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MENTORS (sorted by school)
Name School Dept(Division)/Center Discipline
Jon Levine MD PhD Dentistry Oral and Max Surgery Pain/analgesia, inflammation
Barbara Gerbert PhD Dentistry Prev/Rest Dental Sci Behavioral science, prevention
John Featherstone MSc PhD Dentistry Prev/Rest Dental Sci Prevention of dental caries
Grayson Marshall DDS PhD Dentistry Prev/Rest Dental Sci Biomaterials & calcified tissues
Jane Weintraub DDS MPH Dentistry Prev/Rest Dental Sci Oral epidemiology and public health
Nina Agabian PhD Dentistry Stomatology Molec. events of oral candidiasis
Susan Fisher PhD Dentistry Stomatology Oligosaccharide structure
John Greenspan BDS, PhD Dentistry Stomatology/ARI Oral mucosal diseases; oral AIDS
Michael Matthay MD Medicine Anesthesia Experimental and clinical studies of acute lung injury
J. Wiener-Kronish MD Medicine Anesthesia Bacterial-induced lung injury
William Young MD Medicine Anesthesia Applied cerebral physiology
John Kane MD PhD Medicine Biochemistry and Biophysics Structure and function of plasma lipoproteins
Meg Chren MD Medicine Dermatology Improved care of chronic diseases
Ervin Epstein MD Medicine Dermatology Genodermatoses
Pui-Yan Kwok MD PhD Medicine Dermatology Cardiovascular diseases, pharmacogenetics
Keith Yamamoto PhD Medicine Dean’s Office Gene transcription regulation
Steve Cummings MD Medicine Epi/biostat (Osteoporosis) Osteoporosis; breast cancer
David Glidden PhD Medicine Epi/Biostat (Biostatistics) Biostatistical methodology
Charles McCulloch Medicine Epi/Biostat (Biostatistics) Longitudinal data analysis
John Neuhaus Medicine Epi/Biostat (Biostatistics) Longitudinal and clustered data analysis
Deborah Grady MD MPH Medicine Epi/Biostat (Women’s Health) Clinical trials; evidence based medicine
Elizabeth Holly PhD MPH Medicine Epi/Biostat (Cancer Epi) Population-based case control studies
Stephen Hulley MD MPH Medicine Epi/Biostat (Cardiovascular Epi) Cardiovascular epi; multicenter clinical trials
John Witte PhD Medicine Epi/Biostat (Cancer Epi) Genetic epidemiology; prostate cancer
Jeff Martin MD MPH Medicine Epi/Biostat (Clinical Epi) Infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS epi
Tom Newman MD MPH Medicine Epi/Biostat (Clinical Epi) Jaundice and dehydration in newborns
Neil Risch PhD Medicine Epi/Biostat Genetic epidemiology
Kevin Grumbach MD Medicine Fam and Community Med Health services research
Nancy Padian PhD Medicine Global Health Sciences Epi of STDs/HIV in women
Stanley Prusiner MD Medicine Inst Neurodegenerative Dis Discovery of prions
George Rutherford MD Medicine Institute for Global Health Infectious disease epidemiology
Susan Folkman PhD Medicine Integrative Medicine Stress/coping in terminal illness
Edward Murphy MD MPH Medicine Laboratory Medicine Epidemiology of HTLV-I and –II
Homer Boushey MD Medicine Medicine (Allergy and Pulm) Clinical research on asthma
Jeffrey Olgin MD Medicine Medicine (Cardiology) Electrophysiology, both basic and clinical
David Waters MD Medicine Medicine (Cardiology) Cardiovascular clinical trials
Lee Goldman MD MPH Medicine Medicine (Chair) Clinical epi & cost-effectiveness
Morris Schambelan MD Medicine Medicine (Endocrinology) Metabolic complications of HIV
John Inadomi MD Medicine Medicine (Gastroenterology) Quantitative analysis to examine outcomes of competing management strategies
Jonathan Terdiman MD Medicine Medicine (Gastroenterology) Biology and prevention of colorectal cancer
Lindsey Criswell MD MPH Medicine Medicine (GCRC) Genetic epi of autoimmune disease
Joel Palefsky MD Medicine Medicine (GCRC) HPV infection in HIV+ men and women
Andy Bindman MD Medicine Medicine (Gen Int Med) Health services research
Ralph Gonzales MD MSPH Medicine Medicine (Gen Int Med) Quality improvement; health servs res
Eliseo Perez Stable MD Medicine Medicine (Gen Int Med) Health care disparities
Michael Shlipak MD MPH Medicine Medicine (Gen Int Med) Nephrology and cardiovascular epi
Mary Whooley MD Medicine Medicine (Gen Int Med) Depression and CVD
Ken Covinsky MD MPH Medicine Medicine (Geriatrics) Geriatrics, epi, and outcomes research
Seth Landefeld MD Medicine Medicine (Geriatrics) Aging and quality of care
Mike McCune MD PhD Medicine Medicine (Gladstone) Vaccine immunobiology; HIV
Bob Wachter MD Medicine Medicine (Hospitalist) Patient safety and quality improvement
Ida Sim MD PhD Medicine Medicine (Informatics) Biomedical informatics
Fred Waldman MD PhD Medicine Medicine (Lab Medicine) Application of molecular diagnostics techniques
Bernard Lo MD Medicine Medicine (Medical Ethics) Ethical issues in clinical research
Glenn Chertow Medicine Medicine (Nephrology) Acute and chronic kidney disease
Kirsten Johansen MD Medicine Medicine (Nephrology) Epidemiology of kidney disease
Ann O'Hare MD MS Medicine Medicine (Nephrology) Peripheral arterial disease in patients with chronic kidney disease
Paul Blanc MD MSPH Medicine Medicine (Occup Med) Occupational factors in lung disease
Diane Havlir MD Medicine Medicine (Positive Health) HIV therapeutics; HIV and tuberculosis
Phillip Hopewell MD Medicine Medicine (Pulmonary) Molecular epidemiology of tuberculosis
Nancy Lane MD Medicine Medicine (Rheumatology) Osteoporosis, osteoarthritis
David Wofsy MD Medicine Medicine (Rheumatology) Autoimmunity in murine models
Donna Ferriero MD Medicine Neurology Pediatric Neurology
Steve Finkbeiner MD PhD Medicine Neurology Molecular neuroscience
Clay Johnston MD PhD Medicine Neurology Cerebrovascular disease epidemiology
Jorge Oksenberg PhD Medicine Neurology Human genetics, immunology
Louis Ptacek MD Medicine Neurology Human genetics, neurology
Wade Smith MD PhD Medicine Neurology Cerebral revascularization during acute stroke
Margaret Wrensch PhD MPH Medicine Neurosurgery Cancer and molecular epidemiology
Mary Croughan PhD Medicine Ob/Gyn Reprod and perinatal epidemiology
Miriam Kuppermann PhD Medicine Ob/Gyn Outcomes research
Thomas Lietman MD Medicine Ophthalmology Cornea, External Disease, Uveitis, Optics, and Epidemiology
Todd Margolis MD PhD Medicine Ophthalmology Mechanisms of HSV latency
Patricia Leake PhD Medicine Otolaryngology Cardiovascular epidemiology
Elena Fuentes-Afflick MD MPH Medicine Pediatrics Perinatal epidemiology
Ron Clyman MD Medicine Pediatrics Translational cardio physiology
Robert Lustig MD Medicine Pediatrics Endocrinology, neuroscience, physiology
Anna-Barbara Moscicki MD Medicine Pediatrics HPV, mucosal immunology
Diane Wara MD Medicine Pediatrics Pediatric HIV; immunodeficiency
Nancy Byl PhD PT Medicine Phys Therapy and Rehab Etiology of focal hand dystonia
Kimberly Topp PT PhD Medicine Phys Therapy and Rehab Cell biology of peripheral nerve
Nancy Adler PhD Medicine Psychiatry Health psychology; health behavior
Victor Reus MD Medicine Psychiatry Genetics of mental illness
Kristine Yaffe MD Medicine Psychiatry Dementia and cognitive decline
James Sorensen PhD Medicine Psychology Treatment in drug abuse and HIV/AIDS
Daphne Haas-Kogan MD Medicine Radiation Oncology Translational studies of gliomas
Lynn Verhey PhD Medicine Radiation Oncology Radiotherapy delivery methods
William Dillon MD Medicine Radiology MR imaging and MR spectroscopy
Rebecca Smith-Bindman MD Medicine Radiology Ultrasound and mammography
Mike Weiner MD Medicine Radiology MRI/MRS to monitor treatment effects
Mitchell Katz MD Medicine SF Dept of Public Health Public health; preventive medicine
Nancy Ascher MD Medicine Surgery Organ transplantation
Hobart Harris MD, MPH Medicine Surgery Immune response to acute injury and infection
Michael Harrison MD Medicine Surgery (Fetal) Development of fetal surgery
Lou Messina MD Medicine Surgery (Vascular) Collateral artery formation mechanisms
John Roberts MD Medicine Surgery (Transplant) Liver cancer; transplantation
Peter Carroll MD Medicine Urology Genital urinary cancer outcomes
Jeannette Brown MD Medicine Women’s Hlth Clin Res Ctr Urinary incontinence epidemiology
Susan Janson RN, PhD Nursing Comm Health Systems Observation studies in outcomes res
Mary White RN PhD Nursing Comm Health Systems Health of incarcerated populations
Kathy Dracup RN DNSc Nursing Dean’s Office Care of patients w/chronic heart dis
Geraldine Padilla PhD Nursing Dean’s Office Psychosocial predictors; quality of life outcomes
Catherine Chesla RN DNSc Nursing Fam Hlth Care Nursing Family involvement in schizophrenia
Kathryn Lee RN PhD Nursing Fam Hlth Care Nursing Sleep and fatigue in women
Anita Stewart PhD Nursing Inst for Health and Aging Measurement of health
Marylin Dodd RN PhD Nursing Physiological Nursing Symptom management; self-care
Barbara Drew RN PhD Nursing Physiological Nursing Cardiovascular acute and critical care
Christine Miaskowski RN PhD Nursing Physiological Nursing Pain, symptom mgt in cancer patients
Deanna Kroetz PhD Pharmacy Biopharm Sciences Lipid metabolism, cv pharmacology
Neal Benowitz MD Pharmacy Biopharm Sciences Clinical pharm; medical toxicology
Kathy Giacomini PhD Pharmacy Biopharm Sciences Pharmacogenetics
Fran Aweeka PharmD Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacy Studies for anti-HIV protease inhibitors
B. Joseph Guglielmo PharmD Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacy Pharmacoepidemiology and patient outcomes research
Kathryn Phillips PhD Pharmacy Clinical Pharmacy Health services research
CC Wang PhD Pharmacy Pharmaceutical Chemistry Biochemistry, cell biology
Eugene Washington MD Msc UCSF Chancellor’s Office Women’s health; health outcomes in diverse populations