Mercedes Paredes, MD PhD named to selective UCSF Mid-Career Development Program for Research Faculty!
June 12, 2022
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
May 18, 2022
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... WPSS hosts panel featuring Women in Science: IWD2022 @UCSF
March 05, 2022
For International Women's Day celebrations at UCSF, we hosted an outstanding panel of scientists, physician-scientists, and engineers @UCSF. Thanks for joining us! Recording can be found here
Melanie Ott, MD PhD chosen as 2021 Chan Zuckerburg Biohub Investigator
January 19, 2022
Congratulations to Melanie Ott MD, PhD-- chosen as a 2021 Chan Zuckerburg Biohub Investigator, a $1 million award that will support her research endeavors (start date March 2022). Check out what is going on in the Ott Lab at their new website! https://ottlab.gladstone.org Congratulations on new NIH research grants in 2021!
December 21, 2021
Congratulations to UCSF WPSS members on all new NIH research grants in 2021!
click links to read more about these innovative projects and UCSF women physician-scientist PIs/Project Leaders
in so many different research areas! 2021 NIH K/R01-eqv. grants awarded to early career physician-scientists @UCSF: breakdown by gender/specialty
October 02, 2021
Congratulations to all early career physician-scientists @UCSF awarded individual NIH K/R01-equivalent grants bridging science + medicine. breakdowns by gender/specialty. This data is from May 2021.
Kelly Wentworth, MD receives 2021 Rising Star Award
October 01, 2021
Kelly Wentworth, MD received the 2021 Rising Star Award from The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research. ASBMR’s mission is to promote excellence in bone, mineral and musculoskeletal research, foster integration of clinical and basic science, and facilitate the translation of that science... Catherine Smith, MD receives 2021 Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award
October 01, 2021
Congratulations to Catherine Smith, MD, who has received the 2021 Damon Runyon Clinical Investigator Award. Her project title is "RNA Polymerase II as therapeutic target in AML with RAS activation".
Carolyn Sangokoya, MD PhD named 2021 John A. Watson Faculty Scholar
October 01, 2021
The UCSF School of Medicine recently announced the 2021 class of John A. Watson Faculty Scholars. Congratulations to Carolyn Sangokoya MD PhD for being selected to this group!
Melanie Ott, MD PhD leads HOPE for a new approach to curing HIV
September 27, 2021
With a new $26.5-million grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH), the HIV Obstruction by Programmed Epigenetics (HOPE) Collaboratory is a multi-disciplinary group of researchers from institutions around the world trying a completely new strategy for curing HIV.