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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland
November 2020
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What am I thankful for this November?
I am thankful for all of you: all of the dedicated physicians, trainees and frontline providers of care for the children and families in our community. I am thankful for the tremendous involvement in our community on behalf of children’s health. Children and families are impacted right now on many levels. Pre-pandemic 1 in 5 children were raised in poverty and now those unfortunate statistics are rising. Families are stressed in a prolonged way. We know this impacts health. Food insecurity is one of the major issues. To that end I am making a personal donation in your honor to the Alameda County Food Bank.
What’s your current level of Fauci?
I am shamelessly and with levity reprinting (care of Bob Wachter, Chair of Medicine) this important survey tool:
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I am on a 3.6 during this election week. A bit about me, I grew up in Oakland and Berkeley in a political household committed to civil rights and indoctrinated in the importance of civics. When I went off to a small liberal arts college, I heard a visiting lecture by Cornel West. One of his famous quotes resonates with me today:
“Justice is what love looks like in public” - Cornel R. West
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So proud of Steph Fong Gomez, third year pediatric resident and her commitment to getting out the vote for kids via the VOICE project. She is sporting a t-shirt that says “VOTE WITH LOVE.” Thanks for voting with love and empathy for the kids. As you care for others during these uncertain times, take good care for yourself. For more resources check out this website https://chonet.ucsf.edu/emotional-health-wellbeing-resources.
Let’s all have a quiet, safe and happy Thanksgiving!
Kelley
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2020 Monterey Conference is this Saturday! | |
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From the CME Committee at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland
"Pediatrics in the Pandemic Age"
Saturday, November 7th 8:30am - 1pm
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From the CME Committee at UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland:
For registration info or questions, contact:
Cristina Fernandez
Continuing Medical Education Coordinator
CME Department
Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu
Please note: To avoid unauthorized access to our webinar, please be sure that the device you are using to REGISTER for the webinar will be the same device used to JOIN the webinar.
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Population Health & Health Equity - Deadline: Nov 20th | |
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Originally From:
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS
Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity, UCSF School of Medicine
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Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce a funding opportunity for assistant professors to accelerate and increase the impact of population health and health equity research and programs.
In this third year of the UCSF Population Health and Health Equity Scholar Awards, junior faculty from all four UCSF schools are eligible.
The awards can support research or programming underway, or development of new innovative ideas. For more information, please click here to view the RFP.
The RFP can also be found on the Population Health and Health Equity website.
If you have questions about the application process, please email them to pophealth@ucsf.edu.
Thank you,
Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS
Professor and Chair, Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
Vice Dean for Population Health and Health Equity, UCSF School of Medicine
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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
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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, or visit our website https://diversitybch.ucsf.edu/.
Online registration for the BCH Black Caucus Oakland:
Updated info on the DEI website.
Questions? Email Abdur Shemsu at abdur.shemsu@ucsf.edu
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Community Covid-19 Testing
Dr. Kim Rhoads, Director of the Office of Community Engagement and Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center is leading a partnership to bring COVID-19 testing to communities most at risk in East Oakland. Umoja Health partners include Friends of Frank, Brotherhood of Elders Network, Life Long Medical, Alameda County Public Health Department and Samuel Merritt University. The first testing event took place on September 6 at the Akoma Market (6955 Foothill at 73rd). Please consider joining this important community initiative.
More Info
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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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New School of Medicine Mobile App | |
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Greetings School of Medicine Community,
As we adjust to new working environments with many new challenges and opportunities, we are excited to announce the launch of a new mobile app, providing an interactive portal connecting you to your colleagues, resources, and opportunities within the School of Medicine (SOM) and across campus.
Our person-to-person interactions have been limited by shelter-in-place and event restrictions, but our goal with this new app is to:
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Provide an overview of the resources and opportunities available to the SOM community;
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Allow the Dean’s Office communications team to send targeted, just-in-time push notifications about programs and opportunities; and
- Offer an opportunity for the SOM community to share their perspectives about working at UCSF.
Below please find three easy steps to download the app. We encourage you to:
- Check out the "Our People" section where you can opt-in to receive real-time SOM updates, see the latest staff spotlights, recognize a colleague, and access SOM and campus-wide programs and resources;
- Learn more about each of our mission areas and read the latest SOM news;
- View videos from Dean King and other SOM leaders; and
- Connect with the Dean's Office Management Unit.
Thank you for your unwavering dedication and commitment to our values, our mission, and to each other. We look forward to engaging with you on this new platform!
Sincerely,
Lesley Snyder
Director of Communications
UCSF School of Medicine
Stephanie Belger
Director of Strategic Initiatives
UCSF School of Medicine
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UCSF COVID-19 Relief Program | |
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Information on the program can be found on the website.
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Essential Workers Searching for Child Care | |
Teach for UCSF Certificate in Clinical Teaching | |
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Originally From:
Victoria Ruddick
Faculty Development Manager
Center for Faculty Educators, School of Medicine
Dear East Bay Faculty Development Consortium Members,
The annual weekend Accelerated Path to the Teach for UCSF Certificate in Clinical Teaching, which includes three workshops via Zoom video-conference on Saturday, March 20th, 8am-5pm, is now posted for registration. There will be a small fee per workshop to cover expenses associated with offering a weekend event. CME credit is available for certain health professions.
8:00am-10:00am Educational Strategies to Promote Clinical Reasoning
10:15am-2:45pm Teaching and Assessing in Competency-Based Education (includes 1/2 hour break)
3:00pm-5:00pm Fundamental Skills in the Art of Effective Feedback
Spots are likely to fill up fast! Please distribute this link to your faculty who teach UCSF learners. REGISTER: https://meded.ucsf.libcal.com/event/7124668
Thanks!
Victoria
Victoria Ruddick
Faculty Development Manager
Center for Faculty Educators, School of Medicine
More information on the Teach for UCSF Certificate Program
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As workers on the frontline, you’re dealing with a lot right now. And we know it’s not easy. But help is at hand. Free, confidential mental health counseling is available to you right away through The Frontline Workers Counseling Project, a group of over 400 licensed mental health professionals here in the Bay Area who have reached out to help.
If you’re ready, please visit fwcp.org/bayarea to learn more and sign up to be connected to a trained mental health professional. It’s free and 100% confidential.
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You can also view and share a video we’ve created to spread the word: https://youtu.be/IGh2AAzKiK8
You can find additional materials in these Google files.
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The GME office has a new Resident recruitment video!
The new video, in collaboration with the BCH Oakland Dean's office, was created to help potential Residents with a virtual tour of our campus. Thank you to Alan Cash Video for your professional video services! Use password "GME2020" to access the video on Vimeo.
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UCSF Collaborative to Advise on Re-opening Education Safely (CARES) | Novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) Resources
In case you missed it, you can get more info and watch the recordings at: https://coronavirus.ucsf.edu/cares
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
Oakland
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Grand Rounds
Tuesday, November 10th at 8:00am
Antibiotic Awareness Week: What You Need to Know about Antibiotic Prescribing in a Pandemic
Presented by:
Rachel Wattier, MD, MHS, Assistant Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Medical director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco
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Prachi Singh, DO, Medical Director, Antimicrobial Stewardship Program
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland
Check out the calendar for educational offerings
Contact Cristina.Fernandez@ucsf.edu for more info
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
San Francisco
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Frontiers in Child Health Research Seminar Series | |
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Seminars will be held on the 2nd and 4th Mondays, 12-1 pm, via zoom
(see below)
November 9 James Bayrer MD PhD -GI
November 23 Patrick McQuillen MD -Critical Care
December 14 Marissa Raymond-Flesch MD MPH -Adolescent Medicine
Zoom info:
Meeting ID: 962 5521 7044
Password: 181899
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One Click Join from a PC, Mac, Linux, iOS or Android device:
https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/96255217044?pwd=RzJJT1JhM21RdmZUeXo2cEJXZUdYQT09
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Congratulations to Angela Rivers, MD PhD | |
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New Hematology/Oncology faculty member, Angela Rivers, MD PhD, who is setting up a new lab in the MLK building at BCH Oakland, had an abstract selected for an oral presentation during the American Society of Hematology Annual Meeting in December, 2020. The title of her presentation is ‘Cathepsin B,
a Negative Regulator of Autophagy Identified as a Novel Therapeutic Drug Target in Sickle Cell Disease’.
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CRC Training Course: Clinical Research During COVID-19 | |
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From the UCSF Office of Research
*This message is sent on behalf of Associate Vice Chancellor of Clinical Research Harold Collard.*
Dear All,
We are reaching out to supervisors and managers of clinical research coordinators (CRCs) to let you know of a new online training course, Clinical Research During COVID-19, that the Office of Research is strongly encouraging all CRCs to complete before the end of November.
The brief course is hosted on the UC Learning platform and takes approximately 15 minutes to complete. Instructions for how to access the course are below.
The course is designed to support the safe conduct of clinical research by 1) reviewing fundamental information about COVID-19 and institutional policies governing the restart of onsite clinical research, 2) outlining COVID-related responsibilities of study teams, and 3) providing an aggregate list of institutional resources as a useful reference tool.
We are asking for your support by communicating the importance of fulfilling this recommended training to your CRCs. Notification of the course and request to complete it will also be sent via the CRC listserv. While the end of November deadline only applies to CRCs, we are also highly encouraging other study team members to complete this training to reinforce UCSF's institutional research policies during the pandemic.
Please do not hesitate to reach out directly to Lisa Schoonerman with your questions, concerns, or suggestions for improvement.
How to Access Clinical Research During COVID-19
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Go to the UC Learning Center (can also be reached through MyAccess)
- Login to the site
- Click the “Find A Course” box on the homepage
- Search for “Clinical Research During COVID-19”
Thank you,
Hal
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Streamlining Budgeting and Accounting | |
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Streamlining Budgeting and Accounting for UCSF Faculty Members Conducting Research at BCH Oakland
We are pleased to share streamlining efforts related to budgeting and accounting processes for UCSF faculty conducting research at BCH-Oakland.
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Box to OneDrive Migration | |
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Box to OneDrive Migration
We are aware of recent inquiries about moving from Box to MS OneDrive/Sharepoint and would like to share a FAQ page with you, along with additional information about Microsoft 365 Teams. We realize that these FAQs don't address many important details for researchers. If you have specific questions you would like answered, please send them to Ilona Paredes and we will do our best to get them answered in the November issue of the research newsletter.
To read more, please click on the button below
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If you have an idea or suggestion for content that you feel would be helpful,
please let us know. We would love to hear your ideas.
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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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