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MD, MPH</strong><br /> <em>Abundant Life HEALS: Abundant Life Health Equity Action Leaders (HEALERS) in Breast Cancer</em><br /> SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics<br /> <sup>+</sup>(Co-funded by NCOEWH)</p> <p><u><strong>Pilot Award for Pancreas Cancer</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Keith Mostov, MD, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Use of polymeric immunoglobulin receptor for delivery of antibodies to the cytoplasm</em><br /> SOM: Anatomy</p> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Early Career Investigators</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Alexandra Lee, PhD, MSPH</strong><br /> <em>Use of SGLT2 Inhibitors and GLP-1 Receptor Agonists in Nursing Home Residents with Diabetes</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Elizabeth “Betsy” Young, MD</strong><br /> <em>Defining the role of cGAS-STING in the osteosarcoma bone microenvironment</em><br /> SOM: Pediatrics</p> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Established Investigators</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Liusheng Huang, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Dried blood spot analysis of alkylating agents for neonatal and pediatric pharmacokinetic and pharmacodynamic research</em><br /> SOP: Clinical Pharmacy</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Sarah Knox, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Long-term functional regeneration of the damaged cornea through a multiple drug-release hydrogel</em><br /> SOD: Cell & Tissue Biology</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Cherry Leung, PhD, RN</strong><br /> <em>The role of cortisol in the relationships between the gut microbiome and adolescent depression </em>SON: Community Health Systems</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Saidas Nair, PhD </strong><br /> <em>Determining Genetic Factors Contributing to Glaucomatous Neurodegeneration</em><br /> SOM: Ophthalmology</p> <p><u><strong>Team Science Grant</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Rosemary Akhurst, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Mechanistic and therapeutic investigation of integrin b8 interaction with genotoxic therapies in HPV negative squamous cell carcinomas.</em><br /> SOM: Anatomy</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Monika Sarkar, MD, MAS</strong>*<br /> <em>Influence of Fatty Liver and PFAS Exposures in Pregnancy on Postpartum Metabolic Health in the Mother-Infant Dyad.</em><br /> SOM: Medicine<br /> * Diversity Supplement Awardee</p> <p><u><strong>Under-represented Faculty in Clinical & Translational Research </strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Stanley Vance, Jr., MD</strong><br /> <em>Gender Affirmation Among Asian American and Pacific Islander Transgender Youth</em><br /> SOM: Pediatrics</p> <h4>Cancer Center- Cancer Center Support Grant (CC-CCSG)</h4> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Early Career Investigators</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Bridget Keenan, MD, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Investigating Virus-Specific T Cell and Myeloid Cell Interactions to Personalize Cancer Immunotherapy for Hepatocellular Carcinoma</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <h4>Clinical & Translational Science Institute – CTSI Team Science Program</h4> <p><strong><u>Pilot for Anti-Racism Research</u></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>April Bell, PhD, MPH</strong><br /> <em>For Us by Us: Black Girls Defining Sexual and Reproductive Well-being</em><br /> SOM: Family Community Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Tasce Bongiovanni, MD </strong><br /> <em>A Community-Based Approach to Combatting Anti-Asian Racism experienced by Cantonese-speaking Chinese Older Adults After Traumatic Injury</em><br /> SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Nicholas Rubashkin, MD, PhD </strong><br /> <em>The UCSF Better Birth Options Study: developing an anti-racist intervention for use along the post-cesarean care continuum</em><br /> SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science</p> <h4>UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)</h4> <p><u><strong>CAPS-</strong> <strong>Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Nicky Mehtani, MD, MPH </strong><br /> <em>Evaluating the Utility of Biomarkers in the Context of Ketamine Therapy for Methamphetamine Use Disorder & HIV Prevention</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Established Investigators</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Ellen Herbst, MD </strong><br /> <em>Tailoring Smoking Cessation Treatment for Veterans Living with HIV: A Mixed Methods Study</em><br /> SOM: Psychiatry</p> <h4>UCSF - Gladstone Institute of Virology & Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR)</h4> <p><u><strong>Gilead HIV Cure Mentored Scientist Award</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Ifeanyi Ezeonwumelu, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Evaluation of immune-mediated depletion of CD127+ tissue reservoirs as an HIV cure strategy </em>UCSF Affiliate: Gladstone Institutes</p> <p><strong><u>International Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS</u></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Maureen Akolo, PhD, MPH</strong><br /> <em>“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</em><br /> UCSF Affiliate: IGHS</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Mary Kagujje</strong><br /> <em>“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</em><br /> UCSF Affiliate: IGHS</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Judith Amutuhaire Ssemasaazi, MBCHB, MSc</strong><br /> <em>Assessment of chronic kidney disease and its progression among older people living with HIV in Uganda</em><br /> UCSF Affiliate: UC-Glo Cal Scholar</p> <p><u><strong>Mentored Scientist Award Program in HIV/AIDS</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Fatoumatta Darboe, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Modulating effects of HIV infection and early ART initiation on Immune dysfunction and TB risk</em><br /> SOM: Medicine<br /> <br /> <strong>Cristina Espinosa da Silva, PhD, MPH</strong><br /> <em>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</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Kristopher Jackson, PhD </strong><br /> <em>HIV and STI prevention practices among in-person and digital male sex workers who have sex with men (MSMSW) in the United States</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Gema Méndez-Lagares, PhD </strong><br /> <em>Immunodominance and CD8+ T-cell avidity in mRNA vs. Ad vaccine efficacy and viral evasion</em><br /> SOM: Microbiology & Immunology</p> <p><u><strong>Pilot Award for Investigators New to HIV</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Erica Sedlander, DrPH, MPH</strong><br /> <em>Understanding Women Living with HIV’s Perceptions of the Relationship between HIV, ART, and Fertility </em><br /> SON: Institute for Health & Aging</p> <p><strong><u>Pilot for Established Investigators</u></strong></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Bani Tamraz, PharmD, PhD</strong><br /> <em>A genomic-pharmacometabolomic investigation of tenofovir, a commonly prescribed anti-HIV medication</em><br /> SOP: Clinical Pharmacy</p> <h4>Clinical & Translational Science Institute-CTSI Pilot Awards</h4> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Early Career Investigators</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Valerie Block, PT, DPTSc</strong><br /> <em>Exploring Clinical Utility of Wearables for the Bladder in Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Clinics</em><br /> SOM: Physical Therapy & Rehab Science</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Caterina Mosti, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Measurement of Insomnia-Related Cognitive Dysfunction Using Natural Language Processing:<br /> A Novel Approach</em><br /> SOM: Psychiatry</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Eugene Ozhinsky, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Development of a Combined Structural/Functional MRI Pipeline for Evaluation of Patients with Cervical Spine Degenerative Disorders</em><br /> SOM: Radiology</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Priya Prasad, PhD, MPH</strong><br /> <em>Defining Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) Burden and Identifying Predictors of VT Burden among Hospitalized Patients</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Joseph Rohr, MD, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Unbiased Proteomics for Target Discovery in Archival Primary Human Myeloproliferative Malignancies</em><br /> SOM: Laboratory Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Jet Vonk, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Advancing the Detection of Early Alzheimer’s Disease with Digital Speech Markers</em><br /> SOM: Neurology</p> <p><u><strong>Team Science Grant</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Sunita Ho, PhD, MS</strong><br /> <em>Impact of Exogenous Loads on Human Condylar Composition and Morphology, and TMJ Kinematics</em><br /> SOD: Preventive & Restorative Dental Science</p> <p><u><strong>Under-represented Faculty in Clinical & Translational Research </strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Mauro Caffarelli, MD</strong><br /> <em>Quantitative Electroencephalography (EEG) for Stroke Detection in Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support</em><br /> SOM: Neurology</p> <h4>UCSF Clinical Pharmacology Research Laboratory (CPRL)</h4> <p><u><strong>Pilot Award for Utility of Biomarkers in Substance Abuse Research </strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Leslie Suen, MD, MAS</strong><br /> <em>Optimizing Comprehensive drug Testing for Overdose Prevention Using Substance use biomarkers (OCTOPUS)</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <h4>Core Center for Musculoskeletal Biology and Medicine (CCMBM)</h4> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Early Career Investigators</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Kelly Wentworth, MD</strong><br /> <em>Identifying Therapies for Fibrous Dysplasia of the Bone Using a Drug Repositioning Strategy</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <h4>Mount Zion Health Fund (MZHF)</h4> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Early Career Investigators</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Irum Khan, MD, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Describing the Practice of Supraglottic Airway Device Use and Selection in the United States: An MPOG Study.</em><br /> SOM: Anesthesia & Perioperative Care</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Zoe Kopp, MD </strong><br /> <em>Exploring First Person Pronoun Use by Clinicians in the Electronic Medical Record and its Effects on the Perceived Clinician-Patient Relationship</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Qihui Lyu, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Treatment verification and dose tracking for prostate cancer patients under High Dose Rate (HDR) brachytherapy</em><br /> SOM: Radiation Oncology</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Lisa Rotenstein, MD, MBA</strong>*<br /> <em>Disparities in Asynchronous Care Delivery: Characterization and Causes</em><br /> SOM: Medicine<br /> * Diversity Supplement Awardee</p> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Established Investigators</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Jean-Philippe Copp</strong><strong>é</strong><strong>, PhD </strong><br /> <em>Kinome-guided precision medicine approach to design novel combination therapies for pediatric diffuse midline glioma</em><br /> SOM: Laboratory Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Grace Lin, MD, MAS</strong><br /> <em>Towards Personalized Cancer Screening Recommendations in Older Adults</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Denise Mu</strong><strong>ñ</strong><strong>oz, PhD </strong><br /> <em>Novel role of ThPOK/ZBTB7B, a CD4+ cell lineage commitment factor, as a guardian of epithelial states in mammary carcinoma cells</em><br /> SOM: Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Tiffany Scharschmidt, MD</strong><br /> <em>Defining the role of recent thymic emigrant naïve CD4+ T cells in early life peripheral immune tolerance</em><br /> SOM: Dermatology</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Under-represented Faculty in Clinical and Translational Research Awards </strong><br /> <strong>Paola Betancur, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Profiling the CD47 immuno therapeutic target across tumor immune subtypes: A novel approach for predicting efficacy of cancer therapies </em><br /> SOM: Radiation Oncology</p> <h4>National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health (NCOEWH)</h4> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Anti-Racism Research</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH</strong><br /> <em>Abundant Life HEALS: Abundant Life Health Equity Action Leaders (HEALERS) in Breast Cancer</em><br /> SOM: Epidemiology & Biostatistics<br /> <sup>+</sup>(Co-funded by Academic Senate)</p> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Established Investigators</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MPH</strong><br /> <em>Telehealth for Medication Abortion in the U.S.</em><br /> SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science</p> <h4>Research Evaluation & Allocation Committee SOM (REAC)</h4> <p><u><strong>Independence Support Award</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Joseph Sabatino Jr., MD, PhD</strong><br /> <em>A humanized model of myelin-specific CD8+ T cells in multiple sclerosis</em><br /> SOM: Neurology</p> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Early Career Investigators</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Judith Ashouri-SInha, MD</strong><br /> <em>Endogenous retroviruses shape the autoimmune response in a mouse model for autoimmune arthritis</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Michael Waterfield, MD, PhD </strong><br /> <em>Runx1 control of Thymic Epithelial Lung Mimetic Cells and Immune Tolerance</em><br /> SOM: Pediatrics</p> <p><u><strong>Pilot for Established Investigators </strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Lauren Haack, PhD</strong>*<br /> <em>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)</em><br /> SOM: Psychiatry<br /> * Diversity Supplement Awardee</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Galen Joseph, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Prenatal Genetic Counseling and Medical Documentation in the Post-Roe Era</em><br /> SOM: Anthropology, History & Social Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Katrina Kimport, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Examining the Impact of Dobbs on Later Abortion Demand and Patient Characteristics through a Case Study of a Large Abortion Fund</em><br /> SOM: Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Science</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Xuhui Liu, MD</strong><br /> <em>Fibro/adipogenic progenitor (FAP) in neuro-muscular junction health with ALS</em><br /> SOM: Orthopaedic Surgery</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Rita Mukhtar, MD</strong><br /> <em>B-BRITE Study: Bariatric Breast Results in Testing Experience</em><br /> SOM: Surgery</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD</strong>*<br /> <em>Resolving signatures of astrocyte dysfunction and somatic mosaicism at the single-cell level in drug-resistant epilepsy using spatial transcriptomics</em><br /> SOM: Neurology<br /> * Diversity Supplement Awardee</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Laura Plantinga, PhD </strong><br /> <em>Inclusion of the Patient Care Technician in Interdisciplinary Hemodialysis Care Conferences</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>James Rubenstein, MD, PhD </strong><br /> <em>Determination of the Efficacy of TLR 7/8 Agonists in Preclinical Models of Brain Tumors</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Anne Schafer, MD </strong><br /> <em>Effects of GLP-1 Receptor Agonist Therapy on Bone Remodeling in Humans</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Jenise Wong, MD, PhD </strong><br /> <em>Young Adults with Type 1 Diabetes Virtual Peer Group Pilot Study (Virtual-T1DTOC): Feasibility and Acceptability in a Transitions of Care Model</em><br /> SOM: Pediatrics</p> <p><u><strong>Team Science Grant</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Matthew Growdon, MD </strong><br /> <em>Potentially inappropriate medication use in older adults with chronic kidney disease: examining outcomes across the spectrum of kidney function</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Jeffrey Whitman, MD</strong><br /> <em>Improving Antituberculosis Drug Monitoring for Personalized Medicine</em><br /> SOM: Laboratory Medicine<br /> <sup>+ </sup>(Co-funded by UCSF Center for Tuberculosis)</p> <h4>UCSF Center for Tuberculosis</h4> <p><u><strong>Mentored Scientist Award in Tuberculosis</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Christopher Rae, PhD</strong><br /> <em>Testing the role of newly discovered components of an M. tuberculosis multiprotein efflux pump in virulence and antibiotic susceptibility</em><br /> UCSF Affiliate: UC Berkeley – Molecular & Cell Biology</p> <p><u><strong>Mentored Under-represented Scientist Award in Tuberculosis</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Martineau Louine, MD</strong><br /> <em>Host Response to Tuberculous Meningitis and Correlation with Clinical Outcomes</em><br /> SOM: Neurology</p> <p style="margin-left: 40px;"><strong>Paul Ogongo, PhD</strong><br /> <em>T cell responses induced by two-dose BCG vaccination in BCG-naïve healthy adults in the United States</em><br /> SOM: Medicine</p> <p><u><strong>Team Science Grant</strong></u></p> <p style="margin-left: 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