Sam Hawgood | UC San Francisco

The 2020 UCSF Founders Day Awards honored 13 school and workers for his or her public service, excellence in nursing, and repair to UC San Francisco.

A digital ceremony on Friday celebrated the awardees, together with displays from their nominees that showcased the accomplishments, in addition to devoted service to UCSF, the San Francisco neighborhood and past.

“This occasion is one in all UCSF’s biggest traditions, an exquisite time for all of us to collect collectively and acknowledge our excellent neighborhood, to replicate on a few of our outstanding accomplishments, and acknowledge a number of the exemplary people who assist make UCSF an unbelievable place,” mentioned UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS.

The next awards got for 2020:

Chancellor Award for Public Service

This award, established by Chancellor Philip R. Lee in 1970, honors these members of the College neighborhood who’ve carried out excellent public service.

Bhavya Rehani, MD
Assistant professor of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging in Neuroradiology at Zuckerberg San Francisco Common Hospital and Trauma Heart

The Chancellor Award for Public Service within the school class was awarded to Bhavya Rehani, MD, whose give attention to disseminating medical training across the globe culminated within the creation of a nonprofit referred to as Health4TheWorld. The platform permits medical professionals to ship lectures on-line to trainees and facilitates communication between well being suppliers and sufferers, with a give attention to stroke care. Health4TheWorld now has greater than 100 lectures in 19 medical specialties, with outreach out there to 22 nations.

“The academic platform developed by Dr. Rehani serves as a mannequin for others to contribute with out there on-line instruments,” mentioned William P. Dillon, MD, professor of Radiology, Neurology and Neurosurgery. “The academic mission of UCSF, as a worldwide chief in therapeutic and training, is served by Dr. Rehani’s free academic system and academy. This actually is a mannequin program in international well being training in that it’s versatile, scalable, economical, and good in its simplicity, utilizing available instruments and the web to attach learners and academics across the globe.”

She led the event of the nonprofit, which now boasts greater than 50 volunteers, together with medical college students, physicians, graduate college students in pc science, graphic designers, and bodily therapists. All this along with her scientific duties at UCSF, which she joined in 2014.

Earlier than that, she was energetic in selling international well being, learning the neuroimaging findings of superior HIV/AIDS in Africa and Asia, organising polio camps in India, and appearing as a mentor to trainees from Africa and Asia.

Priya Shankar, MD, MPH
Pediatric resident at UCSF’s College of Medication

The Chancellor Award for Public Service within the workers class was awarded to Priya Shankar, MD, MPH. Her dedication to adolescent well being is obvious not solely via her time as a pediatric resident at UCSF, but additionally via her work with the nonprofit she co-founded, Ladies Well being Champions (GHC). GHC’s purpose is bettering the well being and well-being of adolescents via peer-to-peer training.

The group designed a well being curriculum for teenage ladies in India overlaying, amongst different matters, malnutrition, psychological well being, gender-based violence, and reproductive well being. That she was in a position to construct GHC from the bottom up whereas finishing her residency could be very spectacular.

“Pediatric residency is a strenuous three-year interval the place the period of time to spend on non-clinical work is extraordinarily restricted,” mentioned affiliate professors of pediatrics Phuoc Le, MD, and Sohil R Sud, MD, MA, who nominated Shankar. “Most residents discover residency’s 80-hour work week fairly difficult. Given this context, Shankar’s excellent non-clinical public service work throughout her residency is much more outstanding. Trying via her accomplishments throughout residency, exterior of the scientific enviornment, plainly she actually will need to have spent practically all of her down-time dedicated to the pursuit of well being fairness each right here within the Bay Space and in components of India.”

Edison T. Uno Public Service Award

This award, named after the assistant dean of scholars at UCSF from 1969 to 1974, was established in 1980 to acknowledge dedication and dedication to established social, political and civic teams that result in social change.

Rupa Marya, MD
Affiliate professor at the united states College of Medication

The Edison T. Uno Public Service Award was awarded to Rupa Marya, MD, for her work combining social justice and public well being in a powerful assortment of endeavors.

Along with working as an attending doctor at the united states Medical Heart, she volunteers at a free clinic within the Mission District, directed the Salinas Valley Farm Employee Undertaking, and co-founded the Do No Hurt Coalition (DNHC), a corporation began in San Francisco and devoted to addressing social ills together with police violence, immigrant well being, homelessness, incapacity rights and medical abuse as a method to reaching higher public well being.

Marya helped set up the Mni Wiconi Well being Clinic and Farm alongside Lakota elders at Standing Rock, elevating $1 million within the course of. She additionally leads The Justice Research, inspecting the general public well being and neighborhood affect of police violence. Marya is the bandleader for Rupa & the April Fishes, a worldwide different band that makes music about social justice and the atmosphere. The vary and attain of her varied tasks is really awe-inspiring, mentioned her friends, however tied collectively by a need for higher justice and well being for all.

She’s additionally made the world a safer place for birthdays.

“As if all of this isn’t sufficient, Marya challenged the copyright of ‘Glad Birthday’ by Warner/Chappell,” mentioned Bradley Monash, MD, Affiliate professor of Medication and Pediatrics, “setting the tune free for all musicians to sing with no need to pay royalties.”

Thomas N. Burbridge Public Service Award

This award, named after the professor of drugs remembered for his efforts to open up jobs for minorities in beforehand segregated fields, was established in 1973 to acknowledge public service that promotes equal training and employment alternatives, civil rights and social justice.

Margot Kushel, MD
Professor of drugs within the Division of Common Inside Medication at Zuckerberg San Francisco Common Hospital and Trauma Heart and the director of the united states Heart for Susceptible Populations

Margot Kushel, MD, has obtained the Thomas N. Burbridge Public Service Award for her work addressing and dealing to get rid of well being disparities, particularly with homeless populations. To that finish, she is director of the Heart for Susceptible Populations at Zuckerberg San Francisco Common Hospital.

Kushel has directed the united states Main Care Analysis Fellowship for a decade and was not too long ago named director of the united states Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative. As clinician, advocate, researcher, trainer, and public lecturer, she encompasses lots of the disciplines required for bringing about lasting social change. For as massive and sophisticated an issue as homelessness is, colleagues mentioned Kushel is the best champion: good, tireless and giving.

“Dr. Kushel has been a real ‘quadruple’ risk: a stellar clinician, a nationally famend researcher, an exemplary mentor, and a tireless coverage advocate,” mentioned G. Robert Watts, CEO of the Nationwide Well being Take care of the Homeless Council, and Beth Harleman, affiliate chair of college expertise at UCSF’s Division of Medication.

“She has devoted her profession to a number of the most susceptible in our society: folks experiencing homelessness. She started her analysis on homelessness when it was thought-about a marginal well being challenge, and has persevered and prevailed in not solely elevating the profile of homelessness, but additionally in her insistence that coverage discussions and programmatic interventions be proof based mostly.”

Chancellor Award for Distinctive College Administration

Clarice Estrada, MPA
Chief Administrative Officer for the Cardiovascular Analysis Institute and a Division Supervisor within the Division of Medication

As chief administrative officer for the Cardiovascular Analysis Institute, which is the most important analysis unit in UCSF’s College of Medication, Clarice Estrada, MPA, offers administration and oversight for the analysis and coaching arms of the institute, but additionally the Division of Pulmonary, Vital Care, Allergy and Sleep Medication and the Lung Biology Heart. Estrada, based on colleagues, is masterful at managing the duties required to carry the umbrella overlaying these models.

Estrada doesn’t endure from lack of focus, mentioned Brian Black, PhD, professor and director of the Cardiovascular Analysis Institute. “Clarice is a uncommon particular person in that she by no means loses sight of the mission of our institute and our establishment.” She’s a team-builder and problem-solver who shares insights with different groups. Creating an atmosphere of transparency is a power for her, and a present to colleagues.

In 18 years at UCSF, she has created a robust community of fellow workers, all of whom share the advantages of Estrada’s collaborative mindset. To that finish, her experience is all the time in excessive demand. Her institutional reminiscence helps information her administration of the institute and it’s $40 million funds, in addition to serving as a useful resource that the neighborhood attracts from.

To push the central missions of UCSF, “Clarice depends on her superb community of colleagues and collaborators, her in depth committee work and coaching, and her personal understanding of the college’s insurance policies and requirements,” mentioned Black. “It’s a tremendous expertise and numerous effort, however Clarice makes it look simple, and he or she units an ordinary for getting issues performed.”

Mounira Kenaani, MBA
Affiliate chair of finance and administration of the Division of Dermatology

For 20 years, Mounira Kenaani, MBA, has been a revered chief and position mannequin at UCSF. Her colleagues mentioned she has a singular capability to untangle probably the most sophisticated organizational points.

“By some means, she is ready to resolve even probably the most troublesome issues and all the time achieves departmental objectives in a method that furthers not solely our departmental priorities however the general UCSF priorities,” mentioned Bruce Wintroub, the chair of the Division of Dermatology.

Not solely does she successfully handle Dermatology, she manages not only one division however 4 different models: she serves as director of finance and administration for the Division of Radiation Oncology, the Diabetes Heart, the Bakar Computational Well being Sciences Institute, and the Immune Tolerance Community. This capability to handle a number of departments doesn’t detract from her capability to have interaction with colleagues and workers.

As a mentor, she additionally demonstrates a dedication to variety and inclusion. “As an individual from a various background, Mounira understands full effectively the significance of inclusion and works to help those who usually really feel ‘different’ and works to create an atmosphere the place all can come to do their greatest work at UCSF,” mentioned colleague Alesia Woods.

Philip O’Brien, MA
Affiliate chair of finance and administration for the Division of Pediatrics

An issue-solver and succesful supervisor, Philip O’Brien, MA, got here into the Division of Pediatrics when it suffered from important funds and personnel points. By organizing unwieldy programs and empowering workers to make selections, he turned the division’s monetary standing round.

Earlier than his arrival, mentioned one colleague, there was low morale and excessive turnover. The cultural modifications he dropped at bear lowered stress and, by taking time with workers, he helped advance careers.

He additionally managed an integration of the pediatrics departments of UCSF Benioff Kids’s Hospital and Kids’s Hospital Oakland, facilitating tutorial and scientific collaboration. This integration – which needed to handle the challenges of integrating operations, personnel, cultural variations and expertise – was delicate and sophisticated. However O’Brien helped create a blueprint that guided groups inside every of those subspecialties.

“Phil has created a dynamic and team-oriented ambiance to foster engagement, communication and collaboration, and leveraged intra- and inter-department professions for the profitable integration of eight scientific subspecialties,” mentioned Joanne Dang, CFO of the Division of Pediatrics. “Clearly, Phil is an efficient chief that understands the worldwide view and imaginative and prescient of the group, takes initiative, and fosters an atmosphere the place others will succeed.”

Colleagues mentioned he’s devoted to transparency and equity, works to search out consensus, and has created an environment of belief. “Individuals are not afraid to fail, and might belief if they’re doing the correct issues, Phil will help them,” mentioned Peggy Weix, division supervisor of Hematology & Oncology at UCSF and the Benioff Kids’s Hospital Oakland’s Division of Pediatrics. “It’s uncommon to search out managers with these qualities. UCSF is fortunate to have somebody like Phil O’Brien.”

Laurae Pearson
Director of administration for the Division of Medication at Zuckerberg San Francisco Common Hospital and Trauma Heart

Laurae Pearson oversees UCSF’s medical nerve heart. As director of administration, she is chargeable for the basic operations of the Division of Medication at Zuckerberg San Francisco Common Hospital. Price range, hiring, amenities, analysis, and clinical-practice administration all fall underneath her purview, in addition to the technique and improvement of enterprise plans for brand spanking new ventures.

With an annual funds of over $152.5 million, the Division of Medication is the most important division at Zuckerberg San Francisco Common Hospital and the second-largest division within the College of Medication. She started her profession at UCSF in 1994 as an administrative assistant for the Division of Infectious Illnesses at ZSFG.

As she superior, her give attention to public well being was all the time clear. She co-founded the Household Remedy Fund, which offered antiretroviral drugs to HIV-positive Ugandans. She additionally developed the Tenderloin Scientific Analysis Heart and established an NGO in Uganda. Her work in varied departments led to her being named director of administration in 2015.

“With the ever-changing nature of our work that happens on the intersection of drugs and better training administration, Laurae is reflective and seeks out inner and exterior useful resource to counterpoint her toolbox of options for complicated issues,” mentioned Maria Novelero, MA, MPA, affiliate chair for administration, and Justin Moore, Ed.D, a division supervisor within the  Division of Medication. “Though a vibrant, joyous individual, Laurae is outstanding at offering a relaxed, targeted response to difficult conditions.”
 

Chancellor Award for Distinctive College Service

Sarah Dulaney, RN, MS, GCNS-BC
Nurse coordinator for the Care Ecosystem at the united states Reminiscence and Growing old Heart

Since becoming a member of the workers of the Care Ecosystem in 2014, Sarah Dulaney, RN, MS, GCNS-BC, has gone above and past in delivering care to sufferers residing with dementia, and their caregivers.

She passes this experience on as an educator, emphasizing not solely scientific talent and professionalism however empathy and respect. Within the course of, she developed a curriculum of 60 movies that function a mannequin to different well being programs for their very own variations of the Care Ecosystem. Dulaney now extends her perception and enthusiasm by advising these different well being facilities.

Dulaney established a staff of well being care navigators who provide dementia help over the cellphone. These navigators are normally current school graduates who, underneath Dulaney’s mentorship, have gone on to pursue careers in geriatric nursing, psychology, or drugs. Dulaney considers this — the growth of the sphere of geriatric clinicians and scientists — as one her most vital accomplishments.

From overseeing scientific trials to increasing analysis to incorporate Spanish audio system to working with the San Francisco Division of Public Well being, Dulaney’s dedication to bettering and evolving dementia care is unparalleled.

“The Care Ecosystem is effectively on its technique to reworking dementia care in our nation, and Sarah has been crucial to its success,” mentioned Katherine L. Possin, PhD, affiliate professor in residence on the College of Medication. “Sarah is the guts, soul, and thoughts of the Care Ecosystem.”

Paul Franke
Principal planner in bodily planning

A college devoted to science deserves infrastructure knowledgeable by science. Paul Franke is the planner chargeable for UCSF’s Lengthy-Vary Growth Plan, sustainability, mapping, and extra. That features a challenge to evaluate the seismic efficiency of buildings, connecting the plans to the engineers who should carry them out, and anticipating how a future UCSF will exist in a future San Francisco.

The job will be esoteric. Franke has needed to contemplate flight paths and noise when UCSF designed the helipad on the Medical Heart at Mission Bay, managing avenue closures and crane placement, environmental affect, and so forth. His background in civil engineering and concrete planning assist inform a imaginative and prescient of UCSF as part of town round it.

This diploma of planning extends to the following century: Franke “had the foresight to insist that new building tasks and their infrastructure are constructed above 9 toes imply sea degree to exceed the projected sea degree rise by 2100,” mentioned Sustainability Director Gail Lee.

Additional, he was lead creator for UCSF’s 2009 and 2017 Local weather Motion Plans, lead creator of the 2014 UCSF Greenhouse Gasoline Discount Technique, and a major contributor to the united states Sustainability Motion Plan 1.Zero and a couple of.0. His work on the 2014 Lengthy-Vary Growth Plan helped make it a mannequin that your entire UC system now follows.

“Paul Franke has left an indelible mark on the united states campus by astutely figuring out areas of enchancment, socializing probably the most environment friendly options with resolution makers, and creatively shepherding via these options into actuality, all with the long-term purpose of good and sustainable development,” mentioned Lee.

Judy Fuller
Undertaking coordinator within the Senior Vice Chancellor’s Workplace

For practically 30 years, Judy Fuller has amassed administrative and coverage experience that made her invaluable to a few senior vice chancellors, two interim SVCs, and different school and workers. This experience was most important throughout funds crises and layoffs.

At these occasions, mentioned her colleagues, Fuller’s perception and institutional reminiscence helped information UCSF via troublesome selections. A lot of this work was performed on a volunteer foundation for Administrative Administration Professionals and Asian Pacific American Systemwide Alliance.

Her work in these areas contributed to the college’s objectives of variety and inclusion. She additionally helped develop a program for profession development, the “Advertising and marketing You” collection. She is, as one colleague mentioned, “an establishment inside the establishment.”

“Judy is my greatest companion on many institutionally based mostly issues which are core to the compliance, fiduciary, and operational points of UCSF. These usually are not seen to the higher UCSF neighborhood however have an effect on everybody,” mentioned Brenda Gee, administrative director within the Workplace of the Government Vice Chancellor and Provost. “Some would possibly see it as a thankless job, however Judy doesn’t merely ‘do her job.’ She owns it and strives to make the whole lot she does higher – extra environment friendly and full.”

Maria Rina Simon
Director of staffing and strategic applications within the College of Dentistry

With a give attention to creating an inclusive and equitable tradition on the College of Dentistry, Maria Rina Simon has since becoming a member of UCSF in 2005 labored towards the College’s highest values. Colleagues cite her emphasis on making the worker expertise a constructive one, from the hiring course of to common opinions to exit interviews.

She has a expertise for the type of important however extraordinarily detailed insurance policies that always fall via the cracks in organizations. Points like attendance, bereavement depart, and non secular lodging didn’t escape her discover, and he or she labored on crafting equitable insurance policies in these and different areas.

“Since becoming a member of the College of Dentistry’s workers, she has persistently demonstrated her ardour and extraordinary capability to determine wants for strategies and approaches which have resulted in substantial, constructive developments in our SOD’s atmosphere,” mentioned George W. Taylor, DMD, DrPH, professor and affiliate dean for Range and Inclusion on the College of Dentistry.

She persistently “walks the stroll” of her applications and is the primary to volunteer to pilot new applications, mentioned Larisa Kure, affiliate dean for Administration and Finance. The place change and development will be troublesome for organizations, Simon is unafraid to discover find out how to make the method work for all – for present school and workers and for individuals who will be part of the united states neighborhood sooner or later.

Distinguished Nurse Award

This award acknowledges excellent contributions to the care of sufferers and fosters skilled and public consciousness of achievements in nursing apply.

Martha Mehr, RN
Scientific nurse in Intensive Care Nursery

Since becoming a member of the workers of the Intensive Care Nursery in 2002, Martha Mehr, RN, has, based on Jennifer Gantz, RN, MSN, the unit director for the ICN, “discovered her true ardour in getting ready our households and infants for his or her transition residence.” Mehr’s position requires competence, empathy, and a robust organizational sense. Her dedication to the job has discovered expression in creating new coaching and coping with uncooperative expertise.

After recognizing that nurses wanted additional training concerning the discharge of medically fragile infants, Mehr in 2014 developed a discharge system utilizing an evidence-based apply mannequin to deal with standardization points, outdated supplies, and academic gaps. The system she developed continues to be used right now.

When the ICN moved to Mission Bay, a brand new expertise proved at first to be a hurdle. Mehr stepped in as troubleshooter, first creating an answer with the IT staff, after which tackling find out how to retrain greater than 200 nurses within the new platform. Her strategy was multi-modal: she created a video, spoke at workers conferences, put updates in newsletters, and supplied in-person coaching to nurses on the unit.

Mehr continues to search out and proper information gaps, fine-tuning protocols for nurses to comply with in discharging infants. She’s now extending her experience to start collaborating with the pediatric surgical staff to be able to develop a instructing plan for all of Benioff Kids’s Hospital.

“Martha is so well-known for her ardour surrounding discharge that different models and disciplines search her out for recommendation and greatest practices,” mentioned Gantz. “Her ardour for educating our workers and caring for our infants actually is aware of no bounds. We’re so lucky to have such a passionate, compassionate member of our staff.”