A Monthly Digest of Noteworthy Activities and Achievements

We’re thrilled that our residents enjoyed a wonderful fellowship match, matching to many of the nation’s top programs across a broad range of specialties. We’re particularly pleased that 23 of our 41 residents applying this year matched to a UCSF fellowship!

Honors and News

Lukejohn Day was named
chief medical officer for UCSF Health.

Karen Hauer was named vice dean for Education for the UCSF School of Medicine.

Other Honors and News

Michelle Albert received the Council on Epidemiology and Prevention Distinguished Achievement Award and the Distinguished National Leadership Award from the American Heart Association.

Sujatha Sankaran published a new book, Health Equity in Hospital Medicine.

DOM in the News

Michelle Albert wrote an op-ed in Essence magazine supporting the proposed FDA menthol cigarette ban and explained the connection between natural disasters and heart disease in Correio Braziliense.

Paul Blanc, Bob Harrison, Amy Heinzerling, and Sheiphali Gandhi highlighted inadequate medical care for silicosis sufferers in the Los Angeles Times.

Peter Chin-Hong offered advice about staying healthy this holiday season on CNN, recommended combining flu and Covid shots on ABC News, and discussed lingering Covid symptoms in the New York Times.

Anna Chodos appeared on the Intention to Treat podcast discussing the current state of dementia care in the context of new therapies.

Beth Cohen linked heart disease and stress in comments to Time magazine.

Denise Connor outlined strategies for diagnostic equity on the DEI Shift podcast.

Sanket Dhruva questioned the evidence base behind the use of digital therapeutics in STAT News.

Timothy Henrich detailed Covid’s lasting autoimmune impact in the New York Times.

Margot Kushel was quoted in USA Today, saying that New York’s homeless population has largely been hidden, but that may change.

Payam Nahid, on KCBS radio, encouraged guests who visited the CA Grand Casino to test for tuberculosis.

Neil Powe, speaking to the New York Times, highlighted the need for further research on racial health disparities.

Diana Thiara emphasized tirzepatide’s powerful results in the Washington Post.

Ma Somsouk expressed surprise to STAT News regarding the rate of untestable samples in colon cancer screenings.

Bob Wachter reflected on the Covid pandemic on the In the Bubble podcast.

Brandon Yan’s research on life expectancy disparities associated with gender was featured in Fortune, the New York Times, Smithsonian magazine and several other media outlets.

Kin Yuen explained daylight-saving time’s impact on depression in the San Francisco Chronicle.

Recent Grants of Note

Isabel Rodriguez-Barranquer (co-investigator): a $17.5 million multisite CDC grant creating the California Center for Outbreak Readiness, under the CDC’s Outbreak Analytics and Disease Modeling Network.

Anna Chodos and team: a cooperative agreement of $5.5M over 4 years from the HHS Administration for Community Living for a project entitled, “Caregivers as Partners in Care Teams (CAP-CT) program.”

John Gordan and team: a grant of $5.2M over 4 years from the Department of Defense for a project entitled, “In vivo mechanistic characterization of the angiogenic immune checkpoint in liver cancer.”

Gabriel Chamie and team: a grant of $3.7M over 5 years from the National Institute of Mental Health for a project entitled, “Transformative approaches to rapidly and efficiently test demand creation interventions to promote HIV retesting in adults at increased risk of HIV.”

Gina Moreno-John and team: a grant of $3M over 5 years from the Hellman Foundation to expand food programming to all UCSF primary care practices as part of the UCSF Food Equity and Justice Program.

Recent Publications of Note

Baraliakos X, Deodhar A, van der Heijde D, Magrey M, Maksymowych WP, Tomita T, Xu H, Massow U, Fleurinck C, Ellis AM, Vaux T, Shepherd-Smith J, Marten A, Gensler LS. Bimekizumab treatment in patients with active axial spondyloarthritis: 52-week efficacy and safety from the randomised parallel phase 3 BE MOBILE 1 and BE MOBILE 2 studies. Ann Rheum Dis. 2023 Oct 4:ard-2023-224803. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1136/ard-2023-224803. >> PubMed Citation

Brusca SB, Albert MA. Balancing the scales of adversity: A socioecological approach to reducing the global burden of stroke and cardiovascular disease. Lancet Neurol. 2023 Oct 9:S1474-4422(23)00386-1. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1016/S1474-4422(23)00386-1.
>> PubMed Citation

Ko AH. Flashback foreword: Erlotinib and gemcitabine in pancreatic cancer. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Oct 20;41(30):4711-4712. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.00222. >> PubMed Citation

Ku E, Copeland T, McCulloch CE, Freise C, Legaspi S, Weinhandl E, Woo K, Johansen KL. Peritoneal dialysis catheter complications after insertion by surgeons, radiologists, or nephrologists. J Am Soc Nephrol. 2023 Oct 17. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1681/ASN. 0000000000000250. >> PubMed Citation

Logan A. Innovating simpler and less toxic frontline management for adults with ALL. J Clin Oncol. 2023 Oct 26:JCO2301726. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1200/JCO.23.01726.
>> PubMed Citation

McCorkell L, Peluso MJ. Long COVID research risks losing momentum — we need a moonshot. Nature. 2023 Oct;622(7983): 457-460. doi: 10.1038/d41586-023-03225-w. >> PubMed Citation

Rotenstein LS, Landman A, Bates DW. The electronic inbox — benefits, questions, and solutions for the road ahead. JAMA. 2023 Nov 14;330(18):1735-1736. doi: 10.1001/jama.2023.19195. >> PubMed Citation

Weiss A. Peeking into the black box of T cell receptor signaling. Annu Rev Immunol. 2023 Oct 3. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1146/annurev-immunol-090222-112028. >> PubMed Citation

Yuan N, Duffy G, Dhruva SS, Oesterle A, Pellegrini CN, Theurer J, Vali M, Heidenreich PA, Keyhani S, Ouyang D. Deep learning of electrocardiograms in sinus rhythm from US veterans to predict atrial fibrillation. JAMA Cardiol. 2023 Oct 18:e233701. [Epub ahead of print]. doi: 10.1001/jamacardio.2023.3701. >> PubMed Citation

See all 199 DOM-authored publications from last month.

Featured Events

State of the Department
DOM Chair Bob Wachter’s annual address will be delivered in a hybrid format and recorded for later viewing.
ZSFG and VA Highlights | Tuesday, February 6, 12:00 pm
Attend in person at Pride Hall rooms 1930/1940/1950 or join via Zoom
UCSF Health Highlights | Thursday, February 8, 12:00 pm
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