Department Approval Authority

​​Please use the table below to contact Health Sciences departments to obtain participating signatures. If any of the information listed below is incorrect, please contact vchsgrants@ucsd.edu with the correct information.

 Department​​Chair/ORU Director
DBO/MSOContact
AnesthesiologyRuth S. Waterman (MD)
Maegan Carey
HSResearchCore@ucsd.edu
Biomedical Informatics
​Amy Sitapati ​(MD)​​
​Nancy Herbst
Morgan ​Von Ebke x24931

Cellular & Molecular MedicineDon W. Cleveland (PhD)
Heather Grassi
Heather Grassi x72250
CRBS - Medicine 
Mark Ellisman (PhD)
Nora Makhsudova
Nora Makhsudova x47497
​CTRI
​Gary S. Firestein (MD)
​Eric Mah
Christina McCabe 20591
Nancy Lang x23824
DermatologyRichard Gallo (MD, PhD)
Wendy Nguyen Wendy Nguyen x71672
Emergency MedicineTheodore Chan (MD)
Maegan CareyResearch Service Core (RSC)
​Family Medicine David Bazzo (Interim) 
Katherine MacFarlane
Research Service Core (RSC)
​Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science
Cheryl Anderson (PhD, MPH, MS)
​Randy Brooks
Heather Fagan x 45426
MedicineZea Borok (MD)
Amir Schangali Kathe Reisgies x48687
​Moores Cancer Center 
​Joseph​ Califano (MD)​
​Mark Garcia
Mark Garcia​ x63992
NeurosciencesJames B. Brewer (MD, PhD)
Eric S. Wilson A.J. Calabrese x46016
Neurosurgery
​Alexander A. Khalessi (MD, MS, FAANS)
​Heather Delaney
Stacie ​Feldhusen x90850

Obstetrics, Gynecology, and Reproductive Sciences
​Cynthia Gyamfi-Bannerman (MD)
​Michael Morales
Michael Morales x91203
OphthalmologyRobert N. Weinreb (MD)
Craig Kishaba
Allison Bishop x48824
Orthopaedic Surgery Susan Bukata (MD)
Cheryl Correia
Research Service Core (RSC)
PathologySteven L. Gonias (MD, PhD) 
Kai Wang
Jennifer McDonald x44353
PediatricsGabriel Haddad (MD)
Michelle De Guire
Jodi Bengel x68536
PharmacologySilvio Gutkind (PhD)
Wei DengWei Deng, 24184
Raluca Ciochina, 62087
PsychiatryJeff Daskalakis (MD, PhD)
Catherine Hampel
Loralyn Cross, 22053
Tamara Lipnick, 44043
​Radiation Medicine & Applied Sciences
​Arno J. Mundt (MD)
​Veronica Garcia
Mark Haller x26046
RadiologyAlexander Norbash (MD)
David Kimber
Resaerch Service Core (RSC)
Radiology, fMRI CenterThomas T. Liu (PhD)
Peggy TotzkeResearch Service Core (RSC)
Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical SciencesJames Mckerrow (MD, PhD)
Andrina MarshallChristine Cartlidge, 44028
Surgery Bryan M. Clary (MD)
​Casey Sandack
Research Service Core (RSC)
Urology
​Manoj Monga (MD)
​Krista (Kenna) Roberts 
Morgan Demler, 90896