Spring 2018 Awardees

Academic Senate Awardees (AS)

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Yoshimi Fukuoka, RN, PhD
Applying Artificial Intelligence to a Physical Activity Intervention in Patients with Prehypertension or Hypertension - A Pilot Randomized Controlled Trial
SON: Physiological Nursing

Jason Gestwicki, PhD
Development of High Throughout-Differential Scanning Fluorimetry (HT-DSF) Technology
School of Pharmacy

Noelle L'Etoile, PhD
The cell biological role of sleep in memory consolidation - a focus on the synapse
SOD: Cell & Tissue Biology

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Evan Feinberg, PhD
Establishing novel optical and behavioral approaches to investigate multisensory integration in autism spectrum disorder
SOM: Anatomy

Posey Family Pediatric Cancer Pilot Award

Benjamin Huang, MD*
Co-targeting BET Bromodomain Proteins and Aberrant Signaling in AML
SOM: Pediatrics
*Co-funded award: Academic Senate (25%) and Posey Family Pediatric Cancer Pilot Award (75%)

Team Science Grant

Jason Flatt, PhD*
The Role of Affordable LGBTQ Age-Friendly Housing on the Health of LGBTQ Older Adults: A Natural Experiment
SON: Institute for Health & Aging
*Co-funded award: Academic Senate (50%) and NCOEWH (50%)

Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards

Jennifer Mitchell, PhD
The effects of intranasal oxytocin on approach bias and craving in alcoholics
SOM: Neurology

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

Gilead HIV Cure Mentored Scientist Award

Daniella Boehm, PhD
Targeting SMYD5 mediated Tat Methylation to Silence Latent HIV-1
Affiliates

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

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Maria Wei, MD, PhD
Characterizing the vitiligo-associated skin microbiome and immune response, an initial step towards identifying novel microbiome-based therapeutics for vitiligo and immunotherapeutics for melanoma
SOM: Dermatology

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

Pilot Award in Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy

Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD
18F-FMISO PET/MR-directed radiotherapy for patients with newly diagnosed glioblastoma
SOM: Radiology

UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)

CAPS-HIV Innovative Grants

John Sauceda, PhD
Optimizing PrEP messaging for monolingual Spanish-speaking transgender Latina women
SOM: Medicine

Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Akua Gyamerah, DrPH
A Formative Assessment of the Continuum of Care Needs of HIV-Positive Men who Have Sex with Men in Ghana
SOM: Medicine

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

International Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Emmauel Mande, Bsc
Testing Medicinal Plants from Uganda for HIV Latency Reversing Activity
SOM: Laboratory Medicine

Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Anna Leddy, PhD, MHS
Exploring the intersection of food insecurity and violence among women in the Women’s Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)
SOM: Medicine

Erika Marques de Menezes, PhD
Are extracellular vesicles involved in the pathogenesis of HIV-associated cardiovascular disease?
Affiliates

Pam Murnane, PhD, MPH
Objective medication adherence monitoring for geographically mobile persons living with HIV
SOM: Medicine

Joshua Vasquez, MD 
The role of pulmonary myeloid cells in HIV-related COPD in individuals on anti-retroviral therapy
SOM: Medicine

Clinical & Translational Science Institute - CTSI Pilot Awards

Digital Mental Health Award Track

Anne Richards, MD, MPH
Understanding Sleep Disturbance in PTSD: Assessing the Usability of a New Sleep Diary App and Examining the Sleep Physiological Characteristics of Disturbed Sleep Using a Multimodal Technology Approach
SOM: Psychiatry

Family Support Award 

Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD
Single Cell Transcriptomics and Mass Cytometry to Identify Cellular and Molecular Determinants of Adipose Tissue Dysfunction with Minimal Bias
SOM: Medicine

Priya Prasad, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD
SIRS or SOFA?  How Changing Definitions Affects the Timing, Epidemiology, and Outcomes of Sepsis
SOM: Medicine

Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD
Evaluating the implementation of smoke-free policies in San Francisco's public housing
SOM: Medicine

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

M. Antonia Biggs, PhD
Women's objective and psychosocial burden accessing abortion care
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Elysa Marco, MD
Does synergistic brain and body training improve attention and neural activity in school aged children?
SOM: Neurology

Stephen Rosenthal, MD
Bone Density, Structure, and Estimated Strength in Transgender Youth Receiving Pubertal Suppression in Early Puberty
SOM: Pediatrics

Ushma Upadhyay, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD
Development of the Sexual Health and Reproductive Empowerment for Young Adults (SHREYA) Scale
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Kristin Hoeft, PhD
Parental Influences and Strategies for Pediatric Oral Health
SOD: Preventative & Restoration Dental Sciences

Sangeet Lal, PhD
The effect of immune system on oncolytic measles virus therapy of medulloblastoma
SOM: Neurological Surgery

Lauren Ralph, PhD
Understanding minors’ experience with judicial bypass for abortion in Illinois
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Rachel Willard-Grace, MCR, MPH, MS
Connecting the quadruple aims in primary care: workforce experience, clinical quality, and patient experience in two learning health systems
SOM: Family & Community Medicine

Rosanna Wustrack, MD
Identifying and enhancing the host immune response in adult soft tissue sarcoma
SOM: Orthopaedic Surgery

Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards

Fernando Gonzalez, MD
Quantifying Metabolic Changes in the Newborn Brain Following Stroke
SOM: Pediatrics

Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM)

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Douglas Gould, PhD*
Mechanistic and Therapeutic Examination of Congenital Skeletal Defects in Col4a 1 Mutant Mice
SOM: Ophthalmology
*Co-funded award: Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (80%) and REAC (20%)

Global Cancer Program in the Helen Diller Cancer Center (GCP-HDFCCC) 

Global Cancer Pilot Award

Geoffrey Buckle, MD, MPH
Management of esophageal cancer in East Africa:  a prospective cohort study of treatment strategies and supportive care
SOM: Medicine

Rebecca DeBoer, MD, MA
Implementation of Guideline-Based Clinical Practice at Ocean Road Cancer Center in Tanzania
SOM: Medicine

Mount Zion Health Fund (MZHF) 

Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Tammy Nicastro, MCR, MPH, MS
Assessing climate change awareness and climate-adaptive agricultural strategies in Shamba Maisha, an integrated HIV-care and agricultural livelihood intervention to improve nutrition and health in Western Kenya
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Sarah Arron, MD, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD
Optimization of chemotherapy through inhibition of transcription coupled repair
SOM: Dermatology

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Alan Shain, PhD
The genomic landscape of individual melanocytes from human skin
SOM: Dermatology

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

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH
Development of a patient-centered decision support tool prototype regarding induction of labor at 39 weeks gestation
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Synthia Mellon, MD, PhD
iPSCs to assess treatment response in major depression
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Liping Wang, MD, PhD
Role of Estrogen Receptor Alpha Signaling in Hypothalamus on Bone Metabolism during Lactation and Post Weaning Recovery
SOM: Medicine

Team Science Grant

Jason Flatt, PhD*
The Role of Affordable LGBTQ Age-Friendly Housing on the Health of LGBTQ Older Adults: A Natural Experiment
SON: Institute for Health & Aging
*Co-funded award: NCOEWH (50%) and Academic Senate (50%)

Osher Center for Integrative Medicine (OCIM)

Integrative Cancer Pilot Award

Hala Borno, MD
A multi-site pilot study to understand preferences, attitudes, and behaviors related to diet and lifestyle among men with advanced prostate cancer
SOM: Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Anand Dhruva, MD
Yoga During Chemotherapy Study
SOM: Medicine

Integrative Palliative Care or Dementia Pilot Award

Theresa Allison, MD, PhD (Master of Musicology)
The Potential for Music as Intervention in Dementia Caregiving Relationships
SOM: Medicine

UCSF Pancreas Center

Pilot Award for Pancreas Center

Eric Collisson, MD
Engineering Immunity in Pancreatic Adenocarcinoma
SOM: Medicine

Frank McCormick, PhD, FRS
The Role of YAP in Regulating Glycogen Metabolism in Pancreatic Ductal Adenocarcinoma
SOM: Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology

California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi-CA) 

Innovation Award in Prematurity Research

Patience Afulani, MD, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD
Adaption of the Person-centered Maternity Care Scale for Women of Color in the U.S.
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Maria Glymour, PhD
Hyper-localized Air Pollution Measures and Preterm Birth in the Bay Area
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Pilot Innovation Award in Prematurity Research

Janet Wojcicki, MCR, MPH, MS, PhD
Telomere Length as a Predictor of Preterm Birth and Follow-up Growth in Latino Neonates
SOM: Pediatrics

UCSF Department of Psychiatry

Digital Mental Health Award Track

Andrea Niles, PhD
“Brave”: A mobile app to guide users in self-administration of exposure therapy for anxiety disorders
SOM: Psychiatry

Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee SOM (REAC)

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Sergio Baranzini, PhD
Whole-Exome Sequencing for Identifying Phenocopies in SEcondary Progressive Multiple Sclerosis
SOM: Neurology

Maria Luisa Gorno Tempini, MD, PhD
tDCS+ Speech Pathology: A Mobile Health Pilot for Degenerative Nonfluent Aphasia
SOM: Neurology

Susan Kim, MD, MMSc
Longitudinal Immune Profiling for Biomarker Discovery in Patients with Juvenile Dermatomyositis
SOM: Pediatrics

Randall Lee, MD, PhD
Tissue Engineered LV Augmentation in the Treatment of Cardiomyopathy
SOM: Medicine

David Wilson, MD, PhD
Enantioselective Synthesis of [11C]D-alanine for in vivo Infection Imaging
SOM: Radiology

Douglas Gould, PhD*
Mechanistic and Therapeutic Examination of Congenital Skeletal Defects in Col4a 1 Mutant Mice
SOM: Ophthalmology
*Co-funded award: REAC (20%) and Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (80%) 

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

John Chorba, MD
Investigating PCSK9 Trafficking to Discover New Targets for Atherosclerosis
SOM: Medicine

Allison Kaup, PhD
The Brain eHealth Pilot - Using Mobile Technology to Detect Associations between Health and Lifestyle Risk Factors and Cognitive Aging
SOM: Psychiatry

Kira Poskanzer, PhD
Deformable Mirror-Based Depth Imaging of the Cortical Microcircuit
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics

Shared Technology Awards

DeLaine Larsen, PhD
Upgrade of CSU-X1 Spinning Disk Confocal in the CVRI Microscopy Core
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics

Team Science Grant

Dexter Hadley, MD, PhD
Translating Large-scale Routine Clinical Datasets into Precision Mamography
SOM: Pediatrics

The Posey Family Fund

Posey Family Pediatric Cancer Pilot Award

Benjamin Braun, MD, PhD
A New Framework for Devising Combination Therapy for Rhabdomyosarcoma
SOM: Pediatrics

Benjamin Huang, MD*
Co-targeting BET Bromodomain Proteins and Aberrant Signaling in AML
SOM: Pediatrics
*Co-funded award: Posey Family Pediatric Cancer Pilot Award (75%) and Academic Senate (25%) 

Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education

Informing Tobacco Product Regulation

Gideon St. Helen,  PhD
A Pilot Study to Examine Racial Differences in Nicotine Exposure and Effects Among e-cigarette-naive Black and White Smokers
SOM: Medicine

Erin Vogel,  PhD
The Impact of Social Media on Adolescents' Willingness to Use E-Cigarettes
SOM: Psychiatry

Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards

Minji Kim,  PhD
Understanding Asian American Smokers' and Non-smokers' Responses to Culturally Tailored Anti-Tobacco Message Concepts
SOM: Medicine