July 2022
ReSearch ReSource Newsletter
Our Inaugural Associate Chief Information Officer for Research
In June, Mandy Terrill joined UCSF as our inaugural associate chief information officer for Research. Terrill comes from Oregon Health & Science University (OHSU) where she was the director of Research Applications and Technology and provided oversight of the Advanced Computing Center and the Research Applications Teams. She worked closely with research directors to plan and prioritize system work and was responsible for defining and continuously improving the research technology direction and establishing IT capacity planning to ensure adequate technology infrastructure to meet OHSU research needs. Mandy earned a bachelor’s degree in mathematics and science from Western Oregon University and a master’s degree in information technology project management from Northeastern University.

Mandy finds deep joy in working with the researcher community to build technology plans that facilitate their areas of research. She has already started meeting with many researchers across our institution and is looking forward to learning about the great work being done at UCSF. Her initial focus will be defining a future vision for research IT and building a roadmap to facilitate and enhance service and support for UCSF Research.
Profiles Hotlist
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Medicine
and Andrew Natale and colleagues
Graduate Student
Department of Medicine
and James Longbotham, PhD and colleagues
Graduate Student
Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics
and Ray Wang, PhD and colleagues
Events
Drop by July 21 and August 18 from noon-1 p.m. and ask us questions you may have about recruitment, free resources, and paid services to help boost recruitment for your study!
Funding Updates
NIH Updates
Announcement:
Effective January 25, 2023, prospective NIH grant and contract applications will be required to include a two-page plan outlining how scientific data will be managed and shared. Adherence to the plan will become a term and condition of the award. While NIH has required data management plans for some time, the new policy prioritizes the sharing of research data and making it publicly available, which will likely be a shift for many researchers at UCSF. To keep the research community informed, the UCSF Library and the Office of Sponsored Research have joined forces to provide guidance and resources on the NIH DMS Policy webpage. Additionally, a group of UCSF faculty and administrative stakeholders is working to align current data management and sharing procedures and guidance to ensure consistency in practices and compliance with the final policy. For questions or suggestions email Data Services Librarian Ariel Deardorff at ariel.deardorff@ucsf.edu. 

Policy and Guidance:
  • Notice: iEdison scheduled downtime August 2-8 due to transition from eRA to NIST (NOT-OD-22-158).
  • Notice: AHRQ changes minimum effort requirements for surgeons with active surgical duties applying for individual mentored K awards (NOT-HS-22-018).
Operations, Training, and Tools
The University of California has issued a new guidance memo about Certificates of Confidentiality, including information about good data management practices which incorporate protection of confidential information.

When submitting a new study, be sure to use the recently updated (June 1) consent and assent form templates. New studies that do not use the current templates will be returned to the PI without review.
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