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2019 JOHN A. WATSON SCHOLARS 
Marlene Martin and Ashley McCullen are two of the eight 2019 John A. Watson Scholars and recipients of the Dean's Diversity Fund Award. These awards are designed to support faculty who share the School of Medicine's commitment to diversity and service to underserved or vulnerable populations. |
OTHER NEWS AND HONORS
The Cambia Health Foundation provided the UCSF Division of Palliative Medicine a $1.5M endowment to support innovation in palliative care, including an annual symposium.
The Doctors Company launched a $1M collaboration with UCSF (led by Julia Adler-Milstein and Urmimala Sarkar) to improve patient safety using digital tools and data.
William Brown and James Harrison have been named inaugural scholars for the Learning Health Systems (LHS) K12 Career Development Program.
Neda Ratanawongsa has been named Chief Medical Informatics
Officer for San Francisco Department of Public Health.
Bob Wachter has been named chair of the Scientific Advisory Board for The Healthcare Improvement Studies (THIS) Institute at the University of Cambridge, England.
Daniel Wheeler has been named SFVA Assistant Program Director for the Medicine Residency program.
Mary Whooley received the 2019 Michael L. Pollack Established Investigator Award from the American Association of Cardiovascular and Pulmonary Rehabilitation.
Susan Wlodarczyk has been named SFVA Inpatient Site Director for the Medicine Residency program.
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MEET OUR NEW CHIEF RESIDENTS
We are pleased to introduce our 2019-2020 Chief Medical Residents:
First row (pictured left to right): Kathryn Sullivan (ZSFG); Albert Liu (ZSFG); Arielle Klepper (UCSF Health); and Paul Marano (UCSF Health)
Second row: Tyler Mains (ZSFG); Sharmin Shekarchian (VA); Kendra Moore (VA); Max Brondfield (VA); and Anne Montgomery (UCSF Health)
Our chief residents serve as critical teachers, mentors, and program leaders. Please join us in welcoming these superb physicians to this crucial role.
We sincerely thank our outgoing chiefs – Chloe Ciccariello, Armond Esmaili, Matthew Hickey, Laura Huppert, Timothy Judson, Jennifer Olenik, Ashley McMullen, Jessica Valente, and Evan Walker – for their outstanding leadership of the residency program over this past year.
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DOM IN THE NEWS
Mark Anderson was featured in a San Francisco Business Times article discussing his research searching for new ways to control, or even prevent, diabetes.
Douglas Bauer was quoted in a New York Times article discussing treatments for hip fracture patients to prevent future bone loss.
Stanton Glantz was quoted in a U.S. News article about how an investment in reducing smoking could be associated with a reduction in Medicaid costs.
Vanessa Grubbs was interviewed by the National Kidney Foundation in the “Life as a Nephrologist Series” podcast about her book, Hundreds of Interlaced Fingers, a Kidney Doctor's Search for the Perfect Match, and her path to nephrology from primary care.
Pamela Munster was quoted in a New York Times article about how patients should not rely on 23andMe to detect most breast cancer risks.
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NEWLY AWARDED GRANTS
Annie Luetkemeyer and team: a grant of $7.1M over 5 years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project entitled, “Evaluation of doxycycline post-exposure prophylaxis to reduce sexually transmitted infections in PrEP users and HIV-infected men who have sex with men." |
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RECENT PUBLICATIONS
Beaman J, Schillinger D. Responding to evolving abortion regulations — the critical role of primary care. New England Journal of Medicine 2019; doi:10.1056/nejmp1903572. |
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