Academic Senate Awardees (AS)
Family Support Award
Kirsten Kangelaris, MD, MCR, MPH, MS
Testing the Association Between Olfactomedin 4 and Lipocalin 2 and Respiratory Failure and Shock Among Adults with Sepsis
SOM: Medicine
Pilot Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Christopher Stauffer, MD
The Effects of Intranasal Oxytocin on Mixed HIV Sero-Status, Methamphetamine-Using Men Who Have Sex with Men
SOM: Psychiatry
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Kim Baltzell, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD, RN, FAAN
Provider Practices in Non-Malarial Fevers: A Pilot Study in Malawi
SON: Family Health Care Nursing
Sara Newmann, MD, MPH
Investigating a Masculinities-based Approach to Increase Male Acceptance of Family Planning in Kenya
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Huimin Geng, PhD
Genetic and Epigenetic Biomarkers and Pathways in CNS Lymphoma Invasion
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
Eleni Linos, MD, MCR, MPH, MS
Online Advertising for Melanoma Prevention
SOM: Dermatology
Monika Sarkar, MD, MCR
Androgens and Nonalcoholic Steatohepatitis: The Role of “Male” Sex Hormones in Women with NASH
SOM: Medicine
Team Science Grant
Anne Slavotinek, PhD, MBBS
Genomic Variation in Structural Eye Defects
SOM: Pediatrics
Academic Senate Awardees (AS) and Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee (REAC)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Steven Cheung, MD
Motor Planning and Control in Unilateral Vocal Fold Paralysis
SOM: Otolaryngology
Cancer Center – CCSG
Re-entry
Li Zhang, PhD
Identification of the SNPs and Their Interaction with Environmental Factors in Esophageal Cancer in Tanzania
SOM: Medicine
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Erin Van Blarigan, ScD
Dietary Supplement Use After Diagnosis and Risk of Prostate Cancer Progression
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Cancer Center – MZHF
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Pamela Munster, MD
Preventing Breast Cancer by Delivering Hormone Therapy Locally Using a Silastic Implant
SOM: Medicine
Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Basic Science Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Koh Fujinaga, PhD
Transcriptome Analysis of HIV Latently Infected Cells
SOM: Medicine
Judd Hultquist, PhD
The Role of LEDGF in Establishing HIV Latency in Primary CD4+ T Cells
Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Emily Dauria, PhD, MPH
PrEP Awareness and Acceptability Among Women Involved in the Criminal Justice System
SOM: Psychiatry
Pamela Odorizzi, PhD
Investigating the Impact of In Utero HIV or Malaria Exposure on CD4+ T Cell Development
Thomas Packard, PhD
Does Non-Pyroptotic IFI16 Signaling Promote HIV Pathogenesis by Recruiting New Target Cells to Die?
Rachel Rutishauser, MD, PhD
Assessing HIV-Specific CD8+ T Cell Exhaustion During Antiretroviral Therapy
SOM: Medicine
Priya Shete, MD
Targeted Behavioral Incentives for Improving Tuberculosis (TB) Diagnostic Evaluation Outcomes
SOM: Medicine
Pilot Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Chia-ching Wang, MD
Addressing Sexual Dysfunction in Anal Cancer Survivorship for HIV-Infected Men Who Have
Sex with Men
SOM: Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Clinical Translational Science Institute – CTSI Pilot Awards
Digital Mental Health Award Track
Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD
Text Messaging to Enhance Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Engagement Among Juvenile Justice Youth
SOM: Psychiatry
Family Support Award
Riley Bove, MD
Harnessing the Power of Telemedicine to Improve Patient Outcomes in Multiple Sclerosis
SOM: Neurology
Annesa Flentje, PhD
Gene Expression Outcomes Among Sexual Minority Men
SON: Community Health Systems
Aras Mattis, MD, PhD
Modeling Fatty Liver Disease Using Human iPS-Derived Hepatocytes
SOM: Pathology
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Matthew Amans, MD, MSc
Venous Pulsatile Tinnitus Benchtop Model and Flow Disruption Device Development
SOM: Radiology
James Bayrer, MD, PhD
Creating a Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Intestinal Organoid Biorepository for Personalized Therapeutic Discovery
SOM: Pediatrics
Michele Pelter, PhD, RN
Cardiac Response to Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
SON: Physiological Nursing
Daniel Vogt, PhD
The Contributions of Human NF1 Mutations to Autism
SOM: Psychiatry
Team Science Grant
Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD
Caspases and Proteasome as Opposite Neuron Fate Determinants in Alzheimer’s Disease
SOM: Neurology
Diana Laird, PhD
Molecular and Embryonic Origins of Saccrococcygeal Teratomas (SCTs)
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Under-Represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards
Diana Alba, MD
Discovering Macrophage-Encoded Markers of Diabetes Risk across Ethnicities
SOM: Medicine
Jin Kim, PhD
Understanding Factors that Influence Cigarette Smoking Among Individuals with Food Insecurity
SOM: Psychiatry
Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Sergey Magnitsky, PhD
Preclinical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy of Bacteria Infection in Spinal Disk
SOM: Radiology
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Wenhan Chang, PhD
Central Regulation of Ion Transport and Skeletal Mineralization by FGF23 and Klotho
SOM: Medicine
National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Marco Conti, MD
Compromised Translation Program in Aging Oocytes as a Cause of Infertility
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Laura Esserman, MD, MBA
A Precision Medicine Based Approach to Assist Women with Decisions about Unilateral vs. Bilateral Mastectomy
SOM: Surgery
Judith Walsh, MD, MCR, MPH, MS
Preview and the Electronic Medical Record
SOM: Medicine
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Jocelyn Chapman, MD
Early Detection of Ovarian Cancer in BRCA Mutation Carriers
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Ushma Upadhyay, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD
Using Google AdWords to Study Abortion Access: A Pilot Study
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Osher Center
Pilot in Integrative Medicine
Maria Chao, DrPH, MPA
Pilot RCT of Integrative Nutritional Counseling to Improve Diet Self-Management Among Chinese Americans with Type 2 Diabetes
SOM: Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Eve Ekman, PhD, MSW
EmoTrak, Daily Training in the Mindful Management of Emotion to Reduce Resident Burnout
SOM: Osher Center for Integrative Medicin
Burcu Hasdemir, PhD
An Integrative Approach to Women's Health - a Study of the Placenta and Umbilical Cord Blood
SOM: Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
Pre Term Birth Initiative California (PTBi – CA)
Pilot Award in Prematurity Research
Joan Casey, PhD, MA
Is Preterm Birth Associated with Air Pollution From Oil and Gas Power Plants in California? A Natural Experiment
SOM: Psychiatry
Laura Frame, PhD
Informing Model Articulation by Eliciting the Family Experience: A Pilot Study of the Special Start Neonatal Follow Up Program
Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH
Periviable GOALS: Formative Research to Create a Decision Support Tool for Periviable Decision-Making
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Jacqueline Torres, PhD
Testing Exposure to Local Immigration Enforcement as a Structural Determinant of Preterm Birth Disparities in California Counties
Two-Year Innovation Award in Prematurity Research
Christine Dehlendorf, MD, MCR, MPH, MS
Postpartum Contraceptive Decision Support Tool
SOM: Family & Community Medicine
Jeffrey Fineman, MD
OMX, A Novel Oxygen Carrying Protein, For Resuscitation in Preterm Delivery Secondary to Placental Under-Perfusion States
SOM: Pediatrics
Rebecca Jackson, MD
San Francisco Preterm Fetal Infant Mortality Review (SF PFIMR)
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Audrey Lyndon, PhD, RN
Exploring the Dual Burden of Severe Maternal Morbidity and Preterm Birth in California
SON: Family Health Care Nursing
Monica McLemore, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD, RN
Stress, Resilience and Coping in Hispanic Women in Fresno: The SOLARS Study Expansion
SON: Family Health Care Nursing
Takako Tabata, PhD
Persistent Human Cytomegalovirus Infection of the Amnion in Preterm Birth and Intrauterine Growth Restriction
SOD: Cell & Tissue Biology
Melanie Thomas, MD, MS
Using Community Health Workers for PTB Prevention
SOM: Psychiatry
Pre Term Birth Initiative California Alternative (PTBi – CA Altern)
Pilot Award in Prematurity Research
Linda Franck, PhD, RN
Clinical Accuracy of a New Method to Wirelessly Monitor Skin Temperature in Preterm Neonates Using Adhesive-Imbedded Sensors
SON: Family Health Care Nursing
Danielle Hessler, PhD
Social Determinants of Health, Adversity and Resilience (SOAR) Factors
SOM: Family & Community Medicine
Two-Year Innovation Award in Prematurity Research
Leslie Dubbin, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD, RN
Qualifying Risk: Exploring How Life Course Stress Experiences Influence the Risk of Preterm Birth Among Black Women
SON: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Marta Jankowska, PhD
Visualization of Individual and Environmental Risks and Protectors for Preterm Birth in Fresno County
SOM: Family & Community Medicine
Laura Jelliffe, PhD
Cumulative Risk for Preterm Birth by Characteristics and Biomarkers Across Pregnancies in African-American Women
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Elizabeth Rogers, MD
Race/Ethnicity and Sociodemographic Variation in Resuscitation and Outcomes of Extreme Prematurity in a Population-Based Cohort in California
SOM: Pediatrics
Martina Steurer-Muller, MD
Clinical and Metabolomic Characteristics of Pulmonary Hypertension and Respiratory Distress Syndrome in Infants Less Than 34 Weeks of Gestation and Their Predictive Effect on Chronic Lung Disease
SOM: Pediatrics
Heike Thiel de Bocanegra, PhD
Preventing Extremely Short Interpregnancy Intervals and Preterm Birth Through Post-Delivery Provision of Highly Effective Contraception
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences
Department of Psychiatry
Digital Mental Health Award Track
Sabra Inslicht, PhD
Mobile Technology-Based Examination of Biomarkers of Treatment Response in Exposure-Based Psychotherapy for PTSD
SOM: Psychiatry
Family Support Award
Erica Lawson, MD
Determinants of Long-term Disease Damage in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
SOM: Pediatrics
Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee (REAC)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Benjamin Ma, MD
The Effects of Exercise “Prehabilitation” on Cognitive and Functional Recovery After Surgery in Older Adults
SOM: Orthopaedic Surgery
Claudia Petritsch, PhD
Investigating ASPM Regulation of Asymmetric Division for Therapeutic Opportunities
SOM: Neurological Surgery
Esther Kim, MD
Point of Care Coagulation Testing in Microsurgery
SOM: Surgery
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Saidas Nair, PhD
Developing a Mouse Model of Myopia-Induced Glaucoma
SOM: Ophthalmology
Kira Poskanzer, PhD
Lighting Up Glia: Monoaminergic Activation of Cortical Astrocytes
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics
Hui-Hsin Tsai, PhD
Transcriptional Control of Spinal Cord Astrocyte Heterogeneity
SOM: Pediatrics
Liping Wang, MD, PhD
Role of Progranulin in Skeletal Homeostasis
SOM: Medicine
Shared Instrument Awards
Aparna Sundaram, MD
Proposal for a 2016 Shared Instrument Award Towards Purchase of a Radnoti 12-unit Tissue Bath System
SOM: Medicine
Duan Xu, PhD
Mock MRI Scanner
SOM: Radiology
Jimmie Ye, PhD
Single-Cell RNA-Sequencing with 10X Genomics GemCode Platform
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Team Science Grant
Peder Larson, PhD
Development of a MRI-Based Process for Radiation Therapy Treatment
SOM: Radiology
Center for Tobacco Control Research and Evaluation
Informing Tobacco Product Regulation
Noah Gubner, PhD
Evaluating the Effect of Alcohol on the Abuse Potential of Electronic Cigarettes: A Human Laboratory Study
Jeffrey Gotts, MD, PhD
Acute Pulmonary Toxicity of E-cigarettes
SOM: Medicine