Weekly Snapshot

Week of October 17, 2022 | Edited by: Meredith Lew Tan

UCSF Clinical Research Professional Job Fair

The job fair will give attendees the opportunity to learn more about what Clinical Research Professionals do and the impact they make at UCSF. There are several departments that are currently looking to hire Clinical Research Professionals and will be available for 1-on-1 conversations. 


Click here to register. 

Announcements

DEM Candid Day

Candids will be taken for all labs in the Division on Tuesday, 10/25. All lab managers have been notified of their time slot.

COMPLETE YOUR TRAININGS!

To access your trainings, log in to the DPH Staff Learning Portal to get started. Check out the “Quick Guide on How to Access the Portal” to get started and the ZSFG Dean’s Office for more helpful information and resources.

  

To log in to the system you will need your POI number. You received your POI number from DEM General via e-mail on 10/19/22. If you are a new employee, you should have received this information via e-mail from the DPH directly. If you need help with access or need to change your password call 628-206-5000.

EH&S Reminder - Don't wear your lab coat in an off-campus food establishment

Personal protective equipment (PPE) such as lab coats and gloves may be contaminated with hazardous materials, which can then be transferred to door handles, contact and eating surfaces, as well as to members of the general public.

 

This is a reminder that PPE should not be worn in common areas such as offices, lounge areas, eating areas, or food establishments.

November DOMINOs Events

Korean Cultural Night at the Asian Art Museum & Dinner at Surisan, San Francisco

  • Hosts: Eunice Chang (Division Manager, AIDS at ZSFG) and Diana Kim (Division Manager, DGIM at UCSF Health)
  • Thursday, 11/3 at 4 pm at Asian Art Museum (indoors)


Guo Pei Exhibit & Lunch at the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco

  • Host: Justin Vang-Moore (Division Manager, HOSP at ZSFG)
  • Saturday, 11/5 at 11 am at Legion of Honor Museum (indoors)

 

Thai Cooking Lesson at BiteUnite, San Francisco

  • Hosts: Leonard Telesca (Division Manager, INFD/PULM at UCSF Health) and Brian Schwartz (Associate Chair for Education, DOM)
  • Thursday, 11/9 at 5:30 pm at BiteUnite (indoors)

 

Undoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration at Berkeley Art Museum & Brunch at Gather, Berkeley

  • Hosts: Margot Kushel (Professor & Division Chief, CVP at ZSFG) and Brie Williams (Professor, CVP at ZSFG)
  • Sunday, 11/13 at 12:30 pm at Gather (outdoors)


Dinner at Starbelly, San Francisco

  • Hosts: Sam Brondfield (Assistant Professor, HMON at UCSF Health) and Amy Yun (Project Manager, ADMIN at DOM)
  • Thursday, 11/17 at 6:30 pm at Starbelly (outdoors)


To sign up, please complete this registration form and select the event(s) you’d prefer to attend. 

DOM Falliday Festival - 11/18

On Friday, 11/18, there will be an event at Spark Social SF for all DOM faculty, staff, and trainees.


An RSVP has been sent to you all by DOM.

WINGS Staff Development Grant - Due 11/1/22

The next application deadline for the WINGS Staff Development Grant Program is November 1, 2022. Applications will cover classes starting on November 15, 2022, running through and including February 28, 2023. Grant amounts range between $200-$400, depending on the number of applications received for the grant cycle.

 

WINGS Program Description

Online Application

UCSF COVID-19 Policy Updates

Food and drinks are permitted when at 50% occupancy staff are present together in in-door, non-clinical areas. Masking is still required on-site.


Visitors are required to be fully vaccinated or have a negative COVID test before entering any building on the ZSFG campus. 


Staff can obtain COVID testing at the OHS employee testing tent in the parking lot by Avon Breast Center, Mon-Sun from 6:30am-4:30pm or from the Color vending machine in Building 9. Color and PCR tests, home-based antigen testing are an option for returning to work with COVID-like symptoms. 

Staffing Updates

Departures

  • None


Arrivals

  • None


Current Openings

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource

It’s an epidemic the health care industry is still trying to cure — its own racism

“'Discrimination in health care is just like discrimination that happens outside of health care,” said Rhoads, a UCSF professor and colorectal surgeon who now focuses her research on cancer disparities and community care. “It’s horrible, but with health care, people’s lives are literally at stake.'


Life-and-death stakes are at the heart of a study released this month by the California Health Care Foundation."


Click here to continue this article by Shwanika Narayan, San Francisco Chronicle. 

Committee Updates

DEM Lab Managers


Labs need to update their chemical inventory by the end of October a


Each lab needs to review the ChemCentral list and update if needed.

Upcoming Events


October 19-20

Gladstone: Vilcek Science Symposium - Science Crossing Borders


October 20 | 12-1 PM

A Bench by the Side of the Road: Beyond Health Equity, Swinging that Arc for Health Justice and Freedom


October 20 | 12-1 PM

DOM Grand Rounds - Shock Teams: The Jaws of Life for Cardiogenic Shock


October 20 | 12-3 PM

Bioinformatics Core Annual Workshop


October 21 | 4-5 PM

UCSF COVID-19 Town Hall


October 22 | 9 AM

Head for the Cure 5K


October 24 |

Voter Registration Deadline


October 24 | 12-1 PM

DEM Seminar Series - Kofi Asare


October 24 | 12-1 PM

Breast Cancer Risk Factors, Clinical Trials, and Other Important Health Topics Relevant to the Black Community


October 25 | 10 AM-1 PM

DEM Candid Day


October 26 | 6:00-7:30 PM

Office of Diversity and Outreach Open House


October 27 | 3-4 PM

DEM Pumpkin Carving Event


October 31 | 12-1 PM

DEM Seminar Series - Catera Wilder, PhD

Division Links

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