Academic Senate Awardees (AS)
Pilot for Early Career Investigators
Zeinab Kosibaty, PhD
Targeting DNA Polymerase Epsilon (POLE) to Overcome Replication Stress Tolerance in CIC: DUX4 Sarcomas
SOM: Medicine
Pilot for Established Investigators
Judith Ashouri-SInha, MD
Gut-Thymus Crosstalk in Regulating CD4 T Cell Selection and Tolerance Thresholds
SOM: Medicine
Susanne Martin Herz, MD, PhD
Identification of and care pathways for children with sensory impairment in Harare, Zimbabwe: A pilot study.
SOM: Pediatrics
Snehlata Oberoi, DDS*
Enhancing Orthodontic Patient Compliance Through Digital Health and Medical Devices
SOD: Orofacial Sciences
*(Co-funded by Dentistry Research)
Linda Park, PhD, NP, FAAN
The Healthy Heart Program: Development of a Digital Health Secondary Prevention Program for Patients with Cardiovascular Disease
SON: Community Health Systems
Glenn Milo Santos, PhD, MPH
SMART Study: Sweat Monitoring and Antecedents for meth use in Real Time
SON: Community Health Systems
Renuka Sriram, PhD
Development of metabolic imaging biomarkers to detect castration resistance development using fatty acid dysregulation in prostate cancer
SOM: Radiology
Shared Technology Awards
Charles Hart, PhD
Shared Technology for Maintaining UCSF Small Molecule Discovery Library Integrity
SOP: Pharmaceutical Chemistry
Team Science Grant
Paula Braveman, MD, MPH
Improving Maternal and Infant Health Data Collection Methods in Health Surveys
SOM: Family & Community Medicine
Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC)
Alzheimer Disease Research Center (ADRC) Developmental Projects
Shea Andrews, PhD
Validation and Co-design of a Genomic-Exposome Dementia Risk Assessment
SOM: Psychiatry
Matthew Growdon, MD, MPH
Overcoming Siloed Dementia Care at UCSF: A Learning Health System Approach
SOM: Medicine
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
Pilot for Early Career Investigators
Jennifer Yarger, PhD
Youth-Driven Development of an Intervention to Improve Access to State Family Planning Programs Among Community College Students
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Cancer Center-Support Grant (CC-CCSG)
Global Cancer Pilot Award
Anya Platt, MD*
Evaluating Outcomes in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Donor Type
SOM: Pediatrics
*(Co-funded by IGHS)
UCSF-Bay Area Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Daniel Lyons, MD, PhD
Predicting phenotype from genotype in HIV capsid and integrase
SOM: Medicine
Judith Namanya, PhD
HIV and Female Genital Fistula: Co-morbidity and Integrated Care Opportunities in East Africa
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology & Medicine (CCMBM)
Pilot for Established Investigators
Alexandra Gersing, MD, PhD
Artificial Intelligence–Enabled Magnetic Resonance Muscle Biomarkers to Improve Selection of Non-Opioid Therapies for Low Back Pain: A Pilot Study in Personalized Pain Medicine
SOM: Radiology
Victor Cheuy, PhD
Unraveling Foot Muscle Pathology in Diabetic Neuropathy and Chronic Kidney Disease to Prevent Amputations
SOM: Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Science
UCSF School of Dentistry-Research
Pilot for Established Investigators
Snehlata Oberoi, DDS*
Enhancing Orthodontic Patient Compliance Through Digital Health and Medical Devices
SOD: Orofacial Sciences
*(Co-funded by Academic Senate)
Global Cancer Program (GCP-HDFCCC)
Mentored Scientist Award in Global Health Research
Kimberly Badal, PhD*
Enhancing Orthodontic Patient Compliance Through Digital Health and Medical Devices
SOM: Surgery
*(Co-funded by IGHS)
UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS)
Mentored Scientist Award in Global Health Research
Kimberly Badal, PhD*
Enhancing Orthodontic Patient Compliance Through Digital Health and Medical Devices
SOM: Surgery
*(Co-funded by IGHS)
Anya Platt, MD*
Evaluating Outcomes in Juvenile Myelomonocytic Leukemia Patients Undergoing Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation by Donor Type
SOM: Pediatrics
*(Co-funded by CC-CCSG)
Mentored Scientist Award in Tuberculosis
Mollie Hudson, PhD, NP*
Cost and cost-effectiveness of the Bolsa Familia Program for reducing tuberculosis incidence and mortality
SON: Social & Behavioral Sciences
*(Co-funded by UCSF Ctr. for Tuberculosis)
Joshi Hemant, PhD*
Unlocking the Potential of Novel Streptogramins for Tuberculosis Treatment: in vivo efficacy and mechanistic structural investigations
SOM: Medicine
*(Co-funded by UCSF Ctr. for Tuberculosis)
Mount Zion Health Fund (MZHF)
Pilot for Early Career Investigators
Kara Brodie, MD, MPH
Efficacy of smartphone-based otoacoustic emission testing of preschool children in the community setting
SOM: Otolaryngology
Nicole Jiam, MD
Longitudinal Mapping of Electric-Auditory Integration in Single-Sided Deafness
SOM: Otolaryngology
Sakeen Kashem, MD, PhD
Targeting inhibitory nociceptive pathways to treat skin inflammation.
SOM: Dermatology
Ophelia Yin, MD
Single-cell Transcriptomic Immune Profiling of Preeclampsia in Pregnancy
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Team Science Grant
George Sawaya, MD
Understanding preferences for at-home human papillomavirus (HPV) testing in high-risk patients
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
UCSF Pancreas Center Program
Mentored Scientist Award in Pancreas Cancer
Anil Bidkar, PhD
Development of ALPPL2-Targeted Molecular Imaging and Therapy for Pancreatic Cancer
SOM: Pathology
Soeun Kang, PhD, MPH
Unraveling a novel function for TTYH3 in lysosomal retinol metabolism and PDAC progression
SOM: Anatomy
Nicholas Kuhn, PhD
Identify fibroblast-derived mediators of communication to other members of the tumor microenvironment
SOM: Pathology
Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee SOM (REAC)
Pilot for Early Career Investigators
Alison Comfort, PhD
Delays in Care-Seeking for Urinary Incontinence: The Influence of Social Networks
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Peng He, PhD
Dissecting Tumor–Bone Communication Driving Neuroendocrine Transdifferentiation in Prostate Cancer Using Dual-Species Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics
SOM: Pathology
Phuong Hoang, MD, PhD
Peripheral immune differences in slow versus fast Parkinson’s Disease progression
SOM: Neurology
Oriana Kreutzfeld, PhD
Deciphering mechanisms of action and resistance for novel 4-aminoquinoline anti-malarials
SOM: Medicine/ZSFG-AIDS
Carson Moseley, MD, PhD
DR4 Supertype HLAs activate pathogenic T cells in MOGAD
SOM: Neurology
Takahide Nejo, MD, PhD
Next-generation single-cell and spatial transcriptomic technologies for monitoring engineered immune cell therapy in glioblastoma.
SOM: Neurological Surgery
Daniel Shapiro, MD, MPH
Comparing approaches to post-discharge follow-up care for children with bronchiolitis
SOM: Emergency Medicine
Shantel Weinsheimer, PhD
Molecular Profiling in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
SOM: Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Pilot for Established Investigators
Judith Hahn, PhD
Pilot study to explore patients’ attitudes towards alcohol use screening (ATLAS) by self-report and an alcohol biomarker
SOM: Medicine
Joan Jeung, MD, MPH
Building Child and Family Resilience in Primary Care: A Program Evaluation of the Resilience Clinic
SOM: Pediatrics
Paul Krezanoski, MD
Peri-domestic microclimate and malaria risk in the setting of LLIN use in Uganda
SOM: Medicine
Jennifer Lai, MD, MBA
Feasibility of a Digital Rehabilitation and Nutritional Supplementation Program to Address Frailty in Older Adults with Cirrhosis
SOM: Medicine
Mark Petersen, MD
Neurovascular mechanisms of fetal brain injury in maternal immune activation
SOM: Pediatrics
Team Science Grant
Laura Huppert, MD
Defining immune responses in patients with metastatic breast cancer treated with talimogene laherparepvec (T-VEC) in combination with chemotherapy or endocrine therapy
SOM: Medicine
UCSF Center for Tuberculosis
Mentored Scientist Award in Tuberculosis
Mollie Hudson, PhD, NP, RN*
Cost and cost-effectiveness of the Bolsa Familia Program for reducing tuberculosis incidence and mortality
SON: Social & Behavioral Sciences
*(Co-funded by IGHS)
Hemant Joshi, PhD*
Unlocking the Potential of Novel Streptogramins for Tuberculosis Treatment: in vivo efficacy and mechanistic structural investigations
SOM: Medicine
*(Co-funded by IGHS)
Ada Kwan, PhD
Variations in Provider Knowledge under California’s Tuberculosis Prevention Policy (KNOW-TB)
SOM: Medicine