RAP Spring 2021 received a total of 170 applications. Independent Review received: 10 applications (UCSF Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC) Pilot and Feasibility Awards; Core Assistance Funds (CAF); Cancer and Environmental Health Research Pilot Award). RAP Reviewed: 160 applications; 59 awards were made (four of which were co-funded) boosting the success rate to a 37%. RAP Review total amount awarded: $ 2,658,489.
UCSF Academic Senate
Global Cancer Pilot Award
Sorbarikor Piawah, MD, MPH
Exploring the Role of Diet, Lifestyle, and the Gut Microbiome in Young Onset Colorectal Cancer among Latinx Populations
SOM: Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
*(Co-funded by: Global Cancer Program in the Helen Diller Cancer Center)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Jeroen Jansen, PhD
Health Equity Impact Analysis of New Health Technologies – A Pilot Study
SOP: Clinical Pharmacy
Duan Xu, PhD
Dynamic metabolic assessment of the healthy brain
SOM: Radiology
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Xin Duan, PhD
Molecular mechanisms regulating retinal ganglion cell subtype-specific resiliency and axon regeneration
SOM: Ophthalmology
David Solomon, MD, PhD
Epigenetic-based classification of kidney cancer
SOP: Pathology
Pilot for Research on Racism Impacting Black People
Rosny Daniel, MD
Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Mental Health Emergency Settings at UCSF
SOM: Emergency Medicine
*(Co-funded by: Research Development Office (RDO))
Elizabeth Dzeng, MD, MPH, PhD
Understanding how structural racism influences goal concordance around end-of-life care in older Black adults
SOM: Medicine
Shared Technology Award
Stefan Habelitz, PhD
Innocuous tooth specimen sterilization using supercritical CO2
SOD: Preventive & Restorative
Team Science Grant
Courtney Lawhn Heath, MD
Improving the Identification of Deep Infiltrating Endometriosis with Estrogen Receptor Targeted Positron-Emission Tomography/Magnetic Resonance Imaging (PET/MRI): A Pilot Study
SOM: Radiology
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research
Katrina Abuabara, MD, MSCE
A pilot trial to reduce inflammation through skin barrier restoration
SOM: Dermatology
*(Co-funded by: Mount Zion Health Fund (MZHF))
Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health
Team Science Grant
Dominika Seidman, MD, MAS
Evaluation of a toxicology policy designed to promote equity in the ZSFG Family Birth Center
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
*(Co-funded by: National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health (NCOEWH))
Cancer Center - Cancer Center Support Grant (CC-CCSG)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Joaquin Anguera, PhD
A Pilot Study of Assessing and Improving Cognition and Real-World Behavior in Pediatric Cancer Survivors
SOM: Neurology
Moshiur Anwar, MD, PhD
Implantable Microdosimeters for Targeted Alpha Particle Theranostics
SOM: Radiation Oncology
UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
CAPS-HIV Innovative Grants
Meghan Morris, PhD, MPH
Enhancing medication possession to improve adherence for people who inject drugs
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Paul Wesson, PhD
Determining the social drivers of HIV vulnerability among adolescent girls and young women in South Africa
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
UCSF - Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
International Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Deborah Ekusai-Sebatta, PhD
Willingness and Feasibility of Using Injectable Antiretroviral Therapy among Women who Retained and Disengaged from Prevention of Mother to Child HIV Transmission Programs in Uganda
SON: Social & Behavioral Sciences
Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Matthew Durstenfeld, MD
Cardiovascular Mechanisms of Post-Acute Sequalae of COVID-19 Among People Living with HIV
SOM: Medicine
Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH
Prevalence and predictors of type-specific high-risk human papillomavirus (HPV) persistence following thermal ablation among HIV-positive women in a low-resource setting
SOM: Medicine
Paul Ogongo, PhD
Relationship between Kynurenine Pathway and TB-specific Th17 responses in People with HIV and Latent Tuberculosis Infection
SOM: Medicine
Michael Peluso, MD, MPhil, MHS
Evaluating the magnitude and durability of the vaccine-induced SARS-CoV-2 immune response in people with and without HIV infection
SOM: Medicine
Clinical & Translational Science Institute - CTSI Pilot Awards
Pilot Award for Prevention and Treatment of Opioid Use Disorders
Dioneia Araldi, PhD
Defining the role of G-protein alpha subunits in analgesia, hyperalgesia and neuroplasticity induced by systemic opioids
SOD: Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Giuseppe Cullaro, MD, MAS
Investigation of Kidney Functional Reserve in Cirrhosis Patients
SOM: Medicine
Misung Han, PhD
Quantitative MRI to Evaluate Rotator Cuff Tendon Degeneration
SOM: Radiology
Devanand Manoli, MD, PhD
Computational neuroethology in prairie voles: Toward unbiased, systematic detection of social behavior and attachment
SOM: Psychiatry
Francesca Nicosia, PhD
Yoga as a therapeutic modality for women across the aging spectrum: advancing understanding of self-efficacy, observed success, and barriers to practicing yoga
SON: Institute for Health & Aging
Pilot for Research on Racism Impacting Black People
Jennifer James, PhD
Reproductive Justice in California’s Women’s Prisons: Racism, eugenics, and regulatory constraints
SON: Institute for Health & Aging
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research
Margareth Del Cid, PhD
Reducing Parenting Stress Through Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Delivered by A Chatbot
SOM: Psychiatry
Veronica Gonzalez, MD
Maternal-fetal cytokine responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Emilio Ramos, MD, PhD
Targeting the Cell Surface of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Blast Phase (CML-BP)
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
Research Resource Program (CORE-RRP)
Core Operational Improvement Awards (COIA)
Nitasha Kumar, PhD
Optimization of high parameter full spectrum flow cytometry immunophenotyping panels, for wide use at CIL, Gladstone flow core, and the wider UCSF community
SOM: Medicine
Jessie Turnbaugh, PhD
Personnel Merger of the UCSF Gnotobiotics and Mouse Metabolism Cores
SOM: Microbiology & Immunology
Global Cancer Program in the Helen Diller Cancer Center
Global Cancer Pilot Award
Sorbarikor Piawah, MD, MPH
Exploring the Role of Diet, Lifestyle, and the Gut Microbiome in Young Onset Colorectal Cancer among Latinx Populations
SOM: Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
*(Co-funded by: UCSF Academic Senate)
Mount Zion Health Fund (MZHF)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Maria Wei, MD, PhD
Developing a molecular classifier for non-invasive screening for skin cancer
SOM: Dermatology
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical & Translational Research Awards
Katrina Abuabara, MD, MSCE
A pilot trial to reduce inflammation through skin barrier restoration
SOM: Dermatology
*(Co-funded by: UCSF Academic Senate)
Janet Chu, MD, MPH, MAS
Elucidating individual and neighborhood factors associated with nonalcoholic fatty liver disease (NAFLD)
SOM: Medicine
National Center of Excellence in Women's Health (NCOEWH)
Pilot for Research on Racism Impacting Black People
Malini Nijagal, MD, MPH
Convening a Stakeholder Group to Ensure a Novel, Community-based Model of Prenatal Care is Truly Antiracist
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci
Team Science Grant
Dominika Seidman, MD, MAS
Evaluation of a toxicology policy designed to promote equity in the ZSFG Family Birth Center
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
*(Co-funded by: Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health)
Research Development Office (RDO)
Pilot for Research on Racism Impacting Black People
Rosny Daniel, MD
Addressing Anti-Black Racism in Mental Health Emergency Settings at UCSF
SOM: Emergency Medicine
*(Co-funded by: UCSF Academic Senate)
Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee SOM (REAC)
Pilot for Established Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Danielle Hessler Jones, PhD
The Diabetes Distress Assessment and Resource Program: A pilot study for addressing diabetes distress in primary care
SOM: Family & Community Medicine
Paul Krezanoski, MD
Qualitative research into insecticide-treated bednet use to inform a theoretical behavioral model of malaria prevention
SOM: Medicine
Anthony Shum, MD
Are small molecule STING inhibitors an effective treatment for COPA syndrome?
SOM: Medicine
Delphine Tuot, MD
Impact of Self-Management Support on Dietary Behavioral Change Among Low Income Diverse Patients with CKD
SOM: Medicine
David Wilson, MD, PhD
Magnetic resonance detection of living bacteria using deuterium-enriched substrates
SOM: Radiology
Pilot for Junior Investigators in Basic and Clinical/Translational Sciences
Sam Brondfield, MD, MAEd
Immune Related Adverse Events Requiring Inpatient Admission: A Major Roadblock in the Treatment of Cancer with Immune Checkpoint Inhibitors
SOM: Medicine
Stephen Francis, PhD
Development of Liquid Biomarkers for Temozolomide Induced Hypermutation in Patients with Glioma
SOM: Neurological Surgery
Anil Makam, MD, MAS
RAFT COVID: Recovery After Transfer to a Long-Term Acute Care Hospital for Older Adults with COVID-19
SOM: Medicine
Mary Prahl, MD
SARS-CoV-2 Antibody Responses during Pregnancy in the Mother-Infant Dyad
SOM: Pediatrics
Hilde Schjerven, PhD
Investigation of leukemia-microenvironment interaction and therapy resistance
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
Shared Technology Awards
Michael Evans, PhD
A State-of-the-Art HPLC System for Radiopharmaceutical Development and Translation
SOM: Radiology
Michael Ohliger, MD, PhD
Deuterium volume coil for preclinical 9.4T MRI
SOM: Radiology
Team Science Grant
Holger Willenbring, MD, PhD
Selection of AAV capsids for liver gene therapy in machine-perfused human livers
SOM: Surgery
Center for Tobacco Control Research & Education
Informing Tobacco Product Regulation
Matthew Springer, PhD
E-cigarette characteristics that influence endothelial toxicity from formation of advanced glycation end products
SOM: Medicine
UCSF Center for Tuberculosis
Mentored Scientist Award in Tuberculosis
Matthew Kutys, PhD
Optimization and investigation of a three-dimensional human biomimetic model of vascularized tuberculosis granuloma
SOD: Cell & Tissue Biology