Academic Senate Awardees (AS)
Family Support Award
Janine Lupo, PhD
A Strategy for Integrating Metabolic and Physiologic MR Imaging into Radiation Treatment Planning for Patients with Glioma
SOM: Radiology
Theodore Zanto, PhD
A Strategy for Integrating Metabolic and Physiologic MR Imaging into Radiation Treatment Planning for Patients with Glioma
SOM: Neurology
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Jing Cheng, MD, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD
Improved Methods to Evaluate the Treatment Effect on Quality of Life Outcomes in Eye Research
SOD: Preventive & Restorative Dental Science
Scott Hansen, MD
Postoperative management of groin flaps for vascular coverage – analysis of the impact of bed rest on outcomes
SOM: Surgery
Elizabeth Mertz, PhD, MA
Separation or Integration? The Future of Oral Health Care in America
SOD: Preventive & Restorative Dental Science
Judy Sakanari, PhD
Novel Therapeutics for Cryptosporidium infections
SOP: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Francesca Nesta Delling, MD
Sudden cardiac death in mitral valve prolapse: a post-mortem and pedigree investigation
SOM: Medicine
Hilde Schjerven, PhD
Role of p120-Ctnnd1 in pre-B ALL
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
Neel S Singhal, MD, PhD
Resilience to ischemia-reperfusion injury: Insights into novel mitochondrial targets from hibernating ground squirrels
SOM: Neurology
Catherine Smith, MD
Modeling Off Target Resistance to FLT3 Inhibitors
SOM: Medicine
Re-entry
Farid Chehab, PhD
Roles of LBR and DHCR14 in Cholesterol Biosynthesis
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
Ellen Herbst, MD
Technology and Telephone-Based Smoking Cessation Treatment for Veterans with Posttraumatic Stress Disorder
SOM: Psychiatry
Shared Instrument Awards
Allan Balmain, PhD
Use of advanced electroporation setup/ Nucleofector™ Technology for CRISPR-based Genome Editing in vitro and in vivo
SOM: Medicine
Tien Peng, MD
Integrated Lung Physiology Platform for Murine Models
SOM:Medicine
John Shepherd, PhD
4D Optical Body Shape System for studies across the lifecourse
SOM: Radiology
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards
Enihomo Mary Obadan-Udoh, DDS, MCR, MPH, MS, Dr. Med. Sc.
Exploring the Feasibility of a Patient-centered Dental Safety Incident Reporting System
SOD: Preventive & Restorative Dental Science
UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
CAPS-HIV Innovative Grants
Wilson Vincent, PhD
Locating and Reaching HIV-Positive Black Men Who Have Sex with Men Who Have Fallen out of HIV Care
SOM: Medicine
Under-Represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards
Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD, MCR, MPH, MS
Understanding long-term prescription opioid use in HIV+ women
SOP: Clinical Pharmacy
UCSF – Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Pilot Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Daniele Catherine Cary, PhD
Procyanadin reactivates latent HIV
SOM: Medicine
Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Gema Méndez-Lagares, PhD
NK-CTL induction by RhCMV-based vaccines
SOM: Microbiology & Immunology
Cancer Center-Cancer Center Support Grant (CC-CCSG)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Ophir David Klein, MD, PhD
The role of stem cell competition in precancerous field formation
SOD: Orofacial Sciences
Cancer Center- Radiology and Biological Imaging (CC-RBI)
Pilot Award in Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy
Adam Renslo MD, PhD
A Novel PET Reagent for Imaging Metastases and as a Companion Diagnostic Agent
SOP: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Zhen Jane Wang, MD
MR Elastography in Metastatic Pancreatic Cancer
SOM: Radiology
Cancer Center Mt. Zion Health Fund (MZHF)
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Luika Timmerman, PhD
Recombinant antibodies for xCT biologic and therapeutic discovery
SOM: Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Katy K Tsai, MD
Immunotherapy and male reproductive health: A pilot study
SOM: Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Clinical & Translational Science Institute – Pilot Awards (CTSI)
Family Support Award
Andrew Jheon, DDS, PhD
Altering osteoclasts in utero leads to changes in adult mandibular lengths
SOD:Orofacial Sciences
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Chi-yuan Hsu, MD
Home Testing of Kidney Disease
SOM: Medicine
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Nancy Berglas, DrPH
Understanding why adolescent and young women choose low-efficacy contraceptive methods
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Joanna Halkias, MD
Defining the role of fetal T cells in driving human mucosal immune development
SOM: Pediatrics
Ulrike Muench, RN, PhD
Comparing Opioid Prescribing Practices of Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Providing Services to Medicare Beneficiaries
SON: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Team Science Grant
Nisha Bhatia, MD
A pilot study of imaging CNS inflammation in HIV infection using a novel PET tracer,[18F]GE-180
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards
Rene Alfonso Colorado, MD, PhD
A Pilot Study with Wearable Devices to Detect Atrial Fibrillation
SOM: Neurology
Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Brian Feeley, MD
Evaluation of satellite cell function and transplantation in rotator cuff injury
SOM: Orthopedic Surgery
School of Dentistry Research
Team Science Grant
Sarah Monica Knox, PhD
Understanding the Impact of Perineural Invasion in Head and Neck Cancer
SOD: Cell & Tissue Biology
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Ling Zhan, DDS, PhD
Dental Plaque Control in Children Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
SOD: Cell & Tissue Biology
Mt. Zion Health Fund (MZHF)
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Timothy Anderson, MD, MA
Epidemiology of High and Low Value Care for Patients with Syncope
SOM: Medicine
National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Catherine Chesla, RN, PhD
Lifestyle and Sleep Intervention for Prediabetes and Metabolic Syndrome
SON:Family Health Care Nursing
Diana Greene Foster, PhD
Stigma and abortion facility practices
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Holly Ingraham, PhD
Dissecting a Novel Sex Dependent Brain-Bone Axis in Female Mice
SOM: Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
Pilot Award in Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy
Dexter Hadley, MD, PhD
Translating Big Data from Breast Cancer Imaging into Precision Oncology
SOM: Pediatrics
Shared Instrument Awards
Aimee Medeiros, PhD
Health Sciences Data Laboratory (Scanner)
SOM: Anthropology, History & Social Medicine
New Direction Awards
Joseph Wiemels, PhD
Etiology of breast cancer: a role for cytomegalovirus?
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
UCSF California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi-CA)
One-Year Innovation Award in Prematurity Research
Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH
Milk, Growth and Microbiota: An RCT of Donor Milk vs. Formula to Supplement Breastfeeding Late Preterm Newborns
SOM: Pediatrics
Hilary Seligman, MD, MAS
EatSF: Fruit and Vegetable Vouchers to Support Pregnant Mothers in San Francisco with Food Security and Healthy Dietary Intake
SOM: Medicine
Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee (REAC)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Christoph Schreiner, MD, PhD
Auditory Cortical Population Processing
SOM: Otolaryngology
Irina A Strigo, PhD
Mechanism of Opioidergic Dysfunction Underlying Pain after Mild Traumatic Brain Injury
SOM: Psychiatry
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Teresa Bleakly, MD, MCR, MPH, MS
Surviving Pediatric Sepsis in Tanzania: a prospective cohort study to identify risk factors and barriers to care
SOM:Pediatrics
Markus Delling, PhD
Regulation and function of the ciliary PKD1-L1/PKD2 ion channel during left right patterning and congenital heart disease
SOM:Physiology
Andrea Hasenstaub, PhD
Interneuron precursor transplant mediated plasticity in the auditory cortex
SOM: Otolaryngology
Michael Lipnick, MD
Novel methods for accurately measuring blood oxygen saturation in patients with severe anemia
SOM: Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Nico Dario Papinutto, PhD
Multicenter optimization of Magnetic Resonance Imaging protocols for Spinal Cord Gray Matter and Total Cord Area segmentation
SOM: Neurology
Ilwoo Park, PhD
Non-Invasive Assessment of Treatment Response to Novel Therapies for Pediatric Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma Using Hyperpolarized 13C Pyruvate MRI
SOM: Radiology
Julie Beth Sneddon, PhD
Elucidation of novel niche cell populations in the developing pancreas
SOM: Anatomy
Shared Instrument Awards
Eric Chow, PhD
NanoString Sprint for direct RNA, DNA, and protein quantification
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics
Khalida Sabeur, PhD
Cryopreservation and Resuscitation Core Facility: Storage expansion
SOM: Medicine
Team Science Grant
Spencer Behr, MD
Imaging tumor burden and response to treatment in high-grade gliomas with 68Ga-citrate PET/MR
SOM: Radiology
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Evaluation
Informing Tobacco Product Regulation
Ting Ting Yao, PhD
Own-price and Cross-price Elasticity of Demand for Tobacco Products in the U.S.
SON: Institute for Health & Aging