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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland
September 2025
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September celebrates women in medicine!
Each September, various national organizations, including the AAMC and AMA, honor the physicians “who have offered their time, wisdom, and support to advance women with careers in medicine.” The AAMC’s latest report notes:
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Significant Progress in Representation: The report highlights that as of 2023, women are the majority of applicants and graduates at U.S. medical schools, illustrating a continuing positive trend towards gender equity for future medical professionals.
- Women faculty have risen from 38% to 45% in the past decade: The report documents the sustained progress of gender equity over the past decade, with women PhDs in clinical science reaching 52%, surpassing their male colleagues.
- Increases in some Leadership Roles: The percentage of women in leadership roles has grown, with women now representing 27% of U.S. medical school deans, 34% of division chiefs and 45% of senior associate deans and, showcasing improved gender equity at some of the highest levels of academic medicine, although significant progress is still yet to be made with department chairs, at only 25% women.
Let’s all join in to honor those who advance the effort here at UCSF and at BCH!
There is now an opportunity to advocate for ALL the work we do at UC. The University Office of the President has launched a campaign for us to help protect UC’s students, staff, faculty, and mission. If you haven’t already, check out the link:
Stand up for UC
https://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/get-involved/stand-up-for-uc
Let’s use this September to get back to the good work!
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With respect and kindness,
Kelley
| | Federal Updates from Vice Chancellor for Research, Harold R. Collard, MD, MS | | Resource Allocation Program (RAP) | |
The e-submission deadline is:
Monday, September 29, 2025, 2:00 p.m. (PT).
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The Resource Allocation Program (RAP), a consortium of UCSF funders that coordinates multiple intramural research funding opportunities, is now accepting applications for the Fall 2025 Cycle.
UCSF faculty, including those based at UCSF Fresno, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center, and the San Francisco VA Medical Center, are all welcome to apply.
| | BCH Oakland Parking Update | | Parking Changes, effective August 15th | | Health Professions Education Resources | | |
Center for Faculty Educators (CFE)
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UCSF faculty, residents, and fellows are welcome to explore their health professions education interests by consulting the education researchers in the Center for Faculty Educators (CFE). CFE education research programs can help new education researchers with the skills they need to get started.
| | Swim Across America: September 21, 2025 | | |
WHEN: Sunday, September 21
WHERE: Little Marina Green, San Francisco
Join us for the annual Swim Across America event and help us "Make Waves to Fight Cancer"! Whether you are a veteran swimmer or you're looking to do your first open water swim, you can show your support by participating in a point-to-point 1.5 mile swim starting at Little Marina Green and finishing in Aquatic Park. Register today and start making an impact!
Questions? Contact Jamie.coleman@ucsf.edu.
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97th Pediatric Academic Societies Meeting (PAS) 2026
Boston | April 24-27
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Now Open through September 18th!
Call for Scholarly Sessions, Workshops, and Ancillary Events
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PubMed Search Tips
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Use PubMed@UCSF (https://pubmed.ucsf.edu/) to easily connect to full-text articles! Click on the “Find it @UC” button to access full-text articles available via UCSF Library.
- Use quotation marks to keep words together as a phase. For example, “adolescent health” searches the two words together.
- Use Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to expand or narrow your search. For example, tuberculosis OR TB will search both terms simultaneously.
- Use truncation to search different forms of a given root-word. Add the truncation symbol * (asterisk) to end of a root word. For example, child* search the words child, children.
Find more tips in the UCSF Library resource How to Perform an Advanced Literature Search.
Reminder: To access resources, you will need to be on the UCSF network or logged in via MyAccess.
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Contact Holly Thompson, Clinical Research Librarian for UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland, with any questions: holly.thompson@ucsf.edu.
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In Case You Missed It!
The Summer Student Research Program (SSRP) Symposium August 1, 2025
| | Here are a few photos from the symposium. Shout-out to, Suzanne Sutton, for capturing the moment! | | |
Save the Date!
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland's
55th Annual Monterey Conference | October 24-26, 2025
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INFORMATION
For Conference Registration, click HERE
For Conference Details, click HERE
For Conference Hotel Reservations, click HERE
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COMMUNICATION
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.
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).
| | UPDATED RETURN-to-WORK GUIDANCE for Respiratory Illnesses, beginning Monday, June 16, 2025 | | POPULATION HEALTH and HEALTH EQUITY | | Easier and Cheaper Access to Data for Health Services and Population Health Research | | |
Release of the UCSF Changemaker Series
The UCSF Changemaker Series 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 in order to accelerate equity-focused impact.
Watch the videos
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DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION, and
ANTI-RACISM at UCSF BCH
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Lee Atkinson-McEvoy, MD
Co-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
| | | UCSF Cultural Groups and Resources | | |
Our values define us – how we work, learn, interact, and fulfill our mission.
UCSF PRIDE values are the cornerstone for everything we do and unite our faculty, students, researchers, caregivers, and staff in building a culture of collaboration that inspires us be our best today and in the future.
Described in more detail, 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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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 Noon Conference information: chochiefs@ucsf.edu
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Pediatric Grand Rounds
San Francisco
| | Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine Global Lecture Series | | |
Seminars are on 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.
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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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