People

Joe Derisi, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Human Genetics
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Summary: 
Genomic approaches to yeast molecular biology and infectious disease
Mentorship Development: 

4/2021 Allyship - Taking Action
11/2021 Defining Distance Traveled: A Working Session
11/2024 The 4 Touchstones of a High Functioning Mentoring Relationship

Aaron Diaz, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Research Summary: 
The Diaz Lab is interested in developing targeted therapeutics for the treatment of glioma.

Sheng Ding, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Research Summary: 
Our lab develops and uses chemical biology approaches to identify and characterize novel small molecules that modulate cell fate and function in normal or diseased states.

Dena Dubal, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Human Genetics
Research Summary: 
Molecular mechanisms of aging, resilience, and neurodegenerative disease.
Mentorship Development: 

3/2020 - Promoting Student Mental Health:A Presentation and Discussion 
9/2020 - Mentoring Across Differences
4/2023 - Graduate Faculty Development Program: When Someone Isn't Meeting Your Expectations

Sophie Dumont, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Tissue / Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Research Summary: 
Mechanics of chromosome segregation
Mentorship Development: 

4/2019 - Acknowleding and Negotiating the Mentee-Mentor Tensions Inherent in the Research Lab (Parnassus)
10/2020 - Gathering in Community: a Training for Faculty and Staff
5/2021 - Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS)
2/2023 - Faculty Development Training: Strategies to Transparently Set Expectations in Your Lab

Robert Edwards, MD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Neurobiology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
None
Research Summary: 
The Molecular Basis of Neurotransmitter Release and Its Role in Synaptic Physiology, Behavior and Disease
Mentorship Development: 

9/11/20    Mentoring Across Differences

Joanne Engel, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Research Summary: 
Bacterial host-Cell Interactions
Mentorship Development: 

11/2020 - Building Community in the UCSF MSTP
12/2022 - Faculty Development Training: Faculty as People Managers 1/2022 - Equity Based Interview Practices

David Erle, MD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Human Genetics
Research Summary: 
Immunopathogenesis of Asthma; Genomics of Disease

Adrian Erlebacher, MD, PhD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Research Summary: 
Immunology of pregnancy and uterine cancer
Mentorship Development: 

4/2019 - Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS) with Sharon Milgram 
11/2020 - Building Community in the UCSF MSTP 
5/2021 - Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS)
11/2021 - Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS)
12/2022 - Faculty Development Training: Faculty as People Managers
1/2022 - Equity Based Interview Practices
4/2024 - Students with Disabilities

Joel Ernst, MD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Virology & Microbial Pathogenesis
Research Summary: 
We study T cell immunity to tuberculosis (TB). In mice, we characterize mechanisms of CD4 T cell evasion in TB, and we study humans to discover mechanisms that provide protective immunity to TB that can be improved by vaccines.
Mentorship Development: 

5/2021 - Sharpening your Mentoring Skills (SyMS)

Justin Eyquem, PhD, MS, BS

Primary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling
Research Summary: 
We are designing synthetic receptors and editing the T cell’s genome to better understand T cells function within the tumor microenvironment and ultimately design safe and efficient adoptive T cell therapies

John Fahy, MD

Primary Thematic Area: 
Immunology
Secondary Thematic Area: 
Tissue / Organ Biology & Endocrinology
Research Summary: 
Mechanism Oriented Clinical Research in Airway Disease

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