Congratulations to Ahmed Alaa, PhD, for receiving $1 million from NIH to continue his research, “A Model Editing Framework for Participatory Multimodal AI in Dermatology”. The study will develop new methods that enable highly-skilled dermatologists to edit multimodal AI models to achieve dermatologist-level performance in diagnosing skin disease.
Sam Pimentel, PhD, has been selected as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar for France
Congratulations to Sam Pimentel, PhD, for being selected by the Institute of International Education and the Fulbright Program to be a U.S. Fulbright Scholar for France hosted by the Université de Montpellier.
Devan Jaganath, MD, MPH, named Associate Director of the UCSF Master of Science (MSc) in Global Health Sciences
Congratulations to Devan Jaganath, MD, MPH for stepping into the role of Associate Director, directing the capstone research course and guiding students through their projects and fieldwork that inform their final reports and presentations.
Charlie Whittaker, PhD, Receives the UC Berkeley Research Opportunity Program Seed Grant
Charlie Whittaker, PhD, has received the UC Berkeley Research Opportunity Program Seed Grant to model how climate change and human activity drive animal virus spillover, helping predict and prepare for future pandemic risks.
Ke Sheng, PhD named Fellow for American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)
Congratulations to Ke Sheng, PhD, for being named a fellow for the American Society for Radiation Oncology (ASTRO)! Fellows will be recognized at ASTRO’s 68th Annual Meeting in Boston on Tuesday, September 29.
Ziad Obermeyer, MD, to receive the PMWC 2027 Luminary Award
Ziad Obermeyer, MD, will be awarded with the Luminary Award at the Precision Medicine World Conference in January 2027 for revealing racial bias in healthcare algorithms.
Irene Chen, PhD, Named an AI2050 Early Career Fellow by Schmidt Sciences
Irene Chen, PhD, joins the fifth cohort of AI2050 Fellows, supported by Schmidt Sciences. Her project, “Incident-Driven Monitoring of Emergent Failures in Generative AI Systems,” will address how to identify and respond to problems in generative AI as they emerge.
Jin Ge, MD, MBA, and Julian Hong, MD, MS, receive the Academy of Medical Educators Excellence in Mentoring Award
Congratulations to Jin Ge, MD, MBA, and Julian Hong, MD, MS, on receiving this peer-nominated honor, dedicated to faculty who go above and beyond as mentors and who show support of mentees through role modeling, advocacy, advising, and coaching.
