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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland
May 2021
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"The Child"
“The Child” mural sits on the side of the 21 story Oakland Marriott Hotel. The child is at the center of what we do and is our reason for being. As we start to emerge from the year we should make space for the child.
What does “the child” need? She needs supportive family to care for her. She needs a community to support her. She needs school, structure, access to affordable primary to quaternary care. She needs parents, teachers and legislators to advocate for her. She needs scientists to think about climate change and fight disease.
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland, now abbreviated BCH OAK, exists by its very nature for “the child.” We make organizational decisions for “the child.” We make decisions, compromises, innovations in care delivery for “the child.”
So how are we helping “the child” with what we hope is a regional downslope in the pandemic? There is a tremendous effort right now to provide access to vaccines for kids 16 and 17, and hope for the ability to provide vaccines down to 12 years of age shortly. Pediatricians have been partnering with schools via UCSF CARES (UCSF Collaborative to Advise on Reopening Education Safely) and other forums to help kids go back to school. Dean King has commended the group for Exceptional Volunteerism and Community Service.
When we do fully emerge, we need to do better. Our kids’ mental health has been worsened by the pandemic. The Children’s Hospital Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have partnered to address this issue. For more see the recent press release. Border children need a solution to get resettled and unified with family. We need to address why our kids die at the end of a police bullet. A recent report from the Washington Post noted 22 children under 16 have been fatally shot in the US since 2015 and most were non-white. Our world has so much healing to do!
We are starting to celebrate again albeit mostly on Zoom. Congratulations to our Oakland pediatric residents and fellows who are not only healers but also strong advocates and scientists, advancing knowledge on behalf of our children. Attend our GME grand rounds research symposium on May 18 to see some of their excellent work. Congratulations to our residents and fellows who will graduate June 5.
Kelley
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BCH Oakland All Faculty Meeting - Wednesday, May 19th | |
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The next BCH Oakland All Faculty Meeting will be held virtually on:
Wednesday, May 19th from 5:00-6:00 PM
Zoom Link
Dial in: 1 669 219 2599 US
Meeting ID: 968 4417 5454 | Password: 940212
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Formal Search for the New Vice Dean of
School of Medicine at ZSFG
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Dear Colleagues,
It is truly bittersweet that I announce the launch of the formal search for the new Vice Dean of the UCSF School of Medicine at ZSFG, to replace Sue Carlisle, PhD, MD, who is stepping down after a 30-year career at UCSF. Sue’s strong and thoughtful leadership at a critical teaching hospital for UCSF and important safety-net resource for San Francisco will be difficult to replace. Read more.
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Chancellor Diversity Awards Nominations:
Extended to May 14th!
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Dear UCSF Community,
We would like to remind you that nominations for the 2021 Chancellor Awards for Diversity are currently being accepted and we also have extended the nomination deadline for a week to Friday, May 14.
Each year these Diversity Awards recognize the outstanding UCSF faculty, staff, student/resident/postdoctoral scholars who demonstrate a strong dedication to diversity and whose contributions are aligned with our Anti-racism Initiative. We strongly encourage nominations that represent the intersections of people’s worked and lived experiences and their contributions to diversity.
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
To learn about the award criteria and the nomination process, click here. All nomination forms must be submitted by the deadline (May 14) to be considered. Please do not hesitate to contact diversityoureach@ucsf.edu for additional information or assistance.
Office of Diversity & Outreach
University of California, San Francisco
diversity.ucsf.edu
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The School of Medicine Faculty Council meeting on Demystifying Advancement and Promotion was held on April 15. You can access the recording below: | |
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The meeting agenda can be accessed HERE
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Associate Dean for Population Health & Health Equity | |
Reminder - Acronym Change | |
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Just a reminder to complete the NPS Survey
Take the opportunity to share your opinion
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6th Annual GME Research Symposium | |
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SAVE THE DATE!
Grand Rounds - Tuesday, May 18th at 8:00am
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Presented by:
Nura El-Haj, MD - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow, and
Madhav Vissa, MD - Pediatric Hematology/Oncology Fellow
“Chemotherapy-Induced Peripheral Neuropathy:
From Bench to Bedside”
and
“Assessment of heme pools, heme scavengers, and clinical biomarkers of disease severity in sickle cell disease”
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Virtual Meetings Experiment | |
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In our April newsletter, we shared the below information from Dean, Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD. regarding adjusting virtual meeting times.
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Creating standard breaks between meetings by shortening 30- and 60-minute meetings to 25 and 50 minutes, respectively (or less if possible).
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Using a standard start time of :05 (if 25 minutes) or :10 after the hour (if 50 minutes)
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For meetings longer than one hour, starting at :10 after the hour and offering stretch breaks in the middle of the meeting.
You can find more details here, including best practices for time management and using meeting time more effectively. Shorter meetings can also improve meeting productivity, as outlined in this article featuring Adam Gazzaley, MD, founder and executive director of Neuroscape, a translational neuroscience center at UCSF.
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UC System-wide Data Breach | |
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Information on the UC Data Breach can be found here.
If you have questions about the data breach, the UC Office of the President asks that you send them to a special email address that has been created for this incident: communications@ucop.edu.
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UCSF Pediatric Research Day 2021 | |
Faculty Development Day 2021 | |
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Please save the date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 is UCSF's Faculty Development Day, sponsored by the Campus Council on Faculty Life (CCFL).
Faculty Development Day is a one-day virtual event (9am-4pm) that provides resources for professional development and to enhance faculty life at UCSF. We include plenary sessions and workshops on topics including advancement and promotion, faculty compensation, and succeeding in academia,
Topics will be relevant to faculty in all schools and at all career stages. If you are new to UCSF or have not yet attended a Faculty Development Day, we strongly encourage you to block your calendar now to attend part or all of one of the most highly rated CCFL activities.
More details on Faculty Development Day will be sent in the coming months. If you have any questions, please contact Irené Merry at irene.merry@ucsf.edu
We encourage you to attend!
Sincerely
Brian K. Alldredge, PharmD
Vice Provost-Academic Affairs
Professor of Clinical Pharmacy & Neurology
Hannah C. Glass, MDCM, MAS
Co-Chair, Faculty Development Day 2021
Professor Neurology, Pediatrics, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Director, Neonatal Neurocritical Care Services
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital
http://profiles.ucsf.edu/hannah.glass
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POPULATION HEALTH and HEALTH EQUITY | |
Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing | |
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The Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing is a cross-bay entity based at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals in Oakland and San Francisco and serves as the infrastructure for collective action to address the health of children in immigrant families. It is among the first of its kind at a children’s hospital in the U.S. and was created in response to both the historical and recent national/state policies targeting immigrant communities. In particular, the 2019 Public Charge rule created tremendous fear which resulted in decreased utilization of eligible public benefits and health care services based on fear of deportation. As pediatric health care providers committed to optimal outcomes for children, the impact of this was greatly disturbing. Based on these realities, a group of providers felt it was urgent that UCSF have a coordinated response to address these concerns.
The Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing stands on 3 pillars:
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Clinical Services: Delivering specialized care based on the unique needs of immigrant children and offering no-cost forensic exams for asylum seekers.
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Education and Trainings: Providing trainings and guidance to health care professionals.
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Advocacy: Serving as a resource for the community, providing leadership and promoting best practices for serving immigrant communities.
To learn more about The Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing, visit us at: https://immigrantchild.ucsf.edu/
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Spring 2021 Speaker Series | |
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More info can be found HERE. Registration is required.
Session 3: Now, More Than Ever: Movement Building for Climate, Racial, and
Health Justice
Thursday, May 20, time 2:30-4pm PDT
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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 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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DEI STEERING COMMITTEE
The DEI Council is launching a quarterly Steering Committee meeting. The purpose of the Steering Committee is to review DEI best practices across the BCH enterprise, review the BCH DEI Action Plan rollouts, ensure communication and alignment of department-specific DEI initiatives with the DEI Action Plan, maximize our limited resources and to keep one another informed and engaged. We invite departments to share where you are with DEI thinking and what your departmental plans are to advance DEI.
Please contact Henry.Ocampo@ucsf.edu for more information.
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NIH UNITE Initiative on Structural Racism | |
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NIH UNITE Initiative on Structural Racism
The NIH introduced a new initiative to combat structural racism in biomedical research, known as UNITE. UNITE consists of five committees, each tasked with addressing a different dimension of systemic racism in biomedical research. This type of coordination is critical at an institution as large as NIH, and to address funding disparities in biomedical science as described in the recent article Fund Black Scientists.
The NIH also launched a Request For Information (RFI) for anyone who wishes to contribute regarding "feedback on the approaches NIH can take to advance racial equity, diversity, and inclusion within all facets of the biomedical research workforce."
To learn more, please read the Statement on the initiative from NIH Director Francis Collins or visit the UNITE program website by clicking on the button below.
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May is Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month! | |
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Asian Pacific Islander Heritage Month
May is Asian American Pacific Islander Heritage Month, which celebrates all of the Asians and Pacific Islanders in the United States who have made the country what it is today. Visit the API Heritage Month webpage the latest events, information and resources to celebrate in May.
Did You Know… The month of May was chosen for two reasons. First, to commemorate the immigration of the first Japanese to the United States, a young fisherman named Manjiro, who arrived May 7, 1843. Second, May marks the anniversary of the completion of the transcontinental railroad on May 10, 1869. The majority of workers on the transcontinental railroad were Chinese immigrants, who laid the tracks and were responsible for most of the dangerous and heavy manual labor tasks.
Learn more from the AAPI Heritage Month Factsheet
Click here to download Zoom Backgrounds
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Asian American Pacific Islander Trivia
Thursday, May 6, 12 – 1 pm
Click here for ZOOM
UCSF Anti-Racism Initiative: A conversation with Chancellor Sam Hawgood and Dayna Bowen Matthew
Thursday, May 6, 2 – 3 pm
Click here for the event calendar
AAPI Heritage Happy Hour
Wednesday, May 12, 5 – 6 pm
Click here for ZOOM
Virtual Film Screening: Minari
Virtual Screening on Saturday, May 15, between 6 – 10 pm
Post-movie discussion on Wednesday, May 19, from 4 – 5 pm
Click here to register
UCSF AAPI Senior Leadership Panel
Thursday, May 27, 12 – 1 pm
· Shelby DeCosta | Senior VP and Chief Strategy Officer, UCSF Health
· Alicia Murasaki |Assistant Vice Chancelor- Campus Planning
· Jeff Chiu | VC of Human Resource, UCSF Health
· Won Ha | VC of Communications
· Raju Iyer | Senior VP and Chief Operating Officer, UCSF Health
Click here to register
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Please contact Henry.Ocampo@ucsf.edu for more info.
Click HERE to see the last year's Asian American Heritage Month 2020 webpage.
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Our goal was to have everyone at BCH complete the Foundations of DEI training by April 2021.
As of April 29, 82% of all BCH staff have completed the training.
· 86% of SF staff completed training
· 100% of SF managers completed training
· 78% of OAK staff completed training
· 95% of OAK managers completed training
· 50% of BCH Board completed training
If your department needs assistance conducting small group trainings, please contact Henry.Ocampo@ucsf.edu.
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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 | |
Resources | Learning & Organization Development | |
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NEW! Check out the updated Learning & Organization Development
resource page!
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Essential Workers Searching for Child Care | |
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New CareBubbles Platform
UCSF has joined UC Berkeley’s CareBubbles platform, the parent-to-parent resource to help UC Berkeley and UCSF community members meet their childcare needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. Find other families on both sides of the Bay looking to trade childcare, share tutors, create bubbles, and more. To learn more log in using your MyAccess credentials at carebubbles.berkeley.edu.
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More child care resources are linked to our December newsletter.
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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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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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Pediatric Grand Rounds
San Francisco
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Frontiers in Child Health Research Seminar Series | |
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STAD CENTER OF PEDIATRIC PAIN,
PALLIATIVE AND INTEGRATIVE MEDICINE
GLOBAL LECTURE SERIES
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May 6, 2021
Pain in Children. Nothing but a memory...?
Melanie Noel, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Psychology, University of Calgary, Canada; Full Member, Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute and Hotchkiss Brain Institute
Register in advance for this webinar: Registration Link
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Seminars are the 1st Thursday of every month 3:00-4:00pm
You can access the 2021 schedule HERE
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
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Congratulations to Dr. Carla Golden! | |
NIH - New Biosketch Format | |
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The biosketch format page has been updated for application due dates and RPPR submissions on or after May 25, 2021 (NOT-OD-21-073).
For more information and to access a sample biosketch, please click on the button below. Fortunately, this format is not a major change, but will add some additional time for investigators in preparing their applications.
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NICHD Clinician-Scientist Investigator (CSI) Curriculum | |
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04.23.21
Dear Research Community:
I am writing to announce a change in our policies for research activities in UCSF campus facilities.
Beginning Wednesday, April 28, 2021, we are removing specific density restrictions on research activities and linking UCSF research guidelines directly to compliance with Cal/OSHA COVID-19 policy (https://www.dir.ca.gov/title8/3205.html). Importantly, Cal/OSHA policy still requires 6-foot distancing in the workplace, regardless of vaccination status. All other existing safety protocols also will remain in place, including wearing face masks, frequent hand-washing, and completing the daily health screening before coming to campus.
Laboratory and clinical research groups are encouraged to develop strategies that will maximize research activity while still complying with Cal/OSHA regulations. We believe it is possible in many laboratories and other facilities to increase occupancy while still achieving the required physical distancing between workers.
For clinical researchers, please continue to follow all policies and practices outlined in the "Clinical Research During COVID-19" training course accessible through the UC Learning Center (https://training.ucsf.edu/).
As Cal/OSHA regulations change, so too will the allowable activities in our research facilities. We will keep you informed as new state policies emerge.
This change has been made possible by several factors. Most critically, 85 to 90% of our onsite researcher workforce has been vaccinated. These numbers include the dedicated support staff (LARC, EH&S, Facilities Services, Custodial, Parking, and Shuttles) who have maintained our research operations through the pandemic. With this high rate of vaccination, combined with continuing improvements in local pandemic metrics (https://research.ucsf.edu/return-work-decision-framework), the infection risk in our research facilities is extremely low.
Please also read this news release from the UC Office of the President that describes details of a proposed UC policy on COVID-19 vaccinations (https://ucnet.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/2021/04/uc-encourages-covid-19-vaccinations-for-university-communities-while-reviewing-policy-requirements.html)
We greatly appreciate your commitment to safely conducting research activities during this pandemic, so that we can ensure UCSF’s ability to fulfill our mission and protect the health and well-being of our faculty, staff, students, patients, visitors, and the general public.
Sincerely,
Daniel H. Lowenstein, MD
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost
Dr. Robert B. and Mrs. Ellinor Aird Professor of Neurology
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NICHD Clinician-Scientist Investigator (CSI) Curriculum | |
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This content used to be available only through an invitation-only in person conference, but due to the pandemic, it’s now available to all, Unexpected upside...! Anyway, it’s focused on understanding NIH and other funding opportunities, and establishing clinical and laboratory-based research teams, so a good resource to bookmark for yourself or mentees.
Thanks to Hannah Glass (Pediatric Neurology) for bringing this to our attention!
Roberta L. Keller, MD
Professor of Clinical Pediatrics
Vice Chair, Clinical Translational Research
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New Award Verification Process | |
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Beginning in April 2021, UCSF will implement a new award verification procedure to support Principal Investigators (PIs) in meeting requirements under the Uniform Guidance for federal awards. A key goal of award verification is to reduce the time required of PIs for compliance activities. PIs will cease using the Effort Reporting System and will use a new online tool for award verification.
To learn more about award verification:
If you have questions, please send an email to AwardVerification@ucsf.edu
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Information Sheet and Consent Form Addendums for COVID-19 Screening and Testing Procedures | |
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UCSF Human Research Protection Program
Information Sheet and Consent Form Addendums for COVID-19 Screening and Testing Procedures
The HRPP has created the following documents for research participants attending onsite study visits during the COVID-19 public health emergency:
- COVID-19 Screening Information Sheet
- COVID-19 Testing Assent/Consent Form Addendum: Adults, Adolescents (13+), and Parents of Minors
- COVID-19 Testing Assent Form Addendum: Children Aged 7-12
These forms are specifically designed for research participants who undergo COVID-19 screening and/or testing for the sole purpose of adhering to the UCSF Guidance for Onsite Clinical Research Activities, which requires that research participants be screened for COVID-19 prior to onsite visits and must be tested if their visit involves aerosolizing procedures. Use these forms only when the results of the screening and/or testing are unrelated to the study and will not be used as study data.
The language from these forms can also be adapted and added to consent forms for studies in which these screening and testing procedures are being done for study purposes, i.e., the results of the screening and/or testing will be used as study data.
Visit COVID-19 Screening and Testing Forms to access these forms and to read guidance about:
- When to use the forms
- Who should receive the forms
- When signatures are needed
- When IRB submission is needed
- Alternatives to using the forms
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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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