Dear FAS Community,
Please see the latest COVID-19 vaccine rollout update below. If you missed Friday's UCSF Town Hall, the recording will be posted online here: https://ucsfhealth.mediasite.com/Mediasite/Catalog/catalogs/ucsf-town-hall.
Thank you,
Paul Jenny
Senior Vice Chancellor
Finance and Administration
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Dear UCSF Community,
I am pleased to share with you that UCSF is making steady progress in the COVID-19 vaccine rollout.
As quickly as vaccine availability allows, our goal is to restore all of the critical parts of the UCSF mission by offering vaccinations to all members of our UCSF community—including research, education, and operational/administrative areas—and to begin the important task of offering vaccinations to our patients. We know all of you share this goal and we ask for your continued patience as we systematically roll out our vaccination program.
Once we finish vaccinating employees and learners whose on-site responsibilities involve high-risk exposure to COVID-19, we expect to continue vaccinating the UCSF community in the following order later this month based on our current assumptions about vaccine availability:
- UCSF employees and learners whose responsibilities have required them to work on-site regularly, including those in research, education, and operational/administrative areas.
- UCSF employees who are currently working remotely, beginning with those aged 75 years and older. We are developing our approach for all remote workers and will be sharing more information.
Importantly, as we take the steps above to strengthen UCSF’s full capabilities in service of our public mission, we will begin offering vaccinations to our patients, prioritizing by age, as guided by public health agencies. Patients will be contacted directly when vaccines become available, and they do not need to contact their care provider’s office.
You will soon receive more information on the logistics for the expanded vaccination roll out at UCSF, including detailed instructions on how you can schedule your vaccination. You may also keep track of our vaccine distribution progress by visiting the vaccine dashboard and staying current with the latest updates on the UCSF COVID-19 Vaccine Information Hub.
Thank you for your patience and ongoing commitment to our shared work.
Sincerely,
Josh Adler, MD
Chief Clinical Officer, UCSF Health
Vice Dean, Clinical Affairs, UCSF School of Medicine