Tuesday, 19 October 2010
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Seminars and Lectures
CTCRE: FDA Menthol Legislation
Speaker: Philip Gardiner, DrPH
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education
Suite 366 Library
530 Parnassus Avenue
University of California, San Francisco
San Francisco, CA 94143-1390
http://tobacco.ucsf.edu/calendar
When
Wed Oct 20 10am – 11:30am Pacific Time
Where
Suite 366 Library 530 Parnassus Avenue University of California, San Francisco, CA 9414
(map)
Division of General Pediatrics Translational Research Seminar
Speaker: Bonnie Halpern-Felsher, PhD
"How to write an abstract"
For more information, contact:
Marcela Cazares
Division of General Pediatrics
Laurel Heights Campus
3333 California Street, Suite 245
San Francisco, CA 94118
tel: 415/476-5473
fax: 415/476-6106
When
Wed Oct 20 11am – 12pm Pacific Time
Where
UCSF Laurel Heights, Room 382 (map)
Center on Social Disparities in Health (CSDH)
Health Disparities Seminar Schedule Fall 2010 (dates and speakers subject to change)
Speaker: Len Syme
Professor of Epidemiology and Community Health (Emeritus)
University of California, Berkeley
Reducing Health Disparities: A Hopeless Dream?
UPCOMING CSDH SEMINAR SPEAKERS:
November 17, 2010 – OSAGIE OBASOGIE, PhD (10:30 AM-Noon)
December 8, 2010 – PAULA BRAVEMAN, MD, MPH (Noon-1:30 PM)
January 5, 2011 – STANTON GLANTZ, PhD (Noon-1:30)
Contact:
Karen Simpkins
SimpkinsK@fcm.ucsf.edu
Program Assistant
Center on Social Disparities in Health
UCSF
3333 California St., Suite 365
San Francisco, CA 94118
415.476.6839
When
Wed Oct 20 12pm – 1:30pm Pacific Time
Where
UCSF LH Room 376 (map)
UCSF Medical Anthropology Colloquium Series
Biomedicalization Panel
Co-authors of Biomedicalization: Technoscience and Transformations of Health and Illness
Adele Clark, PhD, Professor, Social & Behavioral Sciences, UCSF
Janet Shim, PhD, Assistant Professor, Social & Behavioral Sciences, UCSF
Natalie Boero, PhD Assistant Professor of Sociology, San Jose State University
Other DAHSM Upcoming Events: http://dahsm.medschool.ucsf.edu/events/index.aspx
Department of anthropology, history & social medicine | dahsm
Contact:
Kimberly Bissell
Graduate Program Analyst
Anthropology, History and Social Medicine
University of California San Francisco
3333 California St, Suite 485
San Francisco, CA 94143-0850
bissellk@dahsm.ucsf.edu
Ph# 415-476-7223
Fax 415-476-6715
When
Wed Oct 20 3:30pm – 5pm Pacific Time
Where
UCSF Laurel Heights Room 376 (map)
Nutrition & Breast Cancer
with Greta Macaire, MA, RD, CSO
Learn the latest research on nutrition and breast cancer and how to better meet your nutrition
Offered:
Tuesday, September 14th, 5:00-6:30pm
Thursday, October 21st, 10:00-11:30am
Tuesday, November 23rd, 5:00-6:30pm
No charge. Held at the UCSF Medical Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, 6th floor, room B-601.
Registration required. To register, please call the Cancer Resource Center at 415-885-3693.
Limited to 10 patients.
When
Thu Oct 21 10am – 11:30am Pacific Time
Where
UCSF Medical Center, 1600 Divisadero Street, 6th floor, room B-601 (map)
Honoring Your Song: A workshop to explore, heal and transform through music
Carrie Love
Only you can write “your song”! From love to grief, rage to faith, our lives embody an immeas
range of experiences and feelings. In this fun and informative workshop, you will learn, through
music, to honor and share “your” experiences by giving them expression. You do not have to
musician or have any so-called “musical talent” to fully enjoy and participate in this workshop
more information about this workshop and Carrie Love, please visit
http://www.discoverthesoundofyou.com. Sponsored with the Art For Recovery program at UC
Offered:
Thursday September 23rd, 4:30-6:30pm
Thursday, October 21st, 4:30-6:30pm
Thursday, November 18th, 4:30-6:30pm
No charge. Advanced registration is required. Space is limited to 12 people. This workshop is n
series, attend any or all. Held in the Art For Recovery studio, 1600 Divisadero Street, 1st floor, ro
B128. Please register with the Cancer Resource Center at 415-885-3693.
When
Thu Oct 21 4:30pm – 6:30pm Pacific Time
Where
Art For Recovery studio, 1600 Divisadero Street, 1st floor, room B128 (map)
Nutrition & Prostate Cancer
Greta Macaire, MA, RD, CSO
Learn about the latest nutrition prostate cancer research and how to better meet your nutrition
needs
Offered:
Tuesday, September 21st, 4:00-6:00pm
Tuesday, October 26th, 4:00-6:00pm
Tuesday, November 30th, 4:00-6:00pm
No charge. Held at the UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1600 Divisade
floor. Please register with the Cancer Resource Center at 415.885.3693.
When
Tue Oct 26 4pm – 6pm Pacific Time
Where
UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center, 1600 Divisadero, 3rd floor (m
UCSF Open Position
Department Name
S/N Institute for Health and Aging
Job Title
Project Director
Job Code and
Payroll Title
7236: ANALYST III
Organization
Campus
Location
Laurel Heights
Work Days
Monday - Friday; Occasional evenings and Saturdays
Shift
Days
Shift Length
8 Hours
Req Number
34141BR
Job Summary
The Institute for Health & Aging (IHA) is an organized research unit a
UCSF. This position will serve as Project Director (PD) for a study entitle
“Applying mobile persuasive technologies to increase physical activ
in women.” The incumbent will oversee daily operations of the study
(such as the subjects’ recruitment and follow-up, data collection an
update of the mobile phone physical activity application), ensure
project progresses on schedule, and provide training for a staff resea
associate; will prepare/update the protocols, manual of operations,
UCSF Committee On Human Research (CHR) applications and
documents for review by the study sponsors; will perform other dutie
related to the scientific activities of the study, such as monitoring da
quality, analyzing data, attending a research team meeting, and
assisting the investigative team with publications and conference
presentations by completing literature reviews; and will perform othe
duties as assigned.
Required
Qualifications
BA/BS with a major in health science (e.g. nursing, behavioral chang
psychology, social work) or related field and three years of experien
in administrative analysis or operations research; or an equivalent
combination of education and experience; training in counseling
and/or behavioral intervention; individual counseling experience; an
assisting clinical trials; expertise in MS Office applications (Outlook,
Word, Excel, PowerPoint), EndNote, PubMed, and Adobe Acrobat;
excellent communication and negotiation skills; demonstrated
excellent attendance and reliability; highly skilled at working effectiv
with a wide variety of personalities; expertise in statistical data analy
software (e.g. SPSS and/or STATA); excellent writing skills.
Note: A preliminary job offer and assignment may be extended
pending successful background clearance: Fingerprinting and
background check required.
Preferred
Qualifications
Graduate degree in health science (e.g. nursing, behavioral chang
psychology, social work) or related science; worked with in field
focusing on behavioral change, physical activity, lifestyle modificati
research, and in clinical research in particularly clinical trial; experien
in managing web-based data; knowledgeable in impact of physica
activity, nutrition, and healthy lifestyle programs.
License/Certification N/A
Position Type
Full Time
Percentage
100%
Qualified candidates please apply via UCSF HR website at http://ucsfhr.ucsf.edu/careers/ and
reference Job no. 34141.
For additional information, please feel free to contact Sharice Young at 415-502-1050 or
Sharice.young@ucsf.edu.
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