Information for faculty and staff

The following links provide information of particular interest to UCSF School of Pharmacy faculty and staff members about the School's operations and activities.

Get ready for graduation

January 14: If you plan to participate in this year's graduation ceremony, let us know via the School of Pharmacy Graduation Registration Form. Please respond no later than 5:00 PM on Friday, February 10, 2012.

Operational Excellence to improve efficiency

In May 2010, UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, outlined the project known as “Operational Excellence,” a campuswide, cost-cutting reorganization that will be phased in from July 2010 to June 2013.

Learn the latest about how UCSF is improving the efficiency and effectiveness of its operations. Details: Operational Excellence.

What's happening

More news: Home Page News Archive.

Schedules

• PharmD Class Schedules

Who's who

• Faculty Listing - Names and links to paid faculty, organized by department.
• Leadership - Statements by the dean and three department chairs about the School and the latter's respective areas of academic responsibility.

Administration

• Organization - UC, UCSF, and School of Pharmacy organization charts. Names and titles of School administrators.
• Personnel - Administers employee payroll and benefits.
• Contracts and Grants - Preparation and administration of submissions, such as contracts, subcontracts, grants, clinical trials, and fellowships: Contact Manager of Sponsored Research Support Services in the Deans Office Alana Schilling (alana.schilling@ucsf.edu).
• Financial - Centralized financial support to faculty and staff, including reimbursements, cash management, policy interpretation, and monthly detailed expense ledgers and forecasts: Contact Chief Financial Officer Michael Nordberg, MPA/HSA (nordbergm@pharmacy.ucsf.edu).

Business travel

Before traveling on business, complete the Traveler Insurance Form to receive free coverage of medical and other services. Details: UCSF Offers Employees, Students Advice on Business Travel and University of California Traveler Insurance Coverage. Questions? Call 510/987-9832 or use the University of California Traveler Insurance feedback form.

Governance

• Pharmacy Faculty Council - An academic advisory committee to the Dean and a faculty governance committee. Meeting notices, minutes, membership roster. The Council is a standing committee of the Academic Senate.
• Staff Council - A university-wide advisory association to the UCSF chancellor of staff employees not represented by an exclusive bargaining agent.
• Academic Business Officers Group (ABOG) - A diverse group of campus administrators from multiple campus sites that advocates for the needs and perspectives of administrators throughout the campus and the medical center, promotes professional development, and communication and integration among administrators.

Work~Life

• Work~Life Portal - Gateway to numerous campus Web sites of direct importance to the daily work life and well-being of faculty and staff. Sites cover from counseling to child care, from workforce diversity to housing.

Training

• Academy X - Hands-on computer training in downtown San Francisco: Microsoft, Adobe, web, programming, server, and more. Ask how to receive 40% off any class.
• Center for Instructional Technology - Course management tools; classes; workshops; computer hardware, software, and services.
• Digital Media Academy - Hands-on computer training focussed on educators.
• How to Create a Podcast - Guidance for faculty and staff for creating series of audio or video clips for the web.

Computing resources

• Computer Labs - List of computer labs available to us, including the Thomas A. Oliver Informatics Resource Center (IRC)
• Center for Instructional Technology - Course management tools; classes; workshops; computer hardware, software, and services
• Information for Web Developers - How to set up a new site or redesign an existing one. Web accessibility, security, link checking, statistics, community, hiring guidelines.
• Information Technology Services (ITS) - Provider of computer and information systems.
• The Technology Store - Campus store selling computer hardware and software at an educational discount.

Campus administrative policies

• Administrative Policies - Current administrative policies of both UC and UCSF, exclusive of academic, admissions, and curricular policies.

Go to: School of Pharmacy home page