Weekly Snapshot

Week of July 18, 2022 | Edited by: Meredith Lew Tan

DEM Summer Trainee Poster Event

The DEM summer trainees will be presenting posters to showcase their projects on Thursday, July 28 from 2-3 PM in the 505 Conference Room.


We want to support our trainees, so your attendance is strongly encouraged. Snacks will be provided, but cannot be eaten in the conference room.


Hope to see you there!

Announcements

ZSFG Wellbeing Conversations Series

The ZSFG Wellness Program is hosting a monthly Wellbeing Conversation on the 3rd Wednesday of the month from 12-1 PM. Their goal is to support staff with tools to reduce stress and burnout. This will be an informative Wellbeing Conversation with experts around reducing burnout and stress for healthcare workers.


The first talk was yesterday, Wednesday July 20th but there will be another one on Wednesday, August 17th. Click here to register.

BearBuy Forms Webinar - 7/28, 1:30-2:30 PM

Supply Chain Management (SCM) will host a webinar on BearBuy Forms best practices on Thursday, July 28 from 1:30-2:30 PM. Highlights will include tips on which forms to use and how to complete the forms. 

2022-2023 Leadership Development Program

The Leadership Development Program provides an opportunity for a select group of staff to enhance their careers in the School of Medicine (SOM), and for the School to expand the pool of well-qualified candidates ready for advancement. 


The application period will be open until 11:59 PM on Friday, August 5, 2022.


There will be a Zoom information session about the program and application process on Friday, July 15. To join the information session, email leadershipdevelopment@ucsf.edu.

WINGS Staff Development Grant: Deadline 8/5/22

The School of Medicine is committed to employee career growth and development and to supporting educational activities for staff. If you are a staff employee in the School of Medicine, you are eligible to apply for a grant to support the cost of a course or educational opportunity. The application deadline is August 5, 2022


Click here for additional information. 

Click here to apply.

August DOMINOs Events

  • Food Security Tour of the Tenderloin with Lea Troeh, Program and Development Associate - Center for Vulnerable Populations at ZSFG
  • Dinner with Jon Rueter, Director of Research Administration and Revenue Management, DOM Administration
  • Palace Games Escape Room with Jen Perkins, Associate Chair for Ambulatory Care and Population Health, DOM
  • Visit the Exploratorium After Dark with James Harrison, Associate Professor, Division of Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health.
  • SF Giants vs SD Padres with Brian Schwartz, Associate Chair for Education, DOM, Peter Chin-Hong, Professor, Division of INfectious Diseases at UCSF Health, Calvin Chou, Professor, Division of General Internal Medicine at VAMC, & Anna Chang, Professor, Division of Geriatrics at UCSF Health.


To sign up, please email Amy.Yun@ucsf.edu with the following information (Name, Title/Position, Division, Campus).


Visit the DOMINOs website for additional information on these events. 

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

  • None



Arrivals

  • None


Current Openings

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource

Improving health equality and equity through digital innovation

"In this episode an expert panel in the field of health and care disparities discuss their views on the opportunities to remove systemic barriers to health equality and thereby improve health equity through digital innovation."


Click here to listen to this podcast by Oracle Cerner.

Committee Updates

DEM Flow Committee

Stef is working on adding an ethernet cord to the Aurora computer and fixing the Vortex.


A small desk has been ordered for Frida


Cleaning out lab coats in the Analyzer room


The new Aurora (Frida) SOP is on the table. First, regular clean then FLUIDICS clean. Now SIP will come outside.


Backup control beads for the LSRII, Aurora, and Aria can be picked up at CIL. There are no backups of spectral beads, so more will be ordered for CIL. 


Spectral QC bead backups will be added to the 6th floor cold room. 


Protocol to be created if the Aurora goes down. DEM flow users will be oriented to the PFCC Aurora.

Upcoming Events


July 21 | 10-11 AM

DEM Safety and Equipment Meeting


July 22 | 4-5 PM

Gun Violence: A Public Health Crisis


July 28 | 9-10 AM

Cancelled: DEM Office Hours


July 28 | 12:00-1:30 PM

UCSF Staff Engagement Survey Results Town Hall 2022


July 28 | 1:30-2:30 PM

BearBuy Forms Best Practices


July 28 | 2-3 PM

DEM Summer Trainee Poster Event


July 28 | 2-4 PM

Demystifying the Climb: Promotions at UCSF

Division Links

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