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UC Office of the President

Programs from the University of California Office of the President.
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We Want You Here: How Can We Help You Thrive?

Panelists review research and data on goals, needs, challenges, and best practices in mentoring pre-tenure women and URM faculty in STEM. Panelists: Wendy Ashmore, Professor of Anthropology, UC Riverside, Susan Drange Lee, Director, Office for Faculty Diversity, UCLA, Mitchell Feldman, Associate Vice Provost, Academic Affairs, Director of the UCSF Faculty Mentoring Program and Professor of Medicine, UC San Francisco, Faye Crosby, Provost, Cowell College and Professor of Psychology, UC Santa Cruz...

Jul 15, 20131 hr 17 min

Making a Successful Transition: What Do Future Faculty Need?

Panelists discuss University of California President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program and the impact that postdoc mentoring has had on fellows and on UC faculty. Panelists: Sheila O’Rourke, Director, President’s Postdoctoral Fellowship Program, UC Office of the President, Desiré Delia Whitmore, Postdoc, Department of Chemistry, UC Berkeley, Roya Zandi, Associate Professor of Physics, UC Riverside. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Show ID: 25199]

Jul 08, 201351 min

Onward California: The Rover Curiosity

NASA Mars Science Laboratory team geologist Dawn Sumner gives a tour of the Curiosity rover and the instruments the probe carried to the red planet. An array of cameras, lasers and drills will conduct experiments to determine the composition of the planet's rocks. Series: "Onward California" [Science] [Show ID: 25182]

Jun 24, 20132 min

Welcome and Research Context - Mentoring Faculty in an Inclusive Climate: Supporting Women and URM STEM Faculty at the University of California

Dallas Rabenstein, Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost, UC Riverside, Susan Carlson, Vice Provost for Academic Personnel, UC Office of the President, and Yolanda Moses, Associate Vice Chancellor for Diversity, Excellence and Equity and Professor of Anthropology, UC Riverside, set the stage for the April 2013 conference on mentoring faculty in an inclusive environment. Series: "UC ADVANCE PAID" [Public Affairs] [Education] [Show ID: 25197]

May 31, 201318 min

Enterprise Risk Management - A Systems Approach to Patient Safety

Learn more about a systems approach to patient safety with Terri Kielhorn, Deputy and Director, Enterprise Risk Management, UCOP. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 25107]

May 29, 201310 min

The Employer’s Perspective on Health Care Costs and Quality

David Lansky, President and CEO, Pacific Business Group on Health, looks at health care and costs from the employer’s perspective. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 25106]

May 28, 201353 min

Innovations to Facilitate the Triple Aim

Triple Aim: Better Health and Better Care at Lower cost. Center for Health Quality and Innovation fellows present innovations that facilitate these goals. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 25099]

May 21, 201357 min

Aldo De La Torre Vice President Provider Engagement and Contracting California Anthem Blue Cross

Aldo De La Torre has more than 15 years of experience within the health care/managed care industry. He joined Anthem Blue Cross in 2002. In his current role as vice president of provider contracting, he is responsible for various provider contracting and operational functions throughout California. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25185]

May 17, 201315 min

Paul Markovich President and CEO Blue Shield of California

Paul Markovich is president and CEO of Blue Shield of California, a 3.3 million member not-for-profit health plan that serves the commercial, individual and government markets in California. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Health and Medicine] [Show ID: 25184]

May 17, 201316 min

Telemedicine in Pediatrics

James Marcin, M.D., M.P.H., is a professor of pediatrics and pediatric critical care at the UC Davis Children’s Hospital and director of the Pediatric Telemedicine Program. Marcin has been involved with telemedicine as it relates to clinical outcomes, quality of care and cost effectiveness for more than 12 years. He works closely with other clinicians, administrators, technicians and health policymakers to support the use of telemedicine in the most effective and cost efficient settings. Series:...

May 17, 201310 min

Expansion of E-consults to Improve Access to Specialty Care

Dr. Nathaniel Gleason describes E-consults – information-only exchanges that allow primary care providers to obtain guidance from specialists via electronic consultation in appropriate cases, offering patients timely access to specialist expertise, without the travel, work absence and insurance co-pay associated with office visits. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 25102]

May 17, 201314 min

Engaging Faculty in Valued-Based Improvement: Choosing Wisely

Robin Clarke, M.D., M.S.H.S., is the medical director for quality for the UCLA Faculty Practice Group and an assistant clinical professor in the Division of General Internal Medicine at the David Geffen School of Medicine. As a health services researcher, Clarke has evaluated the application of patient-centered medical home redesign within health care safety net practices. Clarke also oversees improvement programs aimed at enhancing patient experience and increasing the value of care. Series: "Q...

May 17, 201310 min

Enhanced Recovery After Surgery

Maxime Cannesson, M.D., Ph.D., is an associate professor of anesthesiology and perioperative care at UC Irvine. He is director of clinical research and director of cardiac anesthesia in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care and an expert on perioperative hemodynamic optimization and fluid management in patients undergoing high-risk surgery. He has developed or helped develop several non-invasive hemodynamic monitoring indices and monitors for helping with the care of high-risk ...

May 17, 201311 min

A Call to Action for Academic Medical Centers to Think Differently

Mark Laret, CEO, UC San Francisco Medical Center, encourages academic medical centers to think differently about delivering healthcare. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 25098]

May 15, 201348 min

Onward California: Onward Efficiency

1.4 billion people don’t have electricity. John Bowers, Director, Institute for Energy Efficiency at UCSB, talks about some of the research that is going into making solar-powered lighting for those who live off the grid in Africa and elsewhere. Series: "Onward California" [Science] [Show ID: 24470]

May 15, 20132 min

UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation - Stobo and Leach

Dr. John Stobo, University of California Senior Vice President for Health Sciences, and Terry Leach Executive director of the UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation, open the 2013 Colloquium. Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 25094]

May 14, 201329 min

UC Center for Health Quality and Innovation Welcome - John Stobo

John D. Stobo, M.D., has served as senior vice president for health sciences and services for the University of California since October 2008. In this role he oversees policy development, strategic planning, advocacy efforts and systemwide coordination and communication among UC’s health sciences schools and medical centers (collectively referred to as UC Health). Series: "Quality Improvement and Health Care Reform" [Education] [Professional Medical Education] [Show ID: 25096]

May 10, 201310 min

Onward California: 50 Years to Save this Species

We have 50 years to save the Hawaiian monk seal — to stop them from going extinct. The students that we train today are going to be absolutely key to saving the species. Terrie Williams, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at UC Santa Cruz, provides students with the hands-on knowledge that they need to make a difference. Series: "Onward California" [Science] [Show ID: 24477]

May 07, 20132 min

Onward California: An Incredibly Hostile Universe

Most of the universe is incredibly hostile, it's a vacuum, it's freezing-cold space or burning hot near a star. The first habitable planet found outside our solar system is in a habitable-zone orbit; it's a place of refuge from the unbelievable harshness of the universe. Steve Vogt, a UC Santa Cruz professor of astronomy and astrophysics, takes you into the Lick Observatory, where he has devoted years of research to find earth-like planets Series: "Onward California" [Science] [Show ID: 24476]

Apr 29, 20132 min

Onward California: California’s Water Tower

Think of the Sierra Nevada as California's water tower. Sixty percent or more of California’s water comes from this mountain range. Roger Bales, director of the Sierra Nevada Research Institute at UC Merced, heads into the mountains to measure the water and geochemical balance of the landscape. The impact of climate change on California's water supply is more than an environmental concern -- it's at the forefront of economic sustainability. Series: "Onward California" [Science] [Show ID: 24469]

Apr 29, 20132 min

Onward California: Oil - A Three Letter Word

UC Santa Barbara marine geochemist David Valentine looks at what happens to gas and oil in underwater seeps. Series: "Onward California" [Science] [Show ID: 24474]

Apr 15, 20132 min

Onward California: Imagination is a Perishable Skill

How do we reach conclusions that cannot be articulated through words? Follow Los Angeles-based conceptual artist Glenn Kaino into his studio, to see how he uses the creative process to explore critical issues facing the world. Hear how engaging in an art practice can give one the tools to critically dissect and then reformulate ideas in new and imaginative ways. Series: "Onward California" [Arts and Music] [Show ID: 24473]

Apr 15, 20132 min

Onward California: The Cutting Edge Since 1888

Steve Vogt, Professor, Astronomy and Astrophysics, UC Santa Cruz, shares how he got his start in astronomy and gives a tour of the Lick Observatory. Series: "Onward California" [Science] [Show ID: 24475]

Mar 22, 20132 min

Key Issues Questions and Solutions for Women of Color in STEM and SBS Fields

Herbie Lee, Vice Provost for Academic Affairs, Campus Diversity Officer for Faculty & Professor of Applied Mathematics & Statistics, UC Santa Cruz, leads a discussion to identify key issues at UC as well as discipline-based advantages and hurdles. Series: "Building Capacity for Institutional Transformation in the Twenty-First Century: Women of Color in STEM and SBS Fields - UC ADVANCE " [Humanities] [Science] [Education] [Show ID: 24623]

Mar 04, 201329 min

Remaking the Climate for Graduate Education: DECADE

Panel focuses on UCI’s DECADE program, designed to create a welcoming climate for a diverse graduate population in STEM. Moderator: Linda Sax, Professor of Education, Graduate School of Education and Information Studies, UC Los Angeles. Panelists: Frances Leslie, Dean of Graduate Division & Professor of Pharmacology and Anatomy & Neurobiology, UC Irvine; Susan Coutin, Associate Dean of Graduate Division & Professor of Criminology, Law & Society and Anthropology, UC Irvine; With M...

Jan 28, 201358 min
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