A Monthly Digest of Noteworthy Activities and Achievements

In 2024, DOM research funding grew by over 15% for the second consecutive year. Timothy Henrich, Annie Luetkemeyer, Sue Lynch, Jesus Ramirez-Valles, Lekshmi Santhosh, and Prescott Woodruff (pictured left to right, top to bottom) were awarded the largest grants and contracts in the department. Read more about our research activities and accomplishments in this year’s DOM Research Metrics Report.

2025 DOM Master Clinicians

Sarah Doernberg, Sarah Goglin, Andrew Leavitt, and Neil Trivedi (pictured left to right) are this year’s DOM Master Clinicians. The Council of Master Clinicians honors DOM faculty members distinguished by their superb skills and commitment to clinical medicine.

Residency Program Match Results

We had another terrific residency match this year! We matched a superb cohort of 64 students hailing from 32 different medical schools, including ten students from the UCSF School of Medicine. Five of our incoming interns are physician-scientists. View the list here.

New Division Managers

Heidi Frank is the new manager
of the Division of Gastroenterology
at UCSF Health.

Maribeth Ruperto is the new manager
of the Division of Infectious Disease
at UCSF Health.

Endowment for Innovation in Nephrology

Chi-Yuan Hsu received a $5 million gift from the Marc and Lynne Benioff Endowment for Innovation in Nephrology. The Benioffs were inspired by Chi’s outstanding leadership and the work of the Division of Nephrology at UCSF Health.

Other Honors and News

Richard Locksley was named this year’s Faculty Research Lecturer in Basic Science by the UCSF Academic Senate.

Arianne Teherani has been named a 2025 AERA Fellow by the American Educational Research Association.

Neeta Thakur has been appointed the faculty director of Clinical Research Operations for the Clinical Trials Operations Unit under UCSF’s Clinical & Translational Science Institute (CTSI).

The UCSF Lung Transplant Program received the 2025 INTERLINK Chairman’s Award, awarded to the top-performing lung transplant program.

DOM in the News

Peter Chin-Hong advised getting vaccinated (KCRW), frequent hand
and surface washing (Good Morning America), and consuming only pasteurized dairy (NBC News) to prevent illness. He also expressed concern that a recent study, which reported that Paxlovid did not significantly reduce hospitalizations, had excluded high-risk, unvaccinated adults aged 75 and older (Washington Post).

Anna Chodos emphasized the importance of treating hearing or vision loss to prevent dementia (NBC News).

Monica Gandhi suggested that those 65 or older, or those traveling internationally, get a booster to prevent measles. (Mercury News).

Gerald Hsu discussed the impact of federal funding cuts to research, physician training, and Medicare (San Francisco Chronicle).

Margot Kushel emphasized that treating homelessness requires a robust set of services (Vox), including medical care and devices (San Francisco Chronicle).

Sei Lee suggested that diabetic patients may not need to be as careful about their diet as they get older (New York Times).

Gregory Marcus reported that coffee may reduce the risk of heart attack or stroke (KCBS-AM).

Michael Peluso recommended increasing the number of trials to better understand Long COVID (NPR).

Priya Shete warned that the recent cuts to USAID could potentially cost millions of lives (The Today Show).

Dolores Shoback recommended diet and exercise as better alternatives to longevity supplements (San Francisco Chronicle).

Robert Wachter was quoted in the obituary of James Reason, who first introduced the Swiss cheese model of organizational accidents, which became the foundation for the field of patient safety (New York Times).

Recent Grants of Note

John Greenland: a grant of $577K over two years from the Cystic Fibrosis Foundation for a project entitled, “Point of care molecular diagnostics for PGD and CLAD.”

Joel Ernst: a grant of $442K over two years from the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases for a project entitled, “A novel approach to determine the value of ESAT-6 as an antigen in M. tuberculosis infection and vaccines.”

Recent Publications of Note

Appa A, Spinelli MA, Javanbakht M... Gandhi M. Unintentional fentanyl use detected in hair of people with HIV risk using methamphetamine. JAMA. 2025 Feb 26. Epub ahead of print. >> PubMed Citation

Assaf RD, Morris MD, Straus ER, Martinez P, Philbin MM, Kushel M. Illicit substance use and treatment access among adults experiencing homelessness. JAMA. 2025 Feb 19. Epub ahead of print >> PubMed Citation

Brinkley-Rubinstein L, Berk J, Williams BA. Carceral health care. N Engl J Med. 2025 Feb 27;392:839-841. >> PubMed Citation

Chammas D. One size fits... some. N Engl J Med. 2025 Feb 27; 392:839-841. >> PubMed Citation

Chang CR, Vykunta VS, Lee JHJ... Allain V... Marson A... Eyquem J. SEED-Selection enables high-efficiency enrichment of primary T cells edited at multiple loci. Nat Biotechnol. 2025 Feb 05. Epub ahead of print. >> PubMed Citation

Cleary SJ, Qiu L, Seo Y... Looney MR. Intravital imaging of pulmonary lymphatics in inflammation and metastatic cancer. J Exp Med. 2025 May 5;222:e20241359. >> PubMed Citation

Maher JJ. Not the end of the road for macrophage therapy in liver cirrhosis. Nat Med. 2025 Mar;31:735-736. >> PubMed Citation

Marcus GM, Tung R, Gerstenfeld EP... Hsia H... Left Ventricular entry to reduce brain lesions dring catheter ablation: a randomized trial. Circulation. 2025 Feb 24. Epub ahead of print. >> PubMed Citation

Miao BY, Chen IY, Williams CYK... Zack T... Arnaout R... Sushil M. The MI-CLAIM-GEN checklist for generative artificial intelligence in health. Nat Med. 2025 Feb 06. Epub ahead of print. >> PubMed Citation

Powe NR, Yearby R, Wilson MR. Race and ethnicity in biomedical research: changing course and improving accountability. JAMA. 2025 Mar 18;333:935-936. >> PubMed Citation

Proal AD, Aleman S, Bomsel M... Deeks SG... Henrich TJ... Peluso MJ. Targeting the SARS-CoV-2 reservoir in long COVID. Lancet Infect Dis. 2025 Feb 10. Epub ahead of print. >> PubMed Citation

Simchoni N, Koide S, Likhite M... Shum AK. The common HAQ STING allele prevents clinical penetrance of COPA syndrome. J Exp Med. 2025 Apr 7;222:e20242179. >> PubMed Citation

Tseng ZH, Nakasuka K. Out-of-hospital cardiac arrest in apparently healthy, young adults. JAMA. 2025 Mar 18;333:981-996. >> PubMed Citation

See all 204 DOM-authored publications from last month.

Featured Events

2025 Last Lecture with Dr. Binh An Phan
Binh An Phan will deliver the Sumner and Hermine Marshall Endowed Last Lecture. Join us in Cole Hall Auditorium.
Tuesday, April 8 | 5:30 pm
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Mindfulness Based Stress-Reduction (MBSR) Course
This 8-week online program can help if stress is negatively impacting your life or if you are simply interested in promoting your health and well-being.
Wednesdays, April 23-June 11 | 6:30-9:00 pm (Orientation April 9)
Click here for more information.

Spring Social
UCSF is excited to host the inaugural Spring Social, an activity-packed lunchtime event. Join us at our local food truck hub, Spark Social SF!
Wednesday, April 23 | 11:00 am-1:00 pm
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