Academic Senate Awardees
CC-AMC Pilot Awards in HIV-Associated Malignancies
Joel Palefsky, MD
High-throughput screening for novel human papillomavirus inhibitors
SOM: Medicine
New Direction Awards
Rahul Deo, MD, PhD
Variable expressivity in the inherited and acquired cardiomyopathies: Defining a role for cardiac autoimmunity
SOM: Medicine
Pilot for Established Investigators
Michael Steinman, MD
A nurse-led intervention to improve medication management in older adults
SOM: Medicine
Xialliang Zhang, PhD
Flexible and subject-conforming multichannel RF arrays for fast fetal MR imaging at 3T
SOM: Radiology
Pilot for Junior Investigators
John Chorba, MD
Discovery of small molecule inhibitors of PCSK9
SOM: Medicine (Division of Cardiology, SFGH)
Thomas Hope, MD
NaF and Diffusion PET/MRI for the characterization of osseous metastatic disease in prostate cancer patients being treated with Ra-223
SOM: Radiology
Shared Instrument Awards
Jody Baron, MD, PhD
Acquisition of a new quantitative Real Time PCR machine
SOM: Medicine
Stefan Habelitz, PHD
Acquisition of atomic force microscope Bruker AFM MM8
SOD: Preventive & Restorative Dental Science
Kurt Thorn, PhD
A light sheet “Ultramicroscope” for the Nikon Imaging Center
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics
Team Science Grant
Michael Ward, MD, PhD
Reducing retinal lipofuscinosis and inflammation via progranulin-derived biologics
SOM: Neurology
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards
Jennifer Lucero, MD
Pilot Study: RCT intravenous nitroglycerin for the prevention of uterine hysterotomy during cesarean delivery in the second stage of labor
SOM: Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Gideon St. Helen, PhD
Sex and race differences in volatile organic compound (VOC) exposure among adult U.S. smokers
SOM: Medicine
Cancer Center-Cancer Center Support Grant (CC-CCSG)
Pilot for Established Investigators
Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD
Development of a mouse model of human hepatocarcinogenesis
SOM: Surgery
Pilot for Junior Investigators
Anders Persson, PhD
Subpial zone astrocytes as the origin for cortical astrocytomas
SOM: Neurology
Cancer Center Mt. Zion Health Fund (MZHF)
Independence Support Award
Eleni Linos, MD, MPH, DrPH
Involving older adults in decision making for skin cancer
SOM: Dermatology
Pilot for Established Investigators
Mary-Margaret Chren, MD
Quality of ambulatory healthcare for cancer at a fee-for-service practice and a Veterans Affairs Clinic: The Example of Skin Cancer
SOM: Dermatology
Pilot for Junior Investigators
Hani Sbitany, MD
Breast Capsular Contracture Following Postmastectomy Reconstruction in Women Treated with the Leukotriene Inhibitor Zafirlukast
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
Cancer Malignancies
CC-AMC Pilot Awards in HIV-Associated (CC-CCSG)
Joel Palefsky, MD
High-throughput screening for novel human papillomavirus inhibitors
SOM: Medicine
Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education
Informing Tobacco Product Regulation
Jing Cheng, MD, PhD
Improved methods to understand the impact of tobacco use on the distribution of healthcare expenditures
SOD: Preventive & Restorative Dental Science
Mark Rubinstein, MD
Adolescent ENDS use, nicotine metabolism and toxicant exposure
SOM: Pediatrics
Clinical & Translational Science Institute-Strategic Opportunities Support Center (CTSI-SOS)
Digital Health Research
Courtney Lyles, PhD
Design and Validation of Tablet-Based Data Collection for Vulnerable Patients
SOM: Medicine
Ashley Mason, PhD
Reducing problematic food craving experiences: A pilot feasibility test of Eat Right Now, a smartphone-based intervention to reduce food craving indulgence among overweight people who report problematic food cravings
SOM: Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
New Child Leave Award
Chelsea Bahney, PhD
Bioactive cartilage matrix based scaffold engineered to promote vascularized bone regeneration
SOM: Orthopedic Surgery
Erica Lawson, MD
Toward the improvement of mental health care in childhood-onset Lupus: long-term depression risk and outcomes
SOM: Pediatrics
Pilot for Junior Investigators
Catherine Bliss, PhD
Translational implications of social genomics
SON: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Maureen Kohi, MD
A pilot trial of arterial embolization following cesarean hysterectomy for women with placenta accrete
SOM: Radiology
Yan Li, PhD
In vivo voxel-based MR Metabolomics of the brain
SOM: Radiology
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD
Late-migrating interneurons in the postnatal brain
SOM: Neurology
Jimmie Ye, PhD
Transcriptomic profiling of bulk and single cells in autoimmunity
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Team Science Grant
Dejana Braithwaite, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD
Low dose computed tomography lung cancer screening in the San Francisco Bay Area: development of a population-based registry
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
David Wilson, MD, PhD
Metabolic imaging of bacterial infection using positron emission tomography
SOM: Radiology
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards
Cristina Lanata, MD
DNA methylation differences between Hispanics and Caucasian patients with SLE
SOM: Medicine
National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health (NCOEWH)
Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Kartika Palar, PhD
Investigating the impact of food insecurity on HIV and Diabetes co-management
SOM: Medicine
Multi-Disciplinary Planning Grant
Pamela Munster, MD
Planning a P01 application to fund a Comprehensive Center for BRCA Research and Clinical Care
SOM: Medicine
New Child Leave Award
Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MCR, MPH, MS
Improving Contraceptive Decision Making: Research to Increase Understanding of the Role of Contraceptive Counseling and of Social Networks in Women’s Family Planning Choices
SOM: Family & Community Medicine
Pilot for Junior Investigators
Alison El Ayadi, ScD
Evaluating Shock Index Trajectories for Improving Management of Obstetric Hemorrhage
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Lauren Ralph, PhD
Assessing the impact of a parental notification law on minors' experience with abortion in Illinois
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Hani Sbitany, MD
Breast capsular contracture following postmastectomy reconstruction in women treated with the Leukotriene Inhibitor Zafirlukast
SOM: Surgery
Team Science Grant
Carol Dawson Rose, RN, PhD
The Impact of trauma on primary care for women living with HIV
SON: Community Health Systems
Yvonne Wu, MD, MCR, MPH, MS
Maternal Antecedents of Encephalopathy in Singleton Term Infants (MAESTRA)
SOM: Neurology
Oscher Center
Pilot in Integrative Medicine
Helen Weng, PhD
Identifying neural patterns of body awareness with the Brain Body Awareness Metric: A novel brain-based method of measuring mindfulness of body sensations
SOM: Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee (REAC)
Independence Support Award
Jennifer Kerns, MD
Pilot testing of the OPT (Options for Pregnancy Termination) Decision Aid
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Pilot for Established Investigators
Linda Chao, PhD
Using multimodal imaging to examine the neural mechanisms of an integrative exercise program for individuals with dementia
SOM: Radiology
Benjamin Franc, MD
PET Radiopharmaceuticals for Tumor Necrosis Factor alpha (TNF-a) Imaging of Rheumatoid Arthritis
SOM: Radiology
Pilot for Junior Investigators
Benjamin Bryer, MD
Effect of vibration and oscillation experienced while cycling on the male perineum: implications for erectile dysfunction and perineal numbness
SOM: Urology
Aaron Fields, PhD
Cartilage endplate composition and disc degeneration: investigating nutrient diffusion and disc cell viability
SOM: Orthopaedic Surgery
Aoife O’Donovan, PhD
A pilot randomized controlled trial to examine the efficacy of attention bias modification training as an adjunct treatment for symptoms of posttraumatic stress disorder
SOM: Psychiatry
Insoo Suh, MD
18F-choline PET-MRI for parathyroid localization in patients with primary hyperparathyroidism
SOM: Surgery
Nam Tran, MD, PhD
The regulatory role of human testicular niche on spermatogonial stem cell fate
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Arun Wiita, MD, PhD
Single-cell transcriptomics to identify expression-level intratumor heterogeneity and extend prognostic biomarkers in multiple myeloma
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
Shared Instrument Awards
Allan Balmain, PhD
Bringing state-of-the-art digital PCR to the HDFC-Cancer Center Genome Core for increased precision and accuracy for low frequency variant detection
Other: Medicine
Anil Bhushan, MD
High throughput targeted resequencing
SOM: Medicine
Teri Liegler, PhD
Funding for a coulter AcT diff hematology analyzer
SOM: Medicine
Henry VanBrocklin, PhD
Gamma counter for molecular imaging basic and translational research
SOM: Radiology
William Weiss, MD, PhD
Use of advanced stereotactic setup for brain cancer initiation studies
SOM: Neurology
Team Science Grant
Eric Collisson, MD
Low dose computed tomography lung cancer screening in the San Francisco Bay Area: development of a population-based registry
SOM: Medicine
UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
CAPS-HIV Innovative Grants
Jae Sevelius, PhD
“We Are All Women”: Exploring the inclusion of transgender women living with HIV in care and support services for non-transgender women
SOM: Medicine
Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Kartika Palar, PhD
Investigating the Impact of Food Insecurity on HIV and Diabetes Co-management
SOM: Medicine
UCSF – Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Basic Science Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Anand Pai, PhD
Quantifying the role of stochastic gene expression in HIV-1 latency establishment and reactivation
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics
Jason Wojcechowskyj, PhD
Genetic interaction analysis of HIV-1 Rev host regulatory networks
Affiliates: (The J. David Gladstone Institutes)
International Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV-AIDS
Thomas Odeny, MBChB, MPH
ComHealth: Cost-effective mHealth strategy to improve long-term retention in HIV care for mother-baby pairs
Kenya Medical Research Institute; Research Care and Training Program
Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Joanna Hellmuth, MD
Influence of antiretroviral treatment in acute HIV on viral reservoir rormation in the CNS
SOM: Neurology
Grace Turyasingura, BSc
Global gene array, secretome analyses, and HIV infection analyses of foreskin epithelial cells upon exposure to cervicovaginal fluid from healthy vs. women with bacterial vaginosis!
Infectious Diseases Institute, Kampala, Uganda
Pilot Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Mohamed Abdel-Mohsen, PhD
Reactivation of latent HIV using recombinant Galectin-9 affiliates
SOM: Medicine
Sulggi Lee, MD, PhD
Immunologic and virologic response to a single dose of kansui herbal supplement in HIV-infected individuals maintaining antiretroviral therapy (ART)-mediated viral suppression
SOM: Medicine
Mike Reid, MD
Evaluating the effect of metformin on immune recovery in HIV patients with diabetes
SOM: Medicine
Pilot for Established Investigators
Judith Hahn, PhD
Proof of concept of a self-administered digital health screener (SASH) to increase reporting of unhealthy alcohol use by persons with HIV in care in Uganda
SOM: Medicine