Office of Research

Date

Topic

Speakers & Topics

Recording and Resources

• Harold Collard, MD, MS, Welcome, About the Office of Research and the CPHP

• Recording
• Presentation slides

• Harold Collard, MD, MS, Welcome, About the Office of Research
• Vice Chancellor for Diversity and Outreach Renee Navarro, MD, PharmD, National Context and ​
• Diversity and Outreach at UCSF​
• Associate Vice Chancellor for Research for Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism (AVCR-IDEA) Tung Nguyen, MD, IDEA in Research at UCSF​

• Recording
• Presentation slides
• About the AVCR-IDEA office
• June 2024 Office of Research updates and resources
• Task Force report on equity and anti-racism in research

• 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

• 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

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

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  

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

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

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  

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

• 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

• 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

• 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