Basic Science Award Program in HIV/AIDS

• Pheroze Joshi, PhD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Hyperthermia and HSP90AB1 Facilitate HIV Infection
• Lianxing Liu, PhD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Identification of anti-HIV factor(s) from CD8+ cell antiviral factor gene candidates
• Gregory Camus, PhD.
  Study of Tat Lysine 41 Posttranslational Modification in HIV Transcription

CC-AMC Pilot Awards in HIV-Associated Malignancies

• Joel Palefsky, MD.
  SOM:Medicine
  The role of HIV-associated epithelial tight junction disruption in potentiating HPV 16 infection

CC-CFAR Pilot Awards in HIV-Associated Malignancies

• Shivani Tripathi, MD.
  SOM:Dermatology
  Immunosenescence Profiles of Patients with Cutaneous Squamous Cell Carcinoma and well-controlled HIV

Digital Health Research

• Kelly McDermott, PhD.
  SOM:Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
  Improving physical activity adherence with mobile and social media
• Soraya Rofagha, MD, MPH.
  SOM:Ophthalmology
  Reliability, Validity and Cost-Effectiveness of an iPhone-based Camera (iPhone Cellscope) for the Screening of Diabetic Retinopathy at San Francisco General Hospital
• Judith Moskowitz, PhD,MCR/MPH/MS.
  SOM:Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
  A smartphone-based intervention for real-life positive emotion skills practice to ameliorate or prevent clinical depression
• Joshua Woolley, MD,PhD.
  SOM:Psychiatry
  Improving Social Cognition in Patients with Severe Mental Illness: Neuroplasticity-Based Cognitive Training on a Mobile Device
• Chanda Ho, MD.
  SOM:Medicine
  A New "Weigh" to Manage Ascites: Development and Testing of a Weight Monitoring System for Patients with Decompensated Cirrhosis

Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

• Carina Marquez, MD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Mycobacterium Tuberculosis Acquisition in Early Childhood in Uganda: Influence of HIV- Exposure
• Leslie Cockerham, MD.
  SOM:Medicine
  ACE inhibitors to Decrease Lymphoid Fibrosis and the Size of the Latent Reservoir in Antiretroviral-Treated, HIV-infected Patients: A Pilot Study
• Meredith Greene, MD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Geriatric Syndromes in Older HIV-Infected Adults

Multicenter Start-Up Planning Awards

• Diana Foster, PhD.
  SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci
  Multisite Pilot Study of Women Denied Legal Abortions

Multidisciplinary Research Project Planning Awards

• Lydia Zablotska, MD,PhD.
  SOM:Epidemiology & Biostatistics
  Meeting of international collaborators to extend studies of radiation-related hematological malignancies among cleanup workers of the Chornobyl nuclear accident.
• Hanmin Lee, MD.
  SOM:Surgery
  Educational Planning Grant for a UCSF Biodevice Innovation Program

New Direction

• Farid Chehab, PhD.
  SOM:Laboratory Medicine
  Role of C7orf8 in skin
• Jay Stewart, MD.
  SOM:Ophthalmology
  A Novel Photodynamic Therapy for the Treatment of Infectious Keratitis
• Marta Margeta, MD,PhD.
  SOM:Pathology
  Disregulation of redox signaling in the skeletal muscle with impaired autophagy

Novel Clinical/Translational Methods

• Peder Larson, PhD.
  SOM:Radiology
  Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Myelin Membranes
• Alberuni Zamah, MD,PhD.
  SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci
  Use of Immuno-PCR Assay as an Ultrasensitive, Quantitative Protein Detection Method
• John Stein, MD.
  SOM:Emergency Medicine
  Enhancing Patient Recruitment in Clinical Trials Using Automated Screening Tool
• Nathan Teismann, MD.
  SOM:Emergency Medicine
  Digital Ocular Fundus Imaging in the Emergency Department

Pilot Award Program in HIV/AIDS

• Roland Krug, PhD.
  SOM:Radiology
  In vivo Assessment of Bone Quality in HIV infected Patients to better predict Fracture
• De'Broski Herbert, PhD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Helminth infection modulates SIV pathogenesis

Pilot for Established Investigators

• David Sretavan, MD,PhD.
  SOM:Ophthalmology
  Retinal Ganglion Cell Axon Pathophysiology In Glaucoma
• Philip Rosenthal, MD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Etiology of non-malarial febrile illnesses in Ugandan children
• Srikantan Nagarajan, PhD.
  SOM:Radiology
  Multimodal imaging of brain networks subserving visuomotor transformations
• Mignon Loh, MD.
  SOM:Pediatrics
  Translating genomic discoveries of Ph-like ALL into improved therapies
• Susanne Mueller, MD.
  SOM:Radiology
  Improved non-invasive Focus Localization in Partial Epilepsy with DSASL MRI
• James Cleaver, PhD.
  SOM:Dermatology
  Development of induced pluripotent stem cells from DNA repair deficient fibroblasts for investigation of neural differentiation.
• Scott Kogan, MD.
  SOM:Laboratory Medicine
  Kinetic Parameters of Acute Leukemia to Pilot Mathematical Modeling of Optimum Therapy
• Karen Seal, MD,MCR/MPH/MS.
  SOM:Psychiatry
  Motivational Interviewing to Improve Safety in Opioid Prescribing for Chronic Pain Patients in Primary Care: A Pilot Study

Pilot for Junior Investigators

• Rachel Kuperman, MD.
  Pilot Cross Sectional Trial to Determine Utility of Oculometrics as a Seizure Detector
• Katrina Kimport, PhD.
  SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci
  Ultrasound Viewing in Abortion Care: Understanding Who Views and the Effect of Viewing on Abortion Decision-Making
• Danica Fujimori, PhD.
  SOM:Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology
  Catalysis and Inhibition of Histone Demethylases
• Bruce Gaynor, MD.
  SOM:Ophthalmology
  Anthropometry and malaria in mass antibiotic treatment trails for trachoma
• Joyce Lee, MD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Usual interstitial pneumonia pattern: comparison of rheumatoid arthritis and idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis
• Christine Dehlendorf, MD,MCR/MPH/MS.
  SOM:Family & Community Medicine
  Pilot Test of a Contraceptive Decision Support Tool
• Erik Johnson, MD,PhD.
  SOM:Neurology
  A Chemical Approach to the Characterization of Beta-Amyloid Oligomers
• Stacey Kenfield, ScD.
  SOM:Urology
  Modifiable lifestyle factors and quality of life in prostate cancer patients
• Edward Hsiao, MD,PhD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Dissecting BMP regulation of tissue specification using single cell analysis
• Heather Huddleston, MD.
  SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci
  Insulin resistance in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome: Does reproductive aging exacerbate or improve metabolic function? A follow-up study of a PCOS cohort compared to matched community controls
• Sarah Roberts, DrPH.
  SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci
  Prenatal substance use protocols and racial disparities in CPS reporting
• Peter Wais, PhD.
  SOM:Neurology
  Examining Discrimination and Generalization in Recognition Memory: Neural Substrates, and Changes Associated with Normal and Pathological Aging
• Liusheng Huang, PhD.
  SOP:Clinical Pharmacy
  Profiling of isonazid metabolites in plasma from isoniazid treated patients and analytical method development
• Nam Tran, MD,PhD.
  SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci
  Identification, characterization, and propagation of human spermatogonial stem cells. A foundation for the development of a novel and effective in vitro Model
• Elena Portacolone, PhD, MBA MPH.
  SON:Institute for Health & Aging
  Living Alone with Alzheimer's Disease: Barriers to and Outcomes of Receiving a Diagnosis
• Jennifer Lai, MD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Frailty Assessment in Liver Transplant Candidates
• Jessica Ross, MD, MS.
  SOM:Psychiatry
  Genetic Association Study of Reduced Hippocampal Size as a Candidate Endophenotype in PTSD
• Sarah Knox, PhD.
  SOD:Cell & Tissue Biology
  Parasympathetic innervation and the role of neuropeptide-Y in lacrimal gland development
• Virginia Sturm, PhD.
  SOM:Neurology
  Affective neuropsychiatric symptoms in mild cognitive impairment and Alzheimer?s disease

Pilot in Integrative Medicine

• Alison Huang, MD, MAS.
  SOM:Medicine
  A Yoga Therapy Program for Urinary Incontinence in Middle-Aged and Older Women
• Frederick Hecht, MD.
  SOM:Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
  Effects of Exercise on Aging Among Older Persons with HIV -- Pilot Study

Professional Development Leave

• Stefan Habelitz, PhD.
  SOD:Preventive & Restorative Dental Sci
  Directing cells to facilitate synthesis and regeneration of dental tissues

Shared Instrument

• Carina Aparici-Mari, MD.
  SOM:Radiology
  Cryostat for small animal imaging investigation with a focus on the stomach and heart

Translational Technology Development

• Daniel Cooke (former Halbach Van), MD.
  SOM:Radiology
  Endovascular biopsy: Evaluation of technical feasibility of novel endothelial cell harvesting devices within a rabbit cerebral aneurysm model.

UCSF-King's Health Partners Faculty Fellowship Travel Grant

• Maria Ekstrand, PhD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Developing a palliative medicine research program in India through UCSF-KCL collaboration
• Laura Bull, PhD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Enhancement of our studies performed in collaboration with faculty of the Institute for Liver Studies at King's College London
• Karin Gaensler, MD.
  SOM:Medicine
  Developing Novel Immunotherapeutic Approaches for the Treatment of AML

Under-represented Faculty

• Mustafa Bseikri, MD.
  SOM:Pediatrics
  A family-based intervention to study effects on asthma control in obese adolescents consuming a nutrient-dense supplement bar that improves insulin sensitivity, anti-oxidant defense, dyslipidemia, and vitamin/mineral intake
• Michelle Khan, MD,MCR/MPH/MS.
  SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci
  Focal treatment of high-grade cervical intraepithelial neoplasia
• Diana Naranjo, PhD.
  SOM:Pediatrics
  Diverse patients with diabetes: Transitions from pediatric to adult care with Latino and African American patients
• Monica McLemore, PhD,MCR/MPH/MS,RN.
  SON:Family Health Care Nursing
  Discovering the continuum between conscientious objection and designated staff in the care of women needing abortions
• Oanh Meyer, PhD.
  SOM:Psychiatry
  Examining the Attitudes and Experiences of Vietnamese Caregivers of Individuals with Dementia or Mild Cognitive Impairment