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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland
October 2023
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Updates in education, research, and respiratory season!
Congratulations to the Graduate Medical Education team for a very successful site visit from ACGME! With the help of our GMEC, we had a very successful and well-prepared survey.
Congratulations to Marisa Medina, Ph.D. for her latest appointment in the Department of Pediatrics as the Director of Lab Research for the Oakland Campus.
Alameda and Contra Costa counties have mandated that healthcare workers are required to mask in patient care areas regardless of immunization to Influenza or COVID-19 beginning November 1, 2023, to April 30, 2024. Staff should mask anywhere that they might encounter patients indoors. This will be in all buildings where patients are seen for care, including lobbies, elevators, and waiting rooms. Cafeteria, staff breakrooms, workrooms, and areas where patients do not have access are not patient care areas. However, masking in those areas is strongly recommended to prevent illness among staff which can lead to staff shortages and transmission of illness to our vulnerable patient population. Read More
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UCSF BCH Faculty Seminar: Clinical Study Startup
New Date! Thursday, November 9th | 5:00 - 6:00 PM
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UCSF BCH Faculty Seminar:
"Clinical Study Startup"
Thursday, November 9th | 5:00 - 6:00 PM via Zoom
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Content Includes:
Operational steps - Lifecycle of a study - Hiring Clinical Research Coordinators
and more!
Our Presenters:
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Liz Garnett, CCRP
Director of Clinical Research Administration, Department of Pediatrics
Resource and Training Advisor, Clinical Trials Operations (CTO)
University of California, San Francisco (UCSF)
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Roberta L. Keller, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Vice Chair, Clinical Translational Research
Director of Neonatal Research
Director, Neonatal ECMO Program
Director of Neonatal Services, Fetal Treatment Center UCSF BCH
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Mark C. Walters, MD
Division Chief, Hematology, UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals
Jordan Family Director, Blood and Marrow Transplant Program/BCH-Oak
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Staff Masking Required in Higher-Rish Healthcare Settings, effective November 1st | |
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Alameda County Public Health Department:
Staff Masking Required in Higher-Rish Healthcare Settings, effective November 1st
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Funding Opportunity:
Empowering Research of Fellows and Residents
Deadline Extended To: October 15, 2023
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Applications Due: Sunday, October 15th
Dear Colleagues,
You may have already seen this from our newsletter or from your CAO, but I wanted to be sure that you personally had this information and can share it widely with your trainees and faculty.
My office is providing one-time funds, up to $25,000 per awardee, aimed at supporting fellows and residents engaged in innovative and impactful research that benefits patients at UCSF BCH-Oakland. Funding is intended to go towards paying for expenses that will augment their ability to present and/or publish their data, thereby helping to foster their research independence. To spark the imagination as to the types of expenses your trainees might request, here are a couple of examples.
- Necessary laboratory supplies, specialized equipment, and materials/services required for data collection and analysis.
- Data collection, processing, and analysis, including software, tools and personnel required for statistical analysis.
- Publishing research findings in reputable peer-reviewed journals and presenting at conferences or sharing scholarly QI projects through poster presentations or publications.
Applications using the enclosed form are due by October 15, 2023. All inquiries and requests for additional information can be sent to Suzanne Sutton, Director of Strategic Programs and Initiatives.
I look forward to seeing lots of applications from your units.
All the best,
Kelley E. Meade, MD
Associate Dean,
Clinical and Academic Affairs
UCSF School of Medicine
Associate Chief Medical Officer, Interim
Benioff Childrens' Hospital Oakland
Professor, Pediatrics
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School of Medicine Bridge Funding: Invitation to Apply to the 2024 Winter Cycle
Applications Due: December 8, 2023
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Dear Colleagues,
I invite full-time faculty in the School of Medicine to apply for the 2024 Winter Cycle of Bridge Funding. The Bridge Funding program provides up to 12 months of support for full-time faculty members, with independent research programs, who are experiencing a temporary loss of significant funding.
The program is intended to support applicants who face a funding gap between two extramural research grants (usually R01 or equivalent). Typically, applicants have been unsuccessful in a recent attempt to renew or replace a federal grant but are likely to be funded upon submission of a revised application, based on scores and reviewers’ comments.
Applicants must demonstrate that their research program is jeopardized due to lack of extramural funding, that they have one or more rounds of well-scored but unfunded federal applications, and that they will have exhausted all available discretionary or start-up funds within one year of applying for bridge funding.
See more details about eligibility, review criteria, and the application process on the School of Medicine Bridge Funding Program page.
Applications are due by 5:00pm on Friday, December 8, 2023. Please contact SOMbridgefunding@ucsf.edu with any questions.
Sincerely,
David Morgan, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology
Vice Dean for Research, UCSF School of Medicine
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53rd Annual Monterey Conference
November 3-5, 2023
REGISTRATION IS NOW CLOSED!
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Teach for UCSF Certificate Day:
October 27, 2023 - Registration is required
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The Edward Chu Diversity Scholarship Program | |
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Hello everyone,
We have a Diversity Scholarship Fund to support medical students under-represented in medicine to be able to rotate at BCH-Oakland (more information below).
This scholarship was founded by the generous Dr. Eddie Chu.
To honor Dr. Chu and his legacy as he retires, the name of the Scholarship going forward will be The Dr. Edward Chu Diversity Scholarship Program.
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Call for Proposals: Annual Faculty Research Symposium Grand Rounds on April 2, 2024
*Proposals Due: November 1, 2023
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Call for Proposals
The Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland CME committee and the Office of the Dean are soliciting calls for presenters for our annual Faculty Research Symposium Grand Rounds, which will take place on April 2, 2024.
Please submit a brief paragraph outlining the research you would like to showcase with our BCH Oakland community and submit this proposal by November 1st. An ad hoc committee will review proposals and select 2 live presenters for Grand Rounds. Other submissions will be approached to submit a brief recorded poster presentation, which will be made available on the Dean's website.
Please submit your proposal using this Google Form: https://forms.gle/HPo9V7EDJmfnD9Wn6
We look forward to reading your proposals.
Sincerely,
The BCH Oakland's CME Committee and the Dean's Office
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UCSF Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI) Blog | | |
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Elemeno Voalte
Voalte is a HIPAA-secure, two-way text messaging, and phone calling app. All providers are expected to use Voalte to communicate with other clinicians and staff when providing inpatient services. To improve your experience using Voalte, we have created this enhanced tip sheet that covers basic logging-in features as well as more advanced functionality such as favoriting and efficiently searching for other clinicians by role.
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You can access Elemeno from your personal smartphone and from any workstation.
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Go to https://bch-oak.elemenohealth.com (or click on the Elemeno icon under the Start Menu from any BCH Oakland workstation).
- Click “Login with MyAccess” (also click “Keep Me Logged In” to stay logged in).
- You should already be assigned to the “Clinical Communications” Home Page. If not, click on your initials at the top right to open the menu, click “Profile,” and change the “Home Page Unit” to “Clinical Communications.”
- Select any of the “Voalte User Guides.”
Voalte Provider Tip Sheet – how to login and use more advanced functionality.
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The tip sheet is also available on Elemeno. Elemeno is used mainly by nurses as an online just-in-time resource to support their clinical workflows.
We are also creating a training video which will be ready in the near future. If you encounter issues, please contact support@elemenohealth.com
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UCSF 2nd Annual Health Equity Symposium
October 18th from 8:30am - 1:30pm
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Dear BCH Black Caucus and Allies,
Please join us for UCSF’s 2nd Annual Health Equity Symposium on October 18th from 8:30 am – 1:30 pm at our Mission Bay Conference Center. This year’s theme is Community Partnerships for Health Justice. There will be panel discussions on several important topics and a lunch keynote with Dr. Sandra Hernandez, President and CEO of the California Health Care Foundation.
We’d love to have you join us for what is sure to be a day of impassioned discussion about how we are prioritizing community voices in our efforts to advance healthcare and improve access for patients.
To learn more about the event and to RSVP, click here:
https://specialevents.ucsf.edu/event/ucsf-health-equity-symposium-2023
Please let me know if you have any questions. If you know anyone who would be interested in these topics, please feel free to share the link to our website for more information. We hope to see you there!
Best,
Abdur Shemsu & Stephanie Brown
BCH Black Caucus Co-Chairs
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UCSF Sickle Cell Center of Excellence
50th Anniversary Celebration:
November 2nd 4:00-6:00 PM at BCH Oakland
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To learn about UCSF’s rich history in caring for sickle cell patients, please check out our podcast: Revolutionary Care | |
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Save the Date!
Pediatric Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Conference - March 22-23, 2024
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POPULATION HEALTH and HEALTH EQUITY | |
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Easier and Cheaper Access to Data for Health Services and Population Health Research
The Population Health Data Initiative, which is a collaboration of the Institute for Health Policy Studies, School of Medicine Tech, Population Health and Health Equity program, Center for Healthcare Improvement and Medical Effectiveness (CHIME), and UCSF Library, has continued to enhance the data available to UCSF researchers for health services and population health research.
Their services provide low-cost access to many datasets, support for establishing data use agreements, data storage, and programming support.
If you are purchasing a dataset for your research, please email pophealth@ucsf.edu to explore an institutional license to make it available to all UCSF researchers.
Learn more!
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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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BCH DEI/AR COUNCIL UPDATES | |
New Faces of Ability Campaign and Website
The new Faces of Ability campaign and website debuted this month.
Find resources and accommodation information, connect with disability advocates and activists, and learn about UCSF community members creating space for greater understanding around disability justice.
Visit Faces of Ability website
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UCSF is an institutional member of the National Center on Faculty Development and Diversity (NCFDD).
Follow these links for a full list of all NCFDD programs including additional Covid-19 Resources.
To gain access to these resources sign up for NCFDD membership by clicking here or contact Irené Merry –Coordinator for the Campus Council on Faculty Life.
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Foundations of DEI Trainings | |
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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Did you miss Grand Rounds?
Visit http://vimeo.com/album/2238536 and use password CHRCO
to view recorded Grand Rounds presentations.
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Please contact the Chief Residents,
for Case Conference information: chochiefs@ucsf.edu
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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
Every 2nd and 4th Monday via Zoom only, from 12-1 PM
Presented by leading researchers from UCSF Department of Pediatrics, other departments at UCSF, and outside institutions, the Frontiers in Child Health Research seminars are meant to promote collaboration and stimulate new ideas. Zoom here.
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Stad Center of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine Global Lecture Series | |
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UPCOMING CONFERENCES:
We just successfully completed last week our 25th Become an "Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC)-Pediatrics Trainer" Conference with participants from 26 countries/6 continents. Congratulations to all the new Trainers and thank you to the outstanding faculty!
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Advanced Pain & Palliative Care Workshop: Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC)-Pediatrics. Oct 24-27, 2023. Rome, Italy LINK
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14th Pediatric Pain Master Class. UCSF Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine. In-Person Conference. Grand Hyatt San Francisco, December 10-16, 2023. Registration link | Flyer (PDF)
May 1 - 4, 2024
UCSF Mission Bay Conference Center, San Francisco, CA
LINK
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Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting (PAS) 2024 | |
From the UCSF Research Development Office | |
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Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Dean’s Office
UCSF School of Medicine
Email: bchdeansofcoakland@ucsf.edu
Mailing Address:
747 52nd Street, Oakland, CA 94609
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