A monthly newsletter of honors and accomplishments
December 2021

We're thrilled that our residents enjoyed a wonderful fellowship match, with matches in many of the nation's top programs across a broad range of specialties. We're particularly pleased that 21 of our 41 residents applying this year matched in a UCSF fellowship!

 HONORS & NEWS

Jessica Briggs, Melissa Conrad, Bryan Greenhouse, and Phil Rosenthal received funding from the Bill & Melissa Gates Foundation to implement malaria molecular surveillance in Uganda.

Kathleen Liu was named associate chief of the Division of Nephrology at UCSF Health.  

Dean Schillinger was awarded a WHO Non-Communicable Disease Lab Award for The Bigger Picture, a public health literacy campaign that uses youth spoken-word artists of color to prevent type 2 diabetes through social and environmental activism.  

 DOM IN THE NEWS

Peter Chin-Hong was quoted in The New York Times about invalid vaccine exemption requests and on NPR about how boosters can control the virus. He was also quoted on CNN about how antibody treatment can save lives but the drugs can be hard to find.

Anna Chodos appeared on Newsroom@Home discussing the challenges of caring for elders during the Covid-19 pandemic.

Ken Covinsky and Stephanie Rogers were interviewed by the AAMC explaining how collaboration between departments can benefit geriatric patients.

Monica Gandhi wrote an op-ed for The Atlantic saying that the new oral antivirals represent a big advance in the treatment of patients with Covid, and one for the San Francisco Chronicle about when outbreaks are or are not a cause for concern. She was also featured in the San Francisco Chronicle with Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo, Peter Chin-Hong, and George Rutherford saying holiday plans can still go forward for those who are vaccinated and boosted.

Bob Wachter appeared on the PBS NewsHour and In the Bubble with Andy Slavitt about the efficacy of boosters, his risk tolerance, and the safety of being around others during the holidays. He was also interviewed on NPR and quoted in The New York Times about how Covid will be here for the next several years.

 DOM CAPTION CONTEST

Tap into your inner creativity for a chance to win a $50 gift card! Enter the DOM Caption Contest — winners will be chosen at the DOM Holiday Celebration. Submit your captions by December 8.

 NEW UCLA/UCSF PARTNERSHIP

Edward Machtinger was named co-principal investigator for a new $41.5M UCLA/UCSF ACEs Aware Family Resilience Network to address the impact of adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) on lifelong health.

 RECENT GRANTS OF NOTE

Sheri Lippman and team: a grant of over $9M over 5 years from the NIH Office of the Director for a project entitled, “Increasing financial and health equity among low income black youth and young adults.”

Mark Looney and team: a grant of over $3.1M over 5 years from the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases for a project entitled, “Mechanisms and pathogenicity of SARS-CoV-2-induced neutrophil extracellular traps.”

Mallory Johnson, Monica Gandhi, and team: a grant of over $1.7M over 5 years from the National Institute of Allergy & Infectious Diseases for a project entitled, “The HIV nexus scholars program: A research education program for early-stage investigators working at the intersection of biomedical, social/behavioral, and clinical science.”

Where Are They Now

Steven Harr, MD
Resident, 1998-2000
Now, President and CEO, Sana Biotechnology

Sandra Hernández, MD
Resident, 1984-1987
Now, President and CEO, California Health Care Foundation

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 RECENT PUBLICATIONS OF NOTE

Chapman HA. Nuclear IL-33 as a growth and survival agent within basal cells. J Clin Invest. 2021 Oct 1;131(19):e153203. doi: 10.1172/JCI153203. >> PubMed Citation

Christopoulos KA, Neilands TB, Koester KA, Sauceda JA, Dilworth SE, Mugavero MJ, Crane HM, Fredericksen RJ, Cachay ER, Mayer KH, Moore RD, Napravnik S, Johnson MO. The Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) Index: Using a patient-reported outcome on engagement in HIV care to explain suboptimal retention in care and virologic control. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5;73(7):e2175-e2183. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1892. >> PubMed Citation

Grant RM, Pellegrini M, Defechereux PA, Anderson PL, Yu M, Glidden DV, O'Neal J, Yager J, Bhasin S, Sevelius J, Deutsch MB. Sex hormone therapy and tenofovir diphosphate concentration in dried blood spots: Primary results of the interactions between antiretrovirals and transgender hormones study. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5;73(7):e2117-e2123. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1160. >> PubMed Citation

Jiang H, Courau T, Borison J, Ritchie AJ, Mayer AT, Krummel MF, Collisson EA. Activating immune recognition in pancreatic ductal adenocarcinoma via autophagy inhibition, MEK blockade and CD40 agonism. Gastroenterology. 2021 Oct 7:S0016-5085(21)03618-0. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1053/j.gastro.2021.09.066. >> PubMed Citation

Kamya MR, Petersen ML, Kabami J, Ayieko J, Kwariisima D, Sang N, Clark TD, Schwab J, Charlebois ED, Cohen CR, Bukusi EA, Peng J, Jain V, Chen YH, Chamie G, Balzer LB, Havlir DV. SEARCH Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) streamlined treatment intervention reduces mortality at a population level in men with low CD4 counts. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 5;73(7):e1938-e1945. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciaa1782. >> PubMed Citation

Khalili M, King WC, Kleiner DE, Chung RT, Bhan AK, Ghany MG, Sulkowski MS, Lisker-Melman M, Jain MK, Janssen HLA, Hinerman AS, Sanyal AJ, Sterling RK. Evolution of fatty liver disease and relationship with lipoproteins and clinical outcomes in Hepatitis B/human immunodeficiency Virus Coinfection. Clin Infect Dis. 2021 Oct 25:ciab764. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1093/cid/ciab764. >> PubMed Citation

Lee S, Islam MN, Boostanpour K, Aran D, Jin G, Christenson S, Matthay MA, Eckalbar WL, DePianto DJ, Arron JR, Magee L, Bhattacharya S, Matsumoto R, Kubota M, Farber DL, Bhattacharya J, Wolters PJ, Bhattacharya M. Molecular programs of fibrotic change in aging human lung. Nat Commun. 2021 Nov 2;12(1):6309. doi: 10.1038/s41467-021-26603-2.
>> PubMed Citation

Lu W, Skrzypczynska KM, Weiss A. Acute Csk inhibition hinders B cell activation by constraining the PI3 kinase pathway. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A. 2021 Oct 26;118(43):e2108957118. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2108957118. >> PubMed Citation

Lyles CR, Wachter RM, Sarkar U. Focusing on digital health equity. JAMA. 2021 Nov 9;326(18):1795-1796. doi: 10.1001/jama.2021.18459. PMID: 34677577. >> PubMed Citation

Tseng ZH, Hsue PY, Moffatt E. Sudden cardiac death and myocardial fibrosis in persons with HIV. Reply. N Engl J Med. 2021 Oct 7;385(15):e50. doi: 10.1056/NEJMc2112481.
>> PubMed Citation

See all 180 DOM-authored publications last month here, and DOM-authored coronavirus-related publications here.

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Department of Medicine Virtual Holiday Celebration
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