DEM Weekly Snapshot

Weekly Snapshot

Week of October 3, 2022 | Edited by: Meredith Lew Tan

DPH Annual Compliance Training

All ZSFG workforce members are required to complete the Annual Compliance and Privacy Training. This includes DPH staff, UCSF faculty and staff at ZSFG, residents, students, volunteers, registry staff, and contractors who may have either direct or indirect access to patients or their PHI.

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 9/21/22. 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.

State of the DEM Slide Deck

Thank you to all of you who attended this week's State of the DEM presentation. To review the information covered, you watch the recording by clicking here or review the slide deck, here.

Announcements

Digital Screener to replace Daily Health Screener

As of 10/4, the Daily Health Screener has been upgraded to the UCSF Digital Screener. This upgrade automates onsite screening, can be used to report positive COVID-19 tests, and obtain clearance to work after exposure, symptoms, or positive results.

Click here to access the screener.

DEM Office Hours Ended

Over the past few months, we have had limited to no attendance for our weekly office hours. With more meetings in hybrid format and onsite availability for in person check-in, the virtual DEM Office Hours on Thursday morning have ended.

Please feel free to stop by the DEM admin office or email Justin, Vanessa, and/or ExperimentalMedicine@ucsf.edu if you need assistance.

Transmetro Shuttles Not Running 10/10/22

Please be aware that the City and County of SF observe Indigenous People's Day on October 10, 2022. IT IS NOT AN OBSERVED UCSF HOLIDAY. The following two Transmetro shuttle lines will not be running on 10/10.

295 San Bruno Ave Parking lot to ZSFG
24th St BART Station to ZSFG

SFMTA parking meters and neighborhood limits will be enforced.

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

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.

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.

NOVA12 Walk for Breast Cancer

NOVA 12 SF is a 12 mile walk around SF representing the 12% of women who develop breast cancer .The route highlights breast cancer disparities across our city. To donate and/or register, visit the NOVA SF website.

For Latinx Heritage Month 2022, all members of UCSF are invited to join the collective of organizations & the MRC in participating in their virtual ofrenda (offering) by placing an object, image, and words to dedicate to a loved one. Please honor and respect this place. Throughout the month there are several events being hosted at UCSF and ZSFG to celebrate together.

Incubator 6 Cleaning - Friday, 10/7/22

Please note, Incubator 6 in P2 Room 615 is being cleaned on Friday, 10/7 at 6AM. Please remove all cultures by the end of day on Thursday, 10/6.

Failure to move your cultures may result in their disposal.

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.

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. For persons with unprotected, close contact for more than 15 minutes with a COVID-confirmed individual in the previous 10 days, a negative COVID-19 test result is required before entering UCSF facilities.

Staffing Updates

Departures

Eduardo Hernandez- Rutishauser - CFAR Scholar
Talia Sainz - Hunt - Visiting Scholar

Arrivals

None

Current Openings

Specialist - CIL (coming soon)
Translational Research Faculty - DEM
SRA II - Ernst Lab
Postdoc - Feeney Lab
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

Shoutout

Sara Suliman's team won at the BMS retreat's trivia night!

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Resource

Bernard Zakheim's "The History of Medicine in California" Murals Now Accessible for Viewing Online

In 2020, the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) and CyArk, a nonprofit company dedicated to preserving and sharing the world’s most important cultural heritage, partnered to create high resolution 3D images of the set of New Deal-era murals, titled “The History of Medicine in California,” and other murals painted by Polish-born artist Bernard Zakheim.

View the 3D mural tours >>