I manage the production team in our efforts to provide daily production services to the VTA+ and CoP program team. Additionally, I provide training and guidance to staff and teams, on best practices for an accessible and engaging virtual meeting. Finally, I am a founding member of the Accessibility Working Group, whose goal is to help integrate universal learning design principles into the planning and creation process for all VTA+ programming.
Sebastien Auguste is a LMS Administrator at UPIEA. Sebastien worked previously managing the online programs and teams, responsible for day-to-day operations, instructional design course development with faculty, use of pedagogy and new technology, and LMS transitions in their online programs at NYU Tandon, Shepard Broad College of Law (Nova Southeastern University) and Howard University.
For more than a decade, Hana has been working to address challenges related to service delivery and accessibility in the field of HIV/AIDS, maternal, newborn and child health (MNCH) and women's health. With the UCSF Pandemic Initiative for Equity and Inclusion (UPIEA), Hana continues this practice by leading the co-development of technical materials supporting interdisciplinary efforts to combat COVID-19.
Debbie Bain Brickley, DrPH, MPH, is Director of Learning for UCSF’s Pandemic Initiative for Equity and Action (UPIEA) and has more than 20 years of experience in global health training and education. She has a background in epidemiology and biostatistics, primarily focused on global HIV prevention research and training. In 2020, Debbie began designing, creating and implementing courses in COVID-19 case investigation, contact tracing and outbreak management.
Laura Buback is a technical advisor who has been supporting SFDPH for the COVID-19 response since March 2020. She has supported Case Investigation/Contact Tracing/Outbreak Management work through leading Standard Operating Procedures, Trainings, and piloting new workflows. In August 2020, she also began supporting the University of Guam and Guam Department of Public Health and Social Services to strengthen their COVID-19 response.
Elizabeth Butrick is a Technical Director for Community Outreach for the UCSF Pandemic Initiative for Equity and Inclusion (UPIEA). Elizabeth has a background in social work and public health and has worked in global health research program management at UCSF since 2003. She has worked on five continents, speaks fluent Spanish, and is passionate about health equity at home and abroad. Within UPIEA she contributes to our efforts in contact tracing, technical assistance and outreach.
Jess Celentano provides programmatic direction and leadership to the UCSF Pandemic Initiative for Equity and Inclusion (UPIEA) team. In close collaboration with the San Francisco Department of Public Health, Jess and a small group of colleagues built San Francisco’s contact-tracing platform from the ground up, and then translated lessons learned and best practices into state and nation-wide trainings for COVID-19 contact tracers and case investigators.
Caitlin Dunn is a Technical Advisor at the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). She serves as a Director of Programs for the UCSF Pandemic Initiative for Equity & Action (UPIEA), providing management and technical support to the portfolio of work funded by the California Department of Health (CDPH) to train and support a COVID-19 response workforce. Caitlin leads the program’s efforts to provide continuing education and support through the expansion of Communities of Practice, Learning Collaboratives, and other virtual platforms.
