UCSF Announces NIH Roadmap K12 Clinical Research Scholars

A multidisciplinary advisory committee at UCSF, made up of senior scientists representing the four health sciences schools, has selected the 2006 scholars for the UCSF Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars Program. This mentored clinical research award is funded by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Roadmap Initiative to provide training and career development for clinical and translational investigators. The awards program is part of the Clinical and Translational Sciences Training (CTST) program at UCSF, which is directed by Stephen B. Hulley, MD, MPH. Ralph Gonzales, MD, MSPH, is co-director and Chris Ireland, MPH, is deputy director. Meanwhile, letters of intent for the next cycle of scholars are due on Monday, Nov. 13, 2006. It is anticipated that five to six career development awards will be provided to junior faculty to begin on July 1, 2007. Detailed information on the program is available here. Stiff Competition
The program is highly competitive, with 55 letters of intent received from fellows and faculty interested in this prestigious award, which provides salary support, protected time and mentored training in a rich and diverse clinical research environment. Twenty-nine of the 55 were invited to submit full applications, and 10 new scholars were selected to receive the award in 2006-07. The scholars listed below join the current Roadmap K12 Scholars, who started the program in July 2005. They include: Mary Beattie, MD, MAS; Guilherme Campos, MD, PhD; Jyu-Lin Chen, RN, PhD; Kathleen Liu, MD, PhD; Zian Tseng, MD; Douglas White, MD, MAS; and Katherine Yang, PharmD, MPH. Scholars are in the program for a minimum of two years and may receive up to five years of funding. They and their mentors represent a diversity of disciplines and research areas.

The 2006-07 Multidisciplinary Clinical Research Scholars and Mentors are: • Nisha Acharya, MD, MS, assistant professor of ophthalmology. Mentors: Thomas Lietman, MD (Ophthalmology); Todd Margolis, MD, PhD (Ophthalmology); George Rutherford, MD (Epidemiology and Global Health). • Bradley Aouizerat, PhD, assistant professor of physiological nursing. Mentors: Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD (Physiological Nursing); Jon D. Levine, MD, PhD (Oral and Maxillofacial Surgery). • Allison Bryant, MD, MPH, assistant professor of obstetrics, gynecology and reproductive sciences. Mentors: Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH (Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Sciences); Jennifer Haas, MD, MSPH (Internal Medicine); Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH (Pediatrics). • Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH, fellow, pediatrics. Mentors: Thomas B. Newman, MD, MPH (Epidemiology and Pediatrics); Kathryn Lee, RN, PhD (Family Health Care Nursing); Andrew Avins, MD, MPH (Kaiser Division of Research). • Gregory Marcus, MD, assistant professor of medicine/cardiology. Mentors: Jeffrey Olgin, MD (Cardiac Electrophysiology); John Kane, MD, PhD (Biochemistry and Biophysics). • Payam Nahid, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine/pulmonary and critical care. Mentors: Philip Hopewell, MD (Pulmonary and Critical Care); David Lewinsohn, MD, PhD (Pulmonary/Portland VAMC); Neil Risch, PhD (Genetic Epidemiology). • Jean Tang, MD, PhD, fellow, dermatology. Mentors: Ervin Epstein, MD (Dermatology); Anthony Oro, MD, PhD (Dermatology/Stanford); Mary Margaret Chren, MD (Dermatology). • Judith Tsui, MD, MPH, fellow, General Internal Medicine. Mentors: Michael Shlipak, MD, MPH (General Internal Medicine); Anne O'Hare, MD, MS (Nephrology); John Inadomi, MD (Gastroenterology). • Fernando Velayos, MD, MPH, assistant professor of medicine/gastroenterology. Mentors: Jonathan Terdiman, MD (Gastroenterology); Lisa Herrinton, PhD (Kaiser Division of Research); Fred Waldman, MD, PhD (Lab Medicine). • Max Wintermark, MD, assistant professor of radiology. Mentors: William P. Dillon, MD (Radiology); Wade S. Smith, MD, PhD (Neurology).