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Lucy Kornblith, MD inaugural Director of Research at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital & Trauma Center Campus

Congratulations to Lucy Kornblith, MD - named the inaugural Director of Research at Zuckerberg SF General Hospital & Trauma Center Campus! Lucy is a trailblazer, a fantastic resource and member of the WPSS Advisory Board, an outstanding surgeon-scientist, and Director of the Muriel Steele...

Congrats to Christina Theodoris, MD PhD- named as 2024 Searle Scholar

Congrats to Christina Theodoris, MD PhD -- named to the 2024 Class of Searle Scholars! https://searlescholars.org/2024/05/23/scholars-for-2024/  

Congrats to Christina Homer, MD PhD- named as UCSF Physician-Scientist Scholar 2024

congratulations to Christina Homer, MD PhD  - 2024 awardee named as a UCSF Physician-Scientist Scholar. Read more about this award, her work and training https://pssp.ucsf.edu/scholars! Dr. Homer aims to ultimately develop better treatments for coccidioidomycosis. 

Congrats to Tiffany Scharschmidt, MD elected to ASCI 2024!

Congratulations to Dr. Tiffany Scharschmidt on election to ASCI. Also congrats to ASCI YPSA awardees Drs.

WPSS hosts Women in Science Panel for International Women's Day #IWD2024

Women in Science: Moving Forward in Academic Science, Engineering, and Medicine

WPSS members among new UCSF K08 awardees: 2023

Congrats to WPSS members on new K08 awards in 2023 (updated 10/3/2023) Nancy Allen (Medicine/Pulm-CritCare) Courtney Lane-Donovan (Neurology)

Congrats to WPSS members on new R01s and R01-equivalents in 2023!

Congrats to WPSS members on new R01s in 2023!  (updated 10/3/2023) Katrina Abuabara (Dermatology) Joanne Engel (Medicine/ID)

Congrats to Christina Homer, MD, PhD on HHMI Hanna Gray Fellowship!

Congratulations to Christina Homer, MD PhD   https://www.hhmi.org/news/hhmi-awards-hanna-gray-fellowships-25-early-career-scientists

Elizabeth Crouch, MD PhD named 2023 recipient of BWF Next Generation Pregnancy Initiative Award

Congratulations to Elizabeth Crouch, MD PhD selected as a recipient of the 2023 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Next Generation Pregnancy Initiative Award!! See the announcement here --> https://www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-announces-2023-next-generation-pregnancy-initiative-award-recipients/

Drs. Claire Clelland and Minnie Sarwal are both 2023 Catalyst Awardees! ​

Congrats to Drs. Claire Clelland (Neurology) and Minnie Sarwal (Surgery)---- 2023 Catalyst Awardees!  Claire Clelland, MD, PhD - CRISPR Gene Therapy for Neurodegenerative Disease: Target Gene Correction for ALS