Dr. Jennifer Honda Published in Multiple Journals
January 26, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Jennifer Honda, AGOLD Cohort 8, on her multiple publications.
Nabeeh A. Hasan,Grant J. Norton,Ravleen Virdi,L. Elaine Epperson,Charmie K. Vang,Brandon Hellbusch,Xiyuan Bai,Edward D. Chan,Michael Strong,Jennifer R. Honda. Measurable genomic changes in Mycobacterium avium subsp. Hominissuis after long-term adaptation in Acanthamoeba lenticulata and reduced persistence in macrophages https://jb.asm.org/content/early/2021/01/07/JB.00257-20
Jo Hendrix, L Elaine Epperson, David Durbin, Jennifer R Honda, Michael Strong. Intraspecies plasmid and genomic variation of Mycobacterium kubicae revealed by the complete genome sequences of two clinical isolates. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33355531/
Tru Tran, Stephanie N Dawrs, Grant J Norton, Ravleen Virdi, Jennifer R Honda. Brought to you courtesy of the red, white, and blue-pigments of nontuberculous mycobacteria. https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33364537/
Jennifer R Honda, Yvonne L Chan, Eric I Tong, Megan Kawatachi, Ravleen Virdi, Grant J Norton, Stephanie N Dawrs, Nabeeh A Hasan, L Elaine Epperson, James T Crooks, Edward D Chan, Michael Strong. Inaugural nontuberculous mycobacterial lung disease education and research conference, Honolulu, Hawai'i, February 1-2, 2020 https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/33035706/
Alfreda Holloway-Beth Chosen as Chicago Game Changer
January 26, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Alfreda Holloway-Beth, CVD-CGE Cohort 6, who has been named as one of Chicago's 40 Game Changers Class of 2020.
Dr. Candice Price Featured by the UCSF AME Center and Receives UCSF NORC Pilot Award
January 19, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Candice Price, FOCUS Cohort 7, on being the featured researcher by the UCSF Aging, Metabolism and Emotion (AME) Center, and on receiving the UCSF Nutrition and Obesity Research Center (NORC) Pilot and Feasibility Award.
Dr. Paola Rosas Published in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry
January 19, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Paola Rosas, FOCUS Cohort 7, on the publication of her article, “Deletion of P21-activated kinase-1 induces age-dependent increased visceral adiposity and cardiac dysfunction in female mice” in Molecular and Cellular Biochemistry.
Dr. Daniela Valdez-Jasso Receives NFS Career Award
January 19, 2021
Congratulations to Dr. Daniela Valdez-Jasso, FOCUS Cohort 7, on receiving the NSF CAREER Award, “Mechanical and Structural Adaptations of Blood Vessels in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension.”
OHD PRIDE Mentee Promotions
December 22, 2020
Congratulations to the following OHD Mentees on their promotions
Krista Mincey, DrPH, MPH, MCHES (OHD PRIDE Cohort 4) was promoted to Associate Professor of Public Health Sciences at Xavier University of Louisiana.
E. Thomaseo Burton, PhD, MPH (OHD PRIDE Cohort 5) was promoted to Associate Professor of Pediatrics at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.
La’Marcus T. Wingate, PharmD, PhD (OHD PRIDE Cohort 7) was promoted to Associate Professor of Clinical and Administrative Pharmacy Sciences at Howard University.
Alexis G. Heaston, Ed.D, MSPH, MAT (OHD PRIDE Cohort 7) was promoted to Assistant Professor of Public Health, Health Administration, and Health Sciences at Tennessee State University.
UCSF Postdoctoral Fellowships 2021
December 22, 2020
- “Psychology & Medicine; Translational Research on Stress, Mental Health, Behavior, and Disease” at UCSF, an NIMH T32 in it’s 29th year! We are seeking PhD’s and MD’s and especially welcome URMs. We have a stellar and diverse interdisciplinary faculty. Due Jan 5th.
All the details are here: https://healthpsychology.ucsf.edu/psychology-and-medicine-program-and-application
- We are offering additional postdoctoral fellowships for research on emotional well being, or on stress, race, biomarkers, and inter-generational women’s health. The latter will involve data from the 30 year longitudinal study of biracial women, and their offspring, (National Growth and Health Study).
If you are interested, please send your CV ASAP to elissa.epel@ucsf.edu
Dr. Melissa Fuster's Work Featured in Brooklyn College Magazine
December 22, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Melissa Fuster, RISE Cohort 6, on having her work featured in Brooklyn College Magazine.
Dr. Nia Heard-Garris Receives Grant at Northwestern
December 22, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Nia Heard-Garris, CVD-CGE Cohort 7, for receiving the inaugural Joseph and Dorothy Giddan Child Health Medical Research Grant at Northwestern University.
Dr. Irene Cal y Mayor Turnbull Receives R03
December 22, 2020
Congratulations to Dr. Irene Cal y Mayor Turnbull, FOCUS Cohort 8, on receiving her R03, “Defining the Role of Non-Myocytes to Achieve Biologically Relevant Engineered Myocardial Tissues” from NHLBI.