Academic Senate Awardees (AS)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Josh Woolley, MD, PhD
Psilocybin's effects on cognitive flexibility, surrogate markers of neural plasticity, and systemic inflammation; an ancillary study to a randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial in patients with Major Depressive Disorder
SOM: Psychiatry
Benjamin Breyer, MD, MAS
PERSONAL: feasibility study Protocol for placEbo-contRolled, randomized n-of-1 trialS Of tamsulosiN for Lower urinary tract symptoms.
SOM: Urology
Scott Zamvil, MD, PhD
Prevotella copri, a commensal gut bacterium that may reduce susceptibility to CNS autoimmune diseases
SOM: Neurology
Jason Gestwicki, PhD
Harnessing the E3 Ubiquitin Ligase, CHIP, for Inducible Degradation
SOP: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Ulrike Muench, RN, PhD
Pain and Opioid Prescribing Patterns in Medicare beneficiaries with Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias
SON: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD, MCR, MPH, MS
The Social Determinants of Cancer and New Pathways to Prevention
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Najwa El-Nachef, MD
The Impact of Fecal Microbiota Transplant on Antibiotic Resistance Gene Prevalence in Patients with Chronic Pouchitis
SOM: Gastroenterology
*(Co-funded by: MZHF)
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Sharad Wadhwani, MD, MCR, MPH, MS
Social & Contextual Impact on children undergoing Liver Transplantation (SOCIAL-Tx)
SOM: Pediatrics
Rafael Diaz-Flores, PhD
Validating mutant p53 as a promising therapeutic target in high-risk childhood leukemia
SOM: Pediatrics
Michael Jacob, MD, PhD
Testing the assumptions of resting-state fMRI: A cardiac-EEG analysis of the fMRI environment
SOM: Psychiatry
Re-entry
Benjamin Rosner, MD, PhD
Leveraging Patient Generated Health Data to Close the Hospital Readmission Information Gap
SOM: Medicine
Shared Technology Award
Victor Cheuy, PhD, MS
Electromechanical Dynamometer for Clinical Research of Skeletal Muscle Function
SOM: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
Team Science Grant
Luca Della Santina, PhD, PharmD, MCR, MPH, MS
Eyemeter: Automatic detection of ocular and periocular diseases from clinical photos and selfies
SOM: Opthalmology
The Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC)
Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC) Developmental Projects
Kristen Berendzen, MD, PhD
Genetic models of social attachment behavior in aging and neurodegeneration
SOM: Psychiatry
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Alison El-Ayadi, ScD
Quality Improvement Process Metrics for Cesarean Section in a Lower-resource Setting: Development and Feasibility Assessment
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Cancer Center - Cancer Center Support Grant (CC-CCSG)
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Ross Okimoto, MD
Genetic and functional dissection of the ERF-CIC codeletion in human prostate cancer
SOM: Medicine
Cancer Center - Radiology and Biological Imaging (CC-RBI)
Pilot Award in Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy
Robert Flavell, MD, PhD
Treatment of Prostate Cancer using a Novel Radioligand Therapy Method
SOM: Radiology
UCSF - Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
International Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Frank Mulindwa, MD
Changes in insulin kinetics in HIV infected patients diagnosed with dolutegravir associated diabetes in Uganda
SOM: Medicine
Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Emma Bainbridge, MD, MPH
Urogenital and rectal Mycoplasma genitalium in men who have sex with men and transgender women at high risk for STIs: a pilot study of prevalence and antibiotic resistance
SOM: Medicine
Amelia Deitchman, PhD, PharmD
Targeting Viral Reservoirs through PET-Informed Dosing of Curative Agents
SOP: Clinical Pharmacy
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical & Translational Research Awards
Orlando Harris, RN, PhD, FNP, MPH
“Our Lives Matter”: Exploring the Impact of COVID-19 on Black/African American and Latino Sexual Minority Men Access to HIV Prevention and Treatment Services, Resource Security, and Vaccination Acceptance and Uptake
SON: Community Health Systems
Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM)
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Valentina Pedoia, PhD
Multi-Task Deep Learning to Develop Automatic Scapular Shape Extraction from Clinical MRI
SOM: Radiology
Research Resource Program (CORE-RRP)
Institutional Matching Instrumentation Award
Renuka Sriram, PhD
High Field MRI for Optimized Translational 1H Multiparametric and Multinuclear Imaging Research
SOM: Radiology
Vinh Nguyen, B.S.
Spectral Flow Cytometer Cell Sorter
VCR: Co-Labs Administration
UCSF School Dentistry Research
Team Science Grant
Sunil Kapila, DDS, PhD, MS
Local Sustained Delivery of Osteoprotegerin via Hydroxyapatite Microparticles to Enhance Post-Orthodontic Tooth Stability
SOD: Orofacial Sciences
Mount Zion Health Fund (MZHF)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Ida Sim, MD, PhD
Piloting Scalable Device-Agnostic Remote Patient Monitoring With a Seamless Clinical Workflow (RPM-BP)
SOM: Medicine
Najwa El-Nachef, MD
The Impact of Fecal Microbiota Transplant on Antibiotic Resistance Gene Prevalence in Patients with Chronic Pouchitis
SOM: Gastroenterology
*(Co-funded by: Academic Senate)
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Jeffrey Cheng, MD, PhD
Spatial Mapping of Psoriatic Inflammation
SOM: Dermatology
Alon Witztum, PhD
BreathBuddy: Developing a digital intervention to improve breath-hold length and reproducibility to improve quality of radiotherapy treatment for patients with breast, thoracic, and gastrointestinal cancers
SOM: Radiation Oncology
Valy Fontil, MD
Evaluating a technology-enhanced pharmacist telehealth hypertension management intervention to improve hypertension control in African-Americans
SOM: Medicine
National Center of Excellence in Women's Health (NCOEWH)
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical & Translational Research Awards
Brittany Chambers, PhD, MCR, MPH, MS
Advancing Racial Equity: Pilot testing an online training for prenatal care providers
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Jessica Opoku-Anane, MD, MCR, MPH, MS
Comparative Analysis of Cnacer-Associated Variants in Benign and Malignant Deeply Infiltrative and Atypical Endometriosis
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Precision Medicine in Rheumatology (PREMIER)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Jeroen Roose, PhD
Understanding T cell metabolism in SLE and RA autoimmunity*
SOM: Anatomy
*(Co-funded by: REAC)
California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi-CA)
Pilot Award in Prematurity Research
Sarah Garrett, PhD, MA
Multi-Stakeholder Engagement with State Policies to Advance Antiracism in Maternal Health (MEND)
SOM: Institute for Health Policy Studies
Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee SOM (REAC)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MCR, MPH, MS
Misoprostol-Alone as a ‘Missed Period Pill’: A Study to Evaluate Proof of Concept
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Marisa Medina, PhD
The role of TMEM55B in mitochondrial dysfunction and NAFLD
SOM: Pediatrics
Nina Shah, MD
Identification of Immunomodulatory Effects of Azacitidine in Enhancing the Cytotoxicity of Daratumumab in Patients with Relapsed Refractory Multiple Myeloma
SOM: Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Hana El-Samad, PhD
A toolbox of biomolecular circuits using de novo designer proteins
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics
Mignon Loh, MD
Uncovering the Genomic Landscape of Monosomy 7 B-Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
SOM: Pediatrics
Jeroen Roose, PhD
Understanding T cell metabolism in SLE and RA autoimmunity*
SOM: Anatomy
*(Co-funded by: PREMIER)
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Brian Malone, PhD
Cortical Solutions to the Cocktail Party Problem
SOM: Otolaryngology
Devan Jaganath, MD, MCR, MPH, MS
The Role of Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Digital Adherence Technologies for Tuberculosis
SOM: Pediatrics
Ryan Lokken, MD
Analysis and rational optimization of the immunostimulatory effects of cryoablation therapy
SOM: Radiology
Adam Numis, MD
Genetic and transcriptomic profiling in surgical epilepsy (PoISE)
SOM: Neurology
Team Science Grant
Elliott Sherr, MD, PhD
A novel gene brings novel insights for neuronal homeostasis
SOM: Neurology
Aric Prather, PhD
Insomnia and Atherosclerosis: Investigating a neuro-immune pathway
SOM: Psychiatry
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical & Translational Research Awards
Raul Andino, PhD
Impact of early and cross-reactive T cell responses on SARS-CoV-2 viral load dynamics
SOM: Microbiology & Immunology
Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education
Informing Tobacco Product Regulation
Neal Benowitz, MD
Biomarkers of Tobacco and Cannabis Exposure as Prognosticators of Severity of COVID-19 infection
SOM: Medicine
Dorothy Apollonio, PhD, MPP
Effects of local tobacco flavor bans on consumption
SOP: Clinical Pharmacy
Lawrence Fong, MD
The Impact of E-Cigarettes on Tumor Progression
SOM: Medicine