Junior Faculty Alumni

Since the inception of the National Center of Leadership in Academic Medicine (NCLAM) in 1999, 368 junior faculty have graduated from the program. During the program, each junior faculty member develops and completes a Professional Development Contract (PDC) with help from an assigned senior mentor. All Health Sciences faculty are eligible to serve as mentors, and mentor pairings are based on recommendations by the individual NCLAM participant and NCLAM Leadership Council. The list of projects by department below shows the wide diversity of interests among our graduates.

Faculty Mentors Across Health Sciences

Department/Division Mentor Directors (DMDs) help their units shift away from a culture of ad hoc mentorship towards intentional, inclusive, and effective mentorship in all institutional contexts. DMDs guide faculty to use evidence-based best practices for mentoring junior faculty and trainees. DMDs assess the “health” of mentoring in their department/division and act as a liaison with the Office of Faculty Affairs (OFA).

School of Medicine Departments

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Anesthesiology

​Year	​Name, Degree	PDC Project
​2021	​Laura Case, PhD
​2021	Claire Soria, MD	​
​2020	​Nathaniel Schuster, MD
2019	Brian Frugoni, MD	​
​2015	​Anne Shapiro, DO	UCSD Labor Epidural Bupivicaine Bolusing: A Cost & Safety Analysis​
​2014	Sarah Madision, MD​	​Does treating pain in the perioperative setting improve psychological outcomes for cancer patients?
​2012	​Erik Kistler, MD	​Establishment of an Independent Research Lab
2010	Erin Lawson, MD​	​Chronic Opioids and Sleep Apnea
2009	​​Sameh Ali, PhD	​Dirunal elevation in NADPH oxidase activity in the brain: a proposal link between brain inflammation and chronobiology
2007	​​Dalia Banks, MD	​Gaining ACGME Accreditation for the UC San Diego Cardiothoracic Anesthesia Fellowship Program
​2005	Shobana Chandraskekhar, MD​	​Compare and contrast various teaching methods from both faculty and resident perspectives, and gain an understanding of how residents learn best
2004​	​Wendy Campana, PhD	Resubmitting R01 Grant for PINCH Signaling in PNS​
2003​	Robin Seaberg, MD​	​Anesthesiology Resident Curriculum on Substance Use, Abuse, and Physician Impairment
2002​	​David Luo, MD, PhD	​Improvement of My Time Management Skills
​2001	​Vanna Soonthon-Brant, MD	​Develop lecture series on anesthetic management of common pediatric diseases
​2000	Sandra Chaplan, MD	​Prioritizing Career Goals
2000	​Reema Sanghvi, MD	​Acute Airway Management Seminar/Workshop
​2000	​Gerhard Schulteis, PhD	​Develop a one-day job fair/symposium on postdoctoral career development

Cellular and Molecular Medicine

​Year	​Name, Degree	​PDC Project
​2014	Karl Willert, PhD	Investigating the role of WNT-FZD7 signaling in tumorigenesis​​
​2009	​Alysson Muotri, PhD	​Modeling Autism spectrum disorders with human pluripotent stem cells

Dermatology

​Year	​Name, Degree	​PDC Project
2022	Dawn Eichenfield, MD, PhD	​
​2019	Amanda Marsch, MD​​	​​
​2016	Taraneh Paravar, MD​	​The Establishment of Collaborative Clinics and Conferences Between Dermatology and Rheumatology

Emergency Medicine

​Year	​Name, Degree	PDC Project
2022	Daniel Lasoff, MD	​
​2021	Sukhdeep Singh, MD	​​
​2020	Christian Dameff, MD, MS
2015	Vaishal Tolia, MD, MPH​	​Write a foundation grant
​2014	Radhika Sundararajan, MD, PhD​​	​​Developing a successful staffing model for ED Observation Unit
​2008	​Leslie Oyama, MD	Better than "Good Job:" Improving Medical Student Evaluations​
​2002	Kama Guluma, MD​	​Fundamentals of Grant Writing
1999​	​Karen Van Hoesen, MD	​UC San Diego Hyperbaric Medicine Fellowship Development

Family Medicine and Public Health

​Year	​Name, Degree	PDC Project
​2022	​Alice Chen, DO
​2022	​Samuel Galloway, MD	​
​2021	​Julie Celebi, MD, MS	​
​2020	Terri Cheng, MD	​
2019	Sarah Merrill, MD	​
​2016	​Camille Nebeker, EdD	Building Research Integrity and Capacity Phase 3 – BRIC Implementation and Adoption Strategies
​2015	​Jose Ricardo Suarez, MD, PhD, MPH	​Running an NIH Grant
​2015	​Yuyan Shi, PhD	​Developing a Grant Proposal for Multi-Disciplinary Research
​2013	​Geneen Gin, DO	​Prenatal, Gynecological Ultrasound Curriculum for Family Medicine Residents
2012	Melanie Fiorella, MD	​Development of Nutrition Residency Program
2011	Alice Mills, MD, MPH	​Applying for a Career Development Award
​2008	Dustin Lillie, MD​	Shared Decision Making: The Missing Link Between Information and Action
2008​	Esmatullah Hatamy, MD	Curriculum Development for Family Medicine's Inpatient Service​
2008​	Victoria Ojeda, PhD	​Graduate Studies in Cultural Perceptions about Health and Disease
2007​	Xin Lu, PhD	Designing a Course: Introduction to Computational Biology, Method, and Applications
​2006	Dennis Trinidad, PhD, MPH	Improve Data Collection Methodology and Revise a Grant Application to Study Prevention of Smoking in the Filipino Adolescent Population
​2006	Lisa Madlensky,PhD	Create a Course Website for FPM243
2006	​Matthew Allison, MD, MPH	Develop an Elective Course in Cardiovascular Epidemiology
2005	​Rema Raman, PhD	Learn time management and know-how to convert her research ideas into manuscripts in statistics and neurological journals
2005	​Susanne May, PhD	Identify a Funding Source for Own Methodological Research and Write First Draft of Application
2004	Loki Natarajan, PhD	Write a methodology grant in biostatistics
2004	Sonia Jain, PhD	Complete two methodological research papers and put together a grant application
2003	​Happy Araneta, PhD	Determinants of Type 2 Diabetes, Diabetes-related Complications, and the Metabolic Syndrome in Filipino-American Women
2003	Jennifer Wu, MD	Designing a Model for Primary Care Services for the San Diego Family Justice Center
2002	Reena Deutsch, PhD	Confidence Interval Estimation for Cox Model R2 Prediction
2001	Anthony Gamst, PhD	Developing Grant Writing Skills
2001	Deborah Morton, PhD	Developing an Assessment Tool to be Used for General Research in the Gay and Lesbian Community
2000	​Deborah Goodman-Gruen, MD, PhD	Promotion Package
2000	Sherry Emery, PhD	Teaching Research Methods
2000	Cecilia Gutierrez, MD	HRT - Current Controversies - A Multidisciplinary Approach

Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health

​Year	​Name, Degree	​PDC Project
2022	Tala Al-Rousan, MD, MPH	​
​2021	Aladdin Shadyab, PhD, MPH, MS	​​

Medicine

See divisions below.

​Year	​Name, Degree	​PDC Project
2011 ​2011	Edward Chao, DO Declan McCole, PhD	Promoting Positive Change in Patients with Diabetes: Examining the Impact of Social Networks​ Creating a Translational Research Project: Integrating Basic Research with Clinical Disease​
​2011	Toshitaka Yajima, MD, PhD	Improving Professional Writing Skills
​2010	Maple Fung, MD	VA Merit Proposal: Central Sympathetic activity and peripheral vascular changes in prehypertension
​2008	Rebekah Kaplowitz, MD, MPH	Improving Medical Care for Women Veterans of Operation Enduring Freedom/Operation Iraqi Freedom (OEF/OIF)
​2007	Smita Desai, DO	Grant Proposal: The Effect of Pulmonary Rehabilitation on Interleukin 18 and Systemic Inflammation in Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Disease
​2006	Laura Greci, MD, MPH	Develop a Research Agenda to Improve Quality and Efficiency of Emergency Care at the San Diego VA
​2006	Tammy Lin, MD, MPH	Explore the Possibilities for a Multi-Specialty Obesity Clinic at UC San Diego
​2004	Hyun Sil Kim, MD	Start working on the establishment of the Inflammatory Bowel Clinic at UC San Diego
​2004	Joseph Yu, MD	Work on the process of acquiring ultrasound equipment for biopsy of thyroid nodules and develop a training program for the fellows
​2001	Karen Munger, PhD	Web Based Learning: A Website for Bioengineering 140B
​2001	Paula Shaw, MD	How to Determine Primary Care Panel Sizes in an Open Access System
​2000	Angela Wang, MD	Airway Epithelial Tissue Core Facility
​2000	Asad Bashey, MD, PhD	Grant Writing to Obtain Funding for Clinical and Translational Patient-Oriented Research
​2000	Bogi Andersen, MD	Independent Research Program on Keratinocyte Biology
​2000	Eduardo Ortiz, MD, MPH	A Hospitalist Program at UC San Diego
​2000	Jacques Corbeil, PhD	Initiate at Introduction Course in Genomics and Bioinformatics
​2000	Saralyn Williams, MD	Medical Toxicology Fellowship Curriculum
​1999	Denise Hermann, MD	Personal Professional Development
​1999	Ewa Carrier, MD	Development of a Pediatric Transplant Program at UC San Diego
​1999	Stacy Tompkins, MD	Cosmetic Dermatology and Laser Treatment Program at UC San Diego
​1999	Vijaya Pratha, MD	Gastroenterology Clinic at UC San Diego

Neurosciences

​Year	​Name, Degree	​PDC Project
​2022	​Aliya Frederick, MD, PhD
​2022	​Olivia Kim McManus, MD	​
​2022	​Kevin McGehrin, MD	​
​2021	Xu Chen, PhD	​
2020	June Yoshii-Contreras, MD	​
2019	Dominic Ferrey, MD	​
​2019	Anuja Jindal, MD, MPH
​2015	​David Piccioni, MD, PhD	Developing a Neurological Oncology Conference
​2015	​Royya Modir, MD	​The UCSD Inpatient Stroke Service
​2014	​Leena Kansal, MD	​Epilepsy and EMR Databases: Dilatin dosing in patient with epilepsy and history of alcoholism
​2014	Shauna Yuan, MD	​Dissecting Tau Aggregation Mediated Neurodegeneration and Prion-like Propagation
2013	Sonya Wang, MD	​Case Series of Acupuncture Effectiveness in Pediatrics Epilepsy
2012	Mary J. Harbert, MD	​Real-time Noninvasive Multimodal Assessment of Newborn Brain Function
​2010	John Crawford, MD, MS​	Neuroimmunology of Pediatric Central Nervous System Tumors
2009​	Jonathan Bui, MD, PhD	NMR imaging in a focal stroke model
2008​	Stephanie Lessig, MD	​UC San Diego Parkinson's Disease Center
2006​	Sean Evans, MD	Prepare a patient's guide to understanding neurological diseases, treatment and their doctor's actions
​2004	Christopher Kenney, MD	Work on establishing a movement disorders clinic with emphasis on deep brain stimulation
​2004	Nayan Desai, MD	Learn the process of grant writing to further interest in electrodiagnostic research
2003	​Brett Meyer, MD	Develop a Timeline and Plan for the Implementation of a Remote Video Consultation System at Four Remote Hospital Sites
2002	​Joseph Gleeson, MD
2000	​Ronald Ellis, MD, PhD	Create a Clinical Service and Research Fellowship in NeuroAIDS at UC San Diego
1999	Carla Grosmann, MD	Complexities of Building a Community Practice

Obstetrics, Gynecology, & Reproductive Sciences

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2022	Kathleen Fisch, PhD
2021	Marni Jacobs, PhD, MPH
2020	Julia Cormano, MD
2020	Tracy Harrison, MD
2020	Alice Sutton, MD
2018	Sarah Averbach, MD	The Timing of IUD Perforation After Interval Postpartum IUD Placement
2016	Heidi Cook-Anderson, MD, PhD	Thinking Outside the NIH Box
2015	Kellie Breen Church, PhD	Develop a Publication Record Worthy of NIH Early Stage Investigator Funding
2015	Marianna Alperin, PhD	Pregnancy Induced Adaptations in Pelvic Floor Muscles: In Vivo Examinations
2014	David Natale, BSc, PhD	The Role of AMPK Signaling in Placental Development
2014	Sheila Mody, MD, MPH	Understanding Barriers to Long Acting Reversible Contraception Use Among Postpartum Women With Medical Conditions
2011	Djurdjica Coss, PhD	Feasibility/Preliminary Data for a Second R01
2010	Louise Laurent, MD, PhD	Writing an NIH Grant
2010	Sasha Kaufmann, PhD	Hormone Action: Graduate School Curriculum and Endocrinology Course Design
2009	Yvette LaCoursiere, MD, MPH	Importing Evidence-Based Practice in the Care of the Obese Pregnant Woman: An Assessment of Two Practice Models
2008	Edwin Alvarez, MD	Identification and Characterization of Human Ovarian Cancer Initiating Cells
2007	Jessica Kingston, MD	Psychiatric Disorders in Pregnancy and Postpartum: A Curriculum for OBGYN Residents
2007	Maryam Tarsa, MD	Less Work Hours and More Opportunity to Attend Weekly Scheduled Conferences. Do Reproductive Medicine Residents Perform Better Now Compared to Years Before?
2006	Emily Lukacz, MD	A Comprehensive Analysis of the Short and Intermediate Term Impacts of Normal Vaginal Delivery vs. Elective Cesarean Section
2003	Douglas Woelkers, MD	Establishing the Standing Obstetrical Research Core (20STORC)
2002	Kathryn Pruzinsky, MD	Starting a Specialty Menopause Clinic
2001	Cheryl Saenz, MD	Gynecologic Oncology Group Research Protocol: Surveillance in Early Ovarian Immature Teratoma
2000	Paula Amato, MD	Submit Application to Change Visa Status and Complete and Submit Several Research Manuscripts
2000	Pamela Deak, MD	Survival Guide for Oral Board Exams in Ob/Gyn
1999	Andrew Hull, MD	Learn Develop Spanish for Perinatal Practice
1999	Christine Miller, MD	Write a Good Quality Case Report

Ophthalmology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2021	Jolene Rudell, MD, PhD
2020	Jiun Do, MD, PhD
2020	Yunxiang (Catherine) Liu, MD, PhD
2005	Shira Robbins, MD	Work on establishing a medical/surgical clinic for pediatric glaucoma
2003	Christopher Bowd, PhD	Multifocal Visual Evoked Potentials in the Diagnosis and Monitoring of Glaucoma
1999	Linda Zangwill, PhD	Expanding Research Activities in Eye Epidemiology

Orthopaedic Surgery

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2022	Elsa Sanchez Lopez, PhD
2020	Bahar Shahidi, PhD
2013	Sameer Shah, PhD	Pitch and Proposal Development for Industry Research Collaboration
2011	Simon Schenk, PhD	SIRT 1 and Muscle Insulin Action: R01 Resubmission
2010	Eric Hentzen, MD, PhD	Residents' International Orthopedic Experience
2008	Robert Afra, MD	Orthopedic Surgery Sports Medicine Development
2007	Douglas Chang, MD, PhD	Grant Proposal: Non-invasive Ultrasonic Measurement of Intracranial Pressure Waveforms in Athletes Participating in Head-contact Sports
2006	Daniel Lee, DPM	Develop a UC San Diego Diabetic Limb Preservation Program
2003	Matthew Meunier, MD	A Regional Referral System for Hand Trauma
2002	Scott Meyer, MD	Genetic Determination of Spinal Anatomy and Muscle Strength in Identical Twins

Pathology

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2022	Cole Ferguson, MD, PhD
2022	Francesca Soncin, PhD
2021	Hiutung Chu, PhD
2016	Xiangdong Xu, MD, PhD	How to Run a Journal from Your Garage
2014	Gerald P. Morris, MD, PhD	T Cell Development in Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation
2010	Jonathan Lin, MD, PhD	Molecular Mechanisms of Neurodegeneration
2009	Christina Sigurdson, PhD, DVM	Pew Scholar Application for Prion Disease
2006	Dianne Langford, PhD	Design and Implement a Multifaceted Project to Study HIV in the Ethiopian Population
2003	Steve Goodison, PhD	Turn a Backlog of Research Data into Submitted Scientific Articles
2000	Steffan Ho, MD, PhD	Research Program Development and Evaluation
1999	Cynthia Behling, MD, PhD	Design a Short Course for the American Society of Clinical Pathology
1999	Jessica Wang-Rodriguez, MD	To Be an Effective Administrator

Pediatrics

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2022	Fabian Rivera-Chávez, PhD
2022	Carolyn Sawyer, MD
2022	Richard Silva, MD
2022	Jose Silva Sepulveda, MD
2021	Michael Gardiner, MD
2021	Vanessa Scott, MD, MS
2021	Nathaly Sweeney, MD
2021	Kristen Wigby, MD
2020	Nicole Coufal, MD, PhD
2020	Sandra Leibel, MD
2020	Hari Narayan, MD
2019	Gretchen Bandoli, PhD, MPH, MBA
2019	Atim Ekpenyong, MD
2019	Kathleen (Katie) Ryan Loker, MD, MPH
2019	Vanessa Tamas, MD
2019	Victor Wong, MD
2016	Farhad Imam, MD, PhD	You know his/her name
2016	Leah Kern, MD, MPH	Collaboration in Pediatric HIV Care at Tijuana General Hospital
2016	Nathan Lewis, PhD	How I Spent My Summer Vacation
2015	Stephanie Leonard, MD	Business Plan for Food Allergy Cente
2014	Johanna Chang, MD	Development of Pediatric Rheumatology Ultrasound Clinic
2013	Andrew Skalsky, MD	Business plan and proposal for acute inpatient physical medicine and rehabilitation service at UC San Diego Health Sciences and the UC San Diego School of Medicine
2013	Michelle Leff, MD, PhD	The Use of Supplementary Feedings in Newborn Nursery
2012	Chris Davis, PhD	Evaluation of Exercise limitations in Fontan Patients
2012	Kyung Rhee, MD	Next Steps in Childhood Obesity Treatment
2011	Chris Cannavino, MD	Pediatric Clerkship Curriculum: Subspecialty Modules
2011	Rebecca Cherry, MD	The Use of EPIC to Identify Patients at Risk of Refeeding Syndrome
2011	Wynnis Tom, MD	Systematic Therapies for Pediatric Atopic Dermatitis: A Multicenter Approach
2010	Daniel Lesser, MD	Development of expertise in pediatric sleep apnea
2010	Lars Bode, PhD	Developing a funding strategy for a solid and sustainable research program
2009	Adriana Tremoulet, MD	Differences in Clinical and Laboratory Characteristics between Filipino Americans and non-Filipinos with Kawasaki Disease
2008	Jin Xue, PhD	Building Scientific Writing Skills
2007	Kelly Doran, PhD	Imaging Blood-brain Barrier Permeability in a Mouse Model of Bacerial Meningitis
2007	Robert Douglas, PhD	Unbiased Stereological Assessment of Apoptosis in Hypoxic Mouse Brain
2007	Tina Leone, MD	Bedside Echocardiography in the Neonatal Intensive Care
2006	Aki Saitoh, MD	Study the Mitochondrial Toxicity in HIV-Exposed and Infected Children Receiving Antiretroviral Therapy
2006	Jane Kim, MD	Develop a Strategic Plan to Acquire Research Funding
2005	Amy Geddis, MD	Write a grant proposal for the formation of a registry and shared resource for inherited disorders of platelet numbers
2004	Jeannine Huang, MD	Develop curriculum and evaluation methods for two of the core competencies of the Pediatric GI Fellowship
2003	Rolando Viani, MD	Rapid HIV Testing During Pregnancy: The First Step for a Comprehensive Family Oriented HIV Clinic at Tijuana General Hospital
2002	Garry Crummer, MD	California Indian Health
2002	Maria Luisa Zuniga, PhD	Scholarly Growth through Development of Manuscripts and an Academic Portfolio
2002	Sherry Huang, MD	Hamartomatous Polyposis Clinical Research
2001	Jeffrey Schwimmer, MD	Childhood Obesity Career Road Map
2001	Laurel Leslie, MD	Determining Who I Am and Where I Am Going
2000	Nancy Graff, MD	Interpersonal Violence Curriculum
1999	Karen Loper, MD, MPH	Introduction to Scholarly Activities

Pharmacology

​Year	​Name, Degree	PDC Project
​2016	​David Gonzalez, PhD	​Constructing a R01 Research Proposal for Submission in 2016
1999​	​Lisa Conti, PhD	Writing a Grant (Or Getting Some of My Own Salary)

Psychiatry

Year	Name, Degree	PDC Project
2022	Matthew Herbert, PhD
2022	Victoria Merritt, PhD
2021	Yuliana Gallegos Rodriguez, PhD
2021	Ellen Lee, MD
2019	Jessica Bomyea, PhD
2019	Tamara (Tammy) Maginot-Chesher, PhD
2016	Matthew Panizzon, PhD	Development of an R01 Grant Proposal
2016	Pei-An Shih, PhD	What I Learned in 2016 NCLAM Leadership Training Program
2015	Jared W. Young, PhD	Writing a Manuscript for High Impact Journal
2015	Katherine Nguyen Williams, PhD	Developing a Pediatrics Anxiety & OCD Clinic
2014	Laura Redwine, PhD	Developing a plan to publish multiple endocrinology and aging manuscripts
2014	Lavinia Fiorentino, PhD	The Development of a New Behavioral Treatment for Insomnia: the ABC's of Insomnia
2013	Veronica Cardenas, PhD	SALUD Program: Design and Implementation of a Culturally Tailored, Primary Health Clinic Strategy for Depression Prevention and Early Intervention Among Elderly Latinos with Diabetes
2012	Monica Ulibarri, PhD	Prevalence and Characteristics of Abuse Experiences and Depression Symptoms among Injection Drug-using Femal Sex Workers in Mexico
2011	Carolyn Allard, PhD	Betrayal Trauma and Trauma Related Guilt
2011	Wesley Thomson, PhD	Psychiatry Biostatistics Uni
2010	Trey Meeks, MD	Creating a learning module on aging for medical students
2009	Amy Lansing, PhD	Developing a collaborative interdisciplinary research program
2009	Irina Strigo, PhD	The interaction between mild Traumatic Brain Injury (mBTI) and Major Depression on the neural correlates of pain
2008	Colin Depp, PhD	Day Reconstruction Method in Older Adults
2008	Lauren Brookman-Frazee, PhD	Applying Models of Collaboration to Mental Health Services Research
2007	Denise Chavira, PhD	Improving Care for Anxiety in Pediatric Settings
2006	Stephen Glatt, PhD	Establish Research Independence
2005	Andres Sciolla, MD	Submit a grant proposal to study trauma-based behavioral interventions to improve medical outcomes among adult survivors of childhood trauma
2005	Maria-Julia Montejo, MD	Study the connection between hypertension and neurobiologic dysregulation
2004	Mariana Cherner, PhD	Complete and submit for publication two scientific manuscripts
2004	Laura Dunn, MD	Write and submit several manuscripts
2003	Gabrielle Cerda, MD	Integrated Mental Health Services Program for Children and Their Mothers
2003	Marc Norman, PhD	The Effects of Disease Modifying Medications on Depression and Anxiety in Multiple Sclerosis
2002	Penelope Jones, PhD	Formula for Success in NIH Grant Application Process
2002	Laurie Lindamer, PhD	Use of Psychiatric and Medical Services in Older Women with Psychosis
2001	Gregory Aarons, PhD	Development of a Feedback Protocol for Clinical Services Organizations

Radiation Medicine and Applied Sciences

​Year	​Name, Degree	​PDC Project
​2022	​Andrew Bruggeman, MD	​
2020	​Casey Bojechko, PhD
​2019	​David Hoffman, PhD	​
​2015	​Jona Hattangadi-Gluth, MD	​Transitioning from K to R Level Grant Application
2014​	​James Murphy, MD, MS	Creation of a Novel Claims-based Palliative Prognostic Tool​
​2013	​Laura Cervino, PhD	​Directing and improving the departmental Medical Physics course for physics and medical residents
​2010	Loren Mell, MD	Radiation effects on bone marrow assessed by functional imagining​

Radiology

​Year	​Name, Degree	​PDC Project
​2022	Div (Divya) Bolar, MD, PhD, Msc/MS/MA/MAS	​
2021	​Michael Taddonio, MD
​2016	​Chi-Hua Chen, PhD	​R01 Resubmission Proposal: Finding Genes for Regional Brain Size
2015​	​Julie Marek Bykowski, MD	Image Sharing​
​2013	​Won Bae, PhD	​R01 Proposal on Osteoarthritis: Imaging & Epidemiology
​2013	Steven Kikolski, MD	Establish an Academic Identity in Interventional Oncology​
​2012	​Rebecca Theilmann, PhD	Create Curriculum for Pulmonary Fellows on State-of-the-Art Pulmonary Functional Imaging Techniques and Their Applicability to the Clinical Setting​
2010​	​Cynthia Santillan, MD	​Develop a Website for Body Imaging Section
​2008	​Jacopo Annese, PhD	A New Curriculum Designed to Prepare the Next Generation of Researchers and Clinicians for the Challenges and Technological Opportunities in the Field of Neuroscience​
​2008	​Haydee Ojeda-Fournier, MD	​Creation of a Core Radiology Clerkship for UC San Diego Medical Students
2007	​Miriam Scadeng, MD	​Writing an R01
​2006	​David Dubowitz, MD, PhD	​Translate finished or nearly finished research projects into three papers
​2006	​Thomas Liu, PhD	​Critically assess current state of academic career and define strategic directions to pursue over the next five years
​2005	​Claude Sirlin, MD	Learn to write and submit a patient-oriented research R01 dealing with MRI of liver fibrosis​
​2003	​Michele Brown, MD	​Submitting Papers
​1999	​Matthew Spear, MD	Grant Writing

Surgery

​Year	​Name, Degree	​PDC Project
​2022	​Winta Mehtsun, MD, MPH	​
​2021	Sharona Ben-Haim, MD
​2021	​Sara Higginson, MD
​2021	Jessica Weaver, MD, PhD	​
​2019	Allison Berndtson, MD	​
​2016	​Samuel Eisenstein, MD	​How I learned to stop worrying and love academic medicine
​2015	​Tung-Chin Hsieh, MD	​Developing a Male Oncofertility Program
​2015	​Jacob Husseman, MD	​Updating the UCSD HHT Center of Excellence
​2014	Thomas Alexander, MD, MHSc	​Initiate a program to study sudden sensorineural hearing loss
​2014	Kaitlyn Kelly, MD	​Writing a Phase I Clinical Trial: Oncolytic Vaccina Virus for the Treatment of Peritoneal Carcinomatosis
2013​	​Victor Pretorius, MBchB	​Develop a 1-day CME course on lead extraction
​2012	​Justin Brown, MD	​Development of Subspecialty Practice
2011​	​Elisabeth McLemore, MD	​Enhanced Recovery Program Implementation
2010​	​Alain Dabdoub, PhD	Writing a R01 on the Development of Neurons​
​2009	​Vishal Bansal, MD	​Elucidating the Neuro-enteric Axis
​2009	​Amanda Gosman, MD	Prospective Cleft Palate Study​
​2007	Kellogg Parsons, MD, MHS	Writing a Grant Proposal​
​2006	Michelle Savu, MD​	​Development of a Bariatric Surgery Program as Part of an Integrated Weight Control Program at UC San Diego
2005	Tracy Downs, MD​	Develop a Robotic Surgery Program​
​2003	​Sarah Blair, MD	​Cytokine Levels and Emotional Distress in Breast Cancer Patients: Writing a K Award
​2002	​Carol Salem, MD	​Redefining Lymphadenectomy Dissections for Genitourinary Cancers Using a Sentinel Node Detection Technique
​2001	​Mayer Tenenhaus, MD, FACS	​A Career Redefined Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences
​2000	Bard Cosman, MD	​San Diego/UC San Diego Colorectal Surgery Residency Program
​2000	​Ajai Khanna, MD, FRCS	Abdominal Transplant Program at University Medical Center, Las Vegas, Nevada​
​2000	​Erik Owens, MD	​Endovascular Aortic Aneurysm Repair Program at UC San Diego Medical Center
​2000	​Mahadevan Rajasekaran, PhD	Improvements to My NIH R01 Grant Proposal​
​1999	​Manoj Monga, MD	​Acupuncture in Male Infertility
1999	​Steven Sparks, MD	​UC San Diego Regents Vascular Surgery Foundation

Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences

​Year	​Name, Degree	​PDC Project
2021	​Alex Luli, PharmD	​
​2019	​Laura Hart, PharmD, MS	​
2016	​Jair Lage De Siqueira Neto, PhD	​Drug Discovery for Zika Virus
​2015	​Jeremiah Momper, PhD, PharmD	​Establish a Drug Metabolism and Pharmacokinetics (DMPK) Lab at UC San Diego
​2014	​Jonathan Watanbe, PhD, PharmD	​Pharmaceutical Care Clinical Service in a Public Health System
​2013	Felix Yam, PharmD	Association of Medication Regimen Complexity on Medication Adherence and Outcomes in Veterans with Heart Failure​
​2012	​Sarah McBane, PharmD	​Development and Implementation of a Community Pharmacy Residency
2011​	Nathan Painter, PharmD	Prescription Drug Abuse
2010​	​Linda Awdishu, PharmD, MAS	​Implementation of OSCE in the 3rd Year Pharmacy
​2010	​Eduardo Fricovsky, PharmD	Apply for a CTRI Postdoctoral Grant​
2009​	​Rabia Atayee, PharmD	​Impact of a Pharmacist on a Palliative Care Service in an Ambulatory Care Setting
​2008	Kelly Lee, PharmD	Genetic Predictors of Valproic Acid Response in Patients with Bipolar Disorder​
​2008	​Joseph Ma, PharmD​	​Experience in Grant Writing
​2007	​Shirley Tsunoda, PharmD	​Decreasing Hepatotoxicity of Acetaminophen through Modulation of the Pregnane X Receptor (PXR) by St. John's Wort
2006	​Brookie Best, PharmD	​Identify appropriate projects and mentors and draft a K23 Award Proposal
2005	​Candis Morello, PharmD	Gain better skills in writing for peer reviewed journals and improve time management skills​
​2005	​Renu Singh, PharmD	​Develop a new service/program to improve patient care by finding/working with a department interested in funding a clinical pharmacist

Urology

​Year	​Name, Degree	​PDC Project
2020	Seth Bechis, MD, MS	​

Department of Medicine Divisions