Fall semester is here! We all hoped that the pandemic would have taken a back seat by now, but, given the circumstances, most of our work will continue to be virtual through 2021. The pandemic has been both disruptive and trying, and I know many of us have faced real personal costs. Even so, we should celebrate what we have accomplished – and the work we continue to do – together. There is a lot to celebrate.
As we start the new academic year, we are rolling out an annual report for 2020. Please check it out and share the link when there’s an opportunity to introduce people to the breadth and quality of our work.
The department continues to produce a mountain of peer-reviewed publications on a wide range of topics, and – something I think we should be especially proud of – our trainees are earning significant recognition. We also have a booster crop of exciting new graduate students starting this fall.
Sincerely,
Kirsten
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Rebecca Smith-Bindman (she/her), MD, moved her primary academic home from radiology to EpiBio, where she had been secondary faculty, in July. Many of you may know her already, but do welcome her into our inner circle! Dr. Smith-Bindman’s Radiology Outcomes Research Laboratory studies the cancer risk associated with CT scans and on how to optimize and improve CT imaging safety and quality. Dr. Smith-Bindman brought a seven-member team with her.
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Sean Arayasirikul (they/them), is a medical sociologist and part of the leadership of the Center for Public Health Research and the Trans Research Unit for Equity at the San Francisco Department of Public Health. Their work investigates the impact of oppression on health, public health systems and policy transformation, mHealth interventions and implementation science. Sean is part of the House and Ballroom community and an avid collector of tiny succulents.
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Welcome to our new students! We have a crop of 10 new PhD students joining us this year. And applications are open for next year, so please tell any interested candidates to apply by early December.
Department guidance on COVID protocols (including in-person and remote learning) for all of our educational programs is available on the website. We will continue to modify this document as needed.
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Individual courses
Our department offers courses that can be taken on an individual basis and are available to individuals within the UCSF community and from other institutions. Courses begin Monday, September 13 and the deadline to pay and enroll is Monday, September 27.
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Discover your academic path
Explore our full offering of education programs to decide which direction is right for your academic goals.
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Dennis Black’s abstract, “Validation of the Surrogate Threshold Effect as a Method to Implement Change in BMD as a Surrogate Endpoint for Fracture Outcomes: the FNIH-ASBMR SABRE Project,” received the 2021 ASBMR Most Outstanding Clinical Abstract Award. This award goes to the highest-ranking abstract submitted to a basic category for presentation at the ASBMR Annual Meeting.
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Our postdocs have earned an array of laurels. Alicia Riley won the Interdisciplinary Association for Population Health Sciences (IAPHS) postdoctoral fellow award. Ellie Matthay won the Society for Epidemiologic Research (SER) postdoctoral fellow award. Former postdoc Elizabeth Rose Mayeda won the SER early career award in 2020. Because she was on parental leave, she gave the talk at this year's conference.
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Nadia Diamond-Smith was selected as this year's IGHS MS Program Outstanding Mentor Award from a list of more than 20 mentors. Congratulations, Nadia!
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Highlights from the website |
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Achieved blood pressure post-acute kidney injury and risk of adverse outcomes after AKI: A prospective parallel cohort study.
McCoy I, Brar S, Liu KD, et al.
BMC Nephrol. 2021.
Adapting to Changes in Teen Pregnancy Prevention Research: Social Media as an Expedited Recruitment Strategy.
J Adolesc Health. 2021.
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Adverse cardiac mechanics and incident coronary heart disease in the Cardiovascular Health Study.
Massera D, Hu M, Delaney JA, Bartz TM, Bach ME, Dvorak SJ, DeFilippi CR, Psaty BM, Gottdiener JS, Kizer JR, Shah SJ.
Heart. 2021 Jul 13,
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