View Pilot Awardees for 2014-2025, separated by year, below.
2025 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2025 Awardees
Julien Cobert, MD
SOM:Anesthesia & Perioperative Care | Assistant Professor
Exploring the use of a Hyperspectral Imaging System for Real-Time and Real-World Detection and Classification of Medication Labels and Pharmaceutical Compounds
Jennifer Dunn, Other (Doctor of Jurisprudence)
SON:Family Health Care Nursing | Assistant Professor
Sorting Pregnant Bodies: Payer Segregated Pregnancy Care in Academic Health Centers
Susanna Fryer, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Associate Professor
Effects of brief nature exposure on brain functioning in adolescents and young adults with high levels of perceived stress
Sunita Ho, PhD
SOD:Preventive & Restorative Dental Sci | Full Professor
Disseminate Quantitative MRI as Clinical Diagnostic for TMJ Diseases through Effective and Efficient Workflows
Meir Marmor, MD
SOM:Orthopaedic Surgery | Full Professor
Pain Alleviation using Artificial INtelligence (PAAIN) Pilot Study
Monita Muralidharan, PhD
SOP:Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
Mass spectrometry-guided computational structural modeling to assess wild-type and mutant tumor suppressor protein p53
Kristen Nishimi, PhD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Psychiatry | Assistant Professor
Psychological Resilience to Trauma and Inflammatory Activity
Eugene Ozhinsky, PhD
SOM:Radiology | Assistant Professor
Optimization of Denoising Strategies for Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging of Cervical Spinal Cord
Rong Wang, PhD
SOM:Surgery | Full Professor
Brain Arteriovenous Malformation Revealed by Whole Organ Vasculature Mapping at Capillary Resolution
Peter Washington, PhD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Piloting the Use of Wearable Devices to Predict Cigarette Use and Craving with Personalized Physiological Foundation Models
2024 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2024 Awardees
Valerie Block, Other (DPTSc)
SOM:Physical Therapy & Rehab Science | Assistant Professor
Exploring Clinical Utility of Wearables for the Bladder in Pelvic Health Physical Therapy Clinics
Mauro Caffarelli, MD
SOM:Neurology | Assistant Professor
Quantitative Electroencephalography (EEG) for Stroke Detection in Pediatric Extracorporeal Life Support
Sunita Ho, PhD
SOD:Preventive & Restorative Dental Sci | Full Professor
Impact of Exogenous Loads on Human Condylar Composition and Morphology, and TMJ Kinematics
Caterina Mosti, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Assistant Professor
Measurement of Insomnia-Related Cognitive Dysfunction Using Natural Language Processing: A Novel Approach
Eugene Ozhinsky, PhD
SOM:Radiology | Assistant Professor
Development of a Combined Structural/Functional MRI Pipeline for Evaluation of Patients with Cervical Spine Degenerative Disorders
Priya Prasad, PhD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Defining Ventricular Tachycardia (VT) Burden and Identifying Predictors of VT Burden among Hospitalized Patients
Joseph Rohr, MD, PhD
SOM:Laboratory Medicine | Assistant Professor
Unbiased Proteomics for Target Discovery in Archival Primary Human Myeloproliferative Malignancies
Jet Vonk, PhD
SOM:Neurology | Assistant Professor
Advancing the Detection of Early Alzheimer’s Disease with Digital Speech Markers
2023 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2023 Awardees
Mohamed Abdelgadir, MD
SOM:Surgery | Assistant Professor
A Fully Automated Machine Learning Pipeline to Truly Measure Quality in Colon Surgery
Ashraf Abugroun, Other (MBBS)
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Predictors and Impact of Accelerated Biological Aging in Older Adults with Hypertension
Alexander Bazazi, MD, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Assistant Professor
Epidemiology and Prevention of Overdose from Unintentional Fentanyl Exposure
Antonia Biggs, PhD
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Associate Professor
Exploring the Psychological, Emotional, and Logistical Burden of Abortion Bans Among Young People Considering or Obtaining Abortion Care Post-Dobbs
Giuseppe Cullaro, MD (MAS)
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
A Pilot Trial to Test the Feasibility of Utilizing Home Blood Pressure Monitoring to Optimize the Administration of Midodrine Among Decompensated Cirrhosis Patients
Chris Freise, MD
SOM: Surgery | Full Professor
Increasing Black Patient Uptake in Living Donor Kidney Transplant
Valerie Flaherman, MD (MPH)
SOM:Pediatrics | Full Professor
Gel and Other Sugars for Low Initial Neonatal Glucose (GOSLING)
Changhua Mu, PhD
SOM:Radiology | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
Development of 18F-Labeled Zinc Biosensors and PET Imaging Techniques
Karly Murphy, MD, MCR/MPH/MS (MHS, MSc)
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Leveraging Geocoded Cohorts to Increase Metabolic Screening Among Patients with Schizophrenia
Anjana Sharma, MD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor
ASsessing Patient Engagement iN Primary Care (ASPEN-PC)
Nasim Sobhani, MD (MAS)
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Assistant Professor
Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes in Pregnant Individuals: A Pilot Study
CTSI Pilot Award 2023 Supplement Awardees
Antonia Biggs, PhD
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Associate Professor
Exploring the Psychological, Emotional, and Logistical Burden of Abortion Bans Among Young People Considering or Obtaining Abortion Care Post-Dobbs
Giuseppe Cullaro, MD (MAS)
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
A Pilot Trial to Test the Feasibility of Utilizing Home Blood Pressure Monitoring to Optimize the Administration of Midodrine Among Decompensated Cirrhosis Patients
Nasim Sobhani, MD (MAS)
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Assistant Professor
Continuous Glucose Monitoring for Diagnosis of Gestational Diabetes in Pregnant Individuals: A Pilot Study
2022 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2022 Awardees
Gonzalo Acevedo, PhD
SOM:Medicine | Postdoc
CD4+ T cell-mediated protection from liver stage malaria: targets and effectors
Edilberto Amorim, MD
SOM:Neurology | Assistant Professor
MUSE-TBI: MUltiScale Epileptogenesis neurophysiology in Traumatic Brain Injury
Courtney Gallen, PhD
SOM:Neurology | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
A pilot study of the effects of game features on attention performance in adolescents
Ellen Herbst, MD
SOM:Psychiatry | Full Professor
Prevalence of Smoking and Receipt of Smoking Cessation Pharmacotherapy Among Veterans with HIV and Substance Use Disorders
Li-Wen Huang, MD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Teleoncology for Cognitively Impaired Patients: Provider and Patient Perspectives
Deborah Karasek, PhD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Assistant Professor
Trends and disparities in perinatal health in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic: the effects of local COVID-19 prevalence and related mitigation policies
Lucy Kornblith, MD
SOM:Surgery | Assistant Professor
Post-Injury Platelet Biology: Mechanisms and Outcomes
Melanie Morrison, PhD
SOM:Radiology | Full Specialist
Multimodal MRI to Evaluate Deep Brain Stimulation Mechanisms and Symptom Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease
Nhung Nguyen, PhD
SOM:Medicine | Postdoc
Developing a smartphone-based tobacco cessation intervention for young adults who use both cigarettes and e-cigarettes
Amar Nijagal, MD
SOM:Surgery | Assistant Professor
Novel immune mechanisms in the developing liver promote pediatric hepatoblastoma
Nico Papinutto, PhD
SOM:Neurology | Assistant Professor
Lifespan changes of spinal cord diffusion properties, magnetization transfer ratio and tissue volumes assessed with magnetic resonance imaging
Elizabeth Rogers, MD
SOM:Pediatrics | Full Professor
REJOICE - Racial and Ethnic Justice in Outcome in Neonatal Intensive Care
CTSI Pilot Award Fall 2022 Awardees
Mara Decker, DrPH
SOM:Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Associate Professor
Addressing inequities in sexual and reproductive health among the American Indian and Alaska Native population through community partnership and an anti-racism approach
CTSI Pilot Award 2022 Supplement Awardees
Melanie Morrison, PhD
Full Specialist | SOM:Radiology
Multimodal MRI to Evaluate Deep Brain Stimulation Mechanisms and Symptom Outcomes in Parkinson's Disease
Deborah Karasek, MD
Assistant Professor | SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci
Trends and disparities in perinatal health in the U.S. during the COVID-19 pandemic: the effects of local COVID-19 prevalence and related mitigation policies
Christine Dehlendorf, PhD, MCR/MPH/MS
Professor | SOM: Department of Family and Community Medicine
Assessing Barriers and Facilitators to Expanding Abortion Services in Federally Qualified Health Centers
Mara Decker, DrPH
Associate Professor | SOM:Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Addressing inequities in sexual and reproductive health among the American Indian and Alaska Native population through community partnership and an anti-racism approach
2021 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2021 Awardees
Dioneia Araldi, PhD
SOD:Oral & Maxillofacial Surgery | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
Defining the role of G-protein alpha subunits in analgesia, hyperalgesia and neuroplasticity induced by systemic opioids
Giuseppe Cullaro, MD (MAS)
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Investigation of Kidney Functional Reserve in Cirrhosis Patients
Margareth Del Cid, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Postdoc
Reducing Parenting Stress Through Mindfulness Based Stress Reduction Delivered by A Chatbot
Veronica Gonzalez, MD
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Fellow
Maternal-fetal cytokine responses to SARS-CoV-2 infection and COVID-19 vaccination
Misung Han, PhD
SOM:Radiology | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
Quantitative MRI to Evaluate Rotator Cuff Tendon Degenration
Jennifer James, PhD
SON:Institute for Health & Aging | Assistant Professor
Reproductive Justice in California’s Women’s Prisons: Racism, eugenics, and regulatory constraints
Devanand Manoli, MD, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Assistant Professor
Computational neuroethology in prairie voles: Toward unbiased, systematic detection of social behavior and attachment
Chuan Mei Lee, MD (MA)
SOM:Psychiatry | Assistant Professor
Adolescent depression care in pediatric primary care settings
Francesca Nicosia, PhD
SON:Institute for Health & Aging | Assistant Professor
Yoga as a therapeutic modality for women across the aging spectrum: advancing understanding of self-efficacy, observed success, and barriers to practicing yoga
Susan Noworolski, PhD
SOM:Radiology | Full Professor
MRI to Detect Effects of Fibrosis in Subcutaneous Fat
Emilio Ramos, MD, PhD
SOM:Laboratory Medicine | Postdoc
Targeting the Cell Surface of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia in Blast Phase (CML-BP)
Anjana Sharma, MD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor
EXPERTS-PC: Engaging Patients as Reporters of Treatment Safety in Primary Care
Victoria Wang, MD, PhD
SOM:Medicine | Instructor
Exploring the Transcriptomic and Proteomic Landscape of AML Using Spatial Profiling
2020 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2020 Awardees
Lauren Asarnow, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Assistant Professor
Feasibility of a Sleep Intervention for Children with Autism Spectrum Disorder
William Brown III, PhD | Other (DrPH, MA)
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
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
Sabrina Darrow, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Assistant Professor
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
Ruth Dubin, MD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
A Pilot Study of Aptamer Proteomics in End-Stage Renal Disease
Rita Hamad, MD, PhD, Other (MPH, MS)
SOM:Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor
An Evaluation of WIC: Determinants of Take-Up, and Program Effects on Maternal and Child Health
Lucy Kornblith, MD FACS
SOM:Surgery | Associate Professor
The ACCT Study: Assessing COVID-19 Associated Coagulopathy and Thrombosis
Aksharananda Rambachan, MD (MPH)
SOM:Medicine | Fellow
Feasibility of a Focused Clinical Intervention and Streamlined Outpatient Linkage for Inpatients with Opioid Use Disorder Experiencing Homelessness
Kim Rhoads, MD, Other (MPH, MS)
SOM:Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Associate Professor
Residential Histories and Embodiment: Community Engaged Approaches to Understanding Environmental Exposures
Aaron Scheffler, PhD, MS
SOM:Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Assistant Professor
Efficacy and impact of contact tracing in San Francisco and beyond: An open-source computational study using agent-based models
2019 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2019 Awardees
Ethan Brown, MD
SOM:Neurology | Assistant Professor
Developing a Parkinson's Disease Specific Clinical and Research Dashboard
Carol Chen, MD
SOM:Emergency Medicine | Assistant Professor
The African Federation for Emergency Medicine (AFEM) Paediatric Emergency Medicine (PEM) Curriculum Development and Pilot in Liberia Trial (APPL Trial)
Victor Cheuy, PhD
SOM:Physical Therapy & Rehab Science | Assistant Professor
A Musculoskeletal and Biomechanical Analysis of Diabetic, Neuropathic Foot Deformity
Melissa Dvorsky, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Postdoc
Development of a Mobile App for an Executive Functioning Intervention for Adolescents with ADHD
Lindsay Hampson, MD, PhD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Evaluating Patient-Centered Outcomes for Treatment of Stress Urinary Incontinence in Older Men
Tobias Marton, MD, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Assistant Professor
A Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) investigation of depressive illness and treatment response to the rapid-acting antidepressant ketamine
Ulrike Muench, PhD, RN
SON:Social & Behavioral Sciences | Assistant Professor
The emerging role of nurse practitioners and physician assistants in the treatment of opioid use disorder for Medicare beneficiaries
Rosa Rodriguez-Monguio, PhD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOP:Clinical Pharmacy | Full Professor
Shortages of Opioid Analgesics: Safety and Treatment Cost Implications in Surgical Patients
James Sorensen, PhD (MA)
SOM:Psychiatry | Full Professor
ETHICAL ISSUES IN COUNSELING PATIENTS WITH OPIOID USE DISORDER (OUD)
Olga Tymofiyeva, PhD
SOM:Radiology | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
A neuroimaging study of open-label placebo in depressed adolescents
Lauren Whitehurst, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Fellow
Autonomic mechanisms of sleep-dependent memory consolidation
2018 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2018 Awardees
M. Antonia Biggs, PhD
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Full Research (Professional Research Series)
Women’s objective and psychosocial burden accessing abortion care
Fernando Gonzalez, MD
SOM:Pediatrics | Associate Professor
Quantifying Metabolic Changes in the Newborn Brain Following Stroke
Kristin Hoeft, PhD
SOD:Preventive & Restorative Dental Sci | Assistant Professor
Parental Influences and Strategies for Pediatric Oral Health
Suneil Koliwad, MD, PhD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Single Cell Transcriptomics and Mass Cytometry to Identify Cellular and Molecular Determinants of Adipose Tissue Dysfunction with Minimal Bias
Sangeet Lal, PhD
SOM:Neurological Surgery | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
The effect of immune system on oncolytic measles virus therapy of medulloblastoma.
Elysa Marco, MD
SOM:Neurology | Associate Professor
Does synergistic brain and body training improve attention and neural activity in school aged children?
Priya Prasad, PhD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
SIRS or SOFA? How Changing Definitions Affects the Timing, Epidemiology, and Outcomes of Sepsis
Lauren Ralph, PhD
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
Understanding minors’ experience with judicial bypass for abortion in Illinois
Anne Richards, MD, Other (MPH)
SOM:Psychiatry | Associate Professor
Understanding Sleep Disturbance in PTSD: Assessing the Usability of a New Sleep Diary App and Examining the Sleep Physiological Characteristics of Disturbed Sleep Using a Multimodal Technology Approach
Stephen Rosenthal, MD
SOM:Pediatrics | Full Professor
Bone Density, Structure, and Estimated Strength in Transgender Youth Receiving Pubertal Suppression in Early Puberty
Ushma Upadhyay, PhD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Associate Professor
Development of the Sexual Health and Reproductive Empowerment for Young Adults (SHREYA) Scale
Maya Vijayaraghavan, MD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Evaluating the implementation of smoke-free policies in San Francisco's public housing
Rachel Willard-Grace, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Family & Community Medicine | Assistant Professor
Connecting the quadruple aims in primary care: workforce experience, clinical quality, and patient experience in two learning health systems
Rosanna Wustrack, MD
SOM:Orthopaedic Surgery | Assistant Professor
Identifying and enhancing the host immune response in adult soft tissue sarcoma
2017 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2017 Awardees
Christine Ferrara, MD, PhD
SOM:Pediatrics | Assistant Professor
Characterization of Lipid Metabolism in Type 1 Diabetes and Relationship to Blood Sugar Control
Eileen Foy, MD, PhD
SOM:Pediatrics | Assistant Professor
Defining the structural elements mediating the interaction between the Enterovirus 71 VP4 capsid protein and cIAP1
Erin Gordon, MD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Understanding the Molecular Mechanisms and Causal Variants of Asthma GWAS Loci: IL1RL1 and IL33
Carolyn Hendrickson, MD, Other (MPH, MA)
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome after Isolated Traumatic Brain Injury: Platelet Biology, Endothelial Activation, and Mechanical Ventilation
Wendy Katzman, Other (PT, DSc)
SOM:Physical Therapy & Rehab Science | Professor
Technology-assisted postural training (TAPT) in older community-dwelling adults
Jennifer Kerns, MD
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Assistant Professor
Implementation of the Options for Pregnancy Termination (OPT) Decision Aid
Elaine Ku, MD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Pilot to Examine Risk and Feasibility Of Remote MANagement of blood pressure from CKD to ESRD (PERFORMANCE) study
Jennifer Lai, MD MBA
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
The Strength Training Intervention for Liver Transplant Candidates (STRIVE-LT): A Pilot Randomized Clinical Trial
Alexis Melton, MD, PhD
SOM:Pediatrics | Assistant Professor
Pilot study to investigate the pharmacokinetics (PK) of Thiotepa and TEPA in pediatric patients undergoing hematopoietic cell transplantation (HCT).
Lihong Mo,MD, PhD
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Resident
Predicting response to progesterone therapy in women with high risk for spontaneous preterm birth using machine learning on electronic medical records
Juan Carlos Montoy,MD, PhD
SOM:Emergency Medicine | Fellow
Prescribing patterns among emergency department physicians: Can a small intervention decrease opioid prescribing?
Theodore Nicolaides, MD
SOM:Pediatrics | Assistant Professor
Targeting LAT1 in Diffuse Intrinsic Pontine Glioma
Amit Sabnis, MD
SOM:Pediatrics | Assistant Professor
Augmenting proteostasis inhibitor therapy in rhabdomyosarcoma.
Johannes Thrul, PhD
SOM:Medicine | Postdoc
Context sensing to support smoking cessation: A smartphone pilot study
Yongmei Wang,MD, PhD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
The Role of IGF-I Signaling in Regulating Post-Traumatic Osteoarthritis Development
2016 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2016 Awardees
Diana Alba, MD
SOM:Medicine | Fellow
Discovering Macrophage- encoded Markers of Diabetes Risk Across Ethnicities
Matthew Amans, MD (MSc)
SOM:Radiology | Assistant Professor
Venous Pulsatile Tinnitus Benchtop Model and Flow Disruption Device Development
James Bayrer, MD, PhD
SOM:Pediatrics | Assistant Professor
Creating a Pediatric Inflammatory Bowel Disease Intestinal Organoid Biorepository for Personalized Therapeutic Discovery
Riley Bove, MD
SOM:Neurology | Assistant Professor
Harnessing the power of telemedicine to improve patient outcomes in multiple sclerosis
Annesa Flentje, PhD
SON:Community Health Systems | Assistant Professor
Gene expression outcomes among sexual minority men
Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD
SOM:Neurology | Associate Professor
Caspases and proteasome as opposite neuron fate determinants in Alzheimer?s disease
Jin Kim, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Postdoc
Understanding Factors that Influence Cigarette Smoking among Individuals with Food Insecurity
Diana Laird, PhD
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Associate Professor
Molecular and embryonic origins of saccrococcygeal teratomas (SCTs)
Erica Lawson, MD
SOM:Pediatrics | Assistant Professor
Determinants of Long-term Disease Damage in Childhood-Onset Systemic Lupus Erythematosus
Aras Mattis, MD, PhD
SOM:Pathology | Assistant Professor
Modeling Fatty Liver Disease Using Human iPS-Derived Hepatocytes
Michele Pelter, PhD, RN
SON:Physiological Nursing | Assistant Professor
Cardiac Response to Sleep Disordered Breathing in Patients with Acute Coronary Syndrome
Marina Tolou-Shams, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Associate Professor
Text Messaging to Enhance Mental Health and Substance Use Treatment Engagement Among Juvenile Justice Youth
Daniel Vogt, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
The contributions of human NF1 mutations to autism
CTSI Pilot Award Fall 2016 Awardees
Nancy Berglas, DrPH
SOM:Obstetrics, Gynecology & Rep Sci | Assistant Research (Professional Research Series)
Understanding why adolescent and young women choose low-efficacy contraceptive methods
Nisha Bhatia, MD
SOM:Neurology | Instructor
A pilot study of imaging CNS inflammation in HIV infection using a novel PET tracer,[18F]GE-180
Rene Colorado, MD, PhD
SOM:Neurology | Fellow
A Pilot Study with Wearable Devices to Detect Atrial Fibrillation
Joanna Halkias, MD
SOM:Pediatrics | Assistant Professor
Defining the role of fetal T cells in driving human mucosal immune development
Chi-yuan Hsu, MD
SOM:Medicine | Professor
Home Testing of Kidney Disease
Andrew Jheon, DDS, PhD
SOD:Orofacial Sciences | Assistant Professor
Altering osteoclasts in utero leads to changes in adult mandibular lengths
Ulrike Muench, PhD, RN
SON:Social & Behavioral Sciences | Assistant Professor
Comparing Opioid Prescribing Practices of Nurse Practitioners and Physicians Providing Services to Medicare Beneficiarie
2015 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Spring 2015 Awardees
Chelsea Bahney, PhD
SOM:Orthopedic Surgery | Assistant Professor
Bioactive cartilage matrix based scaffold engineered to promote vascularized bone regeneration
Catherine Bliss, PhD
SON:Social & Behavioral Sciences | Assistant Professor
Translational Implications of Social Genomics
Dejana Braithwaite, PhD
SOM:Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Associate Professor
Low dose computed tomography lung cancer screening in the San Francisco Bay Area: development of a population-based registry
Maureen Kohi
SOM:Radiology | Assistant Professor
A Pilot Trial of Arterial Embolization Following Cesarean Hysterectomy for Women with Placenta Accreta
Cristina Lanata, MD
SOM:Medicine Rheumatology
DNA Methylation differences between Hispanics and Caucasian patients with SLE
Erica Lawson, MD
SOM:Pediatrics | Assistant Professor
Toward the Improvement of Mental Health Care in Childhood-Onset Lupus: Long-Term Depression Risk and Outcomes
Yan Li, PhD
SOM:Radiology | Assistant Research Scientist
In vivo voxel-based MR metabolomics of the brain
Courtney Lyles, PhD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Design and Validation of Tablet-Based Data Collection for Vulnerable Patients
Ashley Mason, PhD
SOM:Osher Center for Integrative Medicine | Postdoc
Reducing problematic food craving experiences: A pilot feasibility test of Eat Right Now, a smartphone-based intervention to reduce food craving indulgence among overweight people who report problematic food cravings
Mercedes Paredes, MD, PhD
SOM:Neurology | Assistant Professor
Late-migrating interneurons in the postnatal brain
David Wilson
SOM:Radiology | Assistant Professor
Metabolic imaging of bacterial infection using positron emission tomography
Jimmie Ye, PhD
SOM:Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Assistant Professor
Transcriptomic profiling of bulk and single cells in autoimmunity
CTSI Pilot Award Fall 2015 Awardees
Jorge Arroyo Palacios, PhD
SON:Physiological Nursing | PhD, MSc
A Pilot Study with Wearable Devices to Detect Atrial Fibrillation
Hannah Glass, MAS
SOM:Neurology | Associate Professor
Outcomes After Neonatal Seizures
Jennifer Graves, MD, PhD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Neurology | Assistant Professor
Application of a wearable biosensor to track limb dysfunction in multiple sclerosis patients
Vanessa Grubbs, MD, MPH
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Molecular Evidence to Support a Link Between Periodontal Disease and Chronic Kidney Disease
Cassie Kline, MD
SOM:Pediatrics | Trainee
The role of KLOTHO as a biomarker for neurocognitive outcomes in pediatric brain tumor patients
Ricardo Lamy, MD, PhD
SOM:Ophthalmology | Assistant Professor
Ultrasound-enhanced corneal drug delivery
Jyoti Mishra, PhD
SOM:Neurology | Assistant Professor
A Real-time Closed Loop to Optimize Fronto-Parietal Cortical Networks underlying Attention
2014 Awardees
CTSI Pilot Award Fall 2014 Awardees
Naomi Bardach, MD, Other (MS)
SOM:Pediatrics | Assistant Professor
Using Multimedia Digital Health to Enable and Engage Pediatric Inpatients and Their Parents: A Pilot Study
Mallar Bhattacharya, MD
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Integrin beta-5 disrupts endothelial barrier function in acute lung injury
Jyu-Lin Chen, PhD, RN
SON:Family Health Care Nursing | Associate Professor
iStart Smart for Teens: technology-driven healthy weight management
Valy Fontil, MD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Medicine | Postdoc
Bring it Down: a practice-based intervention for management of hypertension
John Gross, PhD
SOP:Pharmaceutical Chemistry | Associate Professor
Deciphering how nucleosome plastisicity regulates chromatin formation
Sabra Inslicht, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Assistant Professor
Brain Circuitry of Fear Conditioning and Extinction in PTSD: Development of a Novel Multi-day fMRI Protocol to Investigate Mechanisms of Risk and Resilience to Trauma in Humans
Barbara Koenig, PhD, RN
SON:Institute for Health & Aging | Professor
Managing Uncertainty in Translational Research: Developing a Transdisciplinary Approach to the Ethics of Patient Choice in Risk-Based Breast Cancer Screening
Mary Margaretten, MD, MCR/MPH/MS
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Development of a Safety Dashboard for Rheumatology Clinics
Snehlata Oberoi, DDS
SOD:Orofacial Sciences | Professor
Improving Orthodontic Appliance Compliance with Objective Wear-time Tracking
Meyeon Park, MD, Other (MAS)
SOM:Medicine | Assistant Professor
Novel methods of detecting kidney allograft dysfunction
May Sudhinaraset, PhD
SOM:Epidemiology & Biostatistics | Assistant Professor
Documenting DREAMers: Exploring Barriers and Challenges in Health Access among Undocumented Asian and Pacific Islanders in Northern California
Sophia Vinogradov, MD
SOM:Psychiatry | Postdoc
CLIMB: a mobile suite of digitalized diagnostic and treatment tools for schizophrenia
Dmitri Young, PhD
SOM:Psychiatry | Postdoc
The Interaction of FKBP5 SNPs and Childhood Trauma on Phenotypic Posttraumatic Stress Response