Catalyst Award Advisors

Nadia Diamond-Smith PhD, MSc

School of Medicine
Epidemiology and Biostatistics / Global Health Sciences

Peter DiLaura

Biotechnology CEO

Frederick Dorey JD

Special Counsel, Life Sciences, Cooley, LLP

Reena Duseja MD, MS

Alison El Ayadi ScD, MPH

School of Medicine
Obstetrics, Gynecology & RS

Kenneth Fang MD

CMO, diaDexus, Inc.

Laura Fejerman PhD

Stacy Feld JD

Senior Director, Consumer Scientific Innovation, J&J Innovation

Christine Ferrara MD, PhD

School of Medicine
Pediatrics / Endocrinology

Simone Fishburn PhD, MA

Vice President and Editor in Chief at BioCentury Inc.

Elena Flowers PhD, MAS

School of Nursing
Physiological Nursing

Marshall Fordyce MD

CEO at Trucode Gene Repair, Inc

Christine Fox MD, MAS

Jonathan Fox MD, PhD

President and Chief Medical Officer of Eidos Therapeutics, a BridgeBio Company

Stephen Freedman PhD

Vice President for Corporate Liaison and Ventures, Gladstone Institutes

Joshua Galanter MD

Maurice Garcia MD, MAS

Raquel Gardner MD

School of Medicine
Neurology / Memory and Aging Center

Robert Garland MD, MBA, MPH

Partner, New Enterprise Associates

Michi Garrison MS

R&D Executive, Medical Device Industry

Bruce Gaynor MD

Snow Ge PhD

Senior Director, Nektar Therapeutics

Amy Gelfand MD

School of Medicine
Neurology / Child Neurology and Headache

Jeffrey Gelfand MD, MAS

School of Medicine
Neurology

Cindy Glass

Strategic Advisor, Jackdaw Rock

Hannah Glass MD, MAS

School of Medicine
Neurology

Elizabeth Goldman MD, MAS

Mark Goldstein

UCSF Health Hub Chairman

Ralph Gonzales MD, MSPH

School of Medicine
Medicine / General Internal Medicine

Richard Grant MD, MPH

Kaiser Division of Research and UCSF School of Medicine, Epidemiology & Biostatistics

Marlene Grenon MD

Associate Professor of Surgery, UCSF

Marlene Grenon MD, MMSc

Elizabeth Gress MPA

Director of Strategy & Operations, The Kidney Project

Donna Johnson Gressler PhD

Patent Agent and Principal, Petra Patent LLC

Ryan Greysen MD, MHS

School of Medicine
Medicine / Hospital Medicine

Michael Gropper MD, PhD

Professor, Anesthesia, UCSF

Vanessa Grubbs MD, MPH

Daniel Haders PhD

Managing Director Healthcare Technology, Nex Cubed

Operating Partner, Sway Ventures

Judith Hahn PHD, MA

School of Medicine
Medicine, HIV, ID, and Global Medicine

Rita Hamad MD, PhD

School of Medicine, Family and Community Medicine/Institute for Health Policy Studies

Lisa Hammitt

CEO, Beseeq

Scott Hammond MD

Chief Medical Officer, Corporate Secretary Director of Translational Medical Research Laboratory, UCSB

Karl Handelsman MBA, MS

Investment Director, Roche Venture Fund

Elisa Harvey PhD, DVM

Senior Regulatory Consultant, CardioMed Device Consultants

Joel Hayflick PhD

Senior Director Biologics Portfolio Strategy and Development, Teva Pharmaceuticals