DEM Weekly Snapshot

Weekly Snapshot

Week of October 10, 2022 | Edited by: Meredith Lew Tan

Pancake (Tuesday)

Pancake Wednesday is becoming Pancake Tuesday. We are bringing back pancakes on Tuesday mornings starting at 9AM in the 503 Kitchen.

Syrup, chocolate chips, pancake mix, and a griddle will be provided by the Quality of Life Committee.

DPH Annual Compliance Training

All ZSFG workforce members are required to complete the Annual Compliance and Privacy Training.

To access your trainings, log in to the DPH Staff Learning Portal to get started. Check out the “Quick Guide on How to Access the Portal” to get started and the ZSFG Dean’s Office for more helpful information and resources.

To log in to the system you will need your POI number. You received your POI number from DEM General via e-mail on 10/12/22. If you are a new employee, you should have received this information via e-mail from the DPH directly. If you need help with access or need to change your password call 628-206-5000.

All ZSFG workforce members are required to complete the Annual Compliance and Privacy Training.

Thank you to the following for completing their compliance training:

Gonzalo Acevedo
Gaby Beck-Engeser
Fay Chan
Devin Columbus
Tessa Dickson
Xavier Farias
Wenyue Ma
Mary-Beth Moreno
Sophie Samiee
Becky Tan
Cassy Thanh
Anthony Tran
Justin Vang-Moore
Ingrid Wiggers
Vanessa York

Announcements

Conference Room Unavailable - 10/18

The 505 conference room will be unavailable on 10/18 from 8:00 AM-1:30 PM for the UCSF DOM New Faculty Orientation.

Oval Office Unavailable - 10/20

The 601 Oval Office will be unavailable on 10/20 from 4-6 PM.

Air Purifiers in DEM

With the return of food and drinks in meetings, we have purchased air purifiers for the 505 conference room, collaboration room, oval office, and kitchen (coming soon).

FCS Express Training with CIL and CoLabs

Join FCS Express on 10/18 for this special training session to get a head start with FCS Express. The training will be followed by a special talk on Spectral Unmixing by Dr. David Novo.

Click here to review the flyer. Space is limited. Click here to RSVP.

November DOMINOs Events

Korean Cultural Night at the Asian Art Museum & Dinner at Surisan, San Francisco

Hosts: Eunice Chang (Division Manager, AIDS at ZSFG) and Diana Kim (Division Manager, DGIM at UCSF Health)
Thursday, 11/3 at 4 pm at Asian Art Museum (indoors)

Guo Pei Exhibit & Lunch at the Legion of Honor Museum, San Francisco

Host: Justin Vang-Moore (Division Manager, HOSP at ZSFG)
Saturday, 11/5 at 11 am at Legion of Honor Museum (indoors)

Thai Cooking Lesson at BiteUnite, San Francisco

Hosts: Leonard Telesca (Division Manager, INFD/PULM at UCSF Health) and Brian Schwartz (Associate Chair for Education, DOM)
Thursday, 11/9 at 5:30 pm at BiteUnite (indoors)

Undoing Time: Art and Histories of Incarceration at Berkeley Art Museum & Brunch at Gather, Berkeley

Hosts: Margot Kushel (Professor & Division Chief, CVP at ZSFG) and Brie Williams (Professor, CVP at ZSFG)
Sunday, 11/13 at 12:30 pm at Gather (outdoors)

Dinner at Starbelly, San Francisco

Hosts: Sam Brondfield (Assistant Professor, HMON at UCSF Health) and Amy Yun (Project Manager, ADMIN at DOM)
Thursday, 11/17 at 6:30 pm at Starbelly (outdoors)

To sign up, please complete this registration form and select the event(s) you’d prefer to attend.

DOM Falliday Festival - 11/18

On Friday, 11/18, there will be an event at Spark Social SF for all DOM faculty, staff, and trainees.

An RSVP has been sent to you all by DOM.

UC Open Enrollment - 10/27-11/18

Mark your calendars! 2023 UC Open Enrollment is from Oct. 27 – Nov. 18, 2022. You’ll be able to find what’s new or changing for this year along with additional information in UC Path.

WINGS Staff Development Grant - Due 11/1/22

The next application deadline for the WINGS Staff Development Grant Program is November 1, 2022. Applications will cover classes starting on November 15, 2022, running through and including February 28, 2023. Grant amounts range between $200-$400, depending on the number of applications received for the grant cycle.

WINGS Program Description

Online Application

California Voter Registration Information

UCSF encourages all members of our campus community to actively participate in our democracy. VOTE!

You can register to vote online. The deadline to register is 10/24.

UCSF COVID-19 Policy Updates

Be vigilant about masking at work, unless you are in a room by yourself. Food and drinks are permitted when at 50% occupancy staff are present together in in-door, non-clinical areas.

Visitors are required to be fully vaccinated or have a negative COVID test before entering any building on the ZSFG campus.

Staff can obtain COVID testing at the OHS employee testing tent in the parking lot by Avon Breast Center, Mon-Sun from 6:30am-4:30pm or from the Color vending machine in Building 9.

In addition to Color and PCR tests, home-based antigen testing is now an option for returning to work with COVID-like symptoms.

Staffing Updates

Departures

None

Arrivals

None

Current Openings

Specialist - CIL (coming soon)
Translational Research Faculty - DEM
SRA II - Ernst Lab
Postdoc - Feeney Lab
Postdoc - Henrich Lab (coming soon)
SRA - Henrich Lab (coming soon)
SRA II - Hunt Lab
Specialist (Flow Cytometry) - Hunt Lab
SRA II - Javid Lab (coming soon)
SRA II - Rutishauser Lab
SRA III - Rutishauser Lab (coming soon)
Postdoc (Genome Engineering) - Rutishauser Lab
Postdoc (ImmunoX Collab)- Rutishauser Lab
Postdoc - Rutishauser Lab
Professional Researcher - Rutishauser Lab
SRA I - Vasquez Lab

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource

Anti-Racism Is Not Just 'An American Issue': A Conversation with Shereen Daniels

What does it mean to cultivate an anti-racist organization? What does an anti-racist organization look like? These are questions that award-winning HR strategist Shereen Daniels sought to answer in her new book The Anti-Racist Organization. Daniels is a London-based strategist, speaker and educator who runs an advisory firm called HR rewired. Daniels sat down to discuss her new book, why she felt it was necessary to write, and what keeps her hopeful when engaging in anti-racism work with organizations.

Click here to listen to or read this interview by Janice Gassam Asare, Senior Contributor at Forbes.