UCSF and UCSFHealth are responding to the COVID-19 pandemic with a variety of information and resources updated daily.
Cancer Specific Resources
For Patients
- From UCSF Cancer:
- Short video from Pyscho-oncology faculty member Jamie Cohen, PsyD, on managing stress during this unusual time.
- Cancer Patients & COVID-19 — When to Stay Home and When to Go in to Your Doctor (UCSF Osher Center)
- From UCSFHealth:
- COVID-19: Clinical Guidance
- Rollout of COVID-19 Vaccines at UCSF Health
- FAQ: Returning to Cancer Care in the Time of COVID-19 (from Dr. Laura Esserman)
- Five Ways We Are Keeping You Safe During COVID-19
- FAQ: Coronavirus and Patients with Cancer
- FAQ: Coronavirus and Pediatric Patients
- FAQ: Coronavirus and Immunosuppressed Patients
- Visitor Restrictions Due to Coronavirus
- Additional resources:
- COVID Vaccines in People with Cancer (American Cancer Society)
- Cancer Screening During the COVID-19 Pandemic (American Cancer Society)
- VIDEO: Cancer and Other Illnesses during COVID-19: How young patients and families can cope (NCI)
- Resources to Support Your Mental Health During the COVID-19 Outbreak (UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry)
- Common Questions About COVID-19 and Cancer: Answers for Patients and Survivors (Cancer.net/ASCO)
- Stand Up 2 Cancer COVID Resources SU2C
- Coronavirus: What People with Cancer Should Know (National Cancer Institute)
- Common Questions About the New Coronavirus Outbreak (American Cancer Society)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) (CDC)
How to prepare and protect yourself | What to do if you think you are sick
- COVID materials in other languages
- CDC links for Chinese, Vietnamese, Spanish in top right
- COVID-19 Fact Sheets in 34+ languages (Multi-institutional collaboration with Harvard Health Publishing)
For Community Partners
- For ongoing Vaccine and Testing events see Umoja Health
- Summer 2021: Uniting the Black Community to Defeat COVID
Q&A with Kim Rhoads, founder of Umoja Health Partners - Resources for Community- and Faith-Based Leaders (CDC)
- COVID-19: Recommended Preventative Practices and FAQs for Faith-based and Community Leaders from The Center for Faith and Opportunity Initiatives (Partnership Center) U.S. Department of Health & Human Services
- COVID-19 Resources for Community-Based Partnerships (UCSF Center for Community Engagement)
- COVID-19 Fact Sheets in 30+ Languages (COVID-19 Health Literacy Project)
- Contact our HDFCCC Office of Community Engagement for more information.
For Clinicians
- STAT's Covid-19 Drugs and Vaccines Tracker
- Does the COVID-19 outbreak identify a broader need for an urgent transformation of cancer clinical trials research? (Contemp Clin Trials. 2020 Apr 6: 105997. [Epub ahead of print])
- Clinical Oncologists on Caring for Patients with Cancer during COVID-19 Pandemic (Cancer Network, 4/16/20)
- Emotional Well-Being During COVID-19: Psychological First Aid Strategies for Front Line Workers (UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry, 4/9/20)
- Practice Recommendations for Risk-Adapted Head and Neck Cancer Radiotherapy During the COVID-19 Pandemic: An ASTRO-ESTRO Consensus Statement (ASTRO, 4/9/20)
- Safety at the Time of the COVID-19 Pandemic: How to Keep our Oncology Patients and Healthcare Workers Safe (JNCCN Special Feature)
- Urology Collaborative Online Video Didactics (COViD) (Urology Resident Lecture Series: a multi-institutional collaboration)
- Coronavirus Disease 2019 (COVID-10) (JAMA)
- How to Manage Cancer Care during COVID-19 Pandemic (NCCN)
- Coronavirus Resources (ASCO)
- Mitigating the Spread of COVID-19 and Its Impact on Cancer (ASCO Post)
- Guidance on Conduct of Clinical Trials of Medical Products during COVID-19 Pandemic (FDA)
- COVID-19 Resources (ASH)
- Coronavirus (COVID-19) Information (ASTRO)
- Ongoing COVID-19 Coverage (The Cancer Letter)
For Researchers
- COVID-19 Research and Information Resources (UCSF Library, 2/21)
- Planning for Gradual Increase of UCSF Research Activity (Office of Research, 5/20)
- Coronavirus: Guidance for Cancer Researchers (CDC)
- COVID-19 Research and Information Resources (UCSF Library)
- Cancer Research in the Era of COVID-19 (CDC 5/20)
- UCSF Health Atlas - an interactive population health mapping website (UCSF SOM Dean’s Office of Population Health and Health Equity)
Employee Resources
- UCSF COVID-19 SCREENING AND TESTING FAQs
- Working from home: UCSF Guidance for Employees
- Zoom:
- Download UCSF-Branded Custom Zoom Backgrounds: [HDFCCC] [Main UCSF]
- Guides on setting up Zoom calls
- Wellness:
- Why it's important to practice compassion in the workplace right now
- Resources to Support Your Mental Health During the COVID-19 Outbreak (UCSF Dept. of Psychiatry)
- Free Meditation and Wellness resource for UCSF. UCSF has partnered with Simple Habit, a meditation and mental-wellness company, to offer our employees a free premium subscription through the month of April! With this subscription, you will have unlimited access to Simple Habit's top wellness professionals, guided meditations, therapy, coaching, motivational talks and much more.
- Fitness: 115 free online workouts from UCSF Fitness
Twitter Resources
Many of our UCSF peers are on communicating online and can be a valuable resource while most people are working remotely. Stay on top of UCSF's Social Media Policies if you have any questions about posting.
NOTE: Twitter is verifying accounts to help curb the spread of misinformation. If you are on Twitter, make sure your bio states your UCSF affiliation and area of expertise.- List of UCSF cancer research community on Twitter
- UCSF Social Media Policies for Personal (i.e. Non-UCSF Hosted) Accounts
- Helpful Hashtags
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