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Town Hall Meetings: Meeting Information, Video Archives

These town halls are organized by the Office of Research and the Academic Senate. All Town Hall meetings will be recorded and posted following the meeting (within approximately 2 business days).

Date	Topic	Speakers & Topics	Recording
February 20, 1-2 p.m.	Postdoc and Graduate Student Researcher (GSR) Salary Funding	Harold Collard, MD, MS, Welcome, About the Office of Research Nicquet Blake, PhD, Overview of the National Issue and Institutional Response Keith Yamamoto, PhD, and Harold Collard, MD, MS, Federal Advocacy Efforts and Outcomes Winona Ward, Office of Sponsored Research, Faculty Strategies for Supporting Postdocs and GSRs	Recording Links to mentioned resources
October 16, 11 a.m. – 12 p.m.	Quarterly Office of Research Town Hall – October 2023	Harold Collard, MD, MS, Welcome, About the Office of Research Natalie Nardone, PhD and Payam Nahid, MD, MPH, About the Clinical Trial Excellence Campaign Ida Sim, PhD, MD and Mandy Terrill, Uses of High-Performance and Knowledge Computing in Research	Recording
April 4, 4 – 5 p.m.	Tiger Team Recommendations for Clinical Research Space at Parnassus	Moderators Harold Collard, MD, MS Srikantan Nagarajan, PhD Speakers & Panelists Dan Lowenstein, MD Welcome and overview Harold Collard, MD, MS Background and charge to Tiger Team Laura Wagner, PhD, RN Clinical research space in the PRAB/Discovery Zone C Susan Chang, MD and Carol Maguire, MSN Clinical care-based and high intensity participant-based clinical research space Thomas Chi, MD Non-participant and dry lab clinical research space	Recording
July 14, 2021, 4:00-5:00 pm	UCSF Research Biospecimens Town Hall	Moderators Ben Braun, MD, PhD Ryan Gill, MD, PhD Harold Collard, MD Introduction Harold Collard, MD Topics & Speakers Tissue core current operations – Ben Braun, MD, PhD Surgical collections and pathology workflow – Ryan Gill, MD, PhD Task force recommendations and core transition – Harold Collard, MD Stakeholder perspectives: each panelist will share their experience, concerns and vision for biospecimens services at UCSF Matthew Cooperberg, MD, MPH Sandy Feng, MD, PhD Katie Kelley, MD Alyssa Ward, PhD Panel discussion and Q&A	Recording
March 17: 4:00 - 5:00p.m.	Research Resilience: Vaccines, Variants, Immunity, and Increased Onsite Research This town hall will address increasing onsite research activities at UCSF. The hour-long session will address current campus operational expectations, policies, services, safety, and issues related to increasing onsite research activities including the next phase for clinical and laboratory research. We will hear the latest from researchers on vaccines, variants, and immunity. We also will address workplace safety as it relates to increased density, as well as current state and federal recommendations and guidelines.	Moderators Winona Ward, CRA, MRA, Gretchen Kiser, PhD Introduction Dan Lowenstein, MD Next Phase Onsite Research Update on Clinical Research: Harold Collard, MD Update on Laboratory Research: David Morgan, PhD, FRS Workplace Safety and Regulations/Compliance: Doug Dresnek Panel: Vaccines, Variants, and Immunity— scientific aspects of the vaccines, their efficacy, and the implications of the (known) variants on vaccine efficacy Alicia Fernandez, MD Joel Ernst, MD Q&A Closing Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD, Chair Academic Senate	Recording
Dec. 16: 12:00 - 1:15 p.m.	Research Resilience – COVID-19 Research Coordination Task Force The UCSF COVID-19 Research Coordination Task Force was established to identify and prioritize operational challenges that impact basic and clinical research on COVID-19, with the longer term goal of enhancing our institutional response to future pandemics. This town hall will introduce the task force and its work to date. We will discuss the challenges and solutions that were rapidly identified over the spring and summer to enable COVID-19 research, as this has direct impact on clinical, translational, and basic science research.	Moderators Vivek Jain, MD, MAS Gretchen Kiser, PhD Introduction Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc Topics & Panelists Introduction to the task force Anita Sil, MD, PhD Kathleen Liu, MD, PhD Introduction to BSL3 Anita Sil, MD, PhD Current COVID-19 research: Challenges, coordination, and accomplishments Melanie Ott, MD, PhD Raul Andino-Pavlovsky, PhD Panel discussion and Q&A Joel Ernst, MD Anita Sil, MD, PhD Kathleen Liu, MD, PhD Melanie Ott, MD, PhD Raul Andino-Pavlovsky, PhD	Recording
Oct. 28: 3:30 - 5 p.m.	Research Resilience – Special Session on Clinical Research Operations during COVID-19 This town hall will be specifically aimed at the Clinical Research Coordinator (CRC) and study team community. In the hour-and-a-half session, we will discuss clinical research operations topics pertinent to the tasks and workflows of CRCs during the time of COVID-19. We will also introduce a new training resource for study teams related to clinical research during COVID-19, and select CRCs will highlight how their studies have adapted to pandemic guidelines, showcasing the great work and responsiveness of study teams during this time.	Moderators Gretchen Kiser, PhD Winona Ward, CRA, MRA Lisa Schoonerman Introduction Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc (speaker pending) Academic Senate Topics & Presenters Welcome and Meeting Objectives – Harold Collard, MD Information Sharing Sessions, Part 1: Clinical Research during COVID-19 Remote monitoring – Andrea Skafel, MSc, CCRP Remote consenting – Taylar Hagan-Colyar, CIP, CHES Testing and onsite safety – Robert Kosnik, MD, Review of new resources and policies – Winona Ward, CRA, MRA Information Sharing Sessions, Part 2: CRCs share their experiences (30 min) Category 2 study: Dominica Randazzo, Neurology Category 3 study: Jeremy Giberson, Clinical Pharmacology Research Program Category 3 study involving aerosol-generating procedures: Ariana Baum, Airway Clinical Research Center Q&A Session	Recording
Sept. 16: 4 - 5 p.m.	Research Resilience: Phase 3 Onsite Research	This town hall will address increasing onsite research activities at UCSF. The hour-long session will address questions regarding current campus operational expectations, policies, services, safety and issues related to resuming research while co-existing with COVID-19, including next phase for clinical and lab research. We will also address workplace safety as it relates to wildfire smoke. Moderators Winona Ward, CRA, MRA Payam Nahid, MD, MPH Introduction Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc Sharmila Majumdar, PhD Topics & Panelists COVID-19 prevention and testing strategy: Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH, Gina Intinarelli, PhD, RN, MS, Robert Kosnik, MD Phase 3 laboratory research: Dave Morgan, PhD, FRS Phase 3 onsite clinical research: Hal Collard, MD Workplace safety: Doug Dresnek & Jon Giacomi Q&A	Recording
July 29: 4 - 5 p.m.	Research Resilience: Co-existing with COVID-19	Introduction Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc Review status of laboratory research Dave Morgan, PhD Review status of clinical research Harold Collard, MD Stakeholder perspectives on Category 3 research Moderated by Payam Nahid, MD Research Team: Julene Johnson, PhD Participant: Jorge Zepeda, LSCW Health system: Adrienne Green, MD Public health: George Rutherford, III, MD Questions	Recording
June 17: 4 - 5 p.m.	Research Resilience: Co-existing with COVID-19 (postponed from June 10)	Moderators Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD Winona Ward, CRA Introduction Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc Panelists Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, PhD, MD, MAS Mark Freiberg Greg Macway Stephanie Metz, Dave Morgan, PhD Payam Nahid, MD, MPH	Recording
May 20: 4-5 p.m.	Research Resilience: Co-existing with COVID-19	Moderators Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD Winona Ward, CRA Introduction Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc Panelists Mark Freiberg Clare Shinnerl Shelley Patton Maye Chrisman Additional Participants for Q&A Dave Morgan, PhD Hal Collard, MD	Recording
May 13: 4-5 p.m.	COVID-19 Campus-wide Research at UCSF: Making an Impact.	Moderator David Erle, MD – Professor of Medicine, Director of UCSF CoLabs Introduction Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc – Vice Chancellor of Research Speakers Unidos En Salud COVID-19 “Test and Respond” Study in the Mission District Gabriel Chamie, MD Carina Marquez, MD Performance Testing of Serological Assays Jeffrey Whitman, MD Pregnancy CoRonavIrus Outcomes RegIsTrY (PRIORITY) project and the Reproductive Health Equity and Birth Justice Core (RHE&BJ) Monica McLemore, RN, PhD, FAAN	Recording
May 6: 4-5 p.m.	Research Operations During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Moderators: Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD Winona Ward, CRA Introduction: Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH, DSc Speakers: Keith Yamamoto, PhD Keith will address current issues and efforts related to government relations and advocacy. Dave Morgan, PhD Hal Collard, MD Dave and Hal will discuss some of the principles guiding the University as it plans the process of restarting research operations. Kevin Grumbach, MD Payam Nahid, MD, MPH Kevin and Payam will highlight perspectives of stakeholders impacted by changes to clinical trial operations during the outbreak, including input from community participants and clinical researchers and trialists.	Recording
May 5: 3-4 p.m.	COVID-19 Discovery Science at the UCSF Quantitative Biosciences Institute	Moderator: David Morgan PhD Professor, Dept of Physiology Vice Dean for Research, School of Medicine Speakers: Nevan Krogan, PhD Brian Shoichet, PhD Davide Ruggero, PhD Kliment Verba, PhD Shaeri Mukherjee, PhD Kevan Shokat, PhD	Recording
April 22: 4-5 p.m.	COVID-19 Campus-wide Research at UCSF: Making an Impact.	David Erle, MD Charles Chiu, MD, PhD Gregory Marcus, MD Kevin Grumbach, MD Vanessa Jacoby, MD, MS Carolyn Hendrickson, MD, MPH Kirsten Kangelaris, MD, MAS Melanie Ott, MD, PhD Shoshana Zha, MD, PhD Angela Gallegos-Castillo, PhD	Recording
April 8	Research During the COVID-19 Pandemic	Hal Collard, MD Lindsey Criswell, MD LukeJohn Day, MD Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD Dan Lowenstein, MD David Morgan, PhD Payam Nahid, MD, MPH Katy Rau Winona Ward	Recording
March 26	COVID-19 Campus-wide Research at UCSF: Making an Impact	Nevan Krogan, PhD Chaz Langelier, MD, PhD Colin Zamecnik, PhD Carolyn Calfee, MD, MAS Max Krummel, PhD Annie Luetkemeyer, MD George Rutherford, MD	Recording Q&A
March 25	Research Operations during the COVID-19 Outbreak	Lindsey Criswell, MD, MPH Harold Collard, MD Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD Vanessa Jacoby, MD, MAS Payam Nahid, MD, MPH David Morgan, PhD Winona Ward Sherry Felchlin Katy Rau Shelly Patton	Recording