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URI - 2024
Osayuwamen (Naomi) Eguavoen | How Material Diet Affects the Ability to Conceive while Undergoing In-Vitro Fertilization
Mentor: Paolo Rinaudo, MD, PhD
Alfredo Cruz | Youth Engagement in Research
Mentor: Cynthia Harper, PhD
Luna Velazquez | PRHE - Environmental Exposures and Itrs Effects on Maternal and Child Health
Mentor: Erin DeMicco
Myla Aranda | Hypoparathyroidism: Calypso & Pathway Study
Mentor: Dolores Shoback, MD
Jose Navarro Barba | Association of Dispensary Proximity with Cannabis Use Among US Adults
Mentor: Beth Cohen, MD, MA
David Calderon & Sanam Janah | Describing the Practice of Supraglottic Airway Device Use and Selection in the United States
Mentor: Irum Khan, MBBS, PhD
Darleene Nguyen | Advancing MedEd: Innovations in Tech-Based Teaching Tools and their Impact on Educator and Student Goals in Healthcare
Mentor: Arim Azzam
Taylor Carr | Tech-Based Innovation in MedEd: Enhancing Learning and Teaching Tools for Health Professions Education through Technology
Mentor: Arim Azzam
Yamilekx Hernandez Guzman | Revolutionizing Health: The Latest Breakthroughs in Carrier Screening
Mentor: Teresa Sparks MD, MAS
Sophia De La Rocha | Effects of Asprin on the Rate of Nonreportable cell-free DNA Results in Prenatal Screening
Mentor: Teresa Sparks, MD, MAS
Isabel Banayad | Studies on Endometriosis and its Effects on Diverse Populations
Mentor: Linda Giudice, MD, PhD
Abril Escobosa | NIRSIT Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Mentor: Arthur Wallace, MD, PhD
Julian Womack Batzdorf | Murine Rotor Cuff Analysis: Unveiling Hidden Mechanisms through Black Box Modeling
Mentor: Brian Feeley, MD
Kim Tran | Clinical Reminder Clicks and the Administrative Burden on Clinicians
Mentor: Priya Joshi, MD
URI - 2023
Catherine Tong | Veterans and Health Misinformation/Disinformation
Mentor: Priya Joshi, MD
Emily Torres | Developing Contraceptive Health Care Education Tools
Mentor: Cynthia Harper, PhD
Leah Biruk | Parental Attitudes Towards Whole Genome Sequencing
Mentor: Teresa Sparks, MD, MAS
Astrid Gonzalez Gudino-Guizar | The End of Roe v. Wade
Mentor: Diana Greene Foster, PhD, MA
Shea Stubblefield | Improving Patient Experience at the San Francisco VA Primary Care Clinic
Mentor: Maya Dulay, MD
Nellie Alonso | Studies on Endometriosis
Mentor: Linda Guidice, MD, PhD, MSc
Natalia Macias | Transit Time Flow Measurements in Arterial vs Venous Conduits in Coronary Artery Bypass Grafting
Mentor: Marko Boskovski, MD, MPH
Ashley Fang | Phenotyping of Maternal Intervillous Monocytes (MIMs) & Fetal Hofbauer Cells (HBCs) with Placental Malaria using in Situ Hybridization
Mentor: Stephanie Gaw, MD, PhD
Mia Cacho | Demographics & Risk Perceptions of Nicotine Usage
Mentor: Beth Cohen, MD, MA
Ashlee Osborne | Case Study: Decision-Making Surrounding Family-Planning After Fetal Exome Sequencing
Mentor: Teresa Sparks, MD, MAS
Janeth Garcia | Novel Combination Therapy for Osteoporosis in Men & Biomechanical Computed Tomography
Mentor: Anne Schafer, MD, Janet Chiang, MD, Dolores Shoback, MD
Ohemaa Addo | The End of Roe v. Wade
Mentor: Diana Greene Foster, PhD, MA
Egbert Allesandro Villegas | Immune mechanisms and Immunomodulation in Sepsis and Injury
Mentor: Judith Hellman. MD
Reed Broaders | Cognitive Impairment in Veterans with Vascular Disease
Mentor: James Iannuzzi, MD, MPH
Samuel Appiah | Change in Surgical Practice in Liver Transplantation and the Impact on Clinical Trail Enrollment
Mentor: Matthieu Legrand, MD, PhD
Lizbeth Garcia | The ECHO and DREAM Project
Mentor: Tracy Woodruff, PhD, MPH
URI - 2022
Yulissa Barragan | Program on Reproductive Health and Environment: ECHO and DREAM Studies
Mentor: Tracy Woodruff, PhD, MPH
Dagney Ochoa | Bevacizumab-Doxrubicin Therapy vs Single Agent and/or Non-Platinum Combination: Evaluating Progression-Free Survival in Adult Women with Recurrent or Advanced Stage Endometrial Cancer
Mentor: Edwin Alvarez, MD
Eemai Holt | Neurophysiology of Movement Disorders
Mentor: Doris Wang, MD, PhD
Kennedy Schaffer | Understanding COVID & Pregnancy via Luminex
Mentor: Stephanie Gaw, MD, PhD
Kate Bajana | The End of Roe Study
Mentor: Diana Greene Foster, PhD, MA
Patricia Navarro | Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes3
Mentor: Tracy Woodruff, PhD, MPH
Favor Ajiduah | Reproductive Health Workforce Research
Mentor: Nikki Lanshaw, MPH
Hanna Sendekie | The Non-Surgical Treatment of bAVMs3
Mentor: Hua Su, MD
Kaylee Hernandez | Remote OR: Using Remote Methods to Detect Cognitive Impairment
Mentor: Odmara Baretto-Chang, MD, PhD & Judith Hellman, MD
Paola Hernandez Fernandez | Developing Birth Control Educational Tools
Mentor: Cynthia Harper, PhD
Victoria Vera | Seasonal Variation on In Vitro Fertilization
Mentor: Paolo Rinaudo, MD, PhD
Angel Gamboa | Biomechanical Analysis of Ascending Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm
Mentor: Marko T. Boskovski, MD MHS MPH
Brianna Martinez | Cerebral Oxygenation During Spine Surgery Cases: How to Identify Intra-Operative Changes and Implications?
Mentor: Odmara Baretto-Chang, MD, PhD
Alex Turner | Sera Levels of Environmental Chemicals and Inflammatory Cytokines in Fresno Pregnancies
Mentor: Joshua Robinson, PhD
Yusef Samimi | Beige Adipogenesis Differentiation of Muscle Fibro Adipogenic Progenitors
Mentor: Brian Feeley, MD
URI - 2021
Jennifer Herrera | Implementation of an EHR-based Program for Clinical Research Recruitment
Mentor: Vanessa Jacoby, MD, MSc
Astrid Quirarte | Telehealth Knowledge on Contraception Access in Young Adults
Mentor: Cynthia Harper, PhD
Sunita Bohara | COVID 19 Experience" & "The Brief Qualitative Analysis on HIV
Mentor: Carol Camlin PhD & Monica Getahun PhD
Zara Saif | How Provider Identity Affects Reporting Practices of Substance Use in Pregnant Women
Mentor: Sarah Roberts, PhD
Ashlee Agundiz | A Conversation Regarding Diversity & Inclusion of Minority Patients in HHT Research
Mentor: Helen Kim, MPH, PhD
Daniel Correa Bucio | Progress and Advancement of Angiogenic Therapy on Human AVMs: A Systematic Literature Review.
Mentor: Helen Kim, MPH, PhD
Eniola Owoyele | Fidelity Monitoring of Introduction of Simulation with Novel Virtual Mentor in Madagascar
Mentor: Dilys Walker, MD
Carolina Arguelles | Identifying Opportunities for Prevention of Adverse Outcomes Following Female Genital Fistula Repair
Mentor: Alison El Ayadi, ScD, MPH
Haben Tijar | Racial Disparities in Detecting Jaundice
Mentor: Seth Bokser, MD
Racquel Richardson | Antidepressant Medication Patterns During Pregnancy and NICU Admission
Mentor: Sylvia Badon, PhD
Baraka Mahdi | Implications of the Transition to Telehealth at Federally Qualified Health Centers in Texas during the COVID-19 pandemic
Mentor: Emilia de Marchis, MD. & Laura Gottlieb, MD.
URI - 2019
Songnhi Tran | Preventing Infant Malnutrition with Early Supplementation
Mentor: Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH, MD
Angela Balolong | Effect of epinephrine on LPS-induced microvascular endothelial permeability
Mentor: Judith Hellman, MD & Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS , MD, MAS
Megan Chidboy | Characterization of Fc gamma receptors: IgG, how does it get from mom to baby?
Mentor: Stephanie Gaw, MD, PhD
Cindy Tenorio | Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcome
Mentor: Erin DeMicco, MPH, CCRC , MPH, CCRC & Aileen Andrade
Esperanza Magallanes | E-learning Tool on Birth Control for Community College Students
Mentor: Cynthia C. Harper, PhD
Estephannie Alvarez | Genetic Association Analysis of Subarachnoid Hemorrhage Outcomes
Mentor: Helen Kim, MPH, PhD, MPH, PhD
David Aka | Imaging post-treatment changes in pediatric pontine glioma
Mentor: Tracy Luks, PhD
Amy Villanueva | Investigating the Origin of Fragile X Syndrome
Mentor: Suping Peng, PhD
David Aka | NIRSIT - Near Infrared Spectroscopy
Mentor: Anusha Badathala, MBBS
Adesuwa Osunde | Development of a patient-centered decision-support tool prototype regarding elective induction of labor at 39 weeks gestation
Mentor: Miriam Kupperman, PhD, MPHn & Natalie Oman, MPH
Michelle Yang | Veterans Affairs Clinical Transcripts Project: Social Risk Targeted and Informed Care
Mentor: Holly Wing, MA
Justin Wing | ThiabendazoleInhibition of Meiosis
Mentor: Jennifer Fung, PhD, PhD
Eyiwunmi Laseinde | Research on Expecting Moms and Sleep Therapy
Mentor: Jennifer Felder, PhD
Alexa Duarte | Analyzing Glioblastomas Through UCSF500 Panel
Mentor: Aaron Diaz, PhD
Reanna Norman| Maternal Death Surveillance and Response: Malawi
Mentor: Elizabeth Butrick, MDW, MPH
Daniel Casillas | In Vitro Fertilization, the Immune System, and Allergies
Mentor: Paolo Rinaudo, MD, PhD
URI - 2018
Betty Birbo | Patient-Centered Educational and Decision Support Tools
Mentor: Miriam Kupperman, PhD, MPHn, PhD, MPH
Natalie Aceves | Investigating RiskFactors that are Associated with Parent-ChildConflict in Patients with Type 1 Diabetes
Mentor: Megie Okumura, MD, MAS
Nina Nguyen | The Role of ERK 1/2 in Inflammatory Critical Illness
Mentor: Judith Hellman, MD
Alexander Felix | Perfusion Imaging of Brain Metastasis after Stereotactic Radiosurger
Mentor: Javier Villanueva-Meyer, MD
Nhi Chu | Research on Expecting Moms and Sleep Therapy (REST)
Mentor: Jennifer Felder, PhD
Antonio Avalos-Perez | Role of Terlomerasein Promoting Homolog Fidelity via Telomere-led Chromosome Movement during Mecosis
Mentor: Jennifer Fung, PhD
Crystal Rubalcava | A Scoping Review to Understand the Impact on Healthcare Providers of Addressing Patient Social and Economic Needs in Clinical Care
Mentor: Laura Gottlieb, MD
Yessenia Hernandez-Cruz | Nonimmune Fetal Hydrops
Mentor: Mary Norton, MD, MD
Julie Ho | Can zipcode predict hypertension control at a student free clinic?
Mentor: Manuel Tapia, MD, MPH, MD, MPH
Maite Garcia | Navigating Error Disclosure Methods Through Health Professional School Curricula
Mentor: Amin Azzam, MD, MA
Rafael Verduzco | Worldwide Intelligence Kept-on Internet (WIKI)
Mentor: Amin Azzam, MD, MA
Kristiana Jordan | How to make a good egg: translation termination is decoupled from maternal mRNA stability during oocyte maturation in mice
Mentor: Marco Conti, MD,
Alejandra Rivas | Environmental Influences on Children Health Outcomes
Mentor: Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH
Semira Sherief | Postpartum Maternity Readmissions Project
Mentor: Amanda Calhoun, MD
Maria Mendoza Del Toro | NIRSIT: Clinical Testing of Near Infrared Spectroscopy for Quantitative Assessment of Depression
Mentor: Arthur Wallace, MD, PhD
Fernanda Aguila| Improving Teens' Access & Knowledge of Contraceptives
Mentor: Cynthia Harper, PhD
URI - 2017
Raul Ruiz Perez & Laura Rojas Miranda | NTSV C-Section Rates of Induced Patients
Mentor: Amanda Calhoun, MD
Hanh Do | Chromosomal Microarray in Prenatal Genetic Testing: Who is getting the offer?
Mentor: Mary Norton, MD
Shivany Condor Montes | Data Metrics to Improve Clinical Practice of Residents and Fellows
Mentor: Glenn Rosenbluth, MD
Audrey Koti | NIRSIT: Clinical Testing of Near Infrared Spectroscopy (NIRS) for Quantitative Assessment of Depression
Mentor: Art Wallace, MD, MPH
Joselvin Galeas | Is the function of the RNA binding protein Dazl necessary for oocyte maturation?
Mentor: Marco Conti, MD
Conny Rios | Comparison of implantation sites in embryos generated in vivo or by in vitro fertilization (IVF)
Mentor: Annemarie Donjacour, PhD
Oluchi Okwu | The Impact of School Water Access and Promotion Intervention on Student’s Beverage Intake
Mentor: Aisha Patel, MD, MSPH
Seraina Aguilar | The Development of the Microbiome: A Study Conducted on Infants at UCSF
Mentor: Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH
Jessica Flores | PROCEED Study: The way in which Latinas make a delivery choice
Mentor: Miriam Kupperman, PhD, MPH
Cassandra Quijada | Are Neurosteroids ligands for the TGR5 receptor?
Mentor: Sindy Mellon, PhD
Kristin Hildreth | Contraceptive Educational Intervention in Community Colleges
Mentor: Cynthia Harper, PhD
Luis Galvan | Critical Analysis of Chronic Care Management at ClinicaMartin-Baro
Mentor: Manuel Tapia, MD, MPH
Nancy Gutierrez | UCSF's Program on Reproductive Health and the Environment: Chemicals in Our Bodies
Mentor: Erin DeMicco, MPH, CCRC
Sanskriti Saxena | IGNITE-ing the Flame for IPE
Mentor: Amin Azzam, MD
Lule DeShields | How does doctor-patient communication affect medicine adherence for African Americans with Cardiovascular disease?
Mentor: Richard Grant, MD, MPH
URI - 2016
Elizabeth Gonzalez | Patient-centered Tools to Improve Shared Decision Making: PROCEED Study
Mentor: Miriam Kupperman, PhD, MPH
Anthony Sanabria | Refining the Future Generations of Healthcare Professionals: Project IGNITE’s Unique Error Disclosure Curriculum
Mentor: Amin Azzam, MD, MA
Alexis Montoya | Allopregnanolone: The Mechanism
Mentor: Sindy Mellon, PhD
Karla Luna Silva | New Public Health Threat: Zika Virus and Pregnancy
Mentor: Cynthia Harper, PhD
Jessica Relifornd | Cytochrome p450 activity in placenta, fetal liver and adult liver
Mentor: Joshua Robinson PhD, Susan Fisher PhD
Carlos Molina | The common Hispanic mutation and how it relates to cerebral cavernous malformations
Mentor: Helen Kim, MPH, PhD
Alondra Saenz-Alvarez | Validating a Photo Tool to Examine the Effectiveness of Water Access in Schools
Mentor: Sophie Morris and Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH
Luis Rivera | Exposure to Toxic Environmental Chemicals and Reproductive Outcomes
Mentor: Amy Padula, PhD
Cassandra Cu | Continuous Process Improvement: Making UCSF Better
Mentor: Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS and Christy Boscardin, PhD
Riya Desai | Improving Hospital Care for Breastfeeding Support in Indonesia
Mentor: Shannon Chan, MD & Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH
Ana Gonzalez | Investigating Risk Factors that are associated with Diabetes Burnout
Mentor: Megie Okumura, MD, MAS
Roberto Mora | Molecular Phenotyping of a novel endometrial cell population expressing p63
Mentor: Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc
Rabiya Subedar | Contraceptive Effects on the Immune Environment of the Female Reproductive Tract
Mentor Dr. Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS & Karen Smith-McCune, MD, PhD
Abigail Hulganga | Post-operative Delirium: Incidence Rates and Possible Treatment Options
Mentor: Jennifer Lucero & Arthur Wallace, MD, PhD
Alfredo Hernandez | Localization of M-Phase Promoting Factor Activity in Mammal Oocytes
Mentor: Marco Conti, MD
Nallely Montes | Disruption in meiotic division and telomere attachments
Mentor: Jennifer Fung, PhD
URI - 2015
Zina Ogunnaya | The Experience of Waterbirth
Mentor: Jenna Shaw-Battista
Cristina Batarse | Chemicals in Our Bodies 2
Mentor: Trace Woodruff, PhD, MPH
Tram Huynh | Systematic Review of Preventive Therapy for Preschool Wheeze
Mentor: Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS
Oliver Guevarra | Restructuring the Bridges of Medical School Curriculum
Mentor: Amin Azzam, MD, MA
Carlos Martinez | Identifying Novel Mechanisms of Action of Allopregnanolone, A Neurosteroid
Mentor: Sindy Mellon, PhD
Rahwa Hailemichael | Treatment Failure Following Myomectomy
Mentor: Vanessa Jacoby, MD, MSc
Maritza Cardenas | Molecular Phenotyping of a Novel Epithelial Cell Population Isolated from Human Endometrium
Mentor: Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc
Katherine Chan | Descriptive Study of Infants Born at UCSF Medical Center: Focus on Breastfeeding
Mentor: Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH
Miriam Juarez-Vargas | Evaluation of Health Coach Training and Implementation at Two Rural Primary Care Clinic
Mentor: David Thom DM, PhD, MPH
Alberto Romo | Measuring changes in knowledge of obstetric emergency care through simulation based trainings by PRONTO India
Mentor: Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS
Diego Dubon | Evaluating Medical Student Performance in Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education (ACGME) Competency Domains: Analysis of numerical scores and comment word count
Mentor: Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS
Kaylynn Conant | Understanding Chromosome Movement During Meiosis
Mentor: Jennifer Fung, PhD
Vin Lay | Sexual Orientation and Socioeconomic Factors Associated with Mental Health in Adolescents with Type 1 Diabetes
Mentor: Megumi J Okumura, MD, MAS
Jenny Pelagio Castillo | Mosaic Trisomy 16
Mentor: Mary Norton, MD
Julian Ponce | Teachers' beverage intake at schools –– Mentor: Amsie Hecht
Mentor: Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH
Jessica Arango | Prior Cesarean Decision (PROCEED) Study
Mentor- Mary Norton, MD
URI - 2014
Jockey Rojas | UC Berkeley-UCSF Joint Medical Program: Developing Various Instructional Approaches in Medical Education
Mentor: Amin Azzam, MD, MA, MD
Maria Escudero-Fung | The Role of Mer3 Helicase During Meiosis
Mentor: Jennifer Fung, PhD, PhD
Joanna Ruelas | Improving Contraception Counseling Through the Use of a Decision Support Tool
Mentor: Christine Dehlendorf, MD
Denisse Velazquez | Addressing High Rates of Unintended Pregnancy
Mentor: Cynthia Harper, PhD
Alexandra Hernandez | Placental Significance in Pregnancy
Mentor: Susan Fisher, PhD
Christine Board | Validity of EPAs as an Undergraduate Medical Education Assessment Method: A Summer Pilot Study
Mentor: Sandra K. Oza, MD, MA
Isabella Robles | Race, Ethnicity, and Social Problems—Determinants of Patient Health and Satisfaction
Mentor: Laura Gottlieb, MD
Christian Gonzalez | Cryopreservation of Endometrial Cells and The Human Endometrial Tissue Bank
Mentor: Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc
Juan Cano | Attitude of Assisted Reproductive Technology in Latino Community
Mentor: Paolo Rinaudo MD, PhD
Ana Ibarra | Exploring Trust in the Context of Patient Decision Making: A Qualitative Data Review
Mentor: David Thom MD, PhD, MPH
Monica Banks | Improving Health Care Delivery for Children with Special Health Care Needs
Mentor: Megumi Okumura, MD, MAS
Gabrielle Shuman | Novel Regulation of Glucagon-like Peptide-1
Mentor: Sindy Mellon, PhD, PhD
Yensy Zetino | Newborn Screening (NBS) Study
Mentor: Miriam Kupperman, PhD, MPH
Miranda Gonzales | Healthy Beverages in Child Care
Mentor: Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH
Bianka Aguilar | Signaling Pathways Involved in Oocyte Development
Mentor: Marco Conti, DM
Lisette Hamilton | Women, Water, and the Womb: A Revival of Water Birth
Mentor: Jenna Shaw-Battista, RN, PhD, NP
URI - 2013
Justine Huynh | Breast Pumping Experiences Among Mothers With Milk Supply Concern
Mentor: Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH
Anahi Martinez | Spotlight on the Female Reproductive System: Investigations on the Molecular Basis of Endometrium Pathologies
Mentor: Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc
Melanie Zamora | A Randomized Trial: Coding Patient and Provider's Exposure to Long-Acting Reversible Contraception Methods.
Mentor: Cynthia Harper, PhD
Elizabeth Corral | Measuring oxidative stress markers of in vivo and in vitro fertilized blastocysts by Liquid Chromatography-Mass Spectrometry
Mentor: Paolo Rinaudo, MD, PhD
Diana Lopez | Mechanism through which Allopregnanolone treats inflammatory and neurodegenerative disease”
Mentor: Sindy Mellon, PhD
Justin Chin | The Effects of ECM Substrates on PGC Migration and Morphology
Margarita Cobian | Provider trust in Patients
Mentor: Jody Steinauer, MD
Liliana Zarate | The Integration of 1st Year Medical Students into the Health Care Delivery System
Mentor: Christy Boscardin, PhD
Linda Pacheco | Pregnant Women’s Attitudes and Preferences towards Non-Invasive Prenatal Testing
Mentor: Miriam Kupperman, PhD, MPH
Maggie Luu | Kinetics of Homologous Chromosome Pairing During Meiosis
Mentor: Jennifer Fung, PhD
Fay Pon | Follicular Reserve in the Model of Decreased Mouse Fertility
Mentor: Marco Conti, MD
Karen Kwaning | Improving Water Intake Among Students in Middle Schools
Mentor: Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH
Joseph Sandoval | An Analysis of The Jason Moore PBL Case
Mentor: Amin Azzam, MD, MA
Fabiola Guttierez | 21st Century Pregnancy: Technological interventions in the prenatal setting
Mentors: Tracey McLean, MD & Seth Bokser, MD
Hira Safdar |The Combined Effect of Maternal Stress and Environmental Toxins on Fetal Development: A Systematic Review
Mentor: Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH
URI - 2012
Denisse Rojas | A Content Analysis of Beverage Contracts from California Public Schools
Mentor: Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH
Jennifer Cabello-Chavez | Early Prenatal Testing and Informed Choice (the EPIC Study)
Mentor: Miriam Kupperman, PhD, MPHn
Jennifer Tu | Patient Satisfaction in Ambulatory Care Setting Study
Mentor: Christy Boscardin, PhD
Christine Chilaka | Keeping It 100: Investigating the Accuracy of Abortion Related Information on the Internet
Mentor: Katrina Kimport, PhD, MA
Aminta Kouvate | Autism Research Project
Mentor: Lisa Croen, PhD
Rosalina Penaloza | Construction of Motion-Deficient Budding Yeast Strains
Mentor: Jennifer Fung, PhD
Ivan Zamora-Diaz | Anti-Microbial, Anti-HIV Vaginal Spermicides: A Look at Its Promise and Failure and New Strategies for Future Development
Mentor: Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc
Kristin Aquino | A Qualitative Study on Labor Contractions Using Twitter
Mentor: Naomi Stotland, MD
Hannah Yemane | Quality of Communication between ESL Patients and their Medical Provider in the 5M Clinic at SFGH
Mentor: Andrea Jackson, MD, MAS
Sara Aziz | The Experience of Waterbirth
Mentor: Jenna Shaw-Battista, CNM, NP, MS, PhD
Sara Jara Padilla | APPLES and Me
Mentor: Assiamira Ferrera, MD, PhD
Maribel Patino | Allopregnanolone Treatment of Neurodegenerative Disorders
Mentor: Sindy Mellon, PhD
Kao Houa Vang | The Role of GPR-3 in Oocytes Maturation
Mentor: Marco Conti, MD
Betty Njenga | Systematic Analysis of Exclusive Breastfeeding vs. Breastfeeding plus Formula on Gastroenteritis
Mentor: Amin Azzim, MD, MA
Adan Garcia-Mecinas | Becoming the Patient Module, 2012 edition
Mentor: Amin Azzim, MD, MA
URI - 2011
Priscila Valdez | Informed Choice, Informed Decision
Mentor: Miriam Kuppermann, PhD, MPH
Victor Hoang | Serum MicroRNA in Screening for Ovarian Cancer
Mentor: John Chan, MD
Eduardo Joya | Kinetics of Synaptonemal Complex Disassembly During Meiosis in Yeast
Mentor: Jennifer Fung, PhD, PhD
Jessica Dominguez | Fructose Consumption During Pregnancy and Its Effects on Neonatal Adiposity
Mentor: Naomi Stotland, MD
Kathrin Zimmerman | Advancing Health Worldwide by Training Medicine’s Future Leaders: A Pilot Study of the UCSF Pathways to Discovery Innovation Career Scale
Mentor: Louise Aronson, MD
Deepika Kumar | Using Confocal Microscopy to Study Whole Mount Adult Mouse Ovaries
Mentor: Diana Laird, PhD & Amanda Skillern, MD
Victoria Garica | Chemical Exposures During Critical Periods of Fetal Development
Mentor: Tracey Woodruff, PhD, MPH
Yesenia Ortega-Torres | Examining Women's Experiences with Abortion and Contraception
Mentor: Tracy Weitz, PhD
Margaret Aregbe | Is There a Drought in the Classroom: Language Regarding Drinking Water Provision in California School District Wellness Policies
Mentors: Amanda Kimura & Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH
Marisela Cardenas | Autism: A Developmental Disorder with Many Faces
Mentor: Lisa Croen, PhD
Miaka McClenahan | How Do Neurosteroids Work? Identifying Alternative Receptors for the Neurosteroid Allopregnanolone
Mentor: Sindy Mellon, PhD
Nadia Faiq | Developing a Research Ethics Curriculum for Vietnam: A Stepwise Model for Capacity Building in Settings with Limited Research Experience
Mentor: Colin Partridge, MD
Ricardo Roque | The Role of Biotechnology in the Study of Endometrial Diseases
Mentor: Linda C. Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc
Shannon Chan | Systematic Review on Infant Health Outcomes of Exclusive and Almost Exclusive Breastfeeding
Mentor: Valerie Flaherman, MD
Vannessa Madrigal | Internet Interventions: An International Smoking Cessation Guide and Approaches Toward Increasing Abstinence Rates
Mentor: Eliseo Perez-Stable, MD
URI – 2010
Vanita Mistry | Determining Limited English Proficiency in Health Care
Mentor: Alicia Fernandez, MD
Melissa Myo | The Retained Organic Solutes and Clinical Outcomes in Hemodialyis (ROSCO) Study
Mentor: Laura Plantinga, ScM
Elina Serrano | Colorectal Cancer Screening Discussions with Latino Patients
Mentor: Anna Napoles, PhD, MPH
Leah Timbang | Chronic Kidney Disease (CKD) Surveillance
Mentor: Laura Plantinga, ScM
Tiffany Chambers | Improving Contraceptive Continuation: Depo-Provera Use Among High-risk Adolescents
Mentor: Tina Raine, MD, MPH
Melanie Consolacion | The effects of nonoxynol-9 on endometrial epithelial cells: potential relevance to HIV transmission
Mentor: Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc
Abby Cortez | The Role of Allopregnanolone, a Neurosteroid, on Neuroinflammation
Mentor: Sindy Mellon, PhD
Jacquelyn Hoffman | Examining the Impact of a Three Month Lifestyle and Exercise Intervention for Women with Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome on Body Image, Beck Depression Inventory (BDI), and Self-Reported Modified Ferriman-Gallway Scores (MFG)
Mentors: Drs. Heather Huddleston, MD and Victor Fujimoto, MD
Jennifer Pinal & Jaspreet Singh | EPIC Summer: Contributing to the Expanded Prenatal Testing Options and Informed Choice Study
Mentor: Miriam Kupperman, PhD, MPHn
Kao Thao | Growth Factor Receptor Function in Oocyte Maturation
Mentor: Marco Conti, MD
Amy Yu | Characterization of Meiotic Progression in Zip3 Knock Out Mutant of S. cerevisiae
Mentor: Jennifer Fung, PhD
Anjelica Mendoz | Comparing the perinatal outcomes between IVF-conceived and spontaneously-conceived of infants born at 35 weeks gestation
Mentor: Valerie Flaherman, MD, MPH
Jade Sanders & Paula Yoffe | Beverage Consumption Patterns in Children Ages 2-5
Mentor: Anisha Patel, MD, MSPH
URI - 2009
Thet Wai | Characterization and Analysis of a Cohort of Complicated Monochorionic Twins in a Large Referral Center
Mentor: Larry Rand, MD
Jennifer Poeng | Impact of Suppression and Stimulation on Antral Follicle Count
Mentor: Victor Fujimoto, MD and Nam Tran MD, PhD
Christina Nguyen | Fertility Preservation in Early Stage Borderline Tumors
Mentor: John Chan, MD
Marie Palo | Nonoxynol-9 and its Effects on the Endometrium
Mentors: Linda Giudice, MD, PhD, MSc & Akiko Kobayashi RN, PhD
Minerva Pineda | The Prevalence of Mastitis and other Breastfeeding Issues at UCSF SOM
Mentor: Sharon Wiener, CNM, MPH
Monique Goudeau | Investigation of the Molecular Events Associated with the Production of a Fertilizable Egg
Mentor: Marco Conti, MD
Norma Ruiz | Early Prenatal Testing and Informed Choice (the EPIC study)
Mentor: Miriam Kupperman, PhD, MPHn
Nhi Tran | An Investigation of Germline Development in Mice through Mutant Analysis
Mentor: Diana Laird, PhD
Veronica Gonzalez & Camille Roque | Disparities in Minimally Invasive Gynecologic Surgery
Mentor: Vanessa Jacoby, MD, MSc