Junior Faculty Alumni
Since the inception of the National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine (NCLAM) in 1999, 492 junior faculty have graduated from the program. During the program, each junior faculty member develops and completes a professional development project (PDP) with help from an assigned senior mentor. All Health Sciences faculty are eligible to serve as mentors, and mentor pairings are based on recommendations by the individual NCLAM participant and NCLAM Leadership Council. The list of projects by department below shows the wide diversity of interests among our graduates.
Anesthesiology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2021 | Laura Case, PhD | Writing a VA MERIT grant application with interventional design |
| 2021 | Claire Soria, MD | Longitudinal Pediatric and Adult Anesthesia Simulation Training for Anesthesiology Residents |
| 2020 | Nathaniel Schuster, MD | Starting an interdisciplinary systemwide headache committee |
| 2019 | Brian Frugoni, MD | Revamping and improvement of Anesthesia resident education in Pediatric Anesthesia |
| 2015 | Anne Shapiro, DO | UCSD Labor Epidural Bupivicaine Bolusing: A Cost & Safety Analysis |
| 2014 | Sarah Madision, MD | Does treating pain in the perioperative setting improve psychological outcomes for cancer patients? |
| 2012 | Erik Kistler, MD | Establishment of an Independent Research Lab |
| 2010 | Erin Lawson, MD | Chronic Opioids and Sleep Apnea |
| 2009 | Sameh Ali, PhD | Diurnal elevation in NADPH oxidase activity in the brain: a proposal link between brain inflammation and chronobiology |
| 2007 | Dalia Banks, MD | Gaining ACGME Accreditation for the UC San Diego Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Program |
| 2005 | Shobana Chandraskekhar, MD | Compare and contrast various teaching methods from both faculty and resident perspectives, and gain an understanding of how residents learn best |
| 2004 | Wendy Campana, PhD | Resubmitting R01 Grant for PINCH Signaling in PNS |
| 2003 | Robin Seaberg, MD | Anesthesiology Resident Curriculum on Substance Use, Abuse, and Physician Impairment |
| 2002 | David Luo, MD, PhD | Improvement of My Time Management Skills |
| 2001 | Vanna Soonthon-Brant, MD | Develop lecture series on anesthetic management of common pediatric diseases |
| 2000 | Sandra Chaplan, MD | Prioritizing Career Goals |
| 2000 | Reema Sanghvi, MD | Acute Airway Management Seminar/Workshop |
| 2000 | Gerhard Schulteis, PhD | Develop a one-day job fair/symposium on postdoctoral career development |
Cellular and Molecular Medicine
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2017 | Wendy Huang, PhD | Revise an R01 grant proposal on T cell immunology following NIH reviewers’ comments and suggestions |
| 2014 | Karl Willert, PhD | Investigating the role of WNT-FZD7 signaling in tumorigenesis |
| 2009 | Alysson Muotri, PhD | Modeling Autism spectrum disorders with human pluripotent stem cells |
Dermatology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2023 | Genevieve Kaunitz, MD | Creating a Quality Improvement Curriculum for UCSD Dermatology Residents |
| 2022 | Dawn Eichenfield, MD, PhD | Integration of Patient-entered Information into Clinical Care |
| 2019 | Amanda Marsch, MD | Publication of research in a major scientific journal |
| 2016 | Taraneh Paravar, MD | The Establishment of Collaborative Clinics and Conferences Between Dermatology and Rheumatology |
Emergency Medicine
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Brian Kwan, MD | An Automated System for Logging Medical Student Clinical Case Experiences from Electronic Health Record Data |
| 2023 | Andrew LaFree, MD | Area of Educational Distinction in Emergency Medicine Residency: Creating the Rural and Border Medicine Pathway |
| 2022 | Daniel Lasoff, MD | Substance Use Services at UCSD |
| 2021 | Sukhdeep Singh, MD | International Resident Ultrasound Education |
| 2020 | Christian Dameff, MD, MS | Modeling the Impact of Cyber Attacks on Patient Outcomes in Emergency Medicine |
| 2015 | Vaishal Tolia, MD, MPH | Write a foundation grant |
| 2014 | Radhika Sundararajan, MD, PhD | Developing a successful staffing model for ED Observation Unit |
| 2008 | Leslie Oyama, MD | Better than "Good Job:" Improving Medical Student Evaluations |
| 2002 | Kama Guluma, MD | Fundamentals of Grant Writing |
| 1999 | Karen Van Hoesen, MD | UC San Diego Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship Development |
Family Medicine*
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2022 | Alice Chen, DO | Outcomes of Osteopathic Neuromusculoskeletal Medicine (ONMM) Consultation Service |
| 2022 | Samuel Galloway, MD | Point of Care Ultrasound (POCUS) Curriculum for Family Medicine Residency |
| 2021 | Julie Celebi, MD, MS | Clinician Well-Being in Family Medicine: Lessons Learned and New Directions |
| 2020 | Terri Cheng, MD | Family planning training for Family Medicine Residents |
| 2019 | Sarah Merrill, MD | Develop and implement a functional movement training protocol with Chula Vista Fire Department to decrease injury rates in trainees |
| 2018 | Sarah Linke, PhD, MPH | Finish & submit 3 pending research articles |
| 2018 | Richard Novotny, MD | Improving UCSD Family Medicine Residency Community Outreach Rotation |
| 2017 | Rany Mansour Salem, PhD, MPH | Develop a Genetic Epidemiology Course |
| 2016 | Camille Nebeker, EdD | Building Research Integrity and Capacity Phase 3 – BRIC Implementation and Adoption Strategies |
| 2015 | Yuyan Shi, PhD | Developing a Grant Proposal for Multi-Disciplinary Research |
| 2015 | Jose Ricardo Suarez, MD, PhD, MPH | Running an NIH Grant |
| 2014 | Becky Marquez, PHD, MPH | NHANES 2009-2010 Weight loss strategies among different ethnic groups |
| 2013 | Geneen Gin, DO | Prenatal, Gynecological Ultrasound Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents |
| 2012 | Melanie Fiorella, MD | Development of Nutrition Residency Program |
| 2011 | Alice Mills, MD, MPH | Applying for a Career Development Award |
| 2008 | Dustin Lillie, MD | Shared Decision Making: The Missing Link Between Information and Action |
| 2008 | Esmatullah Hatamy, MD | Curriculum Development for Family Medicine's Inpatient Service |
| 2008 | Victoria Ojeda, PhD | Graduate Studies in Cultural Perceptions about Health and Disease |
| 2007 | Xin Lu, PhD | Designing a Course: Introduction to Computational Biology, Method, and Applications |
| 2006 | Dennis Trinidad, PhD, MPH | Improve Data Collection Methodology and Revise a Grant Application to Study Prevention of Smoking in the Filipino Adolescent Population |
| 2006 | Lisa Madlensky,PhD | Create a Course Website for FPM243 |
| 2006 | Matthew Allison, MD, MPH | Develop an Elective Course in Cardiovascular Epidemiology |
| 2005 | Rema Raman, PhD | Learn time management and know-how to convert her research ideas into manuscripts in statistics and neurological journals |
| 2005 | Susanne May, PhD | Identify a Funding Source for Own Methodological Research and Write First Draft of Application |
| 2004 | Loki Natarajan, PhD | Write a methodology grant in biostatistics |
| 2004 | Sonia Jain, PhD | Complete two methodological research papers and put together a grant application |
| 2003 | Happy Araneta, PhD | Determinants of Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes-related Complications, and the Metabolic Syndrome in Filipino-American Women |
| 2003 | Jennifer Wu, MD | Designing a Model for Primary Care Services for the San Diego Family Justice Center |
| 2002 | Reena Deutsch, PhD | Confidence Interval Estimation for Cox Model R2 Prediction |
| 2001 | Anthony Gamst, PhD | Developing Grant Writing Skills |
| 2001 | Deborah Morton, PhD | Developing an Assessment Tool to be Used for General Research in the Gay and Lesbian Community |
| 2000 | Deborah Goodman-Gruen, MD, PhD | Promotion Package |
| 2000 | Sherry Emery, PhD | Teaching Research Methods |
| 2000 | Cecilia Gutierrez, MD | HRT - Current Controversies - A Multidisciplinary Approach |
Medicine
See divisions below.
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2011 | Darren Casteel, PhD | Production of an AAF44 knock-out mouse |
| 2011 | Edward Chao, DO | Promoting Positive Change in Patients with Diabetes: Examining the Impact of Social Networks |
| 2011 | Declan McCole, PhD | Creating a Translational Research Project: Integrating Basic Research with Clinical Disease |
| 2011 | Toshitaka Yajima, MD, PhD | Improving Professional Writing Skills |
| 2010 | Maple Fung, MD | VA Merit Proposal: Central Sympathetic activity and peripheral vascular changes in prehypertension |
| 2009 | Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD | |
| 2009 | Charles Choe, MD | |
| 2009 | Gregory Daniels, MD | |
| 2009 | Heather Hofflich, DO | |
| 2008 | Rebekah Kaplowitz, MD, MPH | Improving Medical Care for Women Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF) |
| 2007 | Smita Desai, DO | Grant Proposal: The Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Interleukin 18 and Systemic Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease |
| 2006 | Laura Greci, MD, MPH | Develop a Research Agenda to Improve Quality and Efficiency of Emergency Care at the San Diego VA |
| 2006 | Tammy Lin, MD, MPH | Explore the Possibilities for a Multi-Specialty Obesity Clinic at UC San Diego |
| 2004 | Hyun Sil Kim, MD | Start working on the establishment of the Inflammatory Bowel Clinic at UC San Diego |
| 2004 | Joseph Yu, MD | Work on the process of acquiring ultrasound equipment for biopsy of thyroid nodules and develop a training program for the fellows |
| 2001 | Karen Munger, PhD | Web Based Learning: A Website for Bioengineering 140B |
| 2001 | Paula Shaw, MD | How to Determine Primary Care Panel Sizes in an Open Access System |
| 2000 | Angela Wang, MD | Airway Epithelial Tissue Core Facility |
| 2000 | Asad Bashey, MD, PhD | Grant Writing to Obtain Funding for Clinical and Translational Patient-Oriented Research |
| 2000 | Bogi Andersen, MD | Independent Research Program on Keratinocyte Biology |
| 2000 | Eduardo Ortiz, MD, MPH | A Hospitalist Program at UC San Diego |
| 2000 | Jacques Corbeil, PhD | Initiate at Introduction Course in Genomics and Bioinformatics |
| 2000 | Saralyn Williams, MD | Medical Toxicology Fellowship Curriculum |
| 1999 | Denise Hermann, MD | Personal Professional Development |
| 1999 | Ewa Carrier, MD | Development of a Pediatric Transplant Program at UC San Diego |
| 1999 | Stacy Tompkins, MD | Cosmetic Dermatology and Laser Treatment Program at UC San Diego |
| 1999 | Vijaya Pratha, MD | Gastroenterology Clinic at UC San Diego |
Neurological Surgery
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Nikhil Murthy, MD | Provide comprehensive, multidisciplinary destination for patients with complex peripheral nerve tumors and injuries |
| 2021 | Sharona Ben-Haim, MD | Submitting an R21 |
Neurosciences
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Reza Bavarsad Shahripour, MD | Advanced Neurosonology Course Proposal |
| 2023 | Iris Broce-Diaz, PhD | Develop novel multi-modal biomarkers to reduce health disparities |
| 2023 | David Coughlin, MD | Peripheral Alpha-Synuclein Seed Amplification Assay Development in Parkinson’s Disease and other disorders |
| 2022 | Aliya Frederick, MD, PhD | Expanding access to headache care and treatment in pediatric patients |
| 2022 | Olivia Kim McManus, MD | Precision medicine in nano-rare disease: Targeted antisense oligonucleotide gene therapy in SCN2A-associated early infantile epileptic encephalopathy |
| 2022 | Kevin McGehrin, MD | Business Plan for Expansion of Neuropalliative Care Services at UCSD |
| 2021 | Xu Chen, PhD | Writing a Katz ESI (R01) Award Application |
| 2020 | June Yoshii-Contreras, MD | Comparison on HDEEG ESI Techniques Across Centers in the Country |
| 2019 | Dominic Ferrey, MD | Intro to Neurology Residency Crash Course |
| 2019 | Anuja Jindal, MD, MPH | A curriculum in Neurodevelopmental Disabilities for the child neurologist |
| 2018 | Jamie Labuzetta, MD | Becoming an “Expert in the field” |
| 2017 | Cynthia Gonzalez Gonzalez, MD | Simulation-based neurological emergencies curriculum |
| 2015 | Royya Modir, MD | The UCSD Inpatient Stroke Service |
| 2015 | David Piccioni, MD, PhD | Developing a Neurological Oncology Conference |
| 2014 | Leena Kansal, MD | Epilepsy and EMR Databases: Dilantin dosing in patient with epilepsy and history of alcoholism |
| 2014 | Shauna Yuan, MD | Dissecting Tau Aggregation Mediated Neurodegeneration and Prion-like Propagation |
| 2013 | Sonya Wang, MD | Case Series of Acupuncture Effectiveness in Pediatrics Epilepsy |
| 2012 | Mary J. Harbert, MD | Real-time Noninvasive Multimodal Assessment of Newborn Brain Function |
| 2012 | David Lieberman, MD, PhD | Impairment in homeostatic plasticity as a potential unifying principal in models of autism spectrum disorders |
| 2010 | John Crawford, MD, MS | Neuroimmunology of Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors |
| 2009 | Jonathan Bui, MD, PhD | NMR imaging in a focal stroke model |
| 2008 | Stephanie Lessig, MD | UC San Diego Parkinson's Disease Center |
| 2006 | Sean Evans, MD | Prepare a patient's guide to understanding neurological diseases, treatment and their doctor's actions |
| 2004 | Christopher Kenney, MD | Work on establishing a movement disorders clinic with emphasis on deep brain stimulation |
| 2004 | Nayan Desai, MD | Learn the process of grant writing to further interest in electrodiagnostic research |
| 2003 | Brett Meyer, MD | Develop a Timeline and Plan for the Implementation of a Remote Video Consultation System at Four Remote Hospital Sites |
| 2002 | Joseph Gleeson, MD | |
| 2000 | Ronald Ellis, MD, PhD | Create a Clinical Service and Research Fellowship in NeuroAIDS at UC San Diego |
| 1999 | Carla Grosmann, MD | Complexities of Building a Community Practice |
Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Jorge Alvarado, MD | Development of a comprehensive multidisciplinary transgender health curriculum for ObGyn Residents |
| 2024 | Lindsey Burnett, MD, PhD | New Innovations in Birth Trauma |
| 2024 | Ukachi Emeruwa, MD, MPH | a) Wearables to define postpartum blood pressure trajectories and facilitate evidence-based monitoring; b) Risk factors for and incidence of de novo postpartum hypertension and Lasix for the prevention of de novo postpartum hypertension: And RCT; c) Fourth Trimester Program |
| 2023 | David Klein, MD | Exploring the association of introversion measures and clinical clerkship evaluations |
| 2023 | Priyadarshini Pantham, PhD | Manuscript Submission - Profiling the Transcriptome of Maternal Urine during Pregnancy |
| 2022 | Kathleen Fisch, PhD | Multi-Omics Profiling of Healthy Human Term Placenta To Elucidate Molecular Mechanisms of Placental Function Based on Mode of Delivery & Fetal Sex |
| 2021 | Marni Jacobs, PhD, MPH | Development of a didactic research course for residents in the Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences |
| 2020 | Julia Cormano, MD | Periviability & Surrogacy and Assisted Reproduction Reflection Session |
| 2020 | Tracy Harrison, MD | Androgen Effects on Reproductive Function in Transgender Men |
| 2020 | Alice Sutton, MD | Incorporating Novel Online Resources in the Endocrinology, Reproduction and Metabolism II SOM Curriculum |
| 2018 | Sarah Averbach, MD | The Timing of IUD Perforation After Interval Postpartum IUD Placement |
| 2016 | Heidi Cook-Anderson, MD, PhD | Thinking Outside the NIH Box |
| 2015 | Marianna Alperin, PhD | Pregnancy Induced Adaptations in Pelvic Floor Muscles: In Vivo Examinations |
| 2015 | Kellie Breen Church, PhD | Develop a Publication Record Worthy of NIH Early Stage Investigator Funding |
| 2014 | Sheila Mody, MD, MPH | Understanding Barriers to Long Acting Reversible Contraception Use Among Postpartum Women With Medical Conditions |
| 2014 | David Natale, BSc, PhD | The Role of AMPK Signaling in Placental Development |
| 2011 | Djurdjica Coss, PhD | Feasibility/Preliminary Data for a Second R01 |
| 2010 | Sasha Kaufmann, PhD | Hormone Action: Graduate School Curriculum and Endocrinology Course Design |
| 2010 | Louise Laurent, MD, PhD | Writing an NIH Grant |
| 2009 | Yvette LaCoursiere, MD, MPH | Importing Evidence-Based Practice in the Care of the Obese Pregnant Woman: An Assessment of Two Practice Models |
| 2008 | Edwin Alvarez, MD | Identification and Characterization of Human Ovarian Cancer Initiating Cells |
| 2007 | Jessica Kingston, MD | Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Curriculum for OBGYN Residents |
| 2007 | Maryam Tarsa, MD | Less Work Hours and More Opportunity to Attend Weekly Scheduled Conferences. Do Reproductive Medicine Residents Perform Better Now Compared to Years Before? |
| 2006 | Emily Lukacz, MD | A Comprehensive Analysis of the Short and Intermediate Term Impacts of Normal Vaginal Delivery vs. Elective Cesarean Section |
| 2003 | Douglas Woelkers, MD | Establishing the Standing Obstetrical Research Core (20STORC) |
| 2002 | Kathryn Pruzinsky, MD | Starting a Specialty Menopause Clinic |
| 2001 | Cheryl Saenz, MD | Gynecologic Oncology Group Research Protocol: Surveillance in Early Ovarian Immature Teratoma |
| 2000 | Paula Amato, MD | Submit Application to Change Visa Status and Complete and Submit Several Research Manuscripts |
| 2000 | Pamela Deak, MD | Survival Guide for Oral Board Exams in Ob/Gyn |
| 1999 | Andrew Hull, MD | Learn Develop Spanish for Perinatal Practice |
| 1999 | Christine Miller, MD | Write a Good Quality Case Report |
Ophthalmology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2023 | Nathan Scott, MD | Developing a K23 Oculomics: Utility in Oncology |
| 2021 | Jolene Rudell, MD, PhD | Pathophysiology and genetics of extraocular muscles in strabismus |
| 2020 | Jiun Do, MD, PhD | Stem Cell-Derived Optic Nerve Relays for the Restoration of Vision |
| 2020 | Yunxiang (Catherine) Liu, MD, PhD | Development of Surgical Teaching Conference: Advances in Periocular Surgery |
| 2018 | Daniel Chao, MD, PhD | Submitting individual K08 Mentored Clinician-Scientist Award for June 12th deadline |
| 2018 | Dorota Skowronska-Krawczy, PhD | Strategies for how to convert research to publication |
| 2017 | Eric Nudleman, MD, PhD | Research to Prevent Blindness Career Development Award and K08 Mentored Clinican Scientist Career Development Award |
| 2017 | Karl Wahlin, PhD | Human Pluripotent Cell Derived 3D organoids for Modeling Childhood Onset Retinal Dystrophy |
| 2005 | Shira Robbins, MD | Work on establishing a medical/surgical clinic for pediatric glaucoma |
| 2003 | Christopher Bowd, PhD | Multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Glaucoma |
| 1999 | Linda Zangwill, PhD | Expanding Research Activities in Eye Epidemiology |
Orthopaedic Surgery
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2022 | Elsa Sanchez Lopez, PhD | R01 in the making: Feasibility, preliminary data and improving writing skills |
| 2020 | Bahar Shahidi, PhD | Ligamentous Insufficiency as a risk factor for proximal junctional kyphosis and fusion failure in adult spinal deformity surgery |
| 2017 | Jan Hughes-Austin, PT, PhD | Time Management Strategies for Manuscript Prolificacy |
| 2013 | Sameer Shah, PhD | Pitch and Proposal Development for Industry Research Collaboration |
| 2011 | Simon Schenk, PhD | SIRT 1 and Muscle Insulin Action: R01 Resubmission |
| 2010 | Eric Hentzen, MD, PhD | Residents' International Orthopedic Experience |
| 2008 | Robert Afra, MD | Orthopedic Surgery Sports Medicine Development |
| 2007 | Douglas Chang, MD, PhD | Grant Proposal: Non-invasive Ultrasonic Measurement of Intracranial Pressure Waveforms in Athletes Participating in Head-contact Sports |
| 2006 | Daniel Lee, DPM | Develop a UC San Diego Diabetic Limb Preservation Program |
| 2003 | Matthew Meunier, MD | A Regional Referral System for Hand Trauma |
| 2002 | Scott Meyer, MD | Genetic Determination of Spinal Anatomy and Muscle Strength in Identical Twins |
Pathology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Mariko Horii, MD | Clinical and Molecular Differences of Hypertensive Disorder During Pregnancy |
| 2024 | Ahnika Kline, MD, PhD | First Steps Toward a Microbiology Fellowship |
| 2023 | Vanessa Goodwill, MD | Medical Student Elective in Neuropathology |
| 2023 | Hiromi Wettersten, PhD | Building specific aims for R01 |
| 2022 | Cole Ferguson, MD, PhD | Pharmacotherapy for inherited intellectual disability |
| 2022 | Francesca Soncin, PhD | Comparative placentation elective course/workshop with potential lab feature |
| 2021 | Hiutung Chu, PhD | Biomedical Sciences: Diversity & Inclusion Committee |
| 2018 | Mojgan Hosseini, MD | Developing a liver pathology course for American Society of Clinical Pathology (ASCP) |
| 2017 | Soumita Das, PhD | Comparative placentation elective course/workshop with potential lab feature |
| 2016 | Xiangdong Xu, MD, PhD | How to Run a Journal from Your Garage |
| 2014 | Gerald P. Morris, MD, PhD | T Cell Development in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation |
| 2012 | Anna Wong, MD | Implementing 6 color flow cytometry at VA San Diego |
| 2010 | Jonathan Lin, MD, PhD | Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration |
| 2009 | Mana Parast, MD, PhD | |
| 2009 | Christina Sigurdson, PhD, DVM | Pew Scholar Application for Prion Disease |
| 2006 | Dianne Langford, PhD | Design and Implement a Multifaceted Project to Study HIV in the Ethiopian Population |
| 2003 | Steve Goodison, PhD | Turn a Backlog of Research Data into Submitted Scientific Articles |
| 2000 | Steffan Ho, MD, PhD | Research Program Development and Evaluation |
| 1999 | Cynthia Behling, MD, PhD | Design a Short Course for the American Society of Clinical Pathology |
| 1999 | Jessica Wang-Rodriguez, MD | To Be an Effective Administrator |
Pediatrics
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Angela Barney, MD | A Friend in Me: Using Artificial Intelligence to Enhance Mindful Self-Compassion Workshops for Pre-Teens |
| 2024 | Alejandro Borquez, MD | H.E.A.R.T.B.E.A.T |
| 2024 | Elizabeth Chang, MD | Creating a Qualitative Research Consortium at Radys |
| 2024 | Amber Hildreth, DO | Ultra-Rapid Whole Genome Sequencing in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure |
| 2024 | Jeremy Landeo Gutierrez, MD | Unveiling and Bridging the Gap of Obstructive Sleep Apnea Disparities in Children |
| 2023 | Laura Bauman, MD | Complete K23 manuscript |
| 2023 | Eleanor Schuchardt, MD | Fetal Cardiac MRI |
| 2022 | Fabian Rivera-Chávez, PhD | Prepare a draft for the Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA) (R35) |
| 2022 | Carolyn Sawyer, MD | Impact of parent stress on neurodevelopmental outcomes in children born preterm |
| 2022 | Richard Silva, MD | Caring for your community |
| 2022 | Jose Silva Sepulveda, MD | Single Ventricle Multidisciplinary Clinic |
| 2021 | Michael Gardiner, MD | Clinical Prediction of MIS-C Among Febrile Pediatric ED Patients |
| 2021 | Vanessa Scott, MD, MS | An Educational Video Intervention to Improve Pediatric Influenza Vaccination Receipt |
| 2021 | Nathaly Sweeney, MD | Establishment of an Inpatient Cardiac Neurodevelopmental Care Program |
| 2021 | Kristen Wigby, MD | Program Development Plan for the Precision Medicine Clinic at Rady Children’s Hospital-San Diego |
| 2020 | Nicole Coufal, MD, PhD | applying/writing grant for Doris Duke due March |
| 2020 | Sandra Leibel, MD | The formation of lamellar bodies in the setting of surfactant protein B deficiency |
| 2020 | Hari Narayan, MD | Comprehensive Evaluation of Chronic Cardiac Remodeling After Childhood Anthracycline Exposure |
| 2019 | Gretchen Bandoli, PhD, MPH, MBA | Building a sustainable research portfolio |
| 2019 | Atim Ekpenyong, MD | Building a sustainable research portfolio |
| 2019 | Kathleen (Katie) Ryan Loker, MD, MPH | Curriculum Development |
| 2019 | Vanessa Tamas, MD | Extended spectrum beta-lactamase (ESBL) producing organisms in community-acquired urinary tract infections (UTIs) among infants in a pediatric emergency department (PED). |
| 2019 | Victor Wong, MD | Creating an Immunotherapy Program: Bench-to-Bedside in Pediatric Oncology |
| 2018 | Maria Pau Ordonez Naranjo, MD | A human induced pluripotent stem cell model of polymorphisms of PNPLA3 to study mechanisms of non alcoholic fatty liver disease in live hepatocytes / R21 |
| 2018 | Debashis Sahoo, PhD | Boolean principles of gene expression in normal and cancer |
| 2017 | Maria Aristizabal, MD, MAS | Developing and Implementing an action plan to submit a successful K-award application |
| 2017 | Eniko Sajti, MD, PhD | Write draft for NIH grant |
| 2016 | Farhad Imam, MD, PhD | You know his/her name |
| 2016 | Leah Kern, MD, MPH | Collaboration in Pediatric HIV Care at Tijuana General Hospital |
| 2016 | Nathan Lewis, PhD | How I Spent My Summer Vacation |
| 2015 | Stephanie Leonard, MD | Business Plan for Food Allergy Cente |
| 2014 | Johanna Chang, MD | Development of Pediatric Rheumatology Ultrasound Clinic |
| 2013 | Michelle Leff, MD, PhD | The Use of Supplementary Feedings in Newborn Nursery |
| 2013 | Andrew Skalsky, MD | Business plan and proposal for acute inpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation service at UC San Diego Health Sciences and the UC San Diego School of Medicine |
| 2012 | Chris Davis, PhD | Evaluation of Exercise limitations in Fontan Patients |
| 2012 | Kyung Rhee, MD | Next Steps in Childhood Obesity Treatment |
| 2011 | Chris Cannavino, MD | Pediatric Clerkship Curriculum: Subspecialty Modules |
| 2011 | Rebecca Cherry, MD | The Use of EPIC to Identify Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome |
| 2011 | Wynnis Tom, MD | Systematic Therapies for Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis: A Multicenter Approach |
| 2010 | Lars Bode, PhD | Developing a funding strategy for a solid and sustainable research program |
| 2010 | Daniel Lesser, MD | Development of expertise in pediatric sleep apnea |
| 2009 | Adriana Tremoulet, MD | Differences in Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics between Filipino Americans and non-Filipinos with Kawasaki Disease |
| 2008 | Jin Xue, PhD | Building Scientific Writing Skills |
| 2007 | Kelly Doran, PhD | Imaging Blood-brain Barrier Permeability in a Mouse Model of Bacerial Meningitis |
| 2007 | Robert Douglas, PhD | Unbiased Stereological Assessment of Apoptosis in Hypoxic Mouse Brain |
| 2007 | Tina Leone, MD | Bedside Echocardiography in the Neonatal Intensive Care |
| 2006 | Aki Saitoh, MD | Study the Mitochondrial Toxicity in HIV-Exposed and Infected Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy |
| 2006 | Jane Kim, MD | Develop a Strategic Plan to Acquire Research Funding |
| 2005 | Amy Geddis, MD | Write a grant proposal for the formation of a registry and shared resource for inherited disorders of platelet numbers |
| 2004 | Jeannine Huang, MD | Develop curriculum and evaluation methods for two of the core competencies of the Pediatric GI Fellowship |
| 2003 | Rolando Viani, MD | Rapid HIV Testing During Pregnancy: The First Step for a Comprehensive Family Oriented HIV Clinic at Tijuana General Hospital |
| 2002 | Garry Crummer, MD | California Indian Health |
| 2002 | Maria Luisa Zuniga, PhD | Scholarly Growth through Development of Manuscripts and an Academic Portfolio |
| 2002 | Sherry Huang, MD | Hamartomatous Polyposis Clinical Research |
| 2001 | Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD | Childhood Obesity Career Road Map |
| 2001 | Laurel Leslie, MD | Determining Who I Am and Where I Am Going |
| 2000 | Nancy Graff, MD | Interpersonal Violence Curriculum |
| 1999 | Karen Loper, MD, MPH | Introduction to Scholarly Activities |
Pharmacology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2023 | Johannes Schoeneberg, PhD | Center for 4D Cell Biology |
| 2016 | David Gonzalez, PhD | Constructing a R01 Research Proposal for Submission in 2016 |
| 1999 | Lisa Conti, PhD | Writing a Grant (Or Getting Some of My Own Salary) |
Psychiatry
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Tyler Bell, PhD | Publishing in a High Impact Journal while Branching out Professionally as an Early Career Faculty Member |
| 2024 | Erika Crable, PhD | Dissemination Strategies to Support Contingency Management Policy Adoption |
| 2024 | Ana Ramirez, PhD | Eating Disorders Educational Module |
| 2022 | Matthew Herbert, PhD | Understanding Ethnic Differences in Spousal Interactions among Adults with Chronic Pain |
| 2022 | Victoria Merritt, PhD | NIH R01 Grant or DoD Grant |
| 2021 | Yuliana Gallegos Rodriguez, PhD | A Novel Manualized Intervention for Veterans with Psychosis: Recovery in Minority Stress and Racial Trauma |
| 2021 | Ellen Lee, MD | Writing an R01 Grant |
| 2019 | Jessica Bomyea, PhD | Exploring cognition-affect links as part of a research grant proposal |
| 2019 | Tamara (Tammy) Maginot-Chesher, PhD | Development of a Medical-Behavioral Partial Hospitalization Program |
| 2018 | Lawrence Malak, MD | UCSD Community Psychiatry Residency Training Program: An innovative approach to developing Future Leaders of Public Mental Health |
| 2018 | Maria Marquine, PhD | Stress and Neurocognitive Function among Older Hispanics/Latinos |
| 2018 | Raeanne Moore, PhD | Mobile intervention to optimize social engagement |
| 2017 | David Grelotti, MD | A walk-in clinic for patients who chronically “no show” scheduled appointments |
| 2016 | Matthew Panizzon, PhD | Development of an R01 Grant Proposal |
| 2016 | Pei-An Shih, PhD | What I Learned in 2016 NCLAM Leadership Training Program |
| 2015 | Katherine Nguyen Williams, PhD | Developing a Pediatrics Anxiety & OCD Clinic |
| 2015 | Jared W. Young, PhD | Writing a Manuscript for High Impact Journal |
| 2014 | Lavinia Fiorentino, PhD | The Development of a New Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia: the ABC's of Insomnia |
| 2014 | Laura Redwine, PhD | Developing a plan to publish multiple endocrinology and aging manuscripts |
| 2013 | Veronica Cardenas, PhD | SALUD Program: Design and Implementation of a Culturally Tailored, Primary Health Clinic Strategy for Depression Prevention and Early Intervention Among Elderly Latinos with Diabetes |
| 2012 | Monica Ulibarri, PhD | Prevalence and Characteristics of Abuse Experiences and Depression Symptoms among Injection Drug-using Femal Sex Workers in Mexico |
| 2011 | Carolyn Allard, PhD | Betrayal Trauma and Trauma Related Guilt |
| 2011 | Wesley Thomson, PhD | Psychiatry Biostatistics Uni |
| 2010 | Trey Meeks, MD | Creating a learning module on aging for medical students |
| 2009 | David Grelotti, MD | |
| 2009 | Amy Lansing, PhD | Developing a collaborative interdisciplinary research program |
| 2009 | Irina Strigo, PhD | The interaction between mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mBTI) and Major Depression on the neural correlates of pain |
| 2008 | Colin Depp, PhD | Day Reconstruction Method in Older Adults |
| 2008 | Lauren Brookman-Frazee, PhD | Applying Models of Collaboration to Mental Health Services Research |
| 2007 | Denise Chavira, PhD | Improving Care for Anxiety in Pediatric Settings |
| 2006 | Stephen Glatt, PhD | Establish Research Independence |
| 2005 | Andres Sciolla, MD | Submit a grant proposal to study trauma-based behavioral interventions to improve medical outcomes among adult survivors of childhood trauma |
| 2005 | Maria-Julia Montejo, MD | Study the connection between hypertension and neurobiologic dysregulation |
| 2004 | Mariana Cherner, PhD | Complete and submit for publication two scientific manuscripts |
| 2004 | Laura Dunn, MD | Write and submit several manuscripts |
| 2003 | Gabrielle Cerda, MD | Integrated Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Mothers |
| 2003 | Marc Norman, PhD | The Effects of Disease Modifying Medications on Depression and Anxiety in Multiple Sclerosis |
| 2002 | Penelope Jones, PhD | Formula for Success in NIH Grant Application Process |
| 2002 | Laurie Lindamer, PhD | Use of Psychiatric and Medical Services in Older Women with Psychosis |
| 2001 | Gregory Aarons, PhD | Development of a Feedback Protocol for Clinical Services Organizations |
Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2023 | Titania Juang, PhD | Evaluating Faculty Compensation Equity for the Department of Radiation Medicine & Applied Sciences |
| 2022 | Andrew Bruggeman, MD | Inpatient Palliative Radiation Oncology Service |
| 2020 | Casey Bojechko, PhD | R21 Grant: A Deep Learning Model to Predict Transit Dosimetry in Radiation Therapy Treatments |
| 2019 | David Hoffman, PhD | Standardization of Risk and Target Structure Naming, Coloring, and Order |
| 2017 | Jeremy Hoisak, PhD | Integration of Quantitative Image Analysis Methods into Radiation Therapy Response Assessment Clinical Workflows |
| 2016 | Irena Dragojevic, PhD | Development of Medical Physics Satellite Management Model |
| 2015 | Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD | Transitioning from K to R Level Grant Application |
| 2014 | James Murphy, MD, MS | Creation of a Novel Claims-based Palliative Prognostic Tool |
| 2013 | Laura Cervino, PhD | Directing and improving the departmental Medical Physics course for physics and medical residents |
| 2011 | Daniel Scanderbeg, PhD | Comprehensive Quality Management for an Active Brachytherapy Program |
| 2010 | Loren Mell, MD | Radiation effects on bone marrow assessed by functional imagining |
Radiology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2022 | Divya Bolar, MD, PhD | Clinical implementation of Velocity-Selective Arterial Spin Labeling MRI for cerebral blood flow imaging |
| 2021 | Michael Taddonio, MD | Core Curriculum for Intervention Radiology Residency |
| 2018 | Mohammad Eghtedari, MD, PhD | Developing backscatter X-ray imaging for breast and skeletal imaging |
| 2018 | Andrew Picel, MD | Development of a business plan to establish a community outpatient Interventional Radiology procedure suite. |
| 2017 | Elizabeth Weihe, MD | Development of an Oncologic Imaging Section within the Department of Radiology |
| 2016 | Chi-Hua Chen, PhD | R01 Resubmission Proposal: Finding Genes for Regional Brain Size |
| 2015 | Julie Marek Bykowski, MD | Image Sharing |
| 2013 | Won Bae, PhD | R01 Proposal on Osteoarthritis: Imaging & Epidemiology |
| 2013 | Steven Kikolski, MD | Establish an Academic Identity in Interventional Oncology |
| 2012 | Rebecca Theilmann, PhD | Create Curriculum for Pulmonary Fellows on State-of-the-Art Pulmonary Functional Imaging Techniques and Their Applicability to the Clinical Setting |
| 2010 | Cynthia Santillan, MD | Develop a Website for Body Imaging Section |
| 2008 | Jacopo Annese, PhD | A New Curriculum Designed to Prepare the Next Generation of Researchers and Clinicians for the Challenges and Technological Opportunities in the Field of Neuroscience |
| 2008 | Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD | Creation of a Core Radiology Clerkship for UC San Diego Medical Students |
| 2007 | Miriam Scadeng, MD | Writing an R01 |
| 2006 | David Dubowitz, MD, PhD | Translate finished or nearly finished research projects into three papers |
| 2006 | Thomas Liu, PhD | Critically assess current state of academic career and define strategic directions to pursue over the next five years |
| 2005 | Claude Sirlin, MD | Learn to write and submit a patient-oriented research R01 dealing with MRI of liver fibrosis |
| 2003 | Michele Brown, MD | Submitting Papers |
| 1999 | Matthew Spear, MD | Grant Writing |
Surgery
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Aleah Brubaker, MD, PhD | Research Model Development |
| 2024 | Melissa Kanack, MD | Pediatric Plastic Surgery Curriculum OR Development of a patient decision aid for surgical treatment of microtia |
| 2024 | Jarrett Santorelli, MD | Automating Excellence: A Breakthrough in Emergency General Surgery Quality Benchmarking |
| 2023 | Shanglei Liu, MD | Antegrade ostomy infusion device for diverting loop ileostomy |
| 2022 | Winta Mehtsun, MD, MPH | Examining Disparities in Cancer Care Delivery |
| 2021 | Sharona Ben-Haim, MD | Submitting an R21 |
| 2021 | Sara Higginson, MD | UCSD Health Wound Service |
| 2021 | Jessica Weaver, MD, PhD | The Role of Serotonin in the Gut-Brain Axis in Traumatic Brain Injury |
| 2019 | Allison Berndtson, MD | Global Surgery Grant Funding |
| 2016 | Samuel Eisenstein, MD | How I learned to stop worrying and love academic medicine |
| 2015 | Tung-Chin Hsieh, MD | Developing a Male Oncofertility Program |
| 2015 | Jacob Husseman, MD | Updating the UCSD HHT Center of Excellence |
| 2014 | Thomas Alexander, MD, MHSc | Initiate a program to study sudden sensorineural hearing loss |
| 2014 | Kaitlyn Kelly, MD | Writing a Phase I Clinical Trial: Oncolytic Vaccina Virus for the Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis |
| 2013 | Victor Pretorius, MBChB | Develop a 1-day CME course on lead extraction |
| 2012 | Justin Brown, MD | Development of Subspecialty Practice |
| 2011 | Elisabeth McLemore, MD | Enhanced Recovery Program Implementation |
| 2010 | Alain Dabdoub, PhD | Writing a R01 on the Development of Neurons |
| 2009 | Vishal Bansal, MD | Elucidating the Neuro-enteric Axis |
| 2009 | Amanda Gosman, MD | Prospective Cleft Palate Study |
| 2007 | Kellogg Parsons, MD, MHS | Writing a Grant Proposal |
| 2006 | Michelle Savu, MD | Development of a Bariatric Surgery Program as Part of an Integrated Weight Control Program at UC San Diego |
| 2005 | Tracy Downs, MD | Develop a Robotic Surgery Program |
| 2003 | Sarah Blair, MD | Cytokine Levels and Emotional Distress in Breast Cancer Patients: Writing a K Award |
| 2002 | Carol Salem, MD | Redefining Lymphadenectomy Dissections for Genitourinary Cancers Using a Sentinel Node Detection Technique |
| 2001 | Mayer Tenenhaus, MD, FACS | A Career Redefined Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences |
| 2000 | Bard Cosman, MD | San Diego/UC San Diego Colorectal Surgery Residency Program |
| 2000 | Ajai Khanna, MD, FRCS | Abdominal Transplant Program at University Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada |
| 2000 | Erik Owens, MD | Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair Program at UC San Diego Medical Center |
| 2000 | Mahadevan Rajasekaran, PhD | Improvements to My NIH R01 Grant Proposal |
| 1999 | Manoj Monga, MD | Acupuncture in Male Infertility |
| 1999 | Steven Sparks, MD | UC San Diego Regents Vascular Surgery Foundation |
Urology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2020 | Seth Bechis, MD, MS | Combating Physician Burnout through Enhancing Departmental Wellness and Engagement |
| 2018 | Yahir Santiago-Lastra, MD | Transitional Care Program for Adults with Congenital Urologic Conditions |
Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Ramya Rajagopalan, PhD | Key Stakeholder Issues for Defining Ancestry in Human Genetics Research: A Needs Assessment Framework Guided by the Literature |
| 2022 | Tala Al-Rousan, MD, MPH | Hypertension self-management in refugees clinical trial |
| 2021 | Aladdin Shadyab, PhD, MPH, MS | The Intersection of Public Health and Human Longevity Science Symposium |
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Raymond Suhandynata, PhD | Clinical Chemistry and Toxicology Laboratories; Clinical Strategic Planning Proposal |
| 2023 | Jamie Kneebusch, PharmD | Conversion and submission of research project and development of research plan for large data set |
| 2021 | Alex Luli, PharmD | Developing an advanced community pharmacy rotation |
| 2019 | Laura Hart, PharmD, MS | Establishing Clinical Pharmacist Services in a Geriatrics Clinic |
| 2018 | Anjan Debnath, PhD | Preparation of an R01 Proposal on Identification of New Drug Leads for Treatment of Free-Living Ameba Infections |
| 2018 | Christina Mnatzaganian, PharmD | Development of a Novel Post-graduate Year 1 Community Pharmacy Residency Program |
| 2017 | Anthony O'Donoghue, PhD | Uncovering the proteolytic activity essential for single cellular and multicellular organisms |
| 2017 | Ila Saunders, PharmD | Development of a patient education curriculum at Moores Cancer Center (MCC) using a layered-learning approach with pharmacy students and residents |
| 2016 | Jair Lage De Siqueira Neto, PhD | Drug Discovery for Zika Virus |
| 2015 | Jeremiah Momper, PhD, PharmD | Establish a Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) Lab at UC San Diego |
| 2014 | Jonathan Watanbe, PhD, PharmD | Pharmaceutical Care Clinical Service in a Public Health System |
| 2013 | Felix Yam, PharmD | Association of Medication Regimen Complexity on Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Veterans with Heart Failure |
| 2012 | Sarah McBane, PharmD | Development and Implementation of a Community Pharmacy Residency |
| 2011 | Nathan Painter, PharmD | Prescription Drug Abuse |
| 2010 | Linda Awdishu, PharmD, MAS, PhD | Implementation of OSCE in the 3rd Year Pharmacy |
| 2010 | Eduardo Fricovsky, PharmD | Apply for a CTRI Postdoctoral Grant |
| 2009 | Rabia Atayee, PharmD | Impact of a Pharmacist on a Palliative Care Service in an Ambulatory Care Setting |
| 2008 | Kelly Lee, PharmD | Genetic Predictors of Valproic Acid Response in Patients with Bipolar Disorder |
| 2008 | Joseph Ma, PharmD | Experience in Grant Writing |
| 2007 | Shirley Tsunoda, PharmD | Decreasing Hepatotoxicity of Acetaminophen through Modulation of the Pregnane X Receptor (PXR) by St. John's Wort |
| 2006 | Brookie Best, PharmD | Identify appropriate projects and mentors and draft a K23 Award Proposal |
| 2005 | Candis Morello, PharmD | Gain better skills in writing for peer reviewed journals and improve time management skills |
| 2005 | Renu Singh, PharmD | Develop a new service/program to improve patient care by finding/working with a department interested in funding a clinical pharmacist |
Department of Medicine Divisions
Biomedical Informatics
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Matteo D'Antonio, PhD | Developing a Genetics/Medical Informatics Approach to Disease Prediction |
| 2021 | Kathleen Curtius, PhD, MS | |
| 2013 | Robert El-Kareh | Improving Feedback that Physicians Receive Regarding Diagnostic Decisions |
Blood and Marrow Transplant
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2012 | Matthew Wieduwilt, MD, PhD | Develop a Curriculum in Hematology/Oncology for Fellows Rotating in the Inpatient Bone Marrow Transplantation Services at Jacobs Medical Center |
Cardiovascular Medicine
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2020 | Isac Thomas, MD, MPH | Cardiology Transitional Care Clinic |
| 2019 | Emma Farley, PhD | R01 |
| 2019 | Paul Kim, MD | Nonspecific graft dysfunction in heart-transplant patients |
| 2016 | Jonathan Hsu, MD | Collaborative Research Involving UCSD Cardiac Electrophysiology and Engineering Departments for Treatment of Patients with Atrial Fibrillation |
| 2015 | Jorge Silva Enciso, MD | Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Program |
| 2013 | Luis R. Castellanos, MD, MPH | Pilot Study to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Home-based Cardiac Rehabilitation Program in Patients with Coronary Disease |
| 1999 | Denise Bernard |
Endocrinology & Metabolism
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2023 | Schafer Boeder, MD | NIH K23 Application – Reducing Hyperinsulinemia and Insulin Resistance in Type 1 Diabetes Using Adjunctive Therapies |
| 2020 | Philip Gordts, PhD | Write and R01 and get on a UCSD Committee |
| 2018 | Francesca Telese | Writing a manuscript |
| 2010 | Deborah Oh, MD, PhD | Guidelines for Pre-operative Diabetes Management |
| 2009 | Charles Choe, MD | Developing a model for a clinical endocrinologist at UC San Diego and develop a Fellowship Training Program for Thyroid Ultrasound and Fine Needle Aspiration |
| 2005 | Dorothy Sears, PhD | Learn skills for written presentations by working on 2+ manuscripts and outlining a rough draft for an R01 grant |
Gastroenterology & Hepatology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2021 | Debanjan Dhar, PhD | Building a NASH/HCC preclinical drug testing facility |
| 2018 | Amir Zarrinpar | Preparation and Submission of a manuscript describing a process to functionally manipulate the gut microbiome to a high-impact journal |
| 2005 | Derek Patel, MD | Design, implement and evaluate mechanisms for measuring ACGME core competencies in the Gastroenterology Fellowship |
| 2004 | Martina Buck, PhD | Write and submit two research articles to appropriate journals |
General Internal Medicine
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2023 | Joseph Diaz, MD | Developing curriculum for Med 434 course |
| 2014 | Kelley Hagerich, MD, MPH | Measuring the supply and demand of the VSDHA Weight Control Clinic in order to improve patient access |
| 2012 | Amy Zheng, MD | When "See One, Do One, Teach One" is Not Enough: Performance Assessment Using a Simulation Curriculum for Internal Medicine Residents |
| 2011 | Darren Casteel, PhD | Working toward an AAF Knock-out Mouse |
| 2009 | Heather Hofflich, DO | Effectiveness of Web-Based Osteoporosis Screening Reminders in a Senior Population Compared to Mailed Reminders or Usual Care |
| 2008 | Edward Cachay, MD | Designing and Implementing a Hepatitis C Co-Infection Clinic for HIV Infected Patients at UC San Diego |
| 2004 | Kristin Bell, MD | Develop a curriculum for medical student to learn behavior change counseling |
| 2002 | Adrian Dollarhide, MD | Preventative Services in Psychiatry-Primary Care Clinic |
| 2002 | Eduardo Grunvald, MD | Enhancing Academic Activities at the Internal Medicine Group - Perlman |
Geriatrics
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2023 | James Templeman, MD | Developing a curriculum in underserved populations for Geriatric Medicine Fellows |
| 2021 | Kathryn Winters, MD | Creating a Death & Dying Curriculum for Early Medical School Students |
| 2019 | Christopher (Chris) Kauffmann, PhD, MHS | Preparing for an R01: Cultivating collaborations at UCSD with researchers who use data from electronic medical records |
Global Public Health
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2019 | Laramie Smith, PhD, MA | R01 Submission: A prospective study of stigma’s impact on treatment outcomes among PWOUD |
| 2019 | Kiyomi Tsuyuki, PhD, MPH | Project Zen: Mindfulness-Based Stress Reduction Intervention to Improve HIV Care Outcomes in Women with Substance Use Disorders |
| 2018 | Jennifer Wagman | Drafting an R01 for submission to NIAAA in September 2018 |
| 2017 | Tommi Gaines | Developing Academic-Community Research Partnerships to address HIV prevention within American Indian Communities |
| 2015 | Peter Davidson, PhD | Changing but staying the same: continuing through the R01 application |
| 2013 | Jose Luis Burgos, MD, MPH | Proposal for a CFAR pilot study to explore optimal delivery strategies for an evidence based HIV/STI prevention behavioral interview for female sex workers who inject drugs in Tijuana, Mexico |
| 2013 | Karla Wagner, PhD | Grand Rounds presentation for Psychiatry residents and VA clinicians on overdose prevention and opioid safety |
| 2012 | Jamila Stockman, MD | Gendered and Sociocultural Risks for HIV in Ethnic Minority Drug-using Women with Histories of Partner Violence |
Hematology & Oncology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2022 | Srila Gopal, MD | Outcomes Research in Sickle Cell Disease |
| 2022 | Angelique Richardson, MD, PhD | Development of Academic-Community Partnership between MCC and San Diego Community |
| 2020 | Heather Bruner, MD | Primary Palliative Care for Emergency Department Nursing Staff |
| 2019 | Erin Roesch, MD | Fertility risk discussion and referral in female adolescent and young adult cancer survivors |
| 2018 | Kira Skavinski | Publishing data on Ketamine delivered via patient controlled analgesia (PCA) and in a compounded topical cream |
| 2017 | Ida Wong-Sefidan | Designing a Hematology/Oncology Curriculum for Medicine Residents |
| 2016 | Sandip Patel, MD | Development of Novel Personalized Immunotherapeutic Regimens for the Treatment of Rare Tumors |
| 2016 | Kyle Edmonds, MD | Evidence-based adaptation of an existing pharmacy elective in palliative care to involve medical students |
| 2013 | Eric Roeland, MD | A Pilot Study to Evaluate the Prevalence and Contributions of Cytochrome P40 (CYP) 2BG Genotype on Methadone and EDDP Urine Concentrations in Cancer Patients |
| 2009 | Gregory Daniels, MD, PhD | Clinical outcome and translational correlates in patients undergoing interleukin 2 therapy |
| 2009 | Lyudmila Bazhenova, MD | An investigation of Circulating Tumor Cells in Early stage Non-small Cell Lung Carcinoma |
| 2007 | Erin Reid, MD | Developing a Pilot Clinical Protocol with Laboratory Correlates for AIDS-KS |
| 2007 | Richard Schwab, MD | R-Etodolac Affects Wnt Signaling in a Murine Breast Cancer Model |
Hospital Medicine
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2019 | Joseph Avalos, MD | Note Writing Improvement, Taking the Next Steps |
| 2010 | Madhu Singh, MBBS | Physician empathy and its relation to burnout |
| 1999 | Gregory Seymann, MD | Development of a Hospitalist Program |
Infectious Diseases
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Sarah LaMere, PhD, DVM | Development and analysis for a bioinformatics-based manuscript submission |
| 2023 | Kathryn Barker, PhD | R01 Development: Reducing Young Ugandan Fathers’ Alcohol Use for Improved Early Childhood Development and Reductions in Family Violence |
| 2023 | Adriane Wynn, PhD | Antenatal Screening for asymptomatic Chlamydia trachomatis to prevent preterm birth |
| 2021 | Michelli Faria de Oliveira, PhD | Write an R01 via the establishment of a new collaboration with my mentor |
| 2021 | Britt Skaathun, PhD, MPH | R01 |
| 2020 | Nadejda Beliakova-Bethell, PhD | Cellular and viral determinants of the inducible HIV reservoir |
| 2020 | Aaron Carlin, MD, PhD | Mechanisms of flaviviral immune reprogramming |
| 2020 | Jennifer Dan, MD, PhD | Funding for Global Health Vaccine Accelerator Platform |
| 2020 | Monika Kumaraswamy, MD | Antibiotic Susceptibility Testing by Flow Cytometry |
| 2020 | Argentina Servin, MD, MPH | Special Topics in Experiential Global Health Learning: Migrant Health. The research project is entitled: Addressing health and social inequities among migrant women in the U.S. |
| 2019 | Antoine Chaillon, MD, PhD | R01 grant writing/submission: High Dimensional Mapping of the HIV Obligate MicroEnvironments (HOMEs) in the Central Nervous System |
| 2019 | Rebecca (Becca) Fielding-Miller, PhD, MSPH | The drivers stay the same: Expanding a sexual violence intervention to address the HIV cascade of care |
| 2018 | Ankita Kadakia | Transgender Symposium for Clinicians |
| 2018 | Anne Cowell | Investigating the genomics of severe falciparum malaria in Mozambique |
| 2017 | Mary Lewinski | Synthesize my existing data into manuscripts, submit for publication and draft aims for an R01 submission. |
| 2016 | Sara Gianella Weibel, MD | Prepare the Re-Submission of my R01 |
| 2015 | Cathy Logan, MD, MS | NIH K23 Mentored Career Development Award Application |
| 2014 | Rose Mercedes Andrade, MD | Modulation of Autophagy in Host-Parasite Interactions |
| 2014 | Sanjay Mehta, MD | Modifying the Microbiology Laboratory Workflow to Incorporate Mass Spectrometry Technology |
| 2012 | Ajay Bharti, MD | Study the effects of malaria and HIV co-infection on the brain which will provide preliminary data for an R01 award |
| 2010 | David Wyles, MD | Investigator initiated study of HCV direct-acting therapy to prevent liver graft reinfection post transplantation |
| 2005 | Davey Smith, MD, MS | Learn how to manage laboratory staff and organize projects |
| 2004 | Jennifer Blanchard, MD | Develop a handbook for house staff on the inpatient management of HIV |
| 2001 | Scott Letendre, MD | Improving Submission of Manuscripts for Publication |
Medical Genetics
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2020 | Lukas Chavez, PhD, MS | Develop a new course on Computational Translational Genomics; OR on Cancer Epigenetics |
| 2017 | Hannah Carter | Generating preliminary data to support an R01 application |
| 2006 | Lisa Madlensky |
Nephrology & Hypertension
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2023 | Tamara Rubenzik, PhD | Palliative Care education for Nephrology fellows |
| 2013 | Timo Rieg, MD, PhD | The successful transition from mentee to an independent extramurally funded faculty member |
| 2013 | Sucheta Vaingankar, PhD | Hemodynamic studies in "humanized" chromogranin: A mouse model |
| 2009 | Satish Rao, PhD | Mitochondrial control of epigenetic determinants in the developing embryonic kidney |
| 2008 | Mita Shah, MD | Creating a Path to an Independent Research Career |
| 2003 | Robyn Cunard, MD | Acquisition of the Tools Necessary for Development of an Independent Investigator |
Physiology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2017 | Tatum Simonson | Setting the stage for sustainable success: Grant submissions and further development of the Center for Physiological Genomics of Low Oxygen (CPGLO) |
| 2000 | Susan Hopkins |
Pulmonary, Critical Care and Sleep
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Rebecca Colman, PhD | Grant Writing and Independence |
| 2023 | Mona Alotaibi, MD | Extracellular Mitochondrial DNA in Critical Illness |
| 2020 | Jeremy Orr, MD | Non-invasive ventilation for respiratory muscle function in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy |
| 2016 | Ni-Cheng Liang, MD | The Impact of Mindfulness Based Physician Well-Bring Program on Burnout in Internal Medicine Residents |
| 2014 | Kathleen Sarmiento, MD, MPH | Evaluation of an ambulatory model of sleep apnea evaluation and management |
| 2013 | Kevin Shaw, MD | Transition Clinic for Cystic Fibrosis Teens |
| 2013 | Laura Crotty Alexander, MD | Design and begin two novel research projects to generate pilot data for VA Meric and R01 applications |
| 2012 | Philippe Montgrain, MD | Transcriptome-Wide Analysis of Alternative mRNA Splicing Isoforms in Lung Cancer |
| 2012 | Xavier Soler, MD | Phenotyping Sleep Disordered Breathing in COPD Patients Using CT Scans and Genetic Analysis |
| 2011 | Cortney Henderson, PhD | Preparation of an R01 Proposal |
Regenerative Medicine
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2024 | Qingfei Jiang, PhD | |
| 2023 | Shiran Gur-Cohen, PhD | Organizing a Scientific Symposium “Epithelial Stem Cells and their Niches” |
| 2018 | Leslie Crews | Expanding Preliminary Data and Developing a R01 Grant Application |
Rheumatology, Allergy & Immunology
| Year | Name, Degree | Project Title |
| 2023 | Chelsey Smith, MD | Establishment of new research database for women with rheumatic disease as part of the Wolfe Family Lupus Center of Excellence |
| 2019 | Miguel Lopez Ramirez, PhD | Mechanism of hypoxia induced exacerbation of cerebral cavernous malformations |
| 2015 | Alexandre Gingras, PhD | Everyone is in the same boat |