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I appreciate this opportunity to provide an update about the activities of my dedicated teammates in Research Infrastructure & Operations within the UCSF Office of Research. Team members are engaged in a variety of activities focused on providing excellent service to the UCSF research community. These include aiding proposal development for large project grants, elevating the infrastructure that supports international research, providing administrative tools and support to core facilities, and monitoring research involving human subjects. This is all accomplished by working in partnership with a broad cross-section of the University. |
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Recent highlights
I highlight below a few of our notable accomplishments:
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UCSF ChemCentral was established, providing comprehensive chemical management in select UCSF buildings.
- ChemCentral Weill Neurosciences:
- Chemicals are centrally received, inventoried, and delivered to laboratory Drop Zones by ChemCentral staff.
- Common reagents are available to purchase on site with no markup/at BearBuy prices.
- ChemCentral Parnassus, two phases:
- Phase 1, opened summer 2022, featuring a 24/7 chemical stockroom providing researchers access to common chemicals and other supplies via a self-checkout process.
- Phase 2, opening spring 2023, will include a centralized chemical receiving facility. When operational, all chemicals arriving at Parnassus will be unpackaged, inventoried, and delivered same-day from the ChemCentral receiving facility.
- ChemCentral Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (ZSFG) will open in the Research and Academic Building in spring 2023.
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Recent fire code revisions reinforce the importance of chemical volume limits, known as Maximum Allowable Quantities or "MAQs," in buildings. EH&S has helped address this issue through improved chemical storage and inventories as well as enhanced outreach about the UCSF policy on Chemical Safety.
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EH&S, LARC, IACUC, Facilities Services, and researchers work tirelessly together to provide and maintain an outstanding program of laboratory animal care and use, resulting in continued full accreditation of UCSF’s animal care and use program. Some exceptional findings of the most recent accreditation site visit are:
- Consistency of the program across geographically decentralized components
- A very knowledgeable and engaged Institutional Animal Care and Use Committee
- Dedicated and knowledgeable veterinarians, veterinary care staff, and animal care staff.
On the horizon
On behalf of my teammates, we look forward to improving and evolving our support services. To succeed, we will work with our partners and uphold the efforts of Associate Vice Chancellor of Research Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism Tung Nguyen to achieve DEI and anti-racism in the UCSF research enterprise.
Sincerely,
Brian Smith
Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer
Senior Associate Vice Chancellor – Research Infrastructure & Operations
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Are You Prepared to Comply with the NIH Data Management and Sharing Policy? |
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For all researchers seeking NIH support of research proposing to generate scientific data: Beginning with submissions due on or after January 25, 2023, NIH applications will be required to include a two-page Data Management and Sharing (DMS) plan outlining how scientific data will be managed and shared. Data management and sharing planning should be in progress by now for NIH applications due in February and March. For more information and resources to help you comply with the new requirement, please visit the UCSF Library’s dedicated webpage.
A virtual UCSF Library workshop on February 13 will quickly introduce the new policy and work through each section of the DMS plan so you understand what to write and can draft your own plan. We will also cover how to locate DMS plan templates and sample plans, and highlight resources.
CTSI is holding a Zoom seminar on January 25 to discuss the implications of the new policy for qualitative researchers. Following a brief overview of the policy, the speakers will have a Q&A and discussion.
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In the News: RDO Insights, CTSI Seeks K Scholars Director |
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Read this Spotlight interview with Gretchen Kiser, PhD, on the evolution of the Research Development Office and its role in shaping strategies and guiding administrative logistics for multi-investigator, high-budget research program proposals, thereby fostering collaboration and innovation, and advancing the quality of our research.
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Graduate Student
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics
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Assistant Professor of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
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January 19, 1-3 p.m.
This virtual session complements the launch of the new Digital Health Humanities Pilot (DHHP), which offers UCSF researchers (from all disciplines) tailored workshops, classes, and skill-building sessions as they investigate the human experience around health and illness.
January 25-27 | Santa Clara
January 26-27 | Byers Auditorium and via Zoom
This event will spotlight inspiring stories, science, and perspectives of Native and Indigenous scientists from across the country. Fifteen Native scientists will speak, including undergrads, grad students, postdocs, and current and emeritus faculty.
January 27, 9 a.m. - 4 p.m. | Mission Bay
February 7, 1-2 p.m. | School of Nursing Bldg, 2 Koret Way
This School of Nursing series returns with featured speaker Kortney James, PhD, RN, PNP, a postdoctoral fellow in the National Clinician Scholars program at UCLA. Reception to follow. Please register by January 24, 5 p.m.
February 13-17 | virtual, free, open to UC community
For the annual University of California-wide “Love Data Week,” UC libraries collaborate on a series of data-focused talks, presentations, and workshops. Sessions will touch on data access, management, security, sharing, and preservation.
Save the Date! | 2nd REUNITE Week is February 27 - March 3
ImmunoX and other programs are organizing a week of Research & Education UCSF Network In-person Training Events at Parnassus, along with social activities.
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In the latest cycle of the Anti-Racism Research Pilot Grant, RDO and the Resource Allocation Program (RAP) saw an increase in the number of applications to either the $50,000 research grant or $10,000 capacity building grant. Learn more about this important research.
Interested in having the UCSF IRB serve as the single IRB (sIRB) for multiple study sites? Please schedule an sIRB consultation *before* submitting your grant proposal.
Build your science policy skills this summer through this new virtual internship. Deadline: January 31, 8:59 p.m.
RAP manages the dissemination, submission, review, and award of various intramural funding opportunities. Their spring 2023 funding cycle call for applications will open on January 23. New this year with support from CTSI: Team Science funding may be used to support community-based coinvestigators on the research team. Deadline: February 27, 2 p.m.
The CRISP Fellowship provides tailored training for clinician investigators who seek to improve healthcare through the science of clinical research informatics. New deadline: March 1. Find more information including details of our upcoming info session on January 25.
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Operations, Trainings, and Tools |
For studies where UCSF serves as the "IRB of Record" for relying sites, please be aware of the continuing review requirements for relying sites.
All clinical research coordinators are strongly encouraged to attend foundational courses: Orientation, Informed Consent, IRB & Safety Reporting, Pre and Post Award Tasks, Effective Communication, and Data Management. For the full schedule, visit the Training team website.
Fun with ChatGPT – parlor trick or parlor treat? Learn about the winning project of the 2022 Yvonne Tevis UC Collaboration Golden Award, “Connecting Patients & Researchers with UC Clinical Trials,” as summarized by the ChatGPT bot! The project was led by UCSF CTSI.
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Read past ReSearch ReSource issues.
ideas of interest to our research community.
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