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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland

November 2021

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Giving Thanks


Children’s hospitals and pediatric offices across the nation are gearing up to vaccinate the 5- to 11-year-old group of children against Sars-COV2. The CDC prepares its final recommendation this week. Since the start of the pandemic, there have been 6 million infections in children and regionally this group has the highest rate of any other pediatric age group. Vaccine hesitancy is an issue that the Academy of Pediatrics is addressing with an AAP FAQ.


Wireless communication by pager and phones are upgrading and modernizing next month. Spok Mobile implementation is scheduled for December and will involve some pager number and potentially device changes. Stay tuned to BCH Global for more information over the coming weeks.


Congratulations to BCH Oakland Graduate Medical Education for a rewarding and insightful virtual ACGME CLER (Clinical Learning Environment Review) visit: One thing that came out of the process was to remind us all to cultivate a healthy learning environment. As adult learners, trainees are encouraged to ask for support and help. No question is too small. All faculty are reminded to be respectful, responsive, and supportive educators in our learning health system.


In November we give thanks and as we do that we reflect on our PRIDE values. We recognize the good in our lives. Please take a moment every day to do just that. If you would like to provide an everyday recognition of an employee or colleague you can do that here the new BCH recognition platform. I recognize all of you for your commitment to BCH Oakland.


Respectfully,


Kelley

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Welcome New Faculty

Rebecca Carter, MD

Neonatology

Regina-Celeste Ahmad, MD, PhD

Assistant Professor

Pediatric Dermatology

Congratulations!

Congratulations to Mark Walters and Marsha Treadwell on their success!

Clinical Trial Using CRISPR to Correct Gene Defect

That Causes Sickle Cell Disease

Mark and Marsha were highlighted in Chancellor Hawgood's State of the University Address held on October 21 (work highlight starts at 11:48 in video)



Updated UCSF Event Policy

Updated October 25, 2021


Guidance on Hosting Meetings and Events


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.

More Info

UCSF Climate Survey: October 11 - November 30

As a reminder, you are highly encouraged to take the UCSF Climate Survey as soon as possible and distribute this message widely within your networks. Please note that the invitation email will come from Emma White: Your invitation to the UCSF 2021 Climate Survey.

 

Note from Vice Chancellor Renee Navarro: 


One of the key goals at UCSF is to ensure that people in our university community feel empowered and valued in an environment that fosters diversity, equity, and inclusion.

The Chancellor’s leadership team continues to work on multiple fronts to create a culture in which faculty, staff, and learners from all backgrounds feel welcomed, supported, and respected.


To better understand how we are doing in this regard, we invite you to share your perspectives and experiences about the environment in which you work and learn through the UCSF Climate Survey. On Monday, October 11, you will receive an email with a unique link to the confidential survey, which closes November 30.


Please complete this survey to help us build upon and enrich our diverse culture. Your feedback will help us develop action plans to strengthen our community. Your opinions matter and have already led to changes that have improved UCSF. You can read more about the survey in this campus news story.


I appreciate your contributions to the UCSF community and look forward to your thoughts on how we can continue to improve our campus climate.


Sincerely,

 

J. Renee Navarro, PharmD, MD

Vice Chancellor

Chief Diversity and Outreach Officer

Co-Executive Leader Differences Matter Initiative, SOM

Professor of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care

University of California, San Francisco



50th Annual Monterey Conference 2021

Happening This Weekend!!

Important Waitlist and Covid Info

Free UCSF Education Skills Workshops!

Now open for registration

From Victoria Ruddick

Faculty Development Manager

Center for Faculty Educators, School of Medicine


Dear clinical faculty,


These free UCSF Education Skills workshops are open for registration. All workshops are live on Zoom for the time being. Hurry before they fill up!

Upcoming Events


Time Efficient Clinical Teaching

Educational Strategies to Promote Clinical Reasoning

Fundamental Skills in the Art of Effective Feedback - 4hr

Finding Clarity: Establishing Goals and Expectations for Learners

Writing Effective Narrative Evaluations

These workshops are part of the Teach for UCSF Certificate in Clinical Teaching. Read more and enroll now: https://tiny.ucsf.edu/TeachforUCSF 

 

MORE TO COME SOON! Keep an eye out at http://tinyurl.com/T4UCSFclin, center section! 

 

Thanks for your interest in education skills faculty development.

 

POPULATION HEALTH and HEALTH EQUITY

Population Health Opportunity

Originally from SOM - Why We Work newsletter

October 2021

Population Health and Health Equity Scholars:

Request for Applications

 

The Request for Applications for the Fourth Annual Cohort of the

UCSF Population Health and Health Equity Scholars is live.

 

Applications are due by 11:59 pm PST on November 20, 2021,

and all applicants and selected Scholars will be notified of the results

by mid-December.

 

Click here for the application:

If you have any questions about the program,

please reach out to pophealth@ucsf.edu.

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

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



DEI/AR Council – Name Change

 

In our recent discussion with visiting UCSF Presidential Chair award recipient, Dr. Camara Jones we were encouraged to ensure that our unified goal of being an anti-racist institution was reflected in more than just our strategies, goals, and tactics, but even in our council’s name. To that end, we are delighted to announce our official council name change to BCH Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism Council (BCH DEI/AR). 


DEI/AR Council Membership Drive!

Make a positive impact and join the BCH DEI/AR Council. Applications for new members are now open. Click for the application.

 

Brave Space Coaching Sessions

Brave Space Coaching Sessions

This 2-hour coaching session will provide BCH managers with guidance on how to facilitate Brave Space Conversations within your department and advance diversity, equity, inclusion, and anti-racism across our organization. 


These are the last coaching sessions for the year!!

  • Wednesday, November 17 at 10 am - 12 pm 
  • Tuesday, December 7 at 11 am - 1 pm 


To register, please contact Henry.Ocampo@ucsf.edu directly. Click HERE for more info



DEI Trainings

Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Champion Training


Now offered virtually in 2 sessions!


See the upcoming sessions and register HERE



UCSF Cultural Groups and Resources

UCSF Multicultural

Resource Center


UCSF BCH

Heritage Month Celebrations


UCSF LGBT

Resources

Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance (APASA)


BCH Black Caucus

Oakland


Chicanx Latinx Campus Assocation (CLCA)

The Black Caucus

at UCSF

 

UCSF Committee on Disability Inclusion 

 

UCSF LGBTQ

Committee


UCSF Office of

Diversity Outreach


UCSF PRIDE Values

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



RESOURCES

COVID-19 & Vaccine Updates

UCSF COVID-19 Resources


Vaccine Information Hub


Updates from Josh Adler,

Chief Clinical Officer UCSF Health


UCSF Responds to Surge in COVID-19 Cases

Among Employees, Learners


Wellness

UCSF Wellness Resources Hub


Useful Wellness and Mental Health Apps: https://psychiatry.ucsf.edu/coronavirus/apps


Coronavirus.ucsf.edu


Emotional Well-Being in 2021 Webinar Series

CARES

UCSF Collaborative to Advise on Re-opening Education Safely (CARES)

EDUCATION

Pediatric Grand Rounds

Oakland

Oakland Grand Rounds Calendar


Did you miss Grand Rounds? Visit http://vimeo.com/album/2238536 and use password CHRCO to view recorded Grand Rounds presentations.


Grand Rounds is by Zoom only. 8-9 am

Contact cristina.fernandez@ucsf.edu for log-in information 



Pediatric Grand Rounds

San Francisco

Speaker Disclosures/

SF Pediatric Grand Rounds Schedule


Evaluation


 For the full 2020 – 2021 Pediatrics Grand Rounds schedule please visit the Wiki page: http://tiny.ucsf.edu/PedsGRWiki

 

Pediatric Grand Rounds takes place every Thursday from 12-1 PM,

currently as webinar only. 

 

For questions contact: Cherise.Masunaga@ucsf.edu


Frontiers in Child Health Research Seminar Series


The Frontiers in Child Health Research Seminar Series

2nd and 4th Mondays, 12-1 pm, via Zoom


Please contact Eve.Wiston-Charbonneau@ucsf.edu for Zoom info.



Link to previous recordings

 

For more info, please email Eve.Wiston-Charbonneau@ucsf.edu



Stad Center of Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine Global Lecture Series

Save the Date: 


12th Pediatric Pain Master Class (Virtual). San Francisco,

Dec 4-9, 2021. San Francisco

EPEC.Pediatrics@UCSF.edu 

Registration LINK

Class AGENDA


UPCOMING CONFERENCES:


  • 12th Pediatric Pain Master Class (Virtual). UCSF Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine San Francisco, December 4-9, 2021. (Additional info attached) Registration LINK


  • 13th International Symposium on Pediatric Pain (ISPP) - Virtual. Auckland, New Zealand. March 24-27, 2022 http://www.ispp2022.nz


  • 23rd "Become an EPEC-Pediatrics-Trainer” Conference plus Professional Development Workshop. Face-to-face & Virtual Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care [EPEC]. UCSF Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine. San Francisco, July 13-16, 2022 EPEC.Pediatrics@ucsf.edu


  • 13th Annual Pediatric Pain Master Class (Face-to-face & Virtual). UCSF Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine. San Francisco, Dec 3-9, 2022 Pediatric.PMC@ucsf.edu


UPCOMING GLOBAL LECTURES:


Dec 2, 2021

“Bin your DIMs and Seek your SIMs”: The Imprecision Hypothesis and other building blocks to our understanding, prevention and treatment of chronic pain

Lorimer Moseley, PT Professor of Clinical Neurosciences & Foundation Chair in Physiotherapy, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Australia REGISTRATION LINK

 

You can access the 2021 schedule HERE

Seminars are the 1st Thursday of every month 3:00-4:00 pm


To receive a Zoom invitation for this virtual lecture series, 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



RESEARCH

ANNOUNCEMENTS

American Heart Association Research

Pre-proposals are being accepted until Tuesday, December 7, 2021, for applications to the American Heart Association’s Strategically Focused Research Network (SFRN) on the Science of Diversity in Clinical Trials (SDCT). Pre-proposals (letters of Intent) are required in order to submit a full proposal.

IRB Updates

Updates | News from the IRB Office

Read about a variety of new guidance and resources at the IRB, including: Part 11 assurances for electronic signatures, DocuSign at the VAMC, consenting (and re-consenting) non-English speakers, CITI courses in Spanish, and new iRIS Application Samples.



CRC Training Courses

Register | CRC Training Course Dates through January 2022

Strengthen clinical research operations skills in training courses such as CRC Bootcamp, Pre & Post Award Tasks, Data Management, and more! In-person and eLearning courses developed with CRCs in mind, but all UCSF study team members welcome. All courses through January 2022 are now open for registration and are free of charge.



From the UCSF Research Development Office

UCSF Research

Development Office

Special Strategic Projects SSP

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UCSF Initiative for

Digital Transformation in Computational Biology

and Health Data Science


More Info

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Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Dean’s Office

UCSF School of Medicine

 

510-428-3726

 

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747 52nd Street, Oakland, CA 94609


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