Mentor & Mentee History

Highlighting the recent history of the UCSF-Bay Area CFAR mentoring program.

Mentees and Mentors: 2025 – 2026
Mentee	Mentor
Charisse Ahmed, PhD, RN	Orlando Harris, PhD, RN, FNP, MPH
Marta Calvet i Mirabent, PhD	Peter Hunt, MD
Calvin Chiu, PhD	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Danny Chu, MPharm	Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH
Nick DesLauriers, MD	Katerina Christopoulos, MD, MPH
Rachel Logan, PhD, MPH	Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH
Danny Lyons, MD, PhD	Melanie Ott, MD, PhD
Michelle Nakphong, PhD	Sheri Weiser, MD
Yange Niu, PhD	Steven Deeks, MD
Mohammad (Shofi) Rahman, PhD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Cynthia Ramirez, PhD, MPH	Elise Riley, PhD
Jeannette Tenthorey, PhD	Nadia Roan, PhD
Rafael Tiburcio, PhD	Satish Pillai, PhD
Heather Tucker, PhD, MA	Emily Arnold, PhD
Ryan Whitacre, PhD	Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
Hannah Whitmore, PhD, RN	Milo Santos, PhD, MPH

Mentees and Mentors: 2024 – 2025
Mentee	Mentor
April Bell, PhD, MPH	Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH
Gina Borgo, PhD	Steven Deeks, MD
Emilio De Narvaez, MD	Philip Norris, MD
Anne Fenton, MD	Vivek Jain, MD, MAS
Grace Haser, MD	Gabriel Chamie, MD
Ashley Hazel, PhD	Torsten Neilands, PhD
Anneka Hooft, MD	Sheri Weiser, MD
Yasaswi Kislovskiy, MD, MSc	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Joshua Kiyingi, PhD	Edwin Charlebois, MPH, PhD
Julia Prigann, PhD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Colbey Ricklefs, MD, MPH	Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH
Erica Sedlander, DrPH	Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
Lila Sheira, PhD, MPH	Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH
Julia Wagner, MD	Nadia Roan, PhD
Chao Wang, PhD	Peter Hunt, MD

Mentees and Mentors: 2023 – 2024
Mentee	Mentor
Alicer Andrew, PhD	Melanie Ott, MD, PhD
Renata Buccheri, MD, PhD	Phyllis Tien, MD
Ahmad Danesh, MD, PhD, MPH	Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
Fatoumatta Darboe, PhD	Satish Pillai, PhD
Colette DeJong, MD	Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
Cristina Espinosa da Silva, PhD, MPH	Torsten Neilands, PhD
Ifeanyi Ezeonwumelu, PhD	Steven Deeks, MD
Tracy Lin, PhD	Sheri Weiser, MD
Andrew Riselli, PharmD, BS	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Saate Shakil, MD, MS	Laurence Huang, MD
Natasha Spottiswoode, MD, DPhil	Peter Hunt, MD
Gabriela Steiner, BS	Elise Riley, PhD
Lauren Suchman, PhD, MA	Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH

Mentees and Mentors: 2022 – 2023
Mentee	Mentor
Maria Casalegno, MD	Vivek Jain, MD, MAS
Katerina Byanova, MD, MS	Gabriel Chamie, MD
Franco Chevalier, MD	Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH
Julie Frouard, PhD	Melanie Ott, MD, PhD
Waru Gichane, PhD, MSPH	Sheri Weiser, MD
Kristopher Jackson, PhD, RN	Orlando Harris, PhD, RN, FNP, MPH
Tongcui Ma, PhD	Steven Deeks, MD
Megan McLaughlin, MD, MPH	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Holly Nishimura, PhD, MPH	Torsten Neilands, PhD
Neia Prata Menezes, PhD, MPH	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Josephine Reijneveld, PhD	Peter Hunt, MD
Jorge Salazar, MD	Katerina Christopoulos, MD, MPH
Bharath Sreekumar, PhD	Nadia Roan, PhD
Johnson Tran, PhD	Jay Levy, MD (Emeritus)
Jennifer Velloza, PhD, MPH	Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH
Kailin Yin, PhD	Satish Pillai, PhD

Mentees and Mentors: 2021 – 2022
Mentee	Mentor
	Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
Rebecca Abelman, MD	Gabriel Chamie, MD
Alison Comfort, PhD	Sheri Weiser, MD
Prerna Dabral, PhD	Melanie Ott, MD, PhD
Rand Dadasovich, MD, MS	Vivek Jain, MD, MAS
Moctezuma Garcia, PhD, MSSW	Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH
Sarah Gutin, PhD, MPH	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Hannah Leslie, PhD, MPH	Katerina Christopoulos, MD, MPH
Natasha Ludwig-Barron, PhD, MPH	Elise Riley, PhD
Anthony Muiru, MD, MPH	Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH
Sara Suliman, PhD, MPH	Satish Pillai, PhD
Akanksha Vaidya, MD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Gustavo Velasquez, MD, MPH	Elizabeth Fair, MD, PhD

Mentees and Mentors: 2020 – 2021
Mentee	Mentor
Ashok Dwivedi, PhD	Philip Norris, MD
Emma Bainbridge, MD, MPH	Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH
Thibaut Davy-Mendez, MsPH, PhD	Jeffrey Martin, MD, MPH
Amelia Deitchman, PharmD, PhD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Li Du, PhD	Warner Greene, MD, PhD
Matthew Durstenfeld, MD, MAS	Steven Deeks, MD
José Gutierrez, PhD, FNP-BC, AAHIVS	Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH
Miranda Hill, PhD, MPH	Elise Riley, PhD
Jennifer Jain, PhD, MPH	Phillip Coffin, MD, MIA
Holly Martin, PhD, MS	Nadia Roan, PhD
Caravella McCuistian, PhD	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Chemtai Mungo, MD, MPH	Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
Paul Ogongo, PhD	Peter Hunt, MD
Jerry Ouner, PhD, RN, MS	Sheri Weiser, MD
Ujjwal Rathore, PhD, MS	Satish Pillai, PhD
Annelys Roque Gardner, MD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Luis Rubio, MD, MHS	Gabriel Chamie, MD
Samuel Schnittman, MD	Paul Volberding, MD (Emeritus)
Marie Stoner, PhD, MPH	Torsten Neilands, PhD
Kelly Taylor, PhD	Eric Goosby, MD
Natalie Wilson, PhD, DNP, MPH	Albert Liu, MD, MPH

Mentees and Mentors: 2019 – 2020
Mentee	Mentor
Ayesha Appa, MD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Christopher Allen Berger, MD	Gabriel Chamie, MD
Allison Bond, MD, MA	Vivek Jain, MD, MAS
Ashley F. George, PhD	Melanie Ott, MD, PhD
Matthew Hickey, MD	Eric Goosby, MD
Elizabeth Imbert , MD, MPH	Katerina Christopoulos, MD, MPH
Devan Jaganath, MD	Joel Ernst, MD
Kelly A. Johnson, MD, MPH	Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
Sarah Mars, PhD	Carol Camlin, PhD, MPH
Megha Mehrotra, PhD, MPH	Albert Liu, MD, MPH
Nicky Mehtani, MD, MPH	Elise Riley, PhD
Anushka Patel MA, (PhD in progress)	Sheri Weiser, MD
Catherine Pearson, MD	Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH
Sarah Roberts, PhD, MPH	Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH
Alexandra Teng, MD	Torsten Neilands, PhD
Albert Vallejo-Gracia, PhD	Peter Hunt, MD
Richard Wang, MD	Phyllis Tien, MD
Sophia Zamudio-Haas, DrPH, MSc	Carol Dawson-Rose, RN, PhD, FAAN

Mentees and Mentors: 2018 – 2019
Mentee	Mentor
Glenda Baguso, PhD	Elizabeth Fair, MD, PhD
Pooja Bhardwaj, PhD	Warner Greene, MD, PhD
Mohamed Bouzidi, PhD	Phillip Berman, PhD
Jehan Budak, MD	Paul Volberding, MD (Emeritus)
Nalini Colaco, PhD	Vivek Jain, MD, MAS
Konstantinos Georgiou, PhD	Peter Hunt, MD
Carlo Hojilla, RN, PhD	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Andrew Kerkhoff, MD, PhD, MSc	Eric Goosby, MD
Nitasha Kumar, PhD	Nadia Roan, PhD
Sara Moron-Lopez, PhD	Melanie Ott, MD, PhD
Jennifer Mulliken, MD	Joel Ernst, MD
Michael Peluso, MD, MPhil, MHS	Joseph Wong, MD
Sarah Puryear, MD	Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
Edda Santiago-Rodriguez, DrPH	Elise Riley, PhD
Roland Schwarzer, PhD	Francesca Aweeka, PharmD
Elizabeth Tanner, PhD	Matija Peterlin, MD (Emeritus)
Sushama Telwatte, PhD	Steven Deeks, MD
Paul Wesson, PhD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH

Mentees and Mentors: 2017 – 2018
Mentee	Mentor
Shayanne Martin, MPH	Eric Goosby, MD
Emily Abdoler, MD	Elizabeth Fair, MD, PhD
Sonia Bakkour, PhD	Nadia Roan, PhD
Jessica Briggs, MD	Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
William Brown, III, PhD, MA	Paul Volberding, MD (Emeritus)
Rachel Bystritsky , MD	Annie Luetkemeyer, MD
Daniele Cary, PhD	Satish Pillai, PhD
Monica Fung, MD	Joseph Wong, MD
Andrea Gramatica, PhD	Steven Deeks, MD
Akua Gyamerah, DrPH	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Orlando Harris, PhD, RN, FNP, MPH	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Judd Hultquist, PhD	Matija Peterlin, MD (Emeritus)
Anna Leddy, PhD	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Erika Marques de Menezes, PhD	Peter Hunt, MD
Ali Mirzazadeh, MD, PhD	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Matthew Spinelli, MD, MAS	Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH

Mentees and Mentors: 2016 – 2017
Mentee	Mentor
Angelo Clemenzi-Allen, MD	Jeffrey Martin, MD, MPH
Emily Dauria, PhD, MPH	Elise Riley, PhD
David Gordon, PhD	Warner Greene, MD, PhD
Joanna Hellmuth, MD, MHS	Eric Goosby, MD
Kimberly Koester, PhD	Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
Benedetta Milanini, PhD	Jay Levy, MD (Emeritus)
Aaloke Mody, MD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Pamela Murnane, PhD	Diane Havlir, MD
Pamela Odorizzi, PhD	Steven Deeks, MD
Priya Shete , MD	Paul Volberding, MD (Emeritus)
Emily Tuthill, PhD	Shari Dworkin, PhD, MS
Erika Wallender, MD, MPH	Phyllis Tien, MD
Erika Wallender, MD, MPH	Phyllis Tien, MD
Natalie Wilson, PhD, DNP, MPH	Peter Hunt, MD

Mentees and Mentors: 2015 – 2016
Mentee	Mentor
Cristina Brickman, MD	Mark Jacobson, MD
Lillian Brown, MD, PhD	Susan Buchbinder, MD
Leonard Chavez PhD	Steven Deeks, MD
Annesa Flentje, PhD	Peter Hunt, MD
Louise Hogan, PhD	Warner Greene, MD, PhD
Kord Kober, PhD	Satish Pillai, PhD
Chaz Langelier, MD, PhD	Philip Norris, MD
Tom Packard, PhD	Matija Peterlin, MD (Emeritus)
Greg Rebchook, PhD	Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH
Michael Reid, MD	Eric Goosby, MD
Rachel Rutishauser, MD, PhD	Joseph Wong, MD
Luke Strnad,MD	Jeffrey Martin, MD, MPH
Chia-Ching Wang, MD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Chongyi Wei, DrPH, MA	Mallory Johnson, PhD

Mentees and Mentors: 2014 – 2015
Mentee	Mentor
Charline Bacchus-Souffan, PhD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Ali Danesh, PhD	Matija Peterlin, MD (Emeritus)
Rachael Jackman, PhD	Francesca Aweeka, PharmD
Julia James, DPhil, MGHS	Teri Liegler, PhD
Rachel Kaplan, PhD, MPH	Ruth Greenblatt, MD
Shereen Katrak, MD, MPH	Elise Riley, PhD
Rena Patel, MD, MPH	Paul Volberding, MD (Emeritus)
Milo Santos, PhD, MPH	Mallory Johnson, PhD
John Sauceda, PhD	Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
Joshua Vasquez, MD	Warner Greene, MD, PhD
Wilson Vincent, PhD	Grant Colfax, MD, MPH

Mentees and Mentors: 2013 – 2014
Mentee	Mentor
Sanjiv Baxi, MD	Mark Jacobson, MD
Felicia Chow, MD	Susan Buchbinder, MD
Phillip Coffin, MD, MIA	Paul Volberding, MD (Emeritus)
Amy Conroy, PhD, MPH	Kimberly Page, PhD, MPH
Mi-Suk Kang-Dufour, MPH, PhD	Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
Catherine Koss, MD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Kartika Palar, PhD	Elise Riley, PhD
David Sears, MD	Jeffrey Martin, MD, MPH
Judy Tan, PhD	Ruth Greenblatt, MD

Mentees and Mentors: 2012 – 2013
Mentee	Mentor
Joelle Brown, PhD	Judy Hahn, PhD, MA
Alexandra Hernandez, PhD	Kimberly Page, PhD, MPH
Leanne Huysentruyt, PhD	Jay Levy, MD (Emeritus)
Julia James, DPhil, MGHS	Robert Grant , MD, MPH (Emeritus)
Sulggi Lee, MD, PhD	Mike McCune, MD, PhD
Carina Marquez, MD	Paul Volberding, MD (Emeritus)
Meghan Morris, PhD	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Melicent Peck, MD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Darpun Sachdev, MD	Phyllis Tien, MD
Hyman Scott, MD, MPH	Warner Greene, MD, PhD
Tara Vijayan, MD, MPH	Joseph Wong, MD

Mentees and Mentors: 2011 – 2012
Mentee	Mentor
Leslie Cockerham, MD	Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH
Charles Everett, MD	Laurence Huang, MD
Luther Gwaza, PhD	Francesca Aweeka, PharmD
Megan Huchko, MD, MPH	Ruth Greenblatt, MD
Evan Jacobs, PhD	Phillip Berman, PhD
Peter Kuebler, PharmD	Francesca Aweeka, PharmD
Sheri Lippman, PhD, MPH	Phyllis Tien, MD
Parya Saberi, PharmD	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Jae Sevelius, PhD (Emeritus)	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Ma Somsouk, MD	Laurence Huang, MD
Snigdha Vallabhaneni, MD, MPH	Mark Jacobson, MD
Sarah Woolf-King, PhD, MPH	Kimberly Page, PhD, MPH

Mentees and Mentors: 2010 – 2011
Mentee	Mentor
Adam Carrico, PhD	Grant Colfax, MD, MPH
Reena Gupta, MD	Ruth Greenblatt, MD
Okeoma Mmeje, MD, MPH	Teri Liegler, PhD
Nadia Roan, PhD	Matija Peterlin, MD (Emeritus)
Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH	Paul Volberding, MD (Emeritus)
Sera Young, PhD	Mallory Johnson, PhD

Mentees and Mentors: 2009 – 2010
Mentee	Mentor
Jennifer Babik, MD	Phyllis Tien, MD
Trevor Burt, MD	Jay Levy, MD (Emeritus)
Vivek Jain, MD, MAS	Paul Volberding, MD (Emeritus)
Bittoo Kanwar, MD	Philip Norris, MD
Parya Saberi, PharmD	Francesca Aweeka, PharmD
Steven Yukl, MD	Mark Jacobson, MD

Mentees and Mentors: 2008 – 2009
Mentee	Mentor
	Joel Ernst, MD
Jennifer Balkus, MPH	Francesca Aweeka, PharmD
Chunye Lu, PhD	Mallory Johnson, PhD
Lishomwa Ndhlovu, MD, PhD	John Greenspan, BDS, PhD, FRCPath
Moraima Pagan, PhD	Matija Peterlin, MD (Emeritus)

Mentees and Mentors: 2007 – 2008
Mentee	Mentor
Ya-Lin Chiu, PhD	Warner Greene, MD, PhD
Xavier Contreras, PhD	Jay Levy, MD (Emeritus)
Moupali Das-Douglas, MD, MPH	Susan Buchbinder, MD
Huimin Jiang, PhD	Philip Norris, MD
Carmen Peralta, MD, MAS	Mark Jacobson, MD

Mentees and Mentors: 2006 – 2007
Mentee	Mentor
Tri Do, MD, MPH	Jay Levy, MD (Emeritus)
Stephen Dominy, MD	Teri Liegler, PhD
Laurie Littlepage, PhD	John Greenspan, BDS, PhD, FRCPath
Moraima Pagan, PhD	Susan Buchbinder, MD
Satish Pillai, PhD	Warner Greene, MD, PhD

Mentees and Mentors: 2005 – 2006
Mentee	Mentor
Bradley Aouizerat, PhD	Kimberly Page, PhD, MPH
Bradley Aouizerat, PhD	Robert Grant , MD, MPH (Emeritus)
Marielle Cavrois, PhD	Jay Levy, MD (Emeritus)
Andy Choi, MD	Paul Volberding, MD (Emeritus)
Jennifer Cocohoba, PharmD	Jeffrey Martin, MD, MPH
Deborah Cohan, MD, PhD	Ruth Greenblatt, MD
Teresa DePineres, MD, MPH, FACOG	Francesca Aweeka, PharmD
Jonathan Fuchs, MD, MPH	Mike McCune, MD, PhD
Albert Liu, MD, MPH	Ruth Greenblatt, MD
Hong-Ha Truong, PhD, MS, MPH	Mark Jacobson, MD

Mentees and Mentors: 2004 – 2005
Mentee	Mentor
	Marguerita Lightfoot, PhD (Emeritus)
Sara Pagans, PhD	Teri Liegler, PhD

Mentee	Mentor
	Paula Lum, MD, MPH
	Jae Sevelius, PhD (Emeritus)

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