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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland
April 2022
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Welcome Intern Class 2022
Match Day – March 19, 2022
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This talented group of 27 pediatric interns and 1 joint BCH-Oakland-UCSF Child Neurology resident are from 25 different medical schools from every region of the US. Once again our class is rich in diversity, with 52% self-identifying as coming from an underrepresented in medicine background.
As we continue our daily fight toward a more equitable and just healthcare system, recruiting a class so well aligned with our mission is such a win for the community we serve in Oakland.
Celeste Allen, MD
Director, Graduate Medical Education
BCH Oakland
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Interim Director, Medical Staff Services | |
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The Annual Net Promoter Survey about the work experience is due to go out to physicians at UCSF Health and ZSFG on Monday, March 28th. Thank you to all of your teams for updating your rosters for accuracy. The VA has elected to stay with their existing engagement survey and will not be participating in this survey this year. UCSF Health Primary Care is already participating via the STEP survey, and GME and APPs will be surveyed in upcoming weeks.
Your encouragement among your groups to respond honestly to the survey is appreciated. We will provide updates about response rates a couple weeks into the survey with a target date to close by April 18th or when we have sufficient responses.
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Congratulations to Lela Bachrach, MD, MS!
Dr. Bachrach in BCH Oakland's Adolescent Medicine department has been awarded a $665,781 grant from the Human Trafficking Victim Assistance (HV) Program of the California Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES).
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Exceptional Physician Awards | Recognize | |
Winner Profiles
Read all about our Exceptional Physician Award winners!
More Info
For more information on the Exceptional Physician Award, please contact sharon.talbott@ucsf.edu.
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Voalte for Clinical Communications at UCSF Health | |
UCSF Health has been working to improve communication for inpatient clinical care using the Voalte clinical communication software. Read More | |
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Chancellor Awards for Diversity
Nominations Due by: April 14, 2022
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Dear UCSF Community,
I am pleased to announce that nominations are currently being accepted for the 2022 Chancellor Awards for Diversity. Each year these Diversity Awards are bestowed to deserving UCSF faculty, staff, student/resident/postdoctoral scholars.
Chancellor Awards for Diversity are given in the following four areas:
● Advancement of Women
● Disability Service
● Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Leadership
● Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Intersex Leadership
Please nominate deserving UCSF faculty, staff, student/resident/postdoctoral scholars for the awards. To learn about the award criteria and the nomination process, please visit the official awards website.
Nominations are due by April 14, 2022.
We strongly encourage nominations that represent the intersections of worked and lived experiences of our colleagues and their contributions to diversity.
Sincerely,
J. Renée Chapman Navarro, PharmD, MD
Vice Chancellor, Diversity and Outreach
Chief Diversity Officer
University of California, San Francisco
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Updated UCSF Event Policy | |
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Guidance on Hosting Meetings and Events
Please note that guidance on events is rapidly changing. Refer to coronavirus.ucsf.edu for the most up-to-date info. Please contact Amanda.Lucas@ucsf.edu at BCH Oakland with questions.
UCSF adheres to the San Francisco Department of Public Health COVID-19 health requirements, and, in some instances, our requirements are more stringent given our unique role as an academic, medical, and research enterprise. Our top priority is to ensure the safety of the UCSF community and our patients. Any event plan is conditional on current health orders.
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COVID-19 Testing at BCH Oakland and Booster Info | |
Please be aware that the CitiHealth COVID testing site, which has been located in the BCH Oakland Outpatient Center garage, is closed as of April 1st. Read More | |
Center for Faculty Educators | |
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The application period is now open for the Teaching Scholars Program (TSP); a year-long program sponsored by the UCSF Center for Faculty Educators (CFE). This program is ideal for faculty members who wish to make education their primary area of responsibility (e.g., course and clinical leadership, educational committee participants) and/or scholarship.
Reminder: All applicants must have completed the Teach for UCSF Certificate in General Teaching to apply for the Teaching Scholars Program or be on track to complete it by the end of June 2022. If you cannot complete the certificate this year, plan to apply to TSP in 2023. If TSP is a future goal and you are not enrolled in the certificate here is the link to enroll in Teach for UCSF.
More info
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Save the Date
Education Showcase 2022 ~ May 16-19
and Accelerated Path for Teach for UCSF Certificate Program
Sunday, May 22
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POPULATION HEALTH and HEALTH EQUITY | |
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UCSF Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center (MERC)
Deadline: April 18, 2022
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Dear Colleagues,
The UCSF Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center (MERC) is excited to announce the first annual MERC Emerging Health Equity Scholar Award to be presented at the MERC Research Symposium June 3rd, 2022. The purpose of this award is to celebrate and inspire junior researchers in their careers in health equity.
The award will recognize two UCSF early investigators who are conducting health services, community-engaged, clinical, or translational research focused on health equity. Eligible individuals can submit their self-nomination materials to merc@ucsf.edu by April 18, 2022. The awardees will be given a small cash award and invited to deliver a research presentation at this year’s MERC Research Symposium.
The symposium will be held June 3rd, 2022 from 1-3pm (virtually) with Keynote Speaker Dr. Eliseo Pérez-Stable, MERC co-founder and current Director of the National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities. The symposium is open to the entire UCSF community and the public to attend.
To learn more about MERC, the Research Symposium and criteria for the Scholar Award, visit our website https://merc.ucsf.edu/.
Leah Karliner, MD MAS (she/her/hers)
Professor of Medicine
Division of General Internal Medicine
Director, Center for Aging in Diverse Communities
Director, Multiethnic Health Equity Research Center
University of California San Francisco
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HEAT: Health Equity Action Time
Focus on Child and Adolescent Mental Health
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Dear Colleagues,
We are in the midst of a child and adolescent mental health crisis. Over the past two years, COVID-19 has impacted every aspect of our lives. It has taken the lives of thousands of people, limited social contacts, taken caregivers out of work, and children out of school in-person for months.
The pandemic has affected children and adolescents in unique and profound ways that require attention to their social and emotional well-being and behavioral health.
Visit the event page for more information on speakers.
Recordings and PowerPoints will be posted after each session.
Contact Information:
Cassandra Vega, Project Manager
UCSF Center for Child and Community Health
cassandra.vega@ucsf.edu
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Release of the UCSF Changemaker Series | |
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The UCSF Changemaker Series, created by Professor of Medicine Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS, is a four-part video series that seeks to build the capacity of UCSF researchers to generate scientific evidence that is responsive to the needs of real-world decision-makers. Each 10-15 minute video highlights a UCSF researcher in conversation with an interdisciplinary panel of non-academic experts discussing how investigators at all stages of their careers can more meaningfully inform policies, systems, and structures in order to create social or policy change.
Read more
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION, and
ANTI-RACISM 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 at henry.ocampo@ucsf.edu, or visit our website https://diversitybch.ucsf.edu/.
Updated info on the DEI website.
Questions? Email Abdur Shemsu at abdur.shemsu@ucsf.edu
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The UCSF Office of Diversity and Outreach Has a New Website! | |
BCH DEI/AR COUNCIL UPDATES | |
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The DEI/AR Council is proud to present our second annual Action Plan for Advancing Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism for the UCSF Benioff Children's Hospitals in FY2022. This strategic plan was created collaboratively by the BCH DEI/AR Council, Senior Leadership, Executive Leadership, and the Board of Directors. Moving forward, the work must continue to be collaborative since we know that the impacts of diversity, equity, inclusion and anti-racism occur at individual, institutional and systemic levels.
https://diversitybch.ucsf.edu/deiar-action-plan-2022
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UCSF Cultural Groups and Resources | |
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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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COVID-19 & Vaccine Updates | |
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
Oakland
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
San Francisco
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Frontiers in Child Health Research Seminar Series | |
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The Frontiers in Child Health Research Seminar Series
2nd and 4th Mondays, 12-1 pm, via Zoom
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Monday, April 11th
Emily Perito, MD, MAS
Associate Professor, Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Associate Medical Director, Pediatric Liver Transplant
Talk title: Evidence-based advocacy in pediatric liver transplant
For more info, please contact: Eve.Wiston-Charbonneau@ucsf.edu
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Stad Center of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine Global Lecture Series | |
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
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5th Maruzza International Congress on Pediatric Palliative Care. May 25-28, 2022 plus 23rd "Become an EPEC-Pediatrics-Trainer” Conference. Rome, Italy. May 28-29, 2022 Registration Link
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23rd "Become an EPEC-Pediatrics-Trainer” Conference plus Professional Development Workshop. San Francisco, July 13-16, 2022 EPEC.Pediatrics@ucsf.edu. FLYER
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13th Annual Pediatric Pain Master Class (Face-to-face & Virtual). San Francisco, Dec 3-9, 2022 Pediatric.PMC@ucsf.edu
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Seminars are the 1st Thursday of every month 3:00-4:00 pm
To receive a Zoom invitation for virtual lectures, please contact EPEC.Pediatrics@UCSF.edu
You must register in advance for each lecture.
After registering, you will receive a confirmation email containing information about joining this webinar.
Tom McNalley, Alicia Heilman, Karen Sun & Stefan Friedrichsdorf
Stad Center of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
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Summer Student Research Program (SSRP)
The Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) formerly known as CHORI SSRP continues to strive for diversity, equity, and inclusion of students from underserved backgrounds interested in STEM. Over the past two years we pivoted from in-person training to providing virtual and later hybrid programming. We were able to do this while still supporting our students financially and providing a robust didactic and research mentoring experience.
Interested in Mentoring? Student interns for our 2022 program are being selected now, the program will run from June 6 to August 5, 2022. If you have an interest in hosting a student this summer, or if you have any questions regarding our program please reach out to us via e-mail at: ssrp@ucsf.edu
Mark your Calendars: SSRP will hold its 41st Annual Student Research Symposium on Friday, August 5th. Our digital Symposium Book highlights the research performed by our 2021 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.
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UCSF Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research
Application deadline is April 22
The Program for Breakthrough Biomedical Research (PBBR) is currently accepting proposals for funding in two award categories:
• NFR - New Frontier Research
• TMC - Technologies, Methodologies & Cores
PBBR seeks to stimulate and support highly innovative basic science research at UCSF. The focus is on basic science projects of potentially high impact that are creative, risky, and transformative. Check out this program - it is a great opportunity for researchers at UCSF.
Proposals are due by 5:00pm on April 22. For questions, please contact Linda Reilly, PBBR Program Manager.
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Extramural Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Application deadline is May 4
The Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Interdisciplinary Research Leaders (IRL) program issued a call for applicants within the Structural Racism and Health initiative.
The aim for the new IRL cohort is to generate research useful for dismantling structural racism and improving health and health equity. Projects that address historic and long-term discriminatory policies and practices that have increased and/or perpetuated segregation, health inequities, and wealth disparities are strongly encouraged.
Applications are due by May 4. Please email Melanie Derynck and Gretchen Kiser to announce your intention to apply, then follow application instructions in RFP, conferring with your Research Services Coordinator as needed.
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SOM Travel Award for Child, Elder, or Dependent Care
Rolling applications
The School of Medicine's Academic Affairs Office will provide funding through travel awards for child, elder, or dependent care to support School of Medicine faculty members. The intent of these funds is to promote a family-friendly environment so that the expenses associated with childcare, elder care, or dependent care are not an impediment to faculty members' participation in professional conferences.
For questions, please contact Sheila Quimpo.
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Extramural The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative Science Diversity Leadership Program
The Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI) and the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine invite applications for the new Science Diversity Leadership program, which will support projects led by excellent biomedical researchers who—through their outreach, mentoring, and teaching—have a record of promoting diversity, equity, and inclusion in their scientific fields.
Each grant recipient will be awarded a total of $1.15 million over five years, with the first two cohorts of grantees selected in 2022 and 2023. Investigators leading the grantees’ projects will use funds to support research programs and outreach, mentoring, and teaching activities. The principal investigator must have started their first independent laboratory no earlier than January 1, 2012.
Applications are due by May 19, 2022.
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From the UCSF Research Development Office | |
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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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