News from the Associate Dean's Office

Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland

June 2021

PRIDE

June is P R I D E month and there are many word-play interpretations of what that means for us. First, it is a moment to recognize and appreciate our LGBTQ+ community at BCH Oakland throughout UCSF. Second, we are reminded of our core PRIDE values: Professionalism, Respect, Integrity, Diversity and Excellence.

Third, we are reminded of all the pride we have for our trainees. June is an important month for our graduating trainees. Including this class of residents and fellows in our 95th year of training, we now will have over 1500 alumni of our training programs. Founded in 1926, we are one of the oldest and largest training programs in the West. Many of our alumni have spent their entire careers here at what is now BCH Oakland and some return after additional training or working in other systems. The alumni network is a large and loyal group that is connected throughout much of California and beyond. Congratulations to the class of 2021 - through it all, you did it! And, welcome new interns and fellows! (see bios). We are so excited to get to know each and every one of you as you start this important part of your training. Welcome to the family.

Kelley

ANNOUNCEMENTS

Congratulations 2021 Graduates!

This year 15% of our graduates are moving onto subspecialty fellowship training, 48% are going into primary care and 22% into hospitalist medicine. For a recap of the graduates plans and resident awards please click HERE.

Congratulations to this year's Robert Gerdsen, MD Faculty Award recipients for

Outstanding Contribution to Medical Education:

Dr. Ted Chaconas, and Dr. Pamela Simms-Mackey

Thank you Dr. Ted Chaconas

Dear Colleagues,

As you know, Dr. Ted Chaconas, Oakland’s CMO, will retire this August 2021 after more than three decades of service to our children’s hospitals’ mission. His leadership and dedication to our young patients and pediatric medicine have been an inspiration to those who have worked alongside him. Ted’s commitment and leadership have been on brilliant display throughout the months of the COVID-19 pandemic, as he oversaw our Oakland incident command center, helped stand up our vaccine clinic, and ensured each new challenge was met with compassion and professionalism. Read more

Umoja Health Pop-up COVID Vaccine Clinic

June 19, 2021

Vaccine interest form

Volunteer portal

Anne E Dyson Child Advocacy Award 2021

Application Deadline July 2, 2021

The Anne E. Dyson Child Advocacy Award is supported by the Dyson Foundation and celebrates the outstanding efforts of residents as they work in their communities to improve the health of children. This award seeks to showcase projects that are designed and implemented by residents with the aim to improve the lives of children as well as advocate on behalf of them. Projects must have been fully implemented and completed before the time of application to be considered for this award. Further information for this award is attached. The application and all supporting materials are due July 2, 2021.

Any questions can be directed to Kimberley VandenBrook.

Anna Meyer, MD is Next Roger Boles, MD Academy Chair in Otolaryngology Education

The Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck surgery is proud to announce the appointment of Anna Katrine Meyer, MD, FAAP, FACS as the next Roger Boles, M.D., Academy Chair in Otolaryngology Education. Anna has a long history of service in the advancement of education at UCSF. She is a Bridges Coach in the medical school curriculum and the fellowship director of our ACGME approved fellowship in Pediatric Otolaryngology. Read More

Jyothi Marbin, MD Named Recipient of the Holly Smith Award 2021

As Associate Professor in Pediatrics and newly appointed UCSF-UC Berkeley Director of the Joint Medical Program, Jyothi Marbin, MD, has been named as one of this year's recipients of the annual Holly Smith Award for Exceptional Service to the School of Medicine.

Please click here to read more about the recipients and what they have to say about being chosen for this exceptional recognition.

Diversity Outreach

Dear UCSF Community,

June is Pride Month, and this year it is especially important to reaffirm our support for the LGBTQIA+ community and our commitment to building a more inclusive and equitable UCSF, one where all people have equal access to opportunities regardless of their sexual orientation, gender identity, or gender expression.

Since January 2021, an unprecedented number of anti-LGBTQIA+ bills have been introduced in state legislatures across the country. These bills seek to roll back the progress the queer community has made over the last 50+ years and threaten basic human rights. Over 30 states have introduced more than 100 bills and measures that aim to curb the rights of transgender and non-binary individuals. These and other discriminatory and violent actions against the LGBTQIA+ community show the threat members of this community continue to face. At UCSF, we are committed to protecting the fundamental rights of LGBTQIA+ people--including access to health care.

During Pride Month we honor the historic contributions of LGBTQIA+ individuals in the fight for civil rights: locally, nationally, and globally. Pride’s origins date back to the Stonewall uprising of 1969, when protests were led largely by transgender women of color who confronted discrimination, harassment, and police brutality. This legacy aligns with today’s urgent demands for equity and safety for communities of color and demonstrates that LGBTQIA+ rights are linked inextricably to racial justice issues. We stand in solidarity with these communities and the intersectional fight for justice and collective liberation.

We also acknowledge the LGBTQIA+ community at UCSF, which has worked throughout the history of the campus to develop an inclusive living, learning, patient care, and working environment, and continues this work today. As Pride Month events are held throughout June, we invite all of you to join us in celebrating the diversity and the leadership of the LGBTQIA+ community. Visit the UCSF LGBT website to learn more.

Sincerely,

Renée Navarro, PharmD, MD

Vice Chancellor, Diversity and Outreach

Chief Diversity and Outreach Officer

University of California, San Francisco

Paul Kim, MD: New Associate Program Director- BCH Oakland Pediatric Critical Care Fellowship

From: Natalie Z. Cvijanovich, MD

Medical Director, PICU

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland

Dr. Paul Kim will be taking over for me as Associate Program Director-Oakland for the pediatric critical care fellowship beginning July 1, 2021. Also, Martina Steurer-Muller will be the overall Program Director as of July 1, taking over for Sandrijn van Schaik.

Advancement & Promotion

The School of Medicine Faculty Council meeting on Demystifying Advancement and Promotion was held on April 15. You can access the recording below:

The meeting agenda can be accessed HERE

BCH Employee Volunteer Day - Saturday, June 26th!

Please join us on Saturday June 26^th for

BCH Employee Volunteer Day!

When: 8:30 AM – 4:30 PM, Saturday June 26^th

Where: BCH Oakland campus – Check in tables will be at 52^nd and Dover

What: Volunteer teams working to improve the look and feel of our Oakland campus houses along 52^nd St., 53^rd St. and Dover St., including painting, landscaping and general clean up. More info.

Please register HERE.

MS4 Virtual Advocacy Elective

August 17 - September 13, 2021

BCH Oakland Staff Blood Drive: Tuesday, June 22

We're excited to welcome our blood partner Vitalant back for another staff blood drive on Tuesday, June 22. Your donations will save lives at BCH and beyond, and your continued support is deeply appreciated!

BCH Oakland Staff Blood Drive

Tuesday, June 22

9 a.m. to 12:45 p.m.

Bloodmobile parked on 52nd Street, outside of the OPC

Questions? Contact Beverly Ingram at beverly.ingram@ucsf.edu

Make an Appointment

Visit our Website

UC System-wide Data Breach

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.

Call For Membership Applications

Important dates

Request an application coach by June 17 @ 5pm
Submit draft EP for administrative review (required) by July 7 @ 5pm
Applications due on July 26 @ 5pm

The Haile T. Debas Academy of Medical Educators is pleased to announce the 2021 call for membership applications.

The Academy’s vision is to promote an educational climate that accelerates advances in teaching and learning, champions educator careers and improves health. Academy members serve as mentors to faculty, residents, students and other teachers interested in developing as educators. They assist courses, clerkships and departments in strengthening their teaching and education programs. Members actively participate in Academy governance, programs and events and further our mission throughout the broader teaching community. Full document.

Visit the website for more info

Faculty Development Day 2021

Please save the date: Tuesday, September 14, 2021 (9am-4pm) is UCSF's Faculty Development Day, sponsored by the Campus Council on Faculty Life (CCFL).

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

UCSF Event Calendar Link

POPULATION HEALTH and HEALTH EQUITY

Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing

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.

To learn more visit: The Center of Excellence for Immigrant Child Health and Wellbeing.

DIVERSITY, EQUITY and INCLUSION at UCSF BCH

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 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.

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.

Celebrate & Honor LGBTQIA+ PRIDE Month with UCSF

diversity.ucsf.edu

UCSF LGBT Resource Center

Pride Month Events

The month of June is filled with exciting in-person and virtual events! Here is the LINK for the full list.

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 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

Resources | Learning & Organization Development

NEW! Check out the updated Learning & Organization Development

resource page!

Essential Workers Searching for Child Care

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.

More child care resources are linked to our December newsletter.

Wellness

If you have not had a chance to check it out, UCSF has great emotional health and wellness resources.

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

Coronavirus.ucsf.edu

EDUCATION

CARES

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

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

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

Please contact Eve.Wiston-Charbonneau@ucsf.e du 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:

22nd "Become an EPEC-Pediatrics-Trainer” Conference (Virtual).

Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care [EPEC].

Sept 27-30, 2021. San Francisco

EPEC.Pediatrics@UCSF.edu

Virtual Education in Palliative & End-of-life Care (EPEC) Pediatrics.

Oct 25-28, 2021. Rome, Italy

LINK

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

Dec 4-8, 2021. San Francisco

EPEC.Pediatrics@UCSF.edu

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

RESEARCH

ANNOUNCEMENTS

NIH - New Biosketch Format

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.