Mentored Scientist Award
The CFAR Mentored Scientist Award in HIV/AIDS is currently being offered during the Fall 2022 UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) Cycle, deadline September 26, 2022.
The CFAR Mentored Scientist Award (our primary award program) is a mentoring and training grant targeted toward early stage (either at a senior stage of clinical or postdoctoral training or junior faculty) investigators at UCSF or affiliated partner institutes in the conduct of an HIV research project. These awards are designed to acquire preliminary data and research skills to prepare investigators for a future grant effort. Applicants for this award must indicate a faculty research mentor(s) who will commit to guiding the applicant throughout the duration of the proposed project.
Designation of Mentor
All Mentored award applications from individuals at the Assistant Professor level or below require an HIV research mentor. Mentors can, but are not required to, have supervisory authority over the applicant. CFAR requires your research mentor’s support to advise and guide the research portion of your application before submitting it to RAP.
Of high interest to CFAR are investigations ranging from basic pathogenesis to clinical outcomes in the research areas of HIV/aging and inflammation, latency, cure, vaccines, co-infections, HIV in women, implementation science, and research related to health disparities in HIV-infected and HIV-impacted Bay Area populations. Projects must be within NIH’s HIV/AIDS research high or medium priority areas. Projects in closely related areas (e.g. TB, HCV, drug use, etc.) must be clearly linked to HIV in order to be eligible for CFAR funding.
The award amount is $50,000 in direct costs for one year.
For more detailed information about this RFA, please see the RAP Portal.
To see examples of previously funded projects, see the list below.
Mentored Science Awardees
Spring
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Recipient: Jesse D. Deere, PhD, Project Scientist, Dept. Medical Microbiology and Immunology, UC DavisAward mentor: Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor, MD, PhD
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Recipient: Rebecca Abelman, MD, Clinical FellowAward mentor: Laurence Huang, MD
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Recipient: Gema Mendez-Lagares, PhD, Project ScientistAward mentor: Dennis Hartigan-O'Connor, MD, PhD
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Recipient: Amelia N. Deitchman, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor, UCSF Drug Research Unit, Department of Clinical PharmacyAward mentor: Francesca Aweeka, PharmD, Director, CFAR Pharmacology Core
Fall
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Recipient: Miranda Hill, PhD, MPH, Postdoctoral ScholarAward mentor: Jae Sevelius, PhD (Emeritus), Director, Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS)
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Recipient: Bharath Sreekumar, PhD, Postdoctoral FellowAward mentor: Melanie Ott, PhD, Senior Investigator, The Ott Lab, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
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Recipient: Hannah H. Leslie PhD, MPH, Assistant ProfessorAward mentor: Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
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Recipient: Sarah Gutin, PhD, MPH, Post-doctoral fellow, TAPSAward mentor: Lynae Darbes, PhD
Spring
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Recipient: Paul Ogongo, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Division of Experimental MedicineAward mentor: Peter Hunt, MD, Co-Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFAR
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Recipient: Matthew Durstenfeld, MD, Cardiology FellowAward mentor: Priscilla Hsue, MD
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Recipient: Michael Peluso, MD, MPhil, MHS, Division of HIV, ID, and Global MedicineAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
Fall
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Recipient: Amelia N. Deitchman, PharmD, PhD, Assistant Professor, UCSF Drug Research Unit, Department of Clinical PharmacyAward mentor: Timothy Henrich, MD, Associate Professor
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Recipient: Orlando Harris, PhD, RN, FNP, MPH, Assistant Professor of Nursing in the Department of Community Health Systems, School of Nursing, and an Assistant Professor of Medicine in the Division of Prevention Science in the Department of Medicine at the University of California, San FranciscoAward mentor: Mallory Johnson, PhD, Co-Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFAR
Fall
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Recipient: Emma Bainbridge, MD, MPH, Infectious Diseases FellowAward mentor: Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
Spring
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Recipient: Mohamed Bouzidi, PhD, Postdoctoral FellowAward mentor: Satish Pillai, PhD, Senior Investigator, Viral Pathogenesis, Vitalant Research Institute
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Recipient: Paul Wesson, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
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Recipient: Rachel Kaplan, PhD, MPHAward mentor: Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH, CFAR Mentor
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Recipient: Matthew D. Hickey, MD, Chief Resident, UCSF Department of MedicineAward mentor: Diane Havlir, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Fall
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Recipient: Kelly Taylor, PhD, Specialist, Prevention & Public HealthAward mentor: Willi McFarland, MD, PhD, MPH, Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics
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Recipient: Joanna Hellmuth, MD, MHS, Behavioral Neurology Fellow
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Recipient: Pooja Bhardwaj, PhD, Postdoctoral ResearcherAward mentor: Satish Pillai, PhD, Senior Investigator, Viral Pathogenesis, Vitalant Research Institute
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Recipient: Amy Conroy, PhD, MPHAward mentor: Sheri Weiser, MD, CFAR Mentor
Spring
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Recipient: Alexandra Teng, MD, Cardiology FellowAward mentor: Priscilla Hsue, MD
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Recipient: Andrew Kerkhoff, MD, PhD, MSc, Senior Infectious Disease FellowAward mentor: Diane Havlir, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
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Recipient: Wilson Vincent, PhD
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Recipient: Sara Moron-Lopez, PhD, Postdoctoral ResearcherAward mentor: Joseph Wong, MD, Associate Director, Virology Core
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Recipient: Emily Tuthill, PhD, Postdoctoral FellowAward mentor: Sheri Weiser, MD, CFAR Mentor
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Recipient: Devan Jaganath, MD, Clinical Fellow, Pediatric Infectious DiseasesAward mentor: Adithya Cattamanchi, MD, MAS
Spring
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Recipient: Anna Leddy, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow- Traineeships in AIDS Prevention Studies, CAPS, Division of Prevention Science, UCSFAward mentor: Phyllis Tien, MD
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Recipient: Erika Marques de Menezes, PhD, Scientist, Vitalant Research InstituteAward mentor: Peter Hunt, MD, Co-Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFAR
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Recipient: Joshua Vasquez, MD, Clinical Fellow, Division of Experimental MedicineAward mentor: Laurence Huang, MD
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Recipient: Pamela Murnane, PhD, Assistant Professor, Epidemiology & BiostatisticsAward mentor: Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFAR
Fall
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Recipient: Sushama Telwatte, PhD, Instructor, SF Veteran Affairs Medical CenterAward mentor: Joseph Wong, MD, Associate Director, Virology Core
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Recipient: Sarah Mars, PhD, Qualitative Project Director, Family MedicineAward mentor: Kimberly Koester, PhD, UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies
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Recipient: Ursula Schulze-Gahmen, PhD, Staff Research ScientistAward mentor: Melanie Ott, PhD, Senior Investigator, The Ott Lab, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
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Improving clinical care for HIV-infected transplant patients by innovations in rejection diagnosticsRecipient: Arya Zarinsefat, MD, Resident Physician - SurgeryAward mentor: Minnie Sarwal , MD, PhD, Director, Precision Transplant Medicine
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Recipient: Judy Tan, PhDAward mentor: Sheri Weiser, MD, CFAR Mentor
Fall
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Recipient: Chaz Langelier, MD, PhD, Assistant ProfessorAward mentor: Laurence Huang, MD
Fall
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Recipient: Hesham Shehata, PhD, Postdoctoral scholar, Gladstone InstitutesAward mentor: Melanie Ott, PhD, Senior Investigator, The Ott Lab, Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology
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Recipient: Nalini Colaco, PhD, Postdoctoral scholarAward mentor: Priscilla Hsue, MD
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Recipient: Emily Agnew, PhD, SpecialistAward mentor: Torsten Neilands, PhD, CFAR Mentor
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Recipient: Annesa Flentje, PhD, Assistant Adjunct ProfessorAward mentor: Bradley Aouizerat, PhD
Spring
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Recipient: Milo Santos, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor
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Recipient: Omid Madadgar, PhD, Visiting Associate ProfessorAward mentor: Matija Peterlin, MD (Emeritus)
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Recipient: Louise Hogan, PhDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
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Recipient: Kartika Palar, PhD, Assistant ProfessorAward mentor: Sheri Weiser, MD, CFAR Mentor
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Recipient: Eytan Herzig, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Gladstone InstitutesAward mentor: Nevan Krogan, PhD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
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Recipient: Judy Tan, PhD
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Recipient: Kawthar K. Machmach, PhD, UC DavisAward mentor: Mario Stevenson, PhD, Member, External Advisory Committee
Fall
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Recipient: Gema Mendez-Lagares, PhD, Project ScientistAward mentor: Lewis Lanier, PhD
Spring
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Recipient: Tom Packard, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Gladstone InstitutesAward mentor: Satish Pillai, PhD, Senior Investigator, Viral Pathogenesis, Vitalant Research Institute
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Recipient: Emily Dauria, PhD, MPH, Postdoctoral ScholarAward mentor: Katerina Christopoulos, MD, MPH
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Recipient: Priya Shete , MD, Clinical FellowAward mentor: Adithya Cattamanchi, MD, MAS
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Recipient: Pamela Odorizzi, PhD, Postdoctoral ScholarAward mentor: Mike McCune, MD, PhD, Head, HIV Frontiers Global Health Innovative Technology Solutions Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
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Recipient: Rachel L. Rutishauser, MD, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar Infectious Disease FellowAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
Fall
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Recipient: Vasantha Jotwani, MD, Clinical FellowAward mentor: Robert Grant , MD, MPH (Emeritus), Member, CFAR Scientific Council
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Recipient: Shahzada Khan, PhD, CIRM Postdoctoral ScholarAward mentor: Joseph Wong, MD, Associate Director, Virology Core
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Recipient: John Sauceda, PhD, Assistant Professor, Center for AIDS Prevention StudiesAward mentor: Mallory Johnson, PhD, Co-Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFAR
Spring
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Recipient: Joanna Hellmuth, MD, MHS, Behavioral Neurology FellowAward mentor: Victor Valcour, MD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
Fall
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Recipient: Monika Roy, MD, Director, Implementation Science Working GroupAward mentor: Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, Former Director, CFAR Implementation Science Working Group (2016-2019)
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Recipient: Shereen Katrak, MD, MPH, Clinical FellowAward mentor: Grant Dorsey, MD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
Spring
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Recipient: Annie Narla, MD, Cardiology FellowAward mentor: Priscilla Hsue, MD
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Recipient: Catherine Koss, MD, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases and Global MedicineAward mentor: Diane Havlir, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Fall
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Recipient: Amy Conroy, PhD, MPHAward mentor: Sheri Weiser, MD, CFAR Mentor
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Recipient: Sanjiv Baxi, MD, Clinical FellowAward mentor: Bradley Aouizerat, PhD
Spring
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Recipient: Stefanie Sowinski, PhD, Director, Translational Research Laboratory, UgandaAward mentor: Warner Greene, MD, PhD, Director, Gladstone Center for HIV Cure Research
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Recipient: Felicia Chow, MDAward mentor: Priscilla Hsue, MD
Fall
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Recipient: Carina Marquez, MD, Associate Director for EquityAward mentor: Diane Havlir, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
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Recipient: Meredith Greene, MDAward mentor: Victor Valcour, MD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
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Recipient: Leslie Cockerham, MDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
Spring
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Recipient: Meghan Morris, PhDAward mentor: Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
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Recipient: Christina Yoon, MD, MPHAward mentor: Laurence Huang, MD
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Recipient: Amey Kulkarni, MDAward mentor: Priscilla Hsue, MD
Fall
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Recipient: Sarah Woolf-King, PhD, MPH, Assistant ProfessorAward mentor: Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
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Recipient: Daniel Brenner, MD, PhDAward mentor: Peter Ganz
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Recipient: Snigdha Vallabhaneni, MD, MPHAward mentor: Frederick Hecht, MD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
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Recipient: Jonathan Hsu, MD, MASAward mentor: Michael Shilpak, MD, MPH
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Recipient: Sulggi A. Lee, MD, PhD, Associate Professor In ResidenceAward mentor: Peter Hunt, MD, Co-Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFAR
Spring
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Recipient: Parya Saberi, PharmDAward mentor: Mallory Johnson, PhD, Co-Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFAR
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Recipient: Charles Everett, MDAward mentor: Laurence Huang, MD
Fall
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Recipient: Maya Petersen, MD, PhDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
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Recipient: Chris Keh, MDAward mentor: Doug Nixon, MD, PhD, Bryan Greenhouse, MD, MA
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Recipient: Chris Keh, MDAward mentor: Doug Nixon, MD, PhD, Associate Director , Bryan Greenhouse, MD, MA, Associate Director
Fall
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Recipient: Lena Kim, MDAward mentor: Deborah Cohan, MD, PhD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
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Recipient: Veronica Ades, MD, MPHAward mentor: Philip J. Rosenthal, MD, Associate Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFAR
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Recipient: Emily Eriksson, PhDAward mentor: Frederick Hecht, MD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
Spring
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Recipient: Vivek Jain, MD, MASAward mentor: Frederick Hecht, MD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
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Recipient: Patrick Unemori, MDAward mentor: Elizabeth Sinclair, PhD, Immunology Core Director
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Recipient: Lisa Butler, MPH, PhDAward mentor: Jeffrey Martin, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
Fall
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Recipient: Gabriel Chamie, MD, CFAR MentorAward mentor: Edwin Charlebois, MPH, PhD
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Recipient: Jeffrey Milush, PhD, Director, Immunology CoreAward mentor: Frederick Hecht, MD, Member, CFAR Scientific Council
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Recipient: David Lim, MD, PhDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
Spring
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Recipient: Victor Valcour, MD, Member, CFAR Scientific CouncilAward mentor: Stephen Morin, PhD, Associate Director Emeritus
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Recipient: Elvin Geng, MD, MPH, Former Director, CFAR Implementation Science Working Group (2016-2019)Award mentor: Jeffrey Martin, MD, MPH, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
Spring
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Recipient: Theodore Ruel, MDAward mentor: Diane Havlir, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Spring
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Recipient: Polina German, PharmDAward mentor: Francesca Aweeka, PharmD, Director, CFAR Pharmacology Core
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Recipient: Hiroyu Hatano, MD, MHS, Assistant ProfessorAward mentor: Joseph Wong, MD, Associate Director, Virology Core
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Recipient: A.J. Middlebrook, PhDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Laura Napolitano, MD
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Recipient: A.J. Middlebrook, PhDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core, Laura Napolitano, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
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Recipient: J.Lucian Davis, MD, MASAward mentor: Laurence Huang, MD
Spring
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Recipient: Annie Luetkemeyer, MDAward mentor: Diane Havlir, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
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Recipient: Peter Hunt, MD, Co-Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFARAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
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Recipient: Padmini Srikantiah, MDAward mentor: Diane Havlir, MD, Professor of Medicine, UCSF
Spring
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Recipient: Brinda Emu, MDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core, Mike McCune, MD, PhD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core, Doug Nixon, MD, PhD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
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Recipient: Brinda Emu, MDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Associate Director , Mike McCune, MD, PhD, Associate Director , Doug Nixon, MD, PhD, Associate Director
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Recipient: Brinda Emu, MDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Head, HIV Frontiers Global Health Innovative Technology Solutions Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Mike McCune, MD, PhD, Head, HIV Frontiers Global Health Innovative Technology Solutions Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, Doug Nixon, MD, PhD, Head, HIV Frontiers Global Health Innovative Technology Solutions Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
Spring
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Recipient: Annika Karlsson, PhDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Associate Director , Doug Nixon, MD, PhD, Associate Director
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Recipient: Annika Karlsson, PhDAward mentor: Steven Deeks, MD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core, Doug Nixon, MD, PhD, Co-Director, Clinical and Population Sciences Core
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Recipient: Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, Director, UCSF-Gladstone CFARAward mentor: Francesca Aweeka, PharmD, Director, CFAR Pharmacology Core
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Recipient: Giorgos Sakkas, PhDAward mentor: Morris Schambelan, MD