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Message from the Associate Dean - BCH Oakland

October 2025

It is Latinx Heritage Month at UCSF


September 15 – October 15 is Latinx Heritage Month at UCSF. Check out the events page for more info here.


Generative AI tools are available, and AI Scribe makes charting easier. Check out updates to Versa, UCSF’s home-grown system, and Abridge for AI scribe here (My Access log-in required).


Our office is excited to announce a series of listening sessions regarding departmental experience with clinical and laboratory-based research at BCH Oakland. In addition, our office is hosting the second session of the Office of Research Listening Session with Hal Collard, MD, MS, Vice-Chancellor for Research at UCSF, on October 7th. Please contact our office for details if you are interested in attending.

Be well,

Kelley



 

ANNOUNCEMENTS

 

Federal Updates from Vice Chancellor for Research, Harold R. Collard, MD, MS

UCSF Federal Research Funding Guidance

Federal Government Shutdown – Contingency Plan

(MyAccess login required)

Congratulations

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Congratulations to Angela Rivers, MD, PhD, in the Division of Hematology at BCH Oakland, for discovering a new biomarker for sickle cell disease.


Read the story in Research Roundup

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.

Library News


The UCSF Library has an abundance of information and resources available to all personnel. You can access the UCSF library here.


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.



UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland's

55th Annual Monterey Conference | October 24-26, 2025

Reminder: Registration closes on Friday, October 10, 2025

monterey pediatric conference oct 24 to 26

INFORMATION


This is a reminder that registration closes on Friday, October 10, 2025.


For Conference Registration, click HERE 

For Conference Details, click HERE 

For Conference Hotel Reservations, click HERE

 

Transportation Updates

 

CLINICAL CORNER

 

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

ORGANISMS OF INTEREST

 

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

 

DIVERSITY, EQUITY, & INCLUSION, and

ANTI-RACISM at UCSF BCH

 
Lee Atkinson McEvoy MD

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

Henry Ocampo, Program manager henry.ocampo@ucsf.edu.

Kendall Lappe, Administrative Support kendall.lappe@ucsf.edu

UCSF Cultural Groups and Resources

UCSF Multicultural

Resource Center


UCSF BCH

Heritage Month Celebrations


UCSF LGBT

Resources

Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance (APASA)


BCH Black Caucus

Oakland


Chicanx Latinx Campus Association (CLCA)


UCSF Office of

Opportunity & Outreach

The Black Caucus

at UCSF

 

UCSF Committee on Disability Inclusion 

 

UCSF LGBTQ

Committee



UCSF PRIDE Values

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

 

RESOURCES

 

Leadership News and Announcements

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UCSF COVID-19 Resources

UCSF Organisms of Interest

Research News

Wellness

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Personal Safety Resources


UCSF Wellness Resources Hub


Well-Being | UCSF Human Resources


Useful Wellness and Mental Health Apps


Emotional Well-Being

 

EDUCATION

 

Pediatric Grand Rounds

Oakland

Oakland Pediatric Grand Rounds


Pediatric Grand Rounds Oakland cover trending topics in medicine. Events are held every Tuesday from 8-9AM and everyone is welcome. 


Contact cristina.fernandez@ucsf.edu for registration and Zoom information

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 

Pediatric Grand Rounds

San Francisco

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SF Pediatric Grand Rounds Schedule


Speaker Disclosures & Evaluation


 For the full Pediatrics Grand Rounds schedule, please visit the Wiki page: http://tiny.ucsf.edu/PedsGRWiki.

 

Pediatric Grand Rounds takes place every Thursday from 12-1 PM,

currently In person or live via Zoom


 For questions contact: Laiba.Ghufran@ucsf.edu

 

Stad Center for Pediatric Pain, Palliative and Integrative Medicine Global Lecture Series

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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.

Save the Dates!



November 3-6, 2025

EPEC-Pediatrics Pain & Palliative Care Workshop (Level 1): Education in Palliative and End-of-Life Care (EPEC)-Pediatrics. Maruzza Foundation. Scout Center, Rome, Italy. formazione@maruzza.org.



January 24-30, 2026

16th Pediatric Pain Master Class at the Mission Bay Conference Center at UCSF in San Francisco, California. Information & Registration: https://virtualce.ucsf.edu/pediatric-pain-master-class-2026. Draft agenda LINK.


For more info contact: Pediatric.PMC@ucsf.edu 

 
 

RESEARCH

 

UCSF Research Development Office

UCSF Office of Research News

UCSF Office of Sponsored Research

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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