Monthly Newsletter | January 2023

Congratulations to Michelle Mourad and Armond Esmaili as our 2022 DHM Career and Peer Mentor awardees!

Nominators for Michelle wrote:

Nominators for Armond wrote:

"I trust that I can come to Michelle with hard questions, and she has consistently given feedback that is honest and useful for my project or professional development, including supportive feedback on the work I'm doing."

"Armond has been a near peer mentor for me both for project advice, career advice, and to follow as a role model given the way he earns respect and admiration from every person he comes across."

"Michelle Mourad is everything a junior faculty member could hope for in a senior career mentor. She is an excellent listener, teacher and coach, and the ultimate sponsor."

"He has been invaluable in helping me to have a smooth start and to feel welcomed as a new faculty member in the division."

Sri Shamasunder delivered a speech for Emerson Collective's Demo Day.

Tim Judson and a research team from the Center for Digital Health Innovation received a $150,000 grant from Pfizer to promote the sustainable utilization of electronic Patient Reported Outcomes in clinical practice by facilitating clinical triage and automated management of patient symptoms. 

Ben Rosner was awarded a grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation to continue his work in diagnostic feedback.

Ben Rosner was awarded a grant from the National Board of Medical Examiners to expand his current EHR audit log work.

DHM Social Activities

Our annual DHM After-the-Holidays Holiday Party with an evening of cocktails, hors d'oeuvres, and good company is on January 6, 2023 at The Vault Garden! The event will be held outdoors with a cover for rain. Additionally, the UCSF Recovery Operations Center highly recommends all guests take either a pre-event color test at UCSF or an at-home rapid COVID antigen test before the event. This guidance is based on people recently returning from holiday travel, although this is not a requirement.

Dear friends, colleagues, and allies,

For the last entry of 2022, allow me to share one reflection for 2022 and one wish for 2023. I invite you to do the same. To share your reflection and wish — please email yalda.shahram@ucsf.edu. 

My reflection on 2022 is to stand in unity for freedom and against patriarchy, together with the people in Iran. My wish for 2023 is justice for Mahsa (Zhina) Amini and all my sisters in South West Asia who are killed, arrested, tortured, banned, and oppressed by religious fundamentalists. 

The recent killing of Dr. Ayda Rostami renewed the urgency of my call to action. She was a street medic — treating the injured protesters of the Woman Life Freedom movement. Please join me to sign and share our petition, taking action and raising awareness. 

If you are a healthcare professionals or faculty member, sign here.

If you are a community member supporting our cause, sign here.

For feedback, or to share pearls in the next DHM newsletter, please email Yalda.Shahram@ucsf.edu.

Ben Rosner and Robert Thombley were coauthors on a study published in Neurosurgery on EHR time spent by neurosurgery residents and fellows.

Sarah Flynn (lead author) and colleagues published an article in the Journal of General Internal Medicine that describes PCPs perceived barriers to abnormal mammogram follow-up and identifies opportunities for systems-level interventions for improvement.