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MENTOR DETAILS (sorted by Last Name)
* Denotes Multidisciplinary Advisory Committee Member
Name, Title Department, School Mentoring Highlights Research Expertise Research Resources
*Nancy E. Adler, PhD. Prof; Dir, Ctr for Health and Community; Dir, Robert Wood Johnson Health and Society Scholars Program Psychiatry & Pediatrics, SOM Awarded George Sarlo Prize for Excellence in Teaching; 37 peer-reviewed publications with mentees as first author Social health psychology; Socioeconomic status and health; Quasi-experimental and observational research; Adolescent risk behavior; Reproductive health MacArthur Network on SES & Health (collaboration with CARDIA); Data bases in reproductive health
Nina Agabian PhD,  Prof, Co-Dir, Oral AIDS Center Stomatology, SOD 110 peer-reviewed publications since 1977 with mentee as first author; 10 particularly eminent ex-mentees. Molecular events of oral candidiasis, direct effects of HIV proteins on Candida gene expression, fungal biofilm formation, genomics, microbial pathogenesis, lipid mediators. Affymetrix GeneChip DNA microarray technology including hybridization oven, fluidics station, HP microarray scanner, the Agabian Lab C. albicans Annotation Web Database.
Francesca Aweeka, Pharm.D, Prof; Dir, Drug Research Unit, SFGH Clinical Pharmacy, SOP Supervised 32 post-docs, visiting scholars, and special scholars since 1989; over 10 peer-reviewed publications since 1999 with mentee as first author. Pharmacology studies for anti-HIV protease inhibitors including drug interaction, pharmacodynamic evaluations, and protein binding; pharmacology of drugs in pregnancy and children. Drug Research Unit (SFGH): biosafety level 2 lab and LC-tandem-MS temperature controlled analytical room.
* Lisa Bero, Ph.D Prof and Vice Chair Clinical Pharmacy, SOP Three nominations for mentoring awards; STAR award for mentoring; founder & former director, Center for Tobacco Control Research Postdoctoral fellowship program Evidence based health care (meta-analysis, critical appraisal), translating research into policy, tobacco control policy, pharmaceutical policy, conflicts of interest Databases of commentary (written and oral) on a variety of health policy laws and regulations; Internal industry document databases; Grant funding
Andrew Bindman MD, Prof; Chief, Div of General Internal Medicine, SFGH Medicine, SOM Society of General Internal Medicine Research Mentoring Award, 2000; 19 peer-reviewed publications since 1992 with mentee as first author. Health services research, chronic disease; clinical and administrative databases, risk-adjusted outcomes studies, population health. National & state population surveys, statewide hospital discharge data, Medicaid  administrative databases, clinical database of SFDPH.
Paul D. Blanc MD MSPH, Prof; Endowed Chair and Division Chief,Occupational and Environmental Medicine Medicine, SOM 28 peer-reviewed papers since 1990 with mentee as first author; 2 particularly eminent ex-mentees. Occupational and environmental factors in the onset and progression of lung disease, especially of the airways; medical toxicology. Asthma and Rhinitis Disability Cohort; COPD Cohort.
Homer A. Boushey:   MD, Prof; Chief, Div of Allergy & Immunology; Dir,  Asthma Clinical Research Center Medicine, SOM Former mentee first author on 30 of 57 of my peer-reviewed publications in past 10 years.  Four former mentees have achieved exceptional national and international prominence. Clinical research on causes and treatments of asthma and viral respiratory infection; have conducted many single center and multi-center studies. Database of >2,500 patients expressing interest in participating in research studies; facilities, equipment, pulmonary function testing, tissue processing, Elisa, PCR, transcription profiling.
Jeanette S. Brown, M.D., Prof; Di,  ORWH Specialized Ctr of Research,  Women’s Continence Ctr, Ob-Gyn & Reproductive Sciences, SOM Current K24 from NIDDK for mentoring Urinary incontinence epidemiology; urologic complications of diabetes. Reproductive Risk Factors for Incontinence database: population based 2,100 women Age 44-74; urine and blood samples.
Nancy Byl, PhD, PT, Prof and Chair Physical Therapy & Rehabilitative Sciences, SOM Mentors 14 graduate students in PT (10 MS, 4 DPTSc). Has written five book chapters and 61 peer-reviewed publications since 1976 with mentees as authors of 10 of these publications Etiology and treatment of focal hand dystonia, effectiveness of learning based sensorimotor therapy for patients post stroke, integrative balance disorders, and idiopathic scoliosis Databases: strokes, FHd, balance disorders. Resources:  Motion Analysis, 8 channel EMG, force plate, Posturography; Isokinetic and hand held dynamometers
Glenn M. Chertow, MD, MPH; Associate Professor of Medicine; Director of Clinical Services, Division of Nephrology, UCSF Medical Center Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SOM 30 peer-reviewed publications since 1999 with mentee as first author, Floyd C. Rector, Jr. Housestaff teaching award, 2001 Epidemiology, health services research, and clinical trials in acute and chronic kidney disease Data from US Renal Data System (USRDS), Program to Improve Care in Acute Renal Disease (PICARD),Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort (CRIC) study, Frequent Dialysis Clinical Trial
Catherine Chesla, RN, DNSc, Prof and Vice-Chair Family Health Care Nursing, SON Distinction in Teaching Award, Honorable Mention, UCSF; Class Marshall, Masters & Doctoral Nursing Program (Teaching Honors); Mentored 22 dissertations, Chair of 6. Family involvement in chronic illness management in schizophrenia, A.D. & type 2 diabetes. Observational & interpretive narrative research. Couple’s survey data on type 2 diabetes in 4 ethnicities (African & Chinese American, Latino and White); interpretive family data sets.
Mary-Margaret Chren, MD; Assoc Prof Dermatology, SOM Invited faculty, Society for Invest Derm Summer Retreats for junior investigators, 01-02; Nominated, Clinical Research Mentor, 2003, Clinical Research Symposium Conceptualization / measurement of complex health outcomes, such as quality of life and functioning.  Improvement of quality of care of chronic diseases. Nonmelanoma skin cancer cohort: 1565 patients followed after treatment; HSR program at SF VAMC.
Ronald Clyman, MD, Prof; Assoc Dir, Pediatric Clinical Research Center Pediatrics, SOM Awarded Pediatric House Staff Teaching Award, 1982; 41 peer-reviewed publications since 1978 with mentee as first author. Translational research, coordinating centers for multicenter studies; cardiovascular physiology. NICU clinical database:  prospective data of neonatal physiological parameters & morbidities of infants enrolled in the ICN over 20-year period.
Kenneth Covinsky, MD, MPH, Assoc Prof Medicine, SOM Over past 3 years, 11 mentees with 14 publications, 2 VA career development awards, 1 NIH K-award, 2 NIA minority supplements, 1 white house fellowship. Geriatrics, epidemiology, and outcomes research; functional and quality of life outcomes, functional outcomes of hospitalization, prognosis/risk adjustment. Acute Care for Elders Database: functional outcomes in 3,000 hospitalized elders; DataPACE:  health outcomes in 6,000 frail elders.  HRS Database (19,000 community dwelling elders).
Lindsey A Criswell, MD, MPH, Assoc Prof; Assoc Program Dir, GCRC Medicine, SOM

Recipient of Midcareer Investigator (K24) Award in Patient-Oriented Research; Mentoring experience in rheumatology, pulmonology, nephrology and medical genetics

Genetic epidemiology of autoimmune disease, particularly RA and SLE; rheumatology outcome and health services studies. Two large multiplex family registries and repositories; two large simplex family collections (2,000 SLE families and 1,000 RA families)
Mary Croughan, Ph.D., Prof Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences, SOM Chair of UCSF Task Force on Mentoring; UCSF Academic Senate’s Distinction in Teaching Award 2001; extensive mentoring experience. Reproductive and perinatal epidemiology. Primary care research in practice-based research networks. Cohort of 52,000 infertile women available for research; multiple datasets available for analyses.
*Steven Cummings MD, Professor (emeritus); Director of Clinical Research, Calif. Pacific Medical Center Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SOM Awarded SF Bay Area “Mentor of the Year” for 2003 Research methods, osteoporosis, breast cancer, clinical trials Databases and specimens from Study of Osteoporotic Fractures, Health and Body Compositon, Women’s Health Initiative, MrOS (Osteoporosis in Men) and others.
Pamela DenBesten DDS, MS,  Prof and Chair Pediatric Dentistry, SOD Highly sought after mentor by dental students and students seeking advanced degrees beyond clinical specialty programs.  Enamel fluorosis, enamel and dentin development and biomineralization.  Grants related to dentin repair and biomineralization.  Clinical studies on dental caries prevention.
Marylin J. Dodd, RN, PhD, FAAN, Prof and Assoc Dean, Sharon A. Lamb Endowed Chair Physiological Nursing, SON 3 PhD(c) mentees awarded DOD dissertation grants 41 peer-reviewed publications since 1975 with mentee as first author. Symptom management; self-care; large randomized clinical trials. Databases available for secondary analyses, publications and presentations. 
Kathleen A. Dracup, Dean and Endowed Professor Dean’s Office, SON 1978, 1982, 1987, 1993 Outstanding Faculty Award, School of Nursing, UCLA; 2003 American Heart Association Eugene A. Braunwald Mentorship Award; 36 peer-reviewed publications since 2000 with mentees listed as first author; 14 particularly prominent ex-mentees. Chronic cardiac disease and the effects of disease on the family; testing specific interventions derived from the social support literature, i.e., conjugal groups in a cardiac rehabilitation setting and intervention programs for family members of patients at high risk for sudden death. Databases from Reducing Prehospital Delay in Acute Myocardial Infarction; Teleelectro-cardiography in emergency cardiac care; Return to work following acute myocardial infarction.
Barbara J. Drew, RN, PhD, Prof and Vice Chair Physiological Nursing, SON Selected critical care mentor for American Association of Critical Care Nurses' Mentor Fellowship Program, 2003; Outstanding Faculty Mentorship Award, Graduate Students’ Association and Graduate Division Alumni Association, 2003; 29 peer-reviewed research articles with mentee as first author since 1992. Cardiovascular acute and critical care, electrocardiology, research design and methods; Director of ECG Monitoring Core Lab that analyzes data for numerous studies conducted in the UCSF Schools of Medicine and Nursing Research Lab with 8 personal computers and multiple specialized ECG measurement software programs for research analysis; Digital ECG data from 5 clinical trials recorded from nearly 3,000 patients (> one million 12-lead ECGs).
Ervin Epstein, Jr., MD Dermatology, SOM 19 peer-reviewed publications with mentee as first author. Identification of genes causing genodermatoses; development and analysis of mouse models; assessment chemoprevention and chemotherapy in mouse models. DNA and serum resources from skin cancer patients and the analyses of these resources.
John D. Featherstone MSc, PhD., Prof and Chair; Leland and Gladys Barber Distinguished Professor Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, SOD Teacher of the year award, School of Dentistry, 2002; 43 publications since 1980 with mentee as first author. Prevention of dental caries including both basic research and clinical studies.  Lasers in dentistry.  Hard tissue optical properties.  Chemistry of the oral environment Laser laboratory and dental lasers, biochemistry and microbiology lab, library of cariogenic bacteria from high risk and zero caries individuals
*Donna M.Ferriero, MD, Professor and Vice Chair; Director: Neonatal Brain Disorders Center Neurology and Pediatrics, SOM Awarded UCSF Chancellor’s Award for the Advancement of Women 2000 for outstanding mentoring. All K12 candidates have attained academic faculty status. Developmental neurobiology of disease, ischemic and inflammatory; Observational studies in neonatal brain disorders; assembling large translational program projects Neonatal Brain Disorders Center database and studies. Large multidisciplinary group involved in research of the normal and abnormal development of human newborn: MRI
Steven Finkbeiner, MD, PhD, Asst Prof Neurology, SOM Chair, Mentoring and Management Committee, Gladstone Institutes;  Scientific Liaison for Brain Interest Group –  program to help match interested students with mentors;  Member of the Medical Scientist Training Program Council – 20+ medical, MD/PhD, and graduate students. Molecular neuroscience, cellular models of neurodegenerative disease, platforms for conducting small molecule screens for ones with potential therapeutic efficacy, electrophysiology, imaging. Web-based database containing over 1,300 DNA plasmids and advanced forms of imaging including robotic microscopy.
Susan Fisher, Ph.D., Prof; Faculty Director, Biomolecular Resource Center Stomatology, SOD UCSF Graduate Association Outstanding Mentor of the Year, 2002; 21 peer-reviewed publications since 1994 with mentees. Correlation of oligosaccharide structure and function in terms of leukocyte and bacterial adhesion; human placental cell biology and immunology; human embryonic stem cell biology Basic cell biology research laboratory, access to state-of-the-art mass spectrometry facilities, access to a unique bank of human tissue biopsies of the maternal-fetal interface.
Susan Folkman, PhD; Dir, Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Medicine, SOM Recipient of George Sarlo Award for Excellence in Mentoring, 2000.Previous mentees have had high success rate in obtaining independent NIH funding. Stress and coping in context of chronic and terminal illness, caregiving, and bereavement. Completed data set from observational longitudinal study of maternal caregivers of children with HIV.
Barbara Gerbert, PhD, Prof and Chair; Dir, Center for Health Improvement and Prevention Studies Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, SOD   Behavioral science, prevention, and use of technology in health care assessments and interventions. Databases, qualitative/ quantitative  datasets, travel, training support.
*Kathleen M. Giacomini, Ph.D., Prof and Chair Biopharmaceutical Sciences, SOP Awarded: Academic Senate Distinguished Teaching Award, Long Distinguished Teaching Award for Excellence, Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women, Martin Luther King Award;  80 peer-reviewed publications since 1986 with mentees as first author; instituted a junior faculty mentoring program in the Dept of Biopharmaceutical Sciences. Pre-clinical and clinical drug development studies; membrane transporters in drug disposition and response; pharmacogenetics/pharmacogenomics. Lab space & equipment; large database of genetic variation in membrane transporters; SOPHIE (Studies of Pharmacogenetics in Ethnically Diverse Populations); UCSF Core Genome Facility; DNA Bank.
David V. Glidden, Ph.D., Assoc Prof. Epidemiology  Biostatistics, SOM 15 peer-reviewed papers since 1998 with mentees as first authors. Served as biostatistics mentor to more than 12 clinical fellows since coming to UCSF in 1997. Biostatistical methodology Biostatistical consulting
Lee Goldman, MD, MPH, Prof and Chair; Assoc Dean for Clinical Affairs Medicine, SOM

50+ mentees have first-authored publications in peer-reviewed journals.  Dr. Goldman was a co-founder and original director of the Harvard Program in Clinical Effectiveness, the largest such training program in the U.S.  He is the recipient of the Glaser Award, the highest award from the Society of General Internal Medicine.

Clinical epidemiology and cost-effectiveness analysis, with an emphasis on cardiovascular disease.

The Coronary Heart Disease Policy Model, a comprehensive, computer-simulation model of the entire U.S. population, incorporates relevant risk factors, treatments, and costs. 

Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH, Assoc Prof Medicine, SOM 10 peer-reviewed publications since 2000 with mentee as first author. Quality improvement; health services research; multidimensional intervention development and evaluation; social marketing. National Ambulatory Medical Care Surveys (1990-01); 16-site trial of US emergency depts; urgent care research center.
*Deborah Grady, MD, MPH, Prof and Vice Chair; Dir, UCSF Women’s Health Clinical Research Center Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SOM Awarded UCSF Clinical Research Mentor of the Year, 2001; 42 mentees since 1990 in 9 different disciplines; 47 peer-reviewed publications with mentee as first author Postmenopausal hormone therapy, treatment of menopausal symptoms and cardiovascular disease in women. Clinical trials. RUTH trial database: CHD events and breast cancers in 10,101 women randomized to raloxifene or placebo, with serum and tissue. Familiarity with variety of VA databases
*John S Greenspan BDS, PhD, Dean for Research, Dir, AIDS Research Institute Dean’s Office, SOD Over 90 peer-reviewed publications since 1974 with mentee as first author. Former mentees now occupy faculty and administrator positions up to Dean and Vice-Chancellor levels. HIV/AIDS oral manifestations: epidemiology, pathology, immunology. Integrated basic, translational and clinical research. Oral AIDS Center, AIDS Specimen Bank, California AIDS Research Center and AIDS Research Institute. Multiple cohort data bases, 500,000 specimen bank and 2,000 asf lab with adjoining oral medicine research clinic.
B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, Professor of Clinical Pharmacy and Vice Chair Clinical Pharmacy, SOP Academic Senate Distinction in Teaching Award, Long Award for Excellence in Teaching, Residents Award for Outstanding Preceptorship. Former mentee has served as first author on 25 of my peer-reviewed publications over the past 10 years. Pharmacoepidemiology and patient outcomes research centered upon the appropriate use of antimicrobials. Various large intramural and extramural databases associated with antimicrobial utilization.
Daphne Haas-Kogan, MD, Assoc Prof and Vice Chair Radiation Oncology, SOM UCSF Henry J. Kaiser Award for Excellence in Teaching, 2002; Nominee AAMC Humanism in Medicine Award, 2002; Nominee Teaching Award, UCSF, 2002. Translational studies of gliomas directed at exploiting signaling cascades for glioma therapy and dissecting which molecular characteristics of individual tumors determine their response to novel therapies. Neurosurgery Brain Tumor Tissue Bank; databases of all patients treated with radiation at UCSF and all patients followed in the UCSF neuro-oncology clinic.
Hobart Harris, MD, MPH, Professor & Chief, Division of General Surgery, Vice-Chair, Department Surgery, SOM UCSF Clinical Faculty Teaching Award 1998; Kaiser Teaching Award 2004; 22 mentees since 1995; 25 publications with mentee as first author. Host innate immune response to acute injury and infection; inflammatory diseases of the pancreas. NIH R01 and industry funding; largest prospective database on patients with severe acute pancreatitis; risk-stratified mortality data for general surgery patients.
Michael R. Harrison, MD, Prof; Dir, Fetal Treatment Center Surgery, SOM 57 mentees from 1981-present; 17 particularly eminent ex-mentees; 443 peer-reviewed publications since 1968 with mentee as first author on 200+ of these. Development of fetal surgical treatments and techniques. Fetal Treatment Center Database: 2,564 patients referred and evaluated at UCSF for a fetal anomaly, possibly amenable to fetal intervention.
Diane Havlir, MD, Prof and Chief, HIV/AIDS Division, SFGH Medicine, SOM Mentee with publications in NEJM, mentee recipient of American Lung Association and University of California AIDS Research Program HIV therapeutics, HIV and tuberculosis, HIV pathogenesis. ACTG: Database, specimen bank and opportunity to propose phase II, III, or IV clinical trials in international network; HIV and TB and research infrastructure in Kampala, Uganda.
Elizabeth A. Holly, PhD, MPH, Prof and Head, Cancer Epidemiology Div. Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SOM Work with foreign-born to advance their research skills; mentee won 1999 Gold-headed cane;  60 peer-reviewed mentee publications since 1991. Large population-based case-control and cohort studies; clinic-based studies; population-based molecular-epidemiologic studies of genetic polymorphisms. Data bases for non-Hodgkin lymphoma (>4000 participants), melanoma, pancreatic cancer (>2200 participants), oral and anal cancer precursor lesions in men and women.
*Stephen Hulley MD, MPH, Professor and Chair; Director, K30 Training In Clinical Research Program (TICR) Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SOM Awarded UCSF Clinical Research Mentor of the Year, 2002; 57 peer-reviewed publications since 1977 with mentee as first author;  9 particularly eminent ex-mentees Cardiovascular epidemiology, lipids, and women’s health; Observational studies and phase 3 clinical trials;  Coordinating centers for multicenter studies. HERS Trial database: CHD events in 2700 women randomized to HRT/placebo; CARDIA: CHD risk factors in ongoing 20-year multi-ethnic cohort of 5000 young adults
Susan Janson DNSc, RN, ANP,  Prof and Mary Harms Endowed Chair Community Health, SON Core member of T32 Training Grant continuously funded for 10 years. Co-PI of Interdisciplinary Training Grant funded by Robert Wood Johnson with mentees from Nursing, Medicine, and Pharmacy. Asthma; observation studies in outcomes research; multi-center study participation with the Asthma Clinical Research Network. Data base for asthma self-management and adherence trials; outcomes database on diabetes management by multi-disciplinary teams of learners. Link to ACRN.
Kirsten L. Johansen, MD, Assoc Prof Medicine, SOM Successfully mentored individual to UCSF faculty appointment and VA Career Development Award while I was junior faculty. Nephrology epidemiology; physical functioning among patients with chronic kidney disease; clinical trials. United States Renal Data Systems Database; VA patient-related inpatient and outpatient databases; NEXT Trial database.
S. Claiborne Johnston, MD, PhD, MPH, Assoc Prof; Dir, Stroke Service Neurology, SOM 15 peer-reviewed publications in scientific journals since 2000 with mentee as first author; another 6 manuscripts currently under review. Cerebrovascular disease; clinical epidemiology, health services research (cost-utility analysis, large database studies), alternative observational study designs. Ethos Registry:  22,800 patients with acute stroke from US community hospitals; Kaiser TIA cohort: 4,207 patients treated in 16 emergency departments 1997-1999.
Mitchell H. Katz, MD, Clin Prof; Dir,  SFDPH Medicine, SOM Sixteen peer-reviewed publications since 1992 with mentee as first author. HIV; multivariable methods; public health. Surveillance databases in the areas of HIV/AIDS, TB, and STDs.
Deanna L. Kroetz, PhD., Assoc  Prof and Vice Chair of Pharmacogenomics Biopharmaceutical Sciences, SOP 9 peer-reviewed publications since 1998 with mentee as first author; 6 current PhD students. Lipid metabolism, cardiovascular pharmacology, drug metabolism and transport, pharmacogenetics.  Translational research, cancer cooperative group trials. SOPHIE collection of 700 healthy volunteers with genetic data on membrane transporters; CALGB breast cancer pharmacogenetic study data.
Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH, Assoc Prof Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, SOM 2 mentees received 1st Place Lee Lusted Award of the Society for Medical Decision Making for projects they did with me. Outcomes research, informed decision making, patient preferences, women’s health;   observational studies and clinical trials; design/evaluation of decision-assisting tools. Databases: attitudes, beliefs, preferences, decisions regarding prenatal testing – 1,650 diverse pregnant women/partners; 1,000 women with noncancerous uterine conditions.
Pui-Yan Kwok, MD, PhD, Henry Bachrach Distinguished Professor; Faculty Co-Director of Genomics Core Dermatology, CVRI, and Center for Human Genetics, SOM 30 peer-reviewed publications since 1993 with mentees as first authors. 4 current mentees. Director of NIH training grant. Large-scale genetic studies of common diseases and complex traits including longevity, cardiovascular diseases, pharmacogenetics, and kidney transplantation outcome. Development of new technologies for DNA and genome analysis. State-of-the-art human genetics laboratory with several large collaborations. Access to world class tools in molecular genetics and genomics.
*Seth Landefeld, MD; Professor and Chief, Division of Geriatrics; Director, NIA Research Training Program in Geriatrics and VA National Quality Scholars Fellowship Medicine, SOM Primary mentor for 12 junior faculty awarded Career Development Awards by NIH or VA, 7 of whom are now independent investigators at rank of Associate Professor or higher.  49 peer-reviewed publications since 1988 with mentee as first author Clinical epidemiology, intervention research, geriatrics outcomes and health services research Outcomes of hospitalized older persons database (4000 persons age 70 years or older); Outcomes of anticoagulant therapy data base (350 persons age 65 years or older)
Nancy Lane, MD, Assoc. Prof Medicine, SOM 15 peer-reviewed publications since 1990 with mentee as first author.  Osteoporosis, osteoarthritis, glucocorticoid-induced osteoporosis, observational studies of hip OA and Phase 2 and 3 clinical trials. Several large cohort studies focused on osteoporosis and osteoarthritis; genetics serum and urine samples.
Patricia A. Leake, PhD, Prof; Sullivan Endowed Chair;  Dir, Epstein Hearing Research Laboratory Otolaryngology, SOM Have mentored 15 postdoctoral fellows and medical students conducting research over the last five years since 1999.   Fully equipped anatomical, TEM, electrophysiology and psychophysics laboratories; Strong NIH funding for 6-7 studies of auditory system plasticity and cochlear implants
Kathryn Lee, RN, PhD, Prof and James and Marjorie Livingston Chair Family Health Care Nursing, SON Doctoral student Mentor of the Year Award (1996, 2001); 24 peer-reviewed publications since 1990 with student mentee as first author. Sleep and fatigue in women across the lifespan Longitudinal sleep and psycho-social data with 152 couples during pregnancy and postpartum.  Longitudinal bio-psycho-social data every 6 months with over 300 women during menopause.
Jon D. Levine MD, PhD, Prof Medicine, SOM 269 peer-reviewed publications with mentees since 1978 with mentee as first author on 182; 7 particularly eminent ex-mentees. Pain/analgesia, inflammation 4 NIH grants
Bernard Lo, MD,  Prof and Dir, Program in Medical Ethics Medicine, SOM Co-Director, UCSF-Stanford Robert Wood Johnson Clinical Scholars Program: 52 peer-reviewed publications since 1984 with mentee as first author.  Patient-oriented research in medical ethics, particularly regarding end-of-life decision-making, human participants research, and doctor-patient relationship.  
Robert Lustig, MD, Professor Pediatrics, SOM 16 clinical endocrine fellows and 5 non-MD fellows mentored, 9 publications with mentee as first author.  Endocrinology, neuroscience, physiology, and pharmacology of obesity. Clinical interventions (lifestyle, drugs, surgery) in adults and children. Weight Assessment for Teen and Child Health Clinic, PCRC, GCRC.
Todd P. Margolis, MD, PhD, Prof; Dir, F.I. Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology, Ophthalmology, SOM Awarded UCSF Clinical Research Mentor of the Year, 2002; 57 peer-reviewed publications since 1977 with mentee as first author;  9 particularly eminent ex-mentees. Mechanisms of HSV latency, Epidemiology and Management of Ocular Infectious and Inflammatory Eye Disease (specializing in HIV), Genetics of Ocular Diseases. Funding from the F.I. Proctor Foundation, Patient Populations at the Proctor Foundation and SFGH Eye Clinic, Research labs for Translational Genetics Studies
Grayson W. Marshall, DDS, MPH, PhD, Prof and Chair, Division of Biomaterials and Bioengineering Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences, SOD 64 peer-reviewed publications with mentee as first author, 6 particularly eminent ex-mentees. Structure-function relationships for biomaterials and calcified tissues, clinical failure mechanisms, clinical trials, mineralized tissue and tissue engineering. Dental calcified tissue specimen bank and data bank, Lawrence Berkeley National Lab and Lawrence Livermore National Lab.
Jeffrey N. Martin, MD, MPH., Assoc Prof Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SOM 6 peer-reviewed publications with mentee as first author.  2 mentees with large international studies. Infectious diseases and HIV/AIDS epidemiology, observational studies and randomized trials.  Supervision of coordinating centers for large longitudinal studies. Large specimen repositories.
Katherine K. Matthay, MD, Prof; Interim Chief,  Hem-Onc, Dir, Oncology Pediatrics, SOM 30 peer-review publications since 1985 with mentee as first author; 3 eminent mentees. Clinical and translational research in neuroblastoma and other pediatric solid tumors.  Tumor banks in COG and at UCSF for neuroblastoma; MIBG patients and databases at UCSF.
Michael A. Matthay, MD, Professor Anesthesia and the Cardiovascular Research Institute, SOM 120 publications with mentee as first author, more than 30 mentees in the last 15 years, most are in strong academic positions. Experimental and clinical studies of acute lung injury, pulmonary edema, sepsis and critical care illnesses.  4 major NIH grants including Director of an NHLBI SCCOR on Acute Lung Injury.
*Charles McCulloch PhD, Professor and Head, Division of Biostatistics Epidemiology and Biostatistics, SOM Directed 9 PhD theses, 12 Masters thesis, 3 senior honors thesis and over 50 graduate student statistics minors.  Currently serving as mentor for three K-grant awardees Longitudinal data analysis, generalized linear mixed models, latent class models  
Joseph M. McCune, MD, PhD., Prof; Assoc Dir, SFGH General Clinical Research Center Medicine, SOM 76 peer-reviewed publications since 1988 with mentee as first author; 10 ex-mentees in faculty positions in academic medical centers; mentor on 4 successful NIH KO8s Vaccine immunobiology, viral pathogenesis, immunology, hematopoiesis, cell biology,Immunochemistry; patient-oriented studies; animal models of HIV disease Infrastructure developed for investigation of immunopathogenesis in human subjects; SFGH GCRC, Positive Health Program/AIDS Division.
Louis M. Messina, MD, Prof and Vice Chair; Chief, Div of Vascular Surgery; Director, UCSF Heart and Vascular Ctr Surgery, SOM 8-10 post doctorial fellow mentees have faculty positions at major medical schools; Excellence in Teaching Award–1999, 2003; Dedicated Service to UCSF Longitudinal Clinical Experience 2003. Translational research focused on mechanism of collateral artery formation; development of models of critical limb Ischemia; observational studies in vascular surgery. Pacific Vascular Research Laboratory; Division of Vascular Surgery Prospective Clinical Registry 1981-present; Research Trial of Synthetic HDL.
Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, Prof and Chair Physiological Nursing, SON 46 peer-reviewed publications since 1990 with mentee as first author. Pain, symptom management in patients with cancer, quality improvement, multi site clinical trials. Large databases from longitudinal studies of oncology patients; cross sectional study of symptom management in patients with cancer.
Anna-Barbara Moscicki, MD, Prof;Assoc Dir, Division of Adolescent Medicine Pediatrics, SOM Doris Duke Mentor 2003-4. HPV, mucosal immunology, molecular epidemiology, adolescent development, HIV in youth, tobacco addiction in youth. REACH (HIV) database; HPV Natural History database; TRDRP database (9-11th grader smoking and cotinine histories)
Edward L. Murphy, MD, MPH, Prof;  Medical Epidemiologist, Blood Systems Research Institute Laboratory Medicine, SOM Recently awarded K24 Mid-Career Award from NHLBI; new emphasis on training and research in International Transfusion Safety. Epidemiology of HTLV-I and –II human retroviral infection; epidemiology of transfusion-transmitted viruses (HIV, HTLV, Hep B & C) and of blood safety and availability. Multicenter prospective cohort of HTLV-I and –II health outcomes; network of 20 U.S. blood centers for viral epidemiology, blood donor demographic & clinical trials research.
John Neuhaus PhD, Professor, Division of Biostatistics Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SOM Current mentor on K12 award; member of MD with Thesis committee; member of several PhD dissertation committees. Longitudinal and clustered data analysis, biostatistical methods.
Thomas B. Newman MD, MPH, Prof and Chief, Division of Clinical Epidemiology Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SOM 13 peer-reviewed publications with mentee as first author; mentor/advisor to many faculty and fellows in Pediatrics.
Jaundice and dehydration in newborns, fever and urinary tract infections in young infants, creative approaches to research using large clinical databases. Collaboration with chief of the Perinatal Research Unit of the Division of Research, Northern California Kaiser Permanente Medical Care Program
Jorge R. Oksenberg, Ph.D., Assoc Prof Neurology, SOM Doris Duke fellows program for clinical research. Molecular Medicine Physician Scientist program. MD With Thesis program. Summer internships for undergraduate students. Human Genetics, Immunology. Bio-specimens repository and linked clinical-demographic database for over 5,000 study participants (MS patients and relatives). State of the art resources for genomic studies.
Jeffrey Olgin, MD, Associate Professor in Residence; Chief, Cardiac Electrophysiology Medicine, SOM Supervised 16 post-docs, fellows and students since 1996. Over 10 peer-reviewed publicaations since 1999 with mentees as first author. Electrophysiology, both basic and clinical. Has a basic EP research lab studying mechanisms of arrhythmias and clinical research projects studying atrial fibrillation, sudden cardiac death and genetics of arrhythmias. RO1, Grand Fund for Arrhythmia Research
Nancy S. Padian, PhD, Prof; Dir , Int’l Programs, AIDS Research Institute Department of Obstetrics, Gynecology & Reproductive Sciences, SOM 18 peer-reviewed publications since 1995 with mentee as first author; 10 particularly eminent ex-mentees Epidemiology of STIs/HIV in women; Heterosexual Transmission of HIV; Gender and Power relationships in STI/HIV infection. UZ-UCSF Collaborative Programme in Women's Health, Infrastructure in Harare, Zimbabwe; Cohort of 2,200 women in Zimbabwe and 2,300 in South Africa.
Geraldine Padilla, PhD.  Prof and Assoc Dean for Research Dean’s Office, SON Awarded T32 from NINR on Quality of Life Research, 1992-2002; 27 peer-reviewed publications since 1981 with mentee as first author; 5 particularly eminent ex-mentees. Descriptive, observational and clinical trials, quality of life measurement, and outcomes research. Quality of life database.   
Joel Palefsky, M.D., Prof and Dir, UCSF/Moffitt General Clinical Research Center Medicine, SOM Nominated three times for Excellence in Small Group Instruction in Microbiology. Human papillomavirus  (HPV) infection and anogenital neoplasia in HIV-positive men and women; molecular pathogenesis of HPV and Epstein-Barr virus infection in epithelium. Cohort of HIV+ women (650), with blood, cervical and anal samples; extensive resources of the GCRC.
*Eliseo J. Pérez-Stable, MD, Prof and Chief, Div of General Internal Medicine Medicine, SOM 34 peer-reviewed publications since 1987 with mentee as first author Health disparities, tobacco prevention and cessation, cancer screening, community-based interventions, minority aging, language barriers. Cohort of 970 women with abnormal mammography, measure of interpersonal processes of care in 3,000 adults; communication of risk in 1600 women.  All 4 ethnic groups.
Kathryn A. Phillips, Assoc Prof of Health Services Research Clinical Pharmacy, SOP Sat on dissertation committee for PhD student; encouraged three mentees to pursue further education (2 PhD’s, 1 MD) Health services research, health economics, utilization, cancer screening, genetics Nationally representative databases (e.g., MEPS, NHIS); Collaborations with the FDA and industry
Stanley B. Prusiner, M.D, Prof and Dir, Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases Neurology, SOM Director or Faculty Mentor two NIH T32 training grants; 168 peer-reviewed publications since 1980 with mentee as first author; 20 particularly eminent ex-mentees. Discovery of Prions (Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 1997) Program Director - multiple NIH program project grants CJD database (samples and clinical data from CJD patients); All the resources at the IND, a world leader in prion research.
Louis J. Ptacek, Coleman Distinguished Professor; Dir, Division of Neurogenetics Neurology, SOM Mentor to many undergraduates, graduate students, medical students, post-doctoral fellows, residents, and junior faculty; 32 peer-reviewed publications since 1994 with mentee as first author. Human genetics, neurology, episodic disease, channelopathies, epilepsy, migraine, circadian rhythm, hereditary neurodegeneration. Database of clinical data and DNA from families with various episodic neurological disorders, hereditary neurodegenerative and circadian/sleep variants.
Victor I. Reus, MD, Prof Psychiatry, SOM Mentor: Drug Abuse Treatment/Services Research Training Program, 09/30/91-06/30/2007; Training in Molecular Approaches to Mental Illness, 07/01/97-07/31/2007;  Predoctoral Training Consortium in Affective Sciences, 07/01/98-06/30/08 Genetics of mental illness, psychopharmacology and neuroendocrinology of mood disorders.  
John P. Roberts MD, Prof and Chief, Division of Transplantation Surgery, SOM 24 peer-reviewed publications since 1980 with mentee as first author; 3 particularly eminent ex-mentees. Hepatocellular carcinoma; Observational studies and phase 3 clinical trials; Coordinating centers for multicenter studies. Transplant databases: Liver and Kidney, NIDDK Liver Transplantation, Scientific Registry of Transplant Recipients
Philip Rosenthal, MD, Prof Medicine, SOM Faculty, T32 training program;mentoring of 12 PhD postdoctoral fellows and 4 MD postdoctoral fellows since 1991; mentoring of 13 undergraduate and graduate students since 1991; co-authorship of 33 peer-reviewed publications with mentees since 1995; 30 with mentee as first-author. Biochemistry of malaria parasites; antimalarial drug discovery; antimalarial drug resistance; molecular epidemiology of antimalarial drug resistance. Malaria biochemistry and drug discovery; drug efficacy trials and related epidemiology studies in Uganda, including a 3-year cohort study scheduled to begin in 2004.
George W. Rutherford, MD Prof and Dir, Institute for Global Health Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SOM F. Marian Bishop Award for Educator of the Year, 2002; 33 peer-reviewed publications since 1988 with mentor first or co-authors. Infectious disease epidemiology; international health with emphasis on epidemiology and prevention of HIV infection. Center for AIDS Prevention Studies International Core; Cochrane Collaborative Review Group on HIV Infection and AIDS; Center for Disease Control and Prevention University Technical Assistance in Support of the Global AIDS Program.
George F. Sawaya, MD, Assoc Prof Ob-Gyn and Reproductive Sciences   Cervical cancer screening, decision-making, cost-effectiveness analysis, health policy. CDC database with cervical cancer screening results from over 1 million enrolled in the National Breast and Cervical Cancer Early Detection Program.
*Morris Schambelan, MD, Prof; Chief, Div of Endocrinology and Metabolism; Dir, General Clinical Research Center (SFGH) Medicine, SOM First UCSF Clinical Research Mentor of the Year awardee, 2000; 55 peer-reviewed publications with mentee as first author; virtually all former mentees in academe. Hypothesis-driven translational and patient-oriented research in hypertension, diabetes, and HIV metabolic disorders; also has led several national multicenter phase III trials. GCRC at SFGH; fully-equipped metabolic, body composition and exercise lab; microarray core facility for genomics research; THREDS database.
Michael G. Shlipak, MD, MPH, Chief, Division of General Internal Medicine, SFVAMC Medicine, SOM Awarded outstanding mentor of Primary Care Residency program; 2003; 12 peer reviewed papers with mentee as 1st author since 2000. Nephrology and cardiovascular epidemiology and outcomes research; health services research clinical trials Chronic Renal Insufficiency Cohort-Heart Failure Ancillary study; Cardiovascular Health Study-Ancillary study on kidney disease; national VA disease registries
Ida Sim, MD, PhD. Assistant Prof; Assoc Dir for Medical Informatics, Program in Biological and Medical Informatics Medicine, SOM 4 peer-reviewed publications and 4 abstracts with mentees as first author, one a finalist for the student award (Drug Information Association). Biomedical informatics: decision support systems, knowledge representation, economics of health information technology use; systematic review methods; electronic publishing. RCT Bank database: computable protocols and results of VA and Canadian Institutes of Health Research RCTs, and of RCTs published in top general medical journals.
Rebecca Smith-Bindman, MD, Assoc Prof. Radiology, SOM 22 peer-reviewed publications. Performing outcomes assessment of diagnostic imaging tests in areas targeted to women’s health: 1) ultrasound and 2) mammography.  Lab space at Mt. Zion; support from biostatisticians.
James L. Sorensen, PhD., Prof; Assoc Dir, NIDA Postdoctoral Training in Drug Abuse Treatment and Services Research. Psychiatry, SOM Mentor in Clinical Psychology Training Program since 1982; 21 peer-reviewed publications with mentee as first author. Treatment and services research in drug abuse and HIV/AIDS issues. NIDA Clinical Trials Network.
Anita L. Stewart, Ph.D., Prof; Co-Dir, Center for Aging in Diverse Communities Institute for Health & Aging, SOM Nominated for 2003-04 Distinction in Teaching Award. Conceptualization and measurement of health and health-related concepts, measurement issues in health disparities and other minority research, conceptualization and measurement of interpersonal processes of care with consideration of perspectives of minority and lower SES patients.                               Longitudinal data on about 250 older adults include physical activity, a battery of health-related quality of life measures, and functional fitness tests. 
Kimberly S. Topp, PT, PhD;  Assoc Prof and Vice-Chair Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science, SOM Faculty director, Professional and Academic Success Skills Seminar Program, 2002-2004 ; Faculty Mentorship Award, Graduate Student Association and Graduate Division Alumni Association, 2000. Cell biology of peripheral nerve. Quantitative morphology of adaptive responses to tissue trauma. Basic science and translational studies. Tools for quantitative ultrastructural assessment of human tissue biopsies.
Lynn J. Verhey, PhD, Prof and Vice-Chair Radiation Oncology, SOM 11 physics residents since 1996, 13 first-author peer-reviewed papers by mentees or ex-mentees since 1998. Intensity-modulated radiotherapy delivery methods, image-guided methods of patient and target alignment, use of MRS and MRI in treatment planning, Gamma Knife radiosurgery. PET-CT and MRS/MRI, Amorphous-silicon imagers, state-of-art radiotherapy planning and delivery
Robert M. Wachter, MD, Prof and Assoc Chair Medicine, SOM National leader of hospitalist movement (coined term, began first fellowship); 5 hospitalist mentees, all successful faculty.  Prominent mentoring in patient safety. Patient safety and quality improvement; organizational models of hospital care Work with UCSF-Stanford Evidence-Based Practice Ctr, involvement in patient safety-related projects (including AHRQ WebM&M), medical service as real-life laboratory for QI
Frederic M. Waldman, MD, PhD, Prof Laboratory Medicine, SOM   Cancer genetic alterations, cancer prognostic markers, molecular diagnostics, breast cancer, GU cancer. Breast SPORE Tissue Core repository and database; molecular cytogenetics research core; GU cancer tissue and data repository.
C. C. Wang, Ph.D., Prof Pharmaceutical Chemistry, SOP Long Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award (1982-1983); Excellence in Teaching Award (1983); Distinction in Teaching Award, Academic Senate (1984-1985); Long Foundation Excellence in Teaching Award  (1999-2000). Biochemistry, Cell Biology, Molecular Biology and Developmental Biology of the parasitic protozoa Trypanosomes, Giardia, Trichomonas and the drug design against these pathogens based on the knowledge thus obtained on these pathogens.  Fully equipped laboratory;  seminar programs, journal clubs and workshops;   collaborations with in-house chemists, X-ray crystallographers, and experts in mass spectrometry, NMR computer graphic modeling and bioinformatics.
* Diane W. Wara, MD, Prof; Div Chief,  Immunology/Rheumatology; Program Dir, PCRC Pediatrics, SOM Chancellor’s Award for Women 2004; Women in Medicine Leadership Development Award 2003.  Functioned as CAP or K mentor for 12 funded five year NIH awards since 1990.   Clinical trials in Pediatric HIV and immune response to HIV (both antibody and cellular).  Bioinformatics, biostatistics.
David Waters, MD, Chief of Cardiology, SFGH; Dir, Cardiology Fellowship Training Program, UCSF Medicine, SOM 69 peer-reviewed publications since 1979 with mentee as first author. Cardiovascular clinical trials, coronary angiographic trials; cardiovascular disease in disadvantaged populations. WAVE database: angiographic trial in 425 women with coronary disease; PARC database: response to simvastatin or ramipril in 1,000 subjects.
Michael W. Weiner, MD, Prof; Dir, Magnetic Resonance Unit, San Francisco VAMC Medicine, SOM Mentored 70 post-doctoral fellows, 300 publications with mentees as lead author, and 34 book chapters co-authored with mentees. Using MRI/MRS to monitor effects of treatment aimed at slowing progression of Alzheimer’s and other neurodegenerative diseases. Diagnosing AD with high sensitivity and specificity. Coordinating Centers for Multi-Site Studies. Large multidisciplinary research group with over 60 faculty and staff, physicists, programmers, psychologists, and physicians; a 1.5 T MRI system; a 4 Tesla MRI system; 5,000+ sq feet of space and approx 100 computers.
Jane A Weintraub DDS, MPH, Dir, NIH-funded Center to Address Disparities in Children’s Oral Health (CAN DO) Preventative & Restorative Dentistry, SOD Doctoral students mentored now have tenured faculty positions or positions as epidemiologists in the federal government (CDC, IHS). Oral epidemiology, dental public health, health services research, randomized clinical trials, prevention oriented research. CAN DO Center includes Measurement and Evaluation Core, 4 current main projects (including 2 randomized clinical trials) and 11 pilot projects.
Mary C. White, RN, MPH, PhD, Prof Department of Community Health Systems, SON Awarded Mentor of the Year, 1999 by UCSF Doctoral Students.  Mentored medical residents, doctoral students, and new faculty resulting in 8 peer-reviewed publications (7 first-authored by mentee).  Health of incarcerated populations and persons at risk of incarceration; jail health care and linking released inmates to public health; tuberculosis, HIV and hepatitis C in incarcerated populations; observational studies and phase 3 clinical trials; infection control.

TPP (tuberculosis prevention project) trial database: 558 inmates with latent tuberculosis on therapy in jail and released to the community.  Randomized trial of INH vs. rifampin to treat latent tuberculosis in 972 inmates.

Mary Whooley, MD, Asst Prof Medicine, SOM Five mentored publications in 2003 (mentee first author, Whooley senior author). Depression and cardiovascular disease, clinical trials Heart and Soul Study database: Full exercise treadmill testing with stress echocardiography in >1000 well-characterized subjects with coronary heart disease
John S Witte PhD. Prof Epidemiology & Biostatistics, SOM Glennan Fellow Award in 1999 (Case Western Reserve Center) for Innovation in Teaching and Education. 26 peer-reviewed publications with mentee as first author. Epidemiologic methods; genetic epidemiology; prostate cancer; pharmacogenetics. Prostate cancer genetic epidemiology studies: family- and population-based case-control studies, each with over 1,000 subjects.  Genetic and environmental data.
David Wofsy, MD, Prof; Director, Dept of Medicine Clinical Trials Center; and Autoimmunity Center of Excellence Medicine, SOM Former mentee honored last year as the Edmund DuBois award winner (American College of Rheumatology); former mentee directed the development program for etanercept, the first TNF inhibitor approved for the treatment of autoimmune and inflammatory diseases. Pre-clinical studies of autoimmunity in murine models.  Leadership of multicenter clinical trials of novel biologic therapies for autoimmune diseases Dept of Medicine Clinical Trials Center; Autoimmunity Center of Excellence; national Lupus Clinical Trials Consortium (LCTC); UCSF Rheumatology and Clinical Immunology training grant (NIAMS)
Margaret Wrensch, MPH, PhD., Prof and Dir, Div of Neuroepidemiology Neurological Surgery (eff 5/1/04), SOM 11 peer-reviewed articles and one book chapter with mentees as first author since 2000.  2 doctoral dissertations completed and 1 in progress.  Cancer and molecular epidemiology, especially of brain tumors and breast and lung cancers. 13+ year case-control study of adult glioma; SPORE project on prognostic factors for glioma: cohort of 8,000 women with nipple aspirate fluid cytology and follow up data.
Kristine Yaffe MD,  Assoc Prof; Chief, Geriatrics Psychiatry; SFVAMC Psychiatry, SOM 7 mentees with 11 publications. Dementia and cognitive decline epidemiology and outcomes research. Mental Illness Research Education Clinical Center, the State of California Alzheimer’s Disease Research & Clinical Center.
William. L. Young, MD, Prof and Vice Chair; Dir, Center for Cerebrovascular Research Anesthesia and Perioperative Care, SOM 45 peer-reviewed publications with mentees; 35 with mentee as first author.   Primary mentor on seven NIH K-awards; secondary mentor on two. Applied cerebral physiology;  angiogenesis-related aspects of cerebral hemorrhagic; clinical physiology of systemic and cerebral circulatory manipulation during neuroanesthetic management. Vascular malformation relational database and registry.