Research Program Management Office (RPMO)

Quarterly News & Updates

 

Issue 2 | July 2025

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Upcoming RPMO Events



  • Wed, Aug 20th - RPMO Research Summer Social
  • Tues, Oct 28th - RPMO Admin Fall Retreat
  • Wed, Nov 12th - PI Research Bootcamp

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By the Numbers

To view this quarter's support submission breakdown, click the graph

Trainee Spotlight

Andrew Gatto, MD, PGY-1, Class of 2029

WOA/WOF Nitin N. Bhatia, MD Travel Grant Award


 “Evaluating the Long-term Sustainability of an Electronic Health Record System For Short-Term Global Surgical Outreach”.


Upcoming Funding Opportunities

James O. Johnson (JOJ) Research Research Grant - Open to residents who have applied for but have not obtained peer-reviewed research funding. Call for Applications start in early/mid October. Contact Alick Shiu for questions on this funding opportunity

Junior Investigator Grant Development Awards - Provides funding for a junior CCMBM member to host a meeting with 1-3 UCSF faculty members who are outside of the trainee's current lab. More details here. Contact Gurcharan Kaur for questions on this funding opportunity

NIH K series - Research Career Development Cycle II - July 12, 2025

NIH R023, R21, R33, R21/R33, R34, R36, U34, UH2, UH3, UH2/UH3 - Other Research Grants and Cooperative Agreements Cycle II - July 16, 2025

School of Medicine Bridge Funding Program Winter Cycle 2025 - Provides up to 12 months of support for full-time faculty members with independent research programs, who are experincing temporary loss of significant funding. The program is intended to support applicants who face a funding gap between two extramural research grants. Winter Cycle RFA - October 4, 2025. More information here.

Upcoming OREF Grants and Awards

Acumed Fellowship Program 2026 - 2027. Support clinical fellowship programs and may be used to subsidize a clinical fellow. Applications start January 2026. More information here.

Awarded Research

Chelsea Bahney, PhD - Bahney Lab

Department SEED Award 2025

Drew Lansdown, MD - Sports Medicine

Department SEED Award 2025

Ishaan Swarup, MD - Pediatrics

Department Super NOVA Award 2025

Conor O'Neill, MD - Interventional Pain Medicine

Department NOVA Award 2025

Kelsey DeFrates, PhD - Hernandez Research Group

PBBR Postdoctoral Independent Research Fellowship 2025

Lauren Shapiro, MS, MD - Hand

National Academy of Medicine Scholars in Diagnostic Excellence 2025

Gurcharan Kaur, PhD - Alliston Lab

The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Young Investigator Award 2025

Andres Betancourt Torres, MS - Alliston Lab

National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research - T32 Funding

Hope Welhaven, PhD - Collins Lab

United States Association for Study of Pain Travel Awardee 2025

Rachel Gottlieb, MD - PGY-1

UCSF CTST Spring 2025 Resident Research Award

Steven Garcia, MD, MS - PGY-5

Inman Abbott 2025 Bones Ball Award

Angel Xiao, MD, MSE - PGY-3

Inman Abbott 2025 Bones Ball Award

Favian Su, MD - PGY-5

Inman Abbott 2025 Bones Ball Award

Christoforos Meliadis, MD - Alliston Lab

NIH-NIAMS Outstanding Poster Award 2025

Nadja Maldonado Luna, BS - Alliston Lab

  • The American Society for Bone and Mineral Research Young Investigator Award 2025
  • Orthopaedic Research Society Young Investigator Award 2025

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Publication Highlights

Lin YY, Jbeily EH, Tjandra PM, Pride MC, Lopez-Torres M, Elmankabadi SB, Delman CM, Biris KK, Bang H, Silverman JL, Lee CA, Christiansen BA. Corrigendum to: Surgical restabilization reduces the progression of post-traumatic osteoarthritis initiated by ACL rupture in mice [J Osteoarthr Cartil (2024) 909-920]. Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2025 Jun;33(6):735. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2025.03.002. Epub 2025 Apr 2. Erratum for: Osteoarthritis Cartilage. 2024 Aug;32(8):909-920. doi: 10.1016/j.joca.2024.04.013. PMID: 40169157.

Sang L, Garcia SM, Youn A, Bach K, Swarup I. Three radiographic parameters correlate with computed tomography displacement in transitional ankle fractures. J Child Orthop. 2025 May 15;19(3):235-241. doi: 10.1177/18632521251338537. PMID: 40386447; PMCID: PMC12081384.

Garcia-Lopez E, Halvorson RT, Foley AJ, Zhang AL, Wong SE. Restoration of Hip Kinematics After Arthroscopy for Femoroacetabular Impingement Syndrome: A 1-Year Evaluation of Gait and Stair Performance. Orthop J Sports Med. 2025 May 26;13(5):23259671251339777. doi: 10.1177/23259671251339777. PMID: 40433309; PMCID: PMC12106969.

Project List for Trainees

Available research projects available for residents/trainees who are looking to work on a specific research


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RPMO Mission Statement

The Research Program Management Office (RPMO) is lead by the Vice Chair of Research and managed by the Director of Research Administration and Operations to provide strategic infrastructure and administrative support for the department of Orthopedic Surgery’s activity in Basic Science, Clinical, and Translational Research. The RPMO goal is to administratively support research projects more efficiently and economically. To achieve this goal, the RPMO will determine systems for coordinated resource allocation and budgeting in focus areas of all grants and contracts. We provide support for both private and public research funds.