa York for updating the Emergency Action Plan and DEM Safety Manual for 2022. Please take the time to read these documents as they contain important information regarding our policies and procedures.

In the coming weeks your lab manager will ask for your signature to verify you have read this information.

ZSFG Celebrates 150 Years!

On August 28, 1872, the City of San Francisco opened the doors to the City and County Hospital at 23rd and Potrero Streets, making an investment in public health that would withstand plagues and earthquakes, population booms and great inventions. 150 years later, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital still stands, keeping the heart of this city beating strong. 

We are proud to celebrate ZSFG’s 150th anniversary of providing essential health care to all San Franciscans. As the only Level 1 trauma center in the City and County, ZSFG is always prepared to care for this city in times of crisis, but also as we work towards a healthier future.

View Dr. Susan Erhlich's message here.

2022 ZSFG DOM Staff Excellence Awards

It’s ZSFG DOM Staff Excellence Awards nomination time! Please celebrate our amazing staff by nominating a team member by Friday, August 26!

This is a meaningful opportunity to recognize the dedication, commitment, and innovating strength of our staff.

Nomination form: 2022 ZSFG DOM Staff Excellence Awards Nomination Form

Nominee Qualifications:

• Nominees must be UCSF employees.
• Employed on the ZSFG campus for a minimum of one year.
• Must have received a Satisfactory/Meets Performance Evaluation or better in 2021. 

Process:

• All ZSFG DOM employees can submit nominations. The nomination consists of a short paragraph citing two specific examples of the nominee’s demonstrated excellence via the online form. Nominations can be submitted for one or more award category.
• Nominations are due Friday, August 26.
• Nominations will be reviewed by the Selection Committee.
• Award recipients will be contacted via email in the first two weeks of September.
• Awards will be celebrated in a ZSFG DOM Staff Excellence Awards ceremony and profiled in the ZSFG DOM newsletter.

ZSFG Department of Medicine Staff Excellence Award Categories:

Nominators can submit for only one award category – it is not required to submit for all.

• ZSFG DOM Staff Excellence in Administrative Service Award:  Recognizes a staff member who contributes to our mission through their exceptional dedication, initiative, motivation, positive attitude, customer service and passion about their administrative or operational work.

• ZSFG DOM Staff Excellence in Leadership Award:  Recognizes a supervisor who – through outstanding leadership – enhances staff morale, builds an enriching work environment, and supports the career development of their staff.

• ZSFG DOM Staff Excellence in Research Award:  Recognizes a staff member who provides exemplary support in research (including basic science, clinical, data sciences, or translational research) and whose outstanding contributions advance the research mission of their unit in a way that extends beyond the ordinary fulfillment of a position's duties.

Please reach out to me or Brooks Bigart (Brooksley.bigart@ucsf.edu) with any questions.

UCSF COVID-19 Policy Updates

Be vigilant about masking at work, unless you are in a room by yourself. At no time should you be eating or drinking together inside.

Visitors are required to be fully vaccinated. If they are not they will be required to have a negative COVID test before entering any building on the ZSFG campus. 

Staff are encouraged to obtain COVID testing if they have any symptoms, exposure or concerns regarding COVID. Staff can obtain COVID testing at the OHS employee testing tent in the parking lot by Avon Breast Center, Monday-Sunday from 6:30am-4:30pm (no appointment required). As UCSF employees, you can also use the Color vending machine in Building 9. 

Staffing Updates

Departures

• Alan Hsieh - Visiting Scholar - Suliman Lab
• Priya Kishore - Visiting Scholar - Suliman Lab

Arrivals

• Sophie Samiee - SRA1 - Feeney Lab
• Gabby Kimmerly - BMS Student on Rotation - Rutishauser Lab 

Current Openings

• Translational Research Faculty - DEM
• SRA II - Ernst Lab
• Postdoc - Feeney Lab
• SRA II - Hunt Lab 
• Specialist (Flow Cytometry) - Hunt Lab
• SRA II - Javid Lab (Coming Soon!)
• Postdoc (ImmunoX Collab)- Rutishauser Lab
• Postdoc - Rutishauser Lab
• SRA I - Vasquez Lab