Our Dean's Office budget team is committed to help manage and optimize financial resources for initiatives and goals at the SOM Dean's Office units. This page will provide overview of our budget planning and position control. Let’s work together to keep our finances on track and ensure sustainable growth! 

Planning Process and Timeline
  • Dean's Office Central Admin Budget Timeline 
    • February - Budget Analyst sets meeting dates and gather budget assumptions 
    • March - Budget Analyst meets with units; new budget requests and requests for budget augmentation are due at the end of the month (links to budget request forms are found below) 
      • Position Control Process is part of the annual budget request. Pre-approval is required for personnel changes such as new position, reclassification, exceptional equity increase, additional compensation, etc. 
    • April - Unit leadership submits proposed budgets 
    • May - Vice Dean for Education and DO Budget Team finalize PowerPoint presentations for SOM leadership review 
    • June – Dean makes decision about budget requests 
    • Approximately July - DO Budget Team will share Dean's decisions on submitted budget requests 
  • MedEd Budget Process and Timeline 
    • MedEd units follow similar timeline (from February to June) as Central Admin units with additional meetings for the administrative leadership team and education deans.  
  • Budget Requests: Dean's Office uses rubrics to rate each request in respect to our priorities and strategic plans. Visit the following links to access the budget request forms: 

Important note: The Dean's Office budget process timeline is based on SOM Annual Stewardship Review due date(s) and is subject to change. 
Contacts
Units Name

Budget support for Central Admin Units: 

  • Admin Immediate Unit 

    • Differences Matter 

  • Academic Affairs Unit 

    • Academic Affairs Affiliates 

  • Financial Affairs Unit 

  • SOM Strategic Programs & Digital Innovation (SOM P&I)

  • Research Affairs Unit 

  • BCH Oakland  

Financial inquiries about faculty funding that is supported by Central Admin  

 Christina Chen-Louie

Budget support for Medical Education Units (MedEd): 

  • Office of Medical Education (OME) 

  • Technology Enhanced Education (TEE) 

  • Center for Faculty Educators (CFE) 

  • Graduate Medical Education (GME) 

  • Simulation Learning Center (Kanbar Center & Anatomy Learning Center) 

  • Admissions & Student Experience (ASET) 

  • Assessment, Curriculum, & Evaluation (ACE) 

  • Executive Leadership Unit (ELU) 

  • School of Medicine Student Scholarships 

Financial inquiries about faculty funding that is supported by MedEd  

 May Wong 
SJV PRIME/+ Program  Tessa Easley 
Budget support for Fresno, Willed Body Program, Continuing Medical Education and Zuckerberg San Francisco General (ZSFG)  Christina Chen-Louie