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Happy New Year 2023: WPSS 2022 Year in Review

check out our 2021-2022 Year in Review! congrats WPSS 

Dr. Julie Ann Sosa receives UCSF Chancellor's Award for Advancement of Women

Julie Ann Sosa, MD has been selected for the UCSF 2022 Chancellor's Award for Advancement of Women. Make sure to see her story here. Congrats Dr. Sosa!

Mercedes Paredes, MD PhD receives CZI Science Diversity Leadership Award

Dr. Mercedes Paredes has been awarded a Science Diversity Leadership Award from the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative (CZI). These selective awards "will recognize the leadership and scientific accomplishments of outstanding early- to mid-career researchers at U.S.

Tippi MacKenzie, MD elected to National Academy of Medicine (NAM) 2022 class

Congrats to Tippi MacKenzie, MD, elected to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), recognizing “her seminal contributions to the field of fetal medicine by pioneering novel in utero molecular therapies for fetuses with

Julie Saba, MD PhD named 2022 UCSF Catalyst Awardee

Congrats to Dr. Julie Saba on her award for "Adeno-associated Virus-mediated SGPL1 Gene Therapy".  Check out the list of other 2022 Catalyst Awardees! 

Congrats to WPSS members on their new R01s in 2022!

Congrats to WPSS members on their new R01s in 2022! (updated 10/6/2022) Tiffany Scharschmidt (Dermatology) Rachel Rutishauser (Medicine)

WPSS members among new and current UCSF K08, K23 awardees: 2022

2022 version: check out WPSS members among new and current UCSF K08, K23 awardees   

Maya Kotas, MD PhD and Carolyn Sangokoya, MD PhD both named 2022 recipients of BWF Career Awards for Medical Scientists

Congratulations to Maya Kotas, MD PhD and Carolyn Sangokoya, MD PhD - two WPSS members -- have both been selected for the prestigious 2022 Burroughs Wellcome Fund Career Awards for Medical Scientists!! See the announcement here --> https://www.bwfund.org/news/bwf-announces-the-2022-career-awards...

Mercedes Paredes, MD PhD named to selective UCSF Mid-Career Development Program for Research Faculty!

Dr. Mercedes Paredes has been named to the selective 2022 UCSF Mid-Career Development Program for Research Faculty!

Mercedes Paredes, MD PhD receives Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award at 2022 UCSF Grad Division Commencement

Congratulations to WPSS member Mercedes Paredes MD PhD, who received the Outstanding Faculty Mentor Award at the 2022 Graduate Division Commencement Ceremony on May 20, 2022.  https://graduate.ucsf.edu/watch-commencement-2022 UCSF Graduate Division 2022 Commencement LIVE at the Herbst Theatre in...