Academic Senate Awardees (AS)

Family Support Award

Catherine Chen, MD
Use of Monitored Anesthesia Care in Cataract Surgery
SOM: Anesthesia & Perioperative Care

Anoop Sheshadri, MD
Identifying Goals for and Barriers to Prehabilitation in Older Adults with End-Stage Renal Disease Awaiting Kidney Transplantation
SOM: Medicine

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Amy Gelfand, MD
High School Start Time, Adolescent Sleep Patterns, and Migraine
SOM: Neurology

Andrea Hasenstaub, PhD
Cortical mechanisms underlying hearing function in asymmetric hearing loss
SOM: Otolaryngology

Janel Long-Boyle, PharmD, PhD
Development of a physiologically based pharmacokinetic (PBPK) model of busulfan-induced neutropenia to support early drug development programs for novel anti-neoplastic therapeutics in the pediatric domain.
SOP: Clinical Pharmacy

Todd Nystul, PhD
The role of intracellular pH in the regulation of cell fate in the mammalian intestinal stem cell lineage
SOM: Anatomy

Jorge Oksenberg, PhD
Functional characterization of the HLA association with Parkinson’s disease
SOM: Neurology

Anne Slavotinek, MD, PhD
High School Start Time, Adolescent Sleep Patterns, and Migraine
SOM: Pediatrics

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Hilde Schjerven, PhD
Role of alternative splicing of Ikaros in hematopoietic development and disease
SOM: Laboratory Medicine

Shared Technology Awards

Geoffrey Boushey, MS
Cloud Computing for Data Science Education
SOM: Library

Team Science Grant

Yoshimi Fukuoka, RN, PhD, FAAN
Building a chatbot to deliver personalized physical activity interventions to reduce metabolic syndrome
SON: Physiological Nursing

Weill Pilot Award for Junior Investigators in the Neurosciences

Doris Wang, MD, PhD
Decoding the neural signatures of gait in Parkinson's disease
SOM: Neurological Surgery

Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC)

Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC) Developmental Projects 

Carlo Condello, PhD
Beyond a biomarker: elucidating neuroprotective roles for soluble TREM2 in Alzheimer’s disease
SOM: Neurology

UCSF AIDS Research Institute (ARI) & Gilead Sciences Inc.

Gilead HIV Cure Mentored Scientist Award

Amelia Deitchman, PharmD, PhD
Defining Sirolimus Dosing Targets for HIV Cure
SOP: Clinical Pharmacy

Konstantinos Georgiou, PhD
Deciphering the regulation of CD8+ T cell hyporesponsiveness in HIV infection by interrogating chromatin accessibility at the single-cell level
SOM: Laboratory Medicine

Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Deborah Dean, MD, MPH
Prevalence, incidence and risk factors for genital and rectal C. trachomatis and N. gonorrhoeae infections and antibiotic resistance in Fiji
SOM: Pediatrics

Cancer Center - Cancer Center Support Grant (CC-CCSG)

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Benjamin Braun, MD, PhD
Systematic Discovery of Apoptosis Pathways in Leukemia
SOM: Pediatrics

Cancer Center - Radiology and Biological Imaging (CC-RBI)

Pilot Award in Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy

Charalambos Andreadis, MD, MSCE
Hypoxia-specific imaging to predict outcomes of chimeric antigen receptor T-cell therapy
SOM: Medicine

Robert Bok, MD, PhD
Exosome Enhanced Immunotherapy & Imaging of Prostate Cancer Response with Hyperpolarized 13C-MRI
SOM: Radiology

Robert Flavell, MD, PhD
Clinical translation of a theranostic immunoPET agent targeting CD46 in men with castration resistant prostate cancer
SOM: Radiology

UCSF - Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)

International Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Paradise Madlala, PhD
Effect of human immunodeficiency virus type 1 (HIV-1) subtype C transactivator of transcription (Tat) P21A variant on nuclear levels of active positive transcription elongation factor b (P-TEFb) and viral latency
SOM: Global Health

Agnes Ssali, PhD
Investigating into the social, health and economic vulnerabilities and resilience of children of women at high risk of HIV in Kampala
SOM: Global Health

Claude Tayou, MD, MS, MSc
Evaluation of an African specific Donor Health Questionnaire for HIV screening in Cameroonian blood services
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Pooja Bhardwaj, PhD
Surface engineering of exosomes to specifically bind and kill HIV-infected cells
SOM: Laboratory Medicine

Amy Conroy, PhD
Linkages between gender-based violence and engagement in HIV care in a prospective cohort of U.S. women living with HIV
SOM: Medicine

Joanna Hellmuth, MD, MHS
Assessing CSF HIV antibodies and CNS HIV viral reservoirs in HIV-Associated Neurocognitive Disorder (HAND)
SOM: Neurology

Kelly Taylor, PhD, MS
Racial/Ethnic Disparities for HIV-related Risks and Health Outcomes among Black Trans Women in the African Diaspora
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM)

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Jeannie Bailey, PhD 
The mechanistic pathophysiology associated with paraspinal muscular degeneration and chronic low back pain
SOM: Orthopaedic Surgery

Research Resource Program (CORE-RRP)

Institutional Matching Instrumentation Award

Tamara Alliston, PhD
MicroComputed Tomography in the UCSF Skeletal Biology & Biomechanics Core
SOM: Orthopaedic Surgery

DeLaine Larsen, PhD
Large Field of View Spinning Disk Confocal and C2 Laser-Scanning Confocal Microscope
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics

Kyle Marchuk, PhD
Wide-field super-resolution spinning disk confocal microscope
SOM: Pathology

Emanuela Zacco, PhD
GeoMxTM Digital Spatial Profiling for tissue samples in the Helen Diller Research Building
SOM:HDFCCC

Mount Zion Health Fund (MZHF)

Global Cancer Pilot Award

Megan Swanson, MD, MPH
Bundling postpartum cervical cancer screening with early childhood vaccinations in Kampala, Uganda
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Megumi Okumura, MD
Resilience in Action: Building Resilience and Appropriate Independence in Young Adults with Autism
SOM: Pediatrics

Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research

Paola Betancur, PhD
Pro-inflammatory TNFa Controls Immune Evasion and Invasiveness Programs Through Super- enhancers in Hormone Receptor-positive Breast Cancer
SOM: Radiation Oncology

National Center of Excellence in Women's Health (NCOEWH)

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Diana Foster, PhD
Contraceptive Feature Preferences Among Women from Different Asian Ethnic Subgroups
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Diane Tober, PhD
Oocyte Retrieval for Donation or Preservation:  Exploring Impacts on Physical and Emotional Health
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

UCSF Pancreas Center

Pilot Award for Pancreas Center

Zhen Wang, MD
Hyperpolarized 13C Pyruvate MRI for Early Response Assessment in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
SOM: Radiology

Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee SOM (REAC)

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Nadia Diamond-Smith, MS, PhD
Development of a mobile interactive education and support group intervention to improve postpartum health in India
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Neil Shah, MD, PhD
Biology and therapeutic vulnerabilities of mutant IDH1 in acute myeloid leukemia
SOM: Medicine

Matthew Springer, PhD
Potential Therapeutic Target to Limit Anthracycline-Induced Cardiotoxicity
SOM: Medicine

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Amy Beck, MD, MPH
Randomized controlled trial of an m-health intervention to reduce sweet beverage consumption among low-income Latino children
SOM: Pediatrics

Stephanie Gaw, MD, PhD
Investigating interactions between pesticide exposures and susceptibility to Zika virus infection in the human placenta
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Cathra Halabi, MD
TBI BRIDGE Dashboard for the UCSF Neurorecovery Clinic
SOM: Neurology

Isabel Rodriguez Barraquer, MD, PhD
Estimating the burden of arboviruses in Uganda using age-stratified serological data
SOM: Medicine

Jacqueline Torres, PhD
Patient, provider, and system-level perspectives on strategies to reduce fear and improve patient trust in emergency department settings in a time of heightened immigration
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

An Vu, PhD
Evaluation of spin-echo based gSLIDER for sub-millimeter, mesoscale fMRI at 3T
SOM:Radiology

Shared Technology Awards

Jeffrey Milush, PhD
Nexcelom Cellometer K2 Fluorescent Viability Cell Counter
SOM: Medicine

Susan Fisher, PhD
Automated Detection Mode and Image Capture Software for Laser Microdissection: Enhancing the Capabilities of The Sandler-Moore Mass Spectrometry Core Facility
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

David Wilson, MD, PhD
Dedicated cyclotron production module for 11C building blocks.
SOM: Radiology

Team Science Grant

Priscilla Hsue, MD
Role of Cardiac Fibrosis in Methamphetamine-Associated Heart Failure
SOM: Medicine

Anatoly Urisman, MD, PhD
Teaming up on diabetes: Multiplexed proteomic monitoring of insulin secretion to identify novel diabetes drug targets
SOM: Pathology

Owen Wolkowitz, MD
Depressogenic bacteria alter tryptophan metabolism in Major Depressive Disorder
SOM: Psychiatry

Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education

Informing Tobacco Product Regulation

Leila Mohammadi, MD, PhD
Relative Endothelial Toxicity of Tobacco Smoke and E-Cigarette Aerosol: A Functional and Mechanistic Assessment.
SOM: Medicine

UCSF Weill Institute for Neurosciences

Weill Pilot Award for Junior Investigators in the Neurosciences

Odmara Barreto Chang, MD, PhD
Perioperative Anesthesia Neurocognitive Disorder Assessment (PANDA) Study
SOM: Anesthesia & Perioperative Care

Caroline Guglielmetti, PhD
Deciphering the function of astrocytes in multiple sclerosis using PET and MR imaging
SOM: Physical Therapy & Rehab Science

Jonathan Kleen, MD, PhD
Novel cinematic technology to localize intracranial seizure activity in medically-refractory epilepsy
SOM: Neurology

Yue Leng, PhD
Longitudinal association of circadian rhythms and risk of Parkinson’s disease in older men and women
SOM: Psychiatry

Qili Liu, PhD
A circulating messenger signals protein Hunger in Drosophila
SOM: Anatomy

Alexandra Nelson, MD, PhD
Circuit Mechanisms of Tardive Dyskinesia
SOM: Neurology

Kira Poskanzer, PhD
The Stars at Night: Controlling Astrocytes to Improve Sleep
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics

Prashanth Ramachandrani, MBBS
Tackling Tuberculous Meningitis on the Ground: Bringing Advanced Diagnostics to Uganda
SOM: Neurology

Guangsen Shi, PhD
Investigate the crosstalk between two short sleep genes ADRB1 and NPSR1
SOM: Neurology

Shuyu Wang, MD, PhD
Deconstructing cellular and molecular heterogeneity underlying social attachment behaviors
SOM: Psychiatry