Academic Senate Awardees (AS)

Pilot Award in Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy (PICT)

Hsin-Yu Chen, PhD
Developing dual-agent hyperpolarized 13C urea+pyruvate MRI for improved monitoring of high-intensity focused ultrasound therapy in prostate cancer patients
SOM: Radiology

Jonathan Chou, PhD, MD
Investigating CD46 as a Diagnostic and Therapeutic Target in Urothelial Carcinoma
SOM: Medicine

Natsuko Onishi, PhD, MD
Pilot study of dedicated breast PET with fibroblast activation protein-targeted radiotracer for primary breast cancer characterization
SOM: Radiology

Pilot for Early Career Investigators

Tommaso Di Ianni, PhD
Personalized parameter optimization for closed-loop transcranial ultrasound stimulation
SOM: Psychiatry

Charles Rickert, PhD, MD
Parathyroid Allotransplantation for the Treatment of Hypoparathyroidism
SOM: Surgery

Finn Wolfreys, PhD
Antibody-Based Artificial Protein Folding Chaperones
SOM: Ophthalmology

Pilot for Established Investigators

Yoshimi Fukuoka, PhD, RN
Evaluation of an AI HeartBot program to promote women’s awareness of heart disease: A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial with Waitlist Control
SON: Physiological Nursing

Licia Selleri, PhD, MD
Control of facial morphogenesis by ZFHX3, a regulator of cell cycle arrest, in mice and humans
SOD: Orofacial Sciences

Josh Woolley, PhD, MD
Combining psilocybin intake with app-based mindfulness training to improve loneliness and well-being: a feasibility-focused entirely online citizen science randomized trial
SOM: Psychiatry

Scott Zamvil, PhD, MD
Neuromyelitis optica and autoimmune aquaporinopathies
SOM: Neurology

Re-entry

Rachel Wattier, MD
The Children’s Urinary Tract Infection Evaluation (CUE) Study: Caregiver and Clinician Partnerships for Evidence-Informed Care
SOM: Pediatrics

Team Science Grant

Bethany Johnson-Kerner, MD, PhD*
Closed-loop video game to enhance cognitive recovery after brain injury: A pilot study in pediatric TBI.
SOM: Neurology
*(Co-funded by REAC)

Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC)

Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC) Developmental Projects

Nicholas Schwartz, MD, PhD
Determining the Clinical Utility of Plasma Biomarkers in Alzheimer's Disease-Modifying Clinic
SOM: Neurology

Caroline Vissers, PhD
Epitranscriptomic Regulation of mRNA Sequestration into Stress Granules in Frontotemporal Dementia and Alzheimer’s Disease
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics

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

Pilot for Early Career Investigators

Ruyan Rahnama, PhD, MD
Optimized anti-CD70 CAR-NK cells for the treatment of Acute Myeloid Leukemia
SOM: Pediatrics

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

International Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Denny Mabetha, MCR, MS, MPH
Assessing the role of trusted adults in shaping young men’s HIV prevention behavior: A sequential explanatory mixed-methods study
UCSF Affiliate: IGHS

Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Marta Calvet-Mirabent, PhD
Multiparametric single-cell spatial characterization of HIV-infected cells and immune responses from multiple gut compartments of people with HIV.
UCSF Affiliate: CFAR

Thye Peng Ngo, PhD, RN
Mixed Bars: A Mixed Method Design for Behavioral Analysis of Risk Syndemics on Heavy Alcohol Consumption Study
UCSF Affiliate: IHPS

Yange Niu, PhD
Molecular mechanisms of patient adapted HIV-1 Vif antagonism of human APOBEC3H
SOP: Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Jacquelyne Odak, MPH
Extreme Weather Events, HIV, and mental health: Qualitative insights into the mechanisms of effect and adaptation strategies by Persons Living with HIV in western Kenya
SOM: Microbiology & Immunology

Mohammad Rahman, PhD, MPH
Novel Multiplexed LC-MS/MS for Tissue Level Quantitation and Characterization of Broadly Neutralizing Anti-HIV- 1 Monoclonal Antibodies (bnAb)
SOP: Clinical Pharmacy

Julia Wagner, PhD, MD
Assessing a role for the vaccinal effect in post-intervention control of HIV
SOM: Medicine

Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM)

Pilot for Early Career Investigators

Karin Wu, MD
Role of the gut microbiome in diabetic bone disease: a longitudinal study
SOM: Medicine

Research Resource Program (CORE-RRP)

Institutional Matching Instrumentation Award

Michelle Arkin, PhD
Next-Generation Mass Spectrometry Screening with the SCIEX Echo MS+
SOP: Pharmaceutical Chemistry

Eric Chow, PhD
Expanding Genomics Capacity at UCSF
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics

Nico Stuurman, PhD
Deploying a fast, gentle, and convenient 4D Single Objective Light Sheet Microscope for the UCSF research community
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics

Torsten Wittmann, PhD
Light sheet microscope for large volume cleared tissue
SOD: Cell & Tissue Biology

UCSF School of Dentistry - Research

Under-represented Faculty in Clinical & Translational Research

Jean Star, DDS, MPH
Dentin Caries and Polymer-induced liquid precursor system (PILP): First in Humans Study
SOD: Orofacial Sciences

Mount Zion Health Fund (MZHF)

Pilot for Early Career Investigators

Maya Kotas, PhD, MD
Understanding persistent epithelial dysfunction after dupilumab in nasal polyposis
SOM: Medicine

Team Science Grant

Nam Woo Cho, MD, PhD
Dissociation of the Effects of Anticancer Agents Versus Cancer in Patients with Cancer-Related Fatigue Through Combined High-dimensional Proteomics and Bulk Transcriptomics
SOM: Radiation Oncology

UCSF Pancreas Center Program

Pilot Award for Pancreas Cancer

Jeroen Roose, PhD
Spectral flow-assisted characterization of metabolism and KRas-therapy in patient PDAC organoids
SOM: Anatomy

Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy (PICT)

Pilot Award in Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy

Xiaoxi Liu, PhD
Novel Development of Quantitative Metabolic Hyperpolarized [1-13C]pyruvate MR Imaging for Breast Cancer
SOM: Radiology

Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee SOM (REAC)

Independence Support Award

Adam Numis, MD
Evaluating the Role of Inflammation in Neonatal Epileptogenesis: An Extracellular Vesicle Approach
SOM: Neurology

Pilot for Early Career Investigators

Serine Avagyan, MD, PhD
Incidence and persistence of clonal hematopoiesis in pediatric recipients of haploidentical donor stem cell transplantation arthritis
SOM: Pediatrics

James Bigelow, PhD
Central auditory dysfunction in Alzheimer's disease
SOM: Otolaryngology

Stephanie Cham, MD
EMPOWER: Exercise and Movement to Promote Our patients With gynecologic cancer to Enhance Resiliency
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science

Amanda Downey, MD
Neural Correlates of Ketamine in Anorexia Nervosa
SOM: Pediatrics

Lakshmi Gopalakrishnan, PhD
Neural Correlates of Ketamine in Anorexia Nervosa
SOM: Other

Daehyun Yoon, PhD
[18F] FDG PET/MRI of patellofemoral joint osteoarthritis pain due to loading
SOM: Radiology

Beth Zha, PhD, MD
Nontuberculous Infection Susceptibility in Bronchiectasis: The NISE Study
SOM: Medicine

Pilot for Established Investigators

Evan Feinberg, PhD
Developing a paradigm to investigate mechanisms of behavioral choice
SOM: Anatomy

Misung Han, PhD
Dorsal Root Ganglion MRI to Assess Morphological and Functional Changes with Lower Back Pain
SOM: Radiology

Edward Hsiao, MD, PhD
Direct Genetic Repair to Suppress ACVR1R206H Inflammation in Fibrodysplasia Ossificans Progressiva
SOM: Medicine

Hilde Schjerven, PhD, M.Sc.
Identifying Ikaros Interaction partners required for tumor suppressor function
SOM: Laboratory Medicine

Shared Technology Awards

Jason Limberis, PhD
A TapeStation for the automated electrophoresis of next-generation sequencing libraries, RNA quality determination, and DNA fragment analysis for diverse research areas including infectious disease and spinal cord injury.
SOM: Medicine

Team Science Grant

Bethany Johnson-Kerner, MD, PhD*
Closed-loop video game to enhance cognitive recovery after brain injury: A pilot study in pediatric TBI
SOM: Neurology
*(Co-funded by Academic Senate)

Dara Torgerson, PhD
Paracervical Blocks for Reducing IUD Insertion Pain: Clarifying the Evidence and Quantifying Utilization Across a Large Academic Medical Center
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics