Academic Senate Awardees (AS)

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Galateia Kazakia, PhD
Determining the Biological Mechanisms of Pathological Cortical Bone Porosity
SOM: Radiology

Heather Huddleston, MD
Does the PCOS brain demonstrate accelerated aging? An investigation of cognitive health and brain structure at midlife in women with and without Polycystic Ovary Syndrome.
SOM: Obstetrics

Yvonne Ou, MD
Mobile at-home clustered visual field self-assessment for glaucoma patients
SOM: Ophthalmology

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Edilberto Amorim, MD
Quantitative electroencephalography for early brain edema prediction in overdose-related cardiac arrest
SOM: Neurology

Holly Hamilton, PhD
Optimization of a Visual Repeated Stimulation Paradigm for the Assessment of Human Neural Plasticity
SOM: Psychiatry

Rohit Bose, MD, PhD
Modulation of response to apalutamide in prostate cancer
SOM: Anatomy

Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Patience Afulani, PhD, MD, MPH
Understanding the drivers of poor person-centered maternal health care in Ghana
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

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

Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research

Yvonne Kapila, DDS, PhD
Oral commensal bacteria and their molecules – Unlocking their potential to address oral cancer
SOD: Orofacial Sciences

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

Pilot Award in Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy

Janine Lupo, PhD
Multi-parametric MRI and Deep Learning for Precision-guided Irradiation of Glioblastomas
SOM: Radiology

UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)

CAPS-HIV Innovative Grants

JudyTan, PhD
Adapting a smoking-cessation intervention for sexual and gender minority individuals living with HIV SOM: Medicine

Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Paul Wesson, PhD  (co-funded with CFAR)
Application of quantitative intersectionality methods to identify the most vulnerable populations in the HIV continuum of care
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

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

Gilead HIV Cure Mentored Scientist Award

Mohamed Bouzidi, PhD
Potent Anti-HIV Gene Editing in Primary Myeloid Cells using CRISPR-Cas9 Technology
SOM: UCSF Gladstone Institute

International Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Mohamed Bailor Barrie, MD, MSc
Impact Evaluation of a Primary Care Health System Strengthening Intervention on HIV and TB services in Kono and Kailahun Districts, Sierra Leone.
SOM: Institute for Global Health Sciences

Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS

Matthew Hickey, MD
Weight gain and metabolic consequences of switch to dolutegravir in western Kenya
SOM: Medicine

Rachel Kaplan, PhD, MPH
Addressing Health Disparities among Transgender Women
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology

Paul Wesson, PhD (co-funded with CAPS)
Application of quantitative intersectionality methods to identify the most vulnerable populations in the HIV continuum of care
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Clinical & Translational Science Institute Pilot Awards – (CTSI)

Pilot Award for Prevention and Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders

William Brown III, PhD, DrPH, MA
What’s Behind Disparities in Pain Management? Using Natural Language Processing (NLP) to Map Social Determinants of Health (SDH) to Opioid Prescribing, Misuse/OUD, Screening and Treatment Using UCSF Electronic Health Record (EHR) Data
SOM: Medicine

Aksharananda Rambachan, MD, MPH
Feasibility of a Focused Clinical Intervention and Streamlined Outpatient Linkage for Inpatients with Opioid Use Disorder Experiencing Homelessness
SOM: Medicine

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Sabrina Darrow, PhD
Getting parents what they need, when they need it: a mixed methods pilot study to improve parent engagement in mental health services for suicidal youth
SOM: Psychiatry

Ruth Dubin, MD
A Pilot Study of Aptamer Proteomics in End-Stage Renal Disease
SOM: Medicine

Rita Hamad, MD, PhD
An Evaluation of WIC: Determinants of Take-Up, and Program Effects on Maternal and Child Health
SOM: Family & Community Medicine

Lauren Asarnow, PhD
Feasibility of a Sleep Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
SOM: Psychiatry

Team Science Grant

Kim Rhoads, MD, MS, MPH
Residential Histories and Embodiment: Community Engaged Approaches to Understanding Environmental Exposures
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM)

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Janet Lee, MD, MPH, MAS
Skeletal Effects of Puberty Suppression in Transgender Youth
SOM: Pediatrics

Research Resource Program (CORE-RRP)

Core Operational Improvement Awards (COIA)

Yifan Cheng, PhD
Purchase a Refeyn One Mass Photometer to Facilitate Rapid Evaluation of Sample Quality for Structural Biology
SOM: Biochemistry & Biophysics

Claudia Bispo, MS, SCYM(ASCP)CM
UCSF Hub for Highly Multiplexed Imaging
SOM: RRP

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

Global Cancer Pilot Award

Mehdi Bouhaddou, PhD
Leveraging Host-Pathogen Protein-Protein Networks to Elucidate Mechanisms of HIV/HPV Cooperation in Causing Cervical Cancer in African Women
SOM: Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology

Mary Jue Xu, MD
Understanding the Burden of Human Papilloma Virus-Associated Oropharyngeal Head and Neck Cancer in Tanzania
SOM: Otolaryngology

Mount Zion Health Fund (MZHF)

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Grace Lin, MD
Developing a Spanish-language translation of the Deicsion Quality in Coronary Artery Disease decision quality measure
SOM: Medicine

Judith Walsh, MD, MPH
Incorporating ePrognosis to Encourage “ Smarter Screening” for Breast and Colorectal Cancer in Older Adults
SOM: Medicine

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Alan Shain, PhD
The genetic evolution of cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma
SOM: Dermatology

Katrina Abuabara, MD
Skin, inflammation, and the brain: examining the association between eczema and dementia in a longitudinal cohort study
SOM: Dermatology

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

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Katrina Kimport, PhD
Understanding the practice of 2nd trimester in-person medication abortion accompaniment in non-clinical settings
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Jennifer James, PhD
Cancer Diagnosis During a Precision Breast Cancer Screening Trial
SON: Institute for Health & Aging

UCSF Pancreas Center

Pilot Award for Pancreas Center

Matthias Hebrok, PhD
Modeling Intraductal Papillary Mucinous Neoplasm (IPMN) and derived pancreatic cancer using human embryonic stem cell-derived pancreatic duct cells
SOM: Medicine

Precision Medicine in Rheumatology (PREMIER)

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Jonathan Graf, MD
Determining Pathogenic Mechanisms of Granulomatous Inflammation in Sarcoidosis by Single-Cell RNA Sequencing of Peripheral Monocytes
SOM: Medicine

California Preterm Birth Initiative (PTBi-CA)

Pilot Award in Prematurity Research

Elizabeth Crouch, MD, PhD
Blood vessel cells in normal development and germinal matrix hemorrhage in the preterm human brain
SOM: Pediatrics

Shantay Davies-Balch, MBA
An evaluation of a doula-informed pilot workshop to strengthen paternal involvement during pregnancy among men of color (MOC) in South Fresno, CA
Affiliate: March of Dimes – Maternal Child Health

Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee SOM (REAC)

Family Support Award

W. Clay Gustafson, MD
Modeling chemo-immunotherapy in resistant neuroblastoma
SOM: Pediatrics

Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Adam Olshen, PhD
Development of a Gene Expression Signature that Predicts Post-Induction Minimal Residual Disease in T-Cell Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Maria Luisa Mandelli, PhD
Dynamic Speech MRI for quantification of motor speech in neurodegenerative disorders
SOM: Neurology

Aaron Fields, PhD
Enhancing cartilage endplate permeability to improve disc nutrition
SOM: Orthopaedic Surgery

Laura Koth, MD
Development of Prognostic Biomarkers for Resolving and Unresolving Sarcoidosis
SOM: Medicine

Arun Prakash, MD
investigating the role of IL-1b and macrophages in cardiopulmonary ischemia reperfusion injury
SOM: Anesthesia & Perioperative Care

Manish Aghi, MD, PhD, MAS
Defining immunomodulatory tumor gene expression changes regulating breast cancer metastasis to the brain
SOM: Neurological Surgery

Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences

Monica Fung, MD
An integrated host-microbe metagenomic next-generation sequencing approach to advance diagnosis of lower respiratory tract infections in lung transplant recipients
SOM: Medicine

Susanne Martin Herz, MD
Caregiver Experience of Pediatric Disability in urban Zimbabwe: A Qualitative Evaluation
SOM: Pediatrics

Judith Ashouri-Sinha, MD
Animal model of immune-checkpoint-inhibitor induced autoimmune arthritis
SOM: Pediatrics

Shared Technology Awards

Joel Ernst, MD
Single-Cell Transcriptomics of Biohazardous Infectious Diseases
SOM: Medicine

Davide Ruggero, PhD
Advancing Cancer Research via High-Speed Ultracentrifugation
SOM: Urology