DEM Weekly Snapshot

Weekly Snapshot

Week of May 2, 2022 | Edited by: Meredith Lew Tan

UCSF Anti-Oppression Curriculum (AOC) Initiative and DEI: Anti-Racism & Belonging Webpage Launch

Two new webpages focused on our anti-racism/anti-oppression work have launched. They were developed as a follow-up to the launch of the Accelerating Anti-Racism Work in Medical Education Charter to provide transparency about and openly communicate progress towards the Charter goals.

The Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion: Anti-Racism & Belonging webpage (DEI-AB webpage) has been renamed and refreshed to better represent our focus on anti-racism/anti-oppression.

The new Anti-Oppression Curriculum (AOC) Initiative webpage is a central resource for all information related to the AOC Initiative, which is the key curricular component of the School of Medicine’s anti-racism/anti-oppression work.

Announcements

DEM Internet Access & Stability Survey

We are working with the UCSF DOM Vice Dean’s Office at ZSFG to address the persistent internet connection and stability issues many of us are experiencing. We have been able to successfully resolve some issues, but I want to make sure that I am sharing information that best represents all our experiences with internet connection issues.

Please take a few moments to share your experience and provide me with data by Tuesday, May 10, 2022 via the survey here. Please complete this survey from your bench/desk so you will be able to answer all the questions.

TC Lab Users: 2022 Annual BSC Certification - June 13 & 15

TSS will be on site on Monday & Wednesday, 6/13 & 15 at 9AM to test and certify the 13 BSC's. Please be aware, they will need access to the cabinets for the testing. Each cabinet usually takes about 30 to 45 minutes to test and certify. Access to the cabinets will be limited, so please plan accordingly.

May is UCSF Staff Resource Month

The Office of Diversity & Outreach is offering Staff Resource events throughout the month of May. Learn about the multitude of resources available to support professional and personal development by checking out the Staff Resource web page in the coming weeks to see presentation topics, dates, and times.

UCSF Travel Guidance Updates

Domestic UCSF-sponsored travel requires no approval, regardless of vaccination status, for Faculty, Staff, Post-Docs, Residents and Fellows.
International UCSF-sponsored travel requires approval for UCSF-sponsored work or study for Faculty, Staff, Post-docs, Residents, and Fellows. Joel reviews the international travel requests.
Travel related expense policies
Remember to book travel through Connexxus via MyAccess and pay for conference registration using the p-card (contact Meredith).
All UCSF travel regulations
Meeting and entertainment policies

Click here for additional details.

DEM Distribution Lists

The DEM distribution lists are maintained by Justin and Meredith, with the exception of the CIL and the Greenhouse lab who maintain their own lists.

Distribution Lists

Lab Email Lists

UCSF COVID-19 Policy Updates

Room capacity is now restored back to the Fire Marshal established capacity limits - no reductions are in place.

Food and drinks are still not allowed during meetings.

Staffing Updates

Departures

None

Arrivals

Gina Borgo - Postdoc - Rutishauser Lab

Current Openings

Translational Research Faculty - DEM
Postdoc - Feeney Lab
Professional Researcher- Feeney Lab
CRC - Henrich Lab
SRA II - Hunt Lab
Specialist (Flow Cytometry) - Hunt Lab
SRA I/II - Rajan Lab
Postdoc - Rutishauser Lab
SRA I - Vasquez Lab
Postdoc - Henrich Lab (coming soon)

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource

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Some California police are biased. A report says they have no clear plans to fix that

A scathing new report by California's Auditor of five large police departments across the state found evidence of officer bias against women, people of color, immigrants, and LGBTQ people, as well as woefully inadequate department policies and procedures to stop discrimination or investigate incidents once they come to light.

Click here to read article by Eric Westervelt, NPR