Site visits, sponsored by professional associations in STEM, are a potentially powerful tool departments might use to investigate the work climate, to identify the factors contributing to “climate issues,” and to institutionalize practical approaches that improve the climate for minorities and women. Panelists will review the site visit process and its potential for generating inclusive and innovative work environments for STEM faculty. Meg Urry Yale University; Omer Blaes, Professor,...

Kim Shauman, Professor, Sociology, and Associate Director, UC Davis ADVANCE Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Education] [Show ID: 28803]

Moderators Susan Carlson and Maureen Stanton wrap up the roundtable and share their thoughts on moving forward in workplace climate assessment and improvement. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Education] [Show ID: 28833]

Susan Carlson, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, UC Office of the President Linda Katehi, Chancellor, UC Davis and Chair, UC ADVANCE PAID Steering Committee. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Education] [Show ID: 28797]

Meg Urry, Israel Munson Professor of Physics and Astronomy, and Director, Yale Center of Astronomy & Astrophysics, Yale University. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Education] [Show ID: 28798]

Many quantitative and qualitative tools are available to assess workplace climate. Panel members discuss tools that are tailored to academic workplaces, consider the strengths and weaknesses of each, and recommend strategies for disseminating and utilizing the assessment results. In addition, the results of an analysis of race/ethnicity and gender differences among STEM faculty in the experience of workplace climate using a cross-institution sample of COACHE data are presented. Panelists:...

Susan Rivera, Professor, Psychology, and Director, Inclusive Campus Climate Initiative, UC Davis ADVANCE Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Education] [Show ID: 28800]

Nathaniel Gleason, MD Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 28752]

Richard J. Shemin, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Executive Vice Chair, Department of Surgery, UC Los Angeles; Jeffrey C. Milliken, MD, Chief, Division of Cardiothoracic Surgery, Clinical Professor, Department of Surgery, UC Irvine; Michael M. Madani, MD, FACS, Chief of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery, Director of Sulpizio Cardiovascular Center, UC San Diego; Scot H. Merrick, MD, Chief, Division of Adult Cardiothoracic Surgery, Professor of Surgery,...

Ed Hernandez, O.D., California State Senator District 24, Chair, Senate Committee on Health. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28153]

Sam Hawgood, MBBS, Interim Chancellor, Dean of the School of Medicine, UC San Francisco. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28154]

John Stobo, MD, Senior Vice President, Health Sciences and Services UC Office of the President; Terry Leach, RN, Esq., Emeritus Executive Director, UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation, Manager of Health Policy; Karyn DiGiorgio, MSN, RN, Interim Director, UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation UC Office of the President. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28155]

Presentations from the 2014 CHQI awardees who have been funded to disseminate their successful innovations to the other UC academic medical centers. Panel: Kevin J. Bozic, MD, MBA, Professor and Vice Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery, UC San Francisco - Orthopaedic Bundled Payment; Nathaniel Gleason, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Department of Medicine, UC San Francisco - eReferrals and eConsults; William Perry, PhD, Professor, Department of Psychiatry, UC San Diego -...

Five multi-site projects funded through a joint venture between the UC Office of Risk Services and UC Health. Wendy Anderson, MD, UC San Francisco - Palliative Care Workforce Expansion: Nurse-Initiated Multidisciplinary Patient and Family-Centered Communication in the ICU; Daniel Davis, MD, UC San Diego - ART (Advanced Resuscitation Training); Catherine Lau, MD, UC San Francisco - UC Care Check: A Standardized Multi-Disciplinary Approach to Improve Neurosurgical Patient Safety and Quality;...

John Stobo, MD, Senior Vice President, Health Sciences and Services UC Office of the President delivers welcoming remarks to the 2014 Colloquium. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28147]

Terry Leach, RN, Esq., Past Executive Director, UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation, Manager of Health Policy, UC Office of the President. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28148]

Carl Dvorak, President, Epic Systems Corporation. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Health and Medicine] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 28149]

On October 25th, 2013 individuals from across the UC system gathered to address issues of diversity related to faculty hiring and academic review in the STEM disciplines. Susan Carlson, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, UC Office of the President opened the day with a roadmap for the day and a context for the program goals. Linda Katehi, Chancellor, UC Davis, addresses the role of diversity and its economic impacts. Jean Ferrante, Associate Vice Chancellor, Faculty Equity, UC San Diego,...

Linda S. Green, Vice Chancellor, Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion, UC San Diego welcomes Pradeep K. Khosla, Chancellor, UC San Diego to discuss the need for diversity in education as it pertains to the future of scientific advancement and leading economic development in the United States as well as on a global scale. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Education] [Show ID: 25940]

Current administrators and educators tell their personal stories of diversity and their career paths and discuss opportunities to make changes in departmental or university-wide practices. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Education] [Show ID: 25941]

Jean Ferrante, Associate Vice Chancellor, Faculty Equity, UC San Diego, leads the conference in learning about the current framework for faculty evaluation with short examples of contributions to diversity statements. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Education] [Show ID: 25943]

Current and former CAP chairs, discuss the use of the “contributions to diversity” criterion in UC academic review and advancement. Moderated by Kit Pogliano, Chair, UCSD Academic Senate, and Professor, Biological Sciences, UC San Diego, this panel features Linda Bisson, Professor, Viticulture and Enology, UC Davis, Paul Garcia, Professor, Clinical Neurology, UC San Francisco and Christina Ravelo, Professor, Physical and Biological Sciences, UC Santa Cruz. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID"...

Moderated by Emily Roxworthy, Professor of Theater, UC San Diego, a panel presents the preliminary results of a longitudinal study of differences in advancement, pay, and persistence among STEM faculty, along with current data regarding UC faculty advancement. Mary Blair-Loy, Director of Graduate Studies, Director, Center for Research on Gender in the Professions, and Associate Professor, Sociology, UC San Diego presents. “Diversity, Leadership, and Teacher-Mentoring: Linking Personal Values...

Mark Hoddle, director of the Center for Invasive Species Research at UC Riverside, is looking for a way to save the state's oak trees from an invasive threat: the goldspotted oak borer beetle, which has killed up to 80,000 trees in Southern California. Hoddle's research sends him around world in search of natural enemies that can combat the goldspotted oak borer and the 10 new species non-native insects that establish themselves in California each year. Series: "Onward California" [Science]...

UCSF bioengineering professor Shuvo Roy is developing an artificial kidney that could revolutionize care for millions of people around the world. The implantable device would provide relief for people with kidney failure who rely on dialysis or are on the waiting list for a life-saving organ transplant. Series: "Onward California" [Health and Medicine] [Science] [Show ID: 25175]