Academic Senate Awardees (AS)
Pilot for Anti-Racism Research
Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH
Abundant Life HEALS: Abundant Life Health Equity Action Leaders (HEALERS) in Breast Cancer
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
+(Co-funded by NCOEWH)
Pilot Award for Pancreas Cancer
Keith Mostov, MD, PhD
Use of polymeric immunoglobulin receptor for delivery of antibodies to the cytoplasm
SOM: Anatomy
Pilot for Early Career Investigators
Alexandra Lee, PhD, MSPH
Use of SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Nursing Home Residents with Diabetes
SOM: Medicine
Elizabeth “Betsy” Young, MD
Defining the role of cGAS-STING in the osteosarcoma bone microenvironment
SOM: Pediatrics
Pilot for Established Investigators
Liusheng Huang, PhD
Dried blood spot analysis of alkylating agents for neonatal and pediatric pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic research
SOP: Clinical Pharmacy
Sarah Knox, PhD
Long-term functional regeneration of the damaged cornea through a multiple drug-release hydrogel
SOD: Cell & Tissue Biology
Cherry Leung, PhD, RN
The role of cortisol in the relationships between the gut microbiome and adolescent depression SON: Community Health Systems
Saidas Nair, PhD
Determining Genetic Factors Contributing to Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration
SOM: Ophthalmology
Team Science Grant
Rosemary Akhurst, PhD
Mechanistic and therapeutic investigation of integrin b8 interaction with genotoxic therapies in HPV negative squamous cell carcinomas.
SOM: Anatomy
Monika Sarkar, MD, MAS*
Influence of Fatty Liver and PFAS Exposures in Pregnancy on Postpartum Metabolic Health in the Mother-Infant Dyad.
SOM: Medicine
* Diversity Supplement Awardee
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical & Translational Research
Stanley Vance, Jr., MD
Gender Affirmation Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Transgender Youth
SOM: Pediatrics
Cancer Center- Cancer Center Support Grant (CC-CCSG)
Pilot for Early Career Investigators
Bridget Keenan, MD, PhD
Investigating Virus-Specific T Cell and Myeloid Cell Interactions to Personalize Cancer Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma
SOM: Medicine
Clinical & Translational Science Institute – CTSI Team Science Program
Pilot for Anti-Racism Research
April Bell, PhD, MPH
For Us by Us: Black Girls Defining Sexual and Reproductive Well-being
SOM: Family Community Medicine
Tasce Bongiovanni, MD
A Community-Based Approach to Combatting Anti-Asian Racism experienced by Cantonese-speaking Chinese Older Adults After Traumatic Injury
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Nicholas Rubashkin, MD, PhD
The UCSF Better Birth Options Study: developing an anti-racist intervention for use along the post-cesarean care continuum
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
CAPS- Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Nicky Mehtani, MD, MPH
Evaluating the Utility of Biomarkers in the Context of Ketamine Therapy for Methamphetamine Use Disorder & HIV Prevention
SOM: Medicine
Pilot for Established Investigators
Ellen Herbst, MD
Tailoring Smoking Cessation Treatment for Veterans Living with HIV: A Mixed Methods Study
SOM: Psychiatry
UCSF - Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)
Gilead HIV Cure Mentored Scientist Award
Ifeanyi Ezeonwumelu, PhD
Evaluation of immune-mediated depletion of CD127+ tissue reservoirs as an HIV cure strategy UCSF Affiliate: Gladstone Institutes
International Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Maureen Akolo, PhD, MPH
“For Us by Us:” A Peer-led Community-Informed Exploratory Study to Increase HIV-Self Testing and PrEP Uptake Among Men who have Sex with Men in Nairobi, Kenya
UCSF Affiliate: IGHS
Mary Kagujje
“For Us by Us:” A Peer-led Community-Informed Exploratory Study to Increase HIV-Self Testing and PrEP Uptake Among Men who have Sex with Men in Nairobi, Kenya
UCSF Affiliate: IGHS
Judith Amutuhaire Ssemasaazi, MBCHB, MSc
Assessment of chronic kidney disease and its progression among older people living with HIV in Uganda
UCSF Affiliate: UC-Glo Cal Scholar
Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS
Fatoumatta Darboe, PhD
Modulating effects of HIV infection and early ART initiation on Immune dysfunction and TB risk
SOM: Medicine
Cristina Espinosa da Silva, PhD, MPH
Exploring the Benefit of Machine Learning to Predict Biomarker-Measured Alcohol Use, Opioid Use, and Co-Use via Routinely Collected Biological Data in the All of Us Research Program
SOM: Medicine
Kristopher Jackson, PhD
HIV and STI prevention practices among in-person and digital male sex workers who have sex with men (MSMSW) in the United States
SOM: Medicine
Gema Méndez-Lagares, PhD
Immunodominance and CD8+ T-cell avidity in mRNA vs. Ad vaccine efficacy and viral evasion
SOM: Microbiology & Immunology
Pilot Award for Investigators New to HIV
Erica Sedlander, DrPH, MPH
Understanding Women Living with HIV’s Perceptions of the Relationship between HIV, ART, and Fertility
SON: Institute for Health & Aging
Pilot for Established Investigators
Bani Tamraz, PharmD, PhD
A genomic-pharmacometabolomic investigation of tenofovir, a commonly prescribed anti-HIV medication
SOP: Clinical Pharmacy
Clinical & Translational Science Institute-CTSI Pilot Awards
Pilot for Early Career Investigators
Valerie Block, PT, DPTSc
Exploring Clinical Utility of Wearables for the Bladder in Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Clinics
SOM: Physical Therapy & Rehab Science
Caterina Mosti, PhD
Measurement of Insomnia-Related Cognitive Dysfunction Using Natural Language Processing:
A Novel Approach
SOM: Psychiatry
Eugene Ozhinsky, PhD
Development of a Combined Structural/Functional MRI Pipeline for Evaluation of Patients with Cervical Spine Degenerative Disorders
SOM: Radiology
Priya Prasad, PhD, MPH
Defining Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) Burden and Identifying Predictors of VT Burden among Hospitalized Patients
SOM: Medicine
Joseph Rohr, MD, PhD
Unbiased Proteomics for Target Discovery in Archival Primary Human Myeloproliferative Malignancies
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
Jet Vonk, PhD
Advancing the Detection of Early Alzheimer’s Disease with Digital Speech Markers
SOM: Neurology
Team Science Grant
Sunita Ho, PhD, MS
Impact of Exogenous Loads on Human Condylar Composition and Morphology, and TMJ Kinematics
SOD: Preventive & Restorative Dental Science
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical & Translational Research
Mauro Caffarelli, MD
Quantitative Electroencephalography (EEG) for Stroke Detection in Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support
SOM: Neurology
UCSF Clinical Pharmacology Research Laboratory (CPRL)
Pilot Award for Utility of Biomarkers in Substance Abuse Research
Leslie Suen, MD, MAS
Optimizing Comprehensive drug Testing for Overdose Prevention Using Substance use biomarkers (OCTOPUS)
SOM: Medicine
Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM)
Pilot for Early Career Investigators
Kelly Wentworth, MD
Identifying Therapies for Fibrous Dysplasia of the Bone Using a Drug Repositioning Strategy
SOM: Medicine
Mount Zion Health Fund (MZHF)
Pilot for Early Career Investigators
Irum Khan, MD, PhD
Describing the Practice of Supraglottic Airway Device Use and Selection in the United States: An MPOG Study.
SOM: Anesthesia & Perioperative Care
Zoe Kopp, MD
Exploring First Person Pronoun Use by Clinicians in the Electronic Medical Record and its Effects on the Perceived Clinician-Patient Relationship
SOM: Medicine
Qihui Lyu, PhD
Treatment verification and dose tracking for prostate cancer patients under High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy
SOM: Radiation Oncology
Lisa Rotenstein, MD, MBA*
Disparities in Asynchronous Care Delivery: Characterization and Causes
SOM: Medicine
* Diversity Supplement Awardee
Pilot for Established Investigators
Jean-Philippe Coppé, PhD
Kinome-guided precision medicine approach to design novel combination therapies for pediatric diffuse midline glioma
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
Grace Lin, MD, MAS
Towards Personalized Cancer Screening Recommendations in Older Adults
SOM: Medicine
Denise Muñoz, PhD
Novel role of ThPOK/ZBTB7B, a CD4+ cell lineage commitment factor, as a guardian of epithelial states in mammary carcinoma cells
SOM: Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center
Tiffany Scharschmidt, MD
Defining the role of recent thymic emigrant naïve CD4+ T cells in early life peripheral immune tolerance
SOM: Dermatology
Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards
Paola Betancur, PhD
Profiling the CD47 immuno therapeutic target across tumor immune subtypes: A novel approach for predicting efficacy of cancer therapies
SOM: Radiation Oncology
National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health (NCOEWH)
Pilot for Anti-Racism Research
Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH
Abundant Life HEALS: Abundant Life Health Equity Action Leaders (HEALERS) in Breast Cancer
SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics
+(Co-funded by Academic Senate)
Pilot for Established Investigators
Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH
Telehealth for Medication Abortion in the U.S.
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee SOM (REAC)
Independence Support Award
Joseph Sabatino Jr., MD, PhD
A humanized model of myelin-specific CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis
SOM: Neurology
Pilot for Early Career Investigators
Judith Ashouri-SInha, MD
Endogenous retroviruses shape the autoimmune response in a mouse model for autoimmune arthritis
SOM: Medicine
Michael Waterfield, MD, PhD
Runx1 control of Thymic Epithelial Lung Mimetic Cells and Immune Tolerance
SOM: Pediatrics
Pilot for Established Investigators
Lauren Haack, PhD*
Empowering newcomer VOICES by implementing and evaluating a trauma-informed and gender- responsive group intervention in school and school based health center sites (VOCES-LITE)
SOM: Psychiatry
* Diversity Supplement Awardee
Galen Joseph, PhD
Prenatal Genetic Counseling and Medical Documentation in the Post-Roe Era
SOM: Anthropology, History & Social Medicine
Katrina Kimport, PhD
Examining the Impact of Dobbs on Later Abortion Demand and Patient Characteristics through a Case Study of a Large Abortion Fund
SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science
Xuhui Liu, MD
Fibro/adipogenic progenitor (FAP) in neuro-muscular junction health with ALS
SOM: Orthopaedic Surgery
Rita Mukhtar, MD
B-BRITE Study: Bariatric Breast Results in Testing Experience
SOM: Surgery
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD*
Resolving signatures of astrocyte dysfunction and somatic mosaicism at the single-cell level in drug-resistant epilepsy using spatial transcriptomics
SOM: Neurology
* Diversity Supplement Awardee
Laura Plantinga, PhD
Inclusion of the Patient Care Technician in Interdisciplinary Hemodialysis Care Conferences
SOM: Medicine
James Rubenstein, MD, PhD
Determination of the Efficacy of TLR 7/8 Agonists in Preclinical Models of Brain Tumors
SOM: Medicine
Anne Schafer, MD
Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Therapy on Bone Remodeling in Humans
SOM: Medicine
Jenise Wong, MD, PhD
Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Virtual Peer Group Pilot Study (Virtual-T1DTOC): Feasibility and Acceptability in a Transitions of Care Model
SOM: Pediatrics
Team Science Grant
Matthew Growdon, MD
Potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults with chronic kidney disease: examining outcomes across the spectrum of kidney function
SOM: Medicine
Jeffrey Whitman, MD
Improving Antituberculosis Drug Monitoring for Personalized Medicine
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
+ (Co-funded by UCSF Center for Tuberculosis)
UCSF Center for Tuberculosis
Mentored Scientist Award in Tuberculosis
Christopher Rae, PhD
Testing the role of newly discovered components of an M. tuberculosis multiprotein efflux pump in virulence and antibiotic susceptibility
UCSF Affiliate: UC Berkeley – Molecular & Cell Biology
Mentored Under-represented Scientist Award in Tuberculosis
Martineau Louine, MD
Host Response to Tuberculous Meningitis and Correlation with Clinical Outcomes
SOM: Neurology
Paul Ogongo, PhD
T cell responses induced by two-dose BCG vaccination in BCG-naïve healthy adults in the United States
SOM: Medicine
Team Science Grant
Jeffrey Whitman, MD
Improving Antituberculosis Drug Monitoring for Personalized Medicine
SOM: Laboratory Medicine
+ (Co-funded by Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee SOM (REAC))