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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland
March 2025
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March "Madness"
We are focusing on BCH’s clinical and academic mission and ensuring our faculty have what they need to do their work in these ever-changing times. We will continue to assist academic departments with recruitment and space needs and advocate for improved processes on behalf of the faculty.
Happy International Women’s Day! Please see below for UCSF programming all week and enjoy a few treats in our lounges on Wednesday, March 5th.
Match Day approaches on March 21st! The GME office in Oakland supporting the BCH Oakland pediatric residency is undergoing some administrative changes. Still, the residency remains unchanged and is proudly sponsored by BCH Oakland. Our expanded pediatric residency will welcome 32 interns this summer.
And congratulations to BCH Oakland-based recipients of the UCSF Health Exceptional Physician Awards! Many of our faculty working in Oakland are honored this year, and we will host a watch party during National Doctors' Day (week) on March 27th in Bertha Wright from 12:00-1:00 PM. Stay tuned for more info as it becomes available.
A couple of reminders:
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Masking is in effect in all patient-facing areas (hospital and clinic rooms, triage areas, and Day Hospital) through April 30, 2025.
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Grand rounds on April 1st will focus on clinical research and feature Dr. April Zaat and Dr. David Hoskins, and several trainee projects will be available on our website via Vimeo! Stay tuned!
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The BCH Oakland Dean’s Office is hosting a Breakfast Mixer on April 2nd from 7:00 to 8:30 AM in Bertha Wright. Join us!
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Hal Collard, Vice Chancellor of Research at UCSF, is hosting a listening session on research needs at BCH Oakland on April 2nd from 9:00-10:00 AM in the Library at 5700 MLK. The Office of Research at UCSF will continue to provide key guidance for faculty.
I hope to see many of you at PAS Honolulu April 24-28!
Be well,
Kelley
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The Legacy of UCSF’s MLK Building: A Bridge Between Black History and Modern Research | |
Please read this beautiful and uplifting article on the MLK building and the summer research program by Amanda Aguilar! | |
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Let's Celebrate International Women's Day (week)
March 3 through March 12
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Look for treat bags in the physician's lounges at the BCH Oakland campus on Wednesday, March 5th! Provided by the BCH Oakland Dean's Office.
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Faculty Grand Rounds Research Symposium
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 | 8:00-9:00 AM
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BCH Oakland Research Symposium "Bench to Cribside," April 1, 2025
Grand rounds on April 1st will focus on clinical research and feature Dr. April Zaat and Dr. David Hoskins, along with recipients of the UCSF School of Medicine's BCH Oakland Dean's Office Research Scholars funding award. Several of the trainees will present a 3-minute video and digital poster of their work. In addition to elevating the visibility of their work, the presentations will contribute to building a collective knowledge of potential healthcare advancements for children and youth in our community and in the world.
More info to come in a special announcement!
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2025 Annual Byers Award in Basic Science
Application Deadline: April 9, 2025
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The Byers Award in Basic Science is a $250,000 award to support exceptional mid-career scientists in exploring new projects that are not at the stage to attract federal support. | |
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Call for Proposals: UCSF Immigration Health Research Rapid Response Grant
Application Deadline: March 21, 2025
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This intramural funding opportunity seeks to support research examining the impact of new federal policies on the health and health care of many immigrants. Proposals can make use of existing datasets, primary data collection, or other approaches.
Due Date: 2-page application due March 21, 2025
Award: $10,000 per awarded grant. Funding can be used for datasets, data collection, research staff time, investigator time, or other research-related activities.
Questions: Lupita.ambriz@ucsf.edu
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Federal Updates from Vice Chancellor for Research, Harold R. Collard, MD, MS | |
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2025 Exceptional Physicians Awards
National Doctors Day - March 27th
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Congratulations to the 2025 Exceptional Physicians
Alain Algazi, MD
Kurt Auguste, MD
Daniel Burkhardt, MD
Rachel Bystritsky, MD
Jaquelyn Callander, MD
Karen Chee, MD
Sajot Grewal, MD
Jade Hiramoto, MD
David Huang, MD
Sandhya Kharbanda, MD
Jasleen Kukreja, MD
Gena Lewis, MD
Karim Mansour, MD
Arvind Nishtala, MD, MPH
Ripple Sharma, MD, FACG
Lacey Smith, MD
Lulu Tsao, MD
Mignote Yilma, MD
The virtual presentation of the 2024-25 Exceptional Physician Awards
will debut on Thursday, March 27th.
Stay tuned for more info in a special announcement!
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2025 Annual Lloyd "Holly" Smith, Jr. Award
Nominations Due By: March 21, 2025
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The annual Lloyd "Holly" Smith, Jr. Award, now in its 25th year, recognizes exceptional service to the School of Medicine. It is the school's most prestigious award and comes with a $8,000 prize.
Read more about the award and please consider nominating a colleague. Nominations are due by March 21, 2025.
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Reminder: The Academic Senate's Annual Chancellor's Fund Awards - Deadline March 15, 2025 | |
Now Recruiting Staff for the Bone Health Study | |
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Zahara Jones, Clinical Research Coordinator at BCH Oakland, is working with Dr. Ellen Fung on her Bone Health Study. They recently received IRB approval to recruit staff as healthy controls for the study.
Click on the flyer for more info and to determine if you would be qualified and interested.
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Call for applications: Fall 2025 UCSF Faculty Leadership Collaborative-10 day program
The application deadline is Friday, March 21, 2025, at 5:00 PM
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This message is sent from the Office of Faculty and Academic Affairs and the Campus Council on Faculty Life (CCFL)
We invite you to apply for an exciting leadership development program sponsored by the Campus Council on Faculty Life (CCFL). We encourage the participation of faculty who are, or who will be, playing a role in defining the future of UCSF within their departments and divisions and/or through School, Academic Senate, and campus-wide activities. If you are part of this group, we hope you will apply for the fifteenth UCSF-Coro Faculty Leadership Collaborative, to be offered in Fall 2025.
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UCSF School of Medicine STAR Achievement Award Nominations – Now Open!
Deadline for Nominators: April 1, 2025, 11:59 PM PT
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Discounts and Funding for Open Access Publishing
The University of California (UC) and UCSF have open access agreements with many scholarly journal publishers. These agreements enable all UC or UCSF-affiliated corresponding authors to publish their scholarly articles open access at reduced or no cost.
See a complete list of agreements applicable to UCSF and uncover what level of discount or funding is offered at https://tiny.ucsf.edu/publishingdiscounts
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Contact Holly Thompson, Clinical Research Librarian for Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, with any questions: holly.thompson@ucsf.edu.
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Pediatric Musculoskeletal and Sports Medicine Conference - March 21-22, 2025 | |
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Dear Colleagues,
As we close out the academic year, it is gratifying to see our learners advance in their careers, in large part thanks to your support. As you begin preparing for the next academic year, we encourage you to think about ways to enhance your educator skills.
Check out our new At-A-Glance Calendar – a snapshot of faculty development activities to help you integrate learning into your schedule for Academic Year 2024-25!
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Virtual Lunch Hour Sessions
Half-Day In-Depth Sessions
Day-long Certificate Tracks CFE2 Videos
Learn more
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The Edward Chu Diversity Scholarship Program | |
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COMMUNICATION
Last month, we aligned BCH Oakland’s clinical communication platforms with the rest of UCSF Health. Personal and service pagers are now being forwarded to Voalte, and we will be turning off Spok Mobile soon. If you haven’t already, we encourage you to return your physical pagers to the operators (Main Hospital 2nd floor near the Medical Staff lounge). Trauma/code and ambulatory staff physical pagers remain active and are not currently being forwarded to Voalte.
All inpatient clinical communication now occurs primarily through Voalte (optional for outpatient providers). When covering an inpatient service, every provider must consistently log into their Voalte Role/Units. This log-in process is critical to ensure that on-service providers are reachable. Our goal is to have all East Bay on-call roles covered >90% of the time, which has been achieved by our colleagues in the West Bay (both pediatrics and adult services).
If you or anyone in your division has any questions about how to use Voalte, please refer to the Voalte tip sheet for BCH Oakland Providers or contact Mike Lang and Jason Jagodzinski.
We are now using the West Bay’s version of Amcom, which can be used as a backup to Voalte for reaching a provider who is on call. Please refer to the Amcom tip sheet for East Bay users for more information.
If your pager is not forwarding to Voalte or you are encountering any technical issues, please submit a ticket with the UCSF Help Desk by calling 415-514-4100 or navigating to https://help.ucsf.edu (use the Get IT Help button).
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Masking Requirement in Direct Patient Care Areas
Masking is in effect in all patient-facing areas (hospital and clinic rooms, triage areas, and Day Hospital) through April 30, 2025.
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POPULATION HEALTH and HEALTH EQUITY | |
Easier and Cheaper Access to Data for Health Services and Population Health Research | |
Release of the UCSF Changemaker Series | |
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The UCSF Changemaker Series, created by Professor of Medicine Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS, is a four-part video series that seeks to build the capacity of UCSF researchers to generate scientific evidence that is responsive to the needs of real-world decision-makers. Each 10-15 minute video highlights a UCSF researcher in conversation with an interdisciplinary panel of non-academic experts discussing how investigators at all stages of their careers can more meaningfully inform policies, systems, and structures in order to create social or policy change. Read more
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION, and
ANTI-RACISM at UCSF BCH
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Lee Atkinson-McEvoy, MD
Vice Chair Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, UCSF BCH San Francisco
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Marsha Treadwell, PhD
Co-Chair Diversity, Equity and Inclusion, UCSF BCH Oakland
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Foundations of DEI Trainings | |
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 | |
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
Oakland
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Did you miss Grand Rounds?
Visit http://vimeo.com/album/2238536 and use password CHRCO
to view recorded Grand Rounds presentations.
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Please contact the Chief Residents,
for Case Conference information: chochiefs@ucsf.edu
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
San Francisco
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Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine Global Lecture Series | |
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Seminars are the 1st Thursday of every month 3:00-4:00 pm
To receive a Zoom invitation for virtual lectures, 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.
We are excited to share that we just celebrated our ribbon-cutting (actually gong-banging) opening ceremony for our Healing Environment Stad Center Outpatient Clinic. Watch the video and find out more about our center.
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Save the Date
International Association for the Study of Pain (IASP) Special Interest Group on Pain in Childhood: International Symposium on Pediatric Pain. (ISSP). Glasgow, United Kingdom. June 17-20, 2025 https://ispp2025.com
32nd Become an EPEC-Pediatrics Trainer Conference plus optional Professional Development Workshop. Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF. Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC)-Pediatrics. Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF. San Francisco, CA. August 27-29, 2025 Contact: EPEC.Pediatrics@ucsf.edu
16th Pediatric Pain Master Class at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF in San Francisco, California from January 24-30, 2026.
For more info contact: Pediatric.PMC@ucsf.edu
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IMPACT Scholars & Other Updates | |
From the UCSF Research Development Office | |
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UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland Dean’s Office
UCSF School of Medicine
Email: bchdeansofcoakland@ucsf.edu
Mailing Address:
747 52nd Street, Oakland, CA 94609
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