UCSF Mid-Career Development Program for Research Faculty
From: UCSF-VPAA <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, June 6, 2024 11:26 AM
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Subject: UCSF Mid-Career Development Program for Research Faculty
Dear Colleagues,
I am pleased to announce the 2024 recipients of the UCSF Mid-Career Development Program
for Research Faculty. This unique program provides scientists with flexible financial support and career development strategies, alongside ongoing support for their exceptional
mentorship. The program specifically fosters peer mentorship, training in academic medicine’s
“hidden curriculum,” and provides both mentorship and sponsorship for awardees.
Ifeyinwa Asiodu, PhD, RN, IBCLC, FAAN
Ifeyinwa Asiodu is an Associate Professor in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing at UCSF School of Nursing, and an Affiliated Faculty member of the UCSF Bixby Center for Global Reproductive Health and UCSF Center for Health Equity.
She is a public health-oriented, community-engaged, nurse-scientist, and lactation consultant. She also leads the Motivating Interdisciplinary Lactation Knowledge (MILK) Research Lab at UCSF.
Her research focuses on identifying and addressing the impact of social and structural determinants of health during the reproductive life course, with a specific focus on contraceptive use, maternity care practices, and increasing equitable access to breastfeeding resources, lactation support, and donor human milk in Black communities.
Meghan Morris, PhD, MPH
Meghan Morris is an Associate Professor and Vice Chair in the Department of Epidemiology and
Biostatistics at UCSF.
Her research centers on the critical intersection of public health, homelessness, and substance use, advocating for systemic change to uplift vulnerable populations. As a longtime member of End Hep C SF, a San Francisco-based initiative to eliminate hepatitis C, and a core faculty member of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, Meghan plays a pivotal role in addressing two overlapping public health challenges.
In addition to her research program, Meghan is among the leadership of SF BUILD, a vibrant partnership between SFSU and UCSF to enhance diversity in the biomedical research workforce by transforming institutions, faculty, and students.
Eni Obadan-Udoh, DDS, MPH, Dr.Med.Sc.
Enihomo (“Eni”) M. Obadan-Udoh, DDS, MPH, Dr.Med.Sc., is an Associate Professor of Oral Epidemiology and Dental Public Health, and the Director of the Dental Public Health Postgraduate Program at the University of California, San Francisco, School of Dentistry. A Diplomate of the American Board of Dental Public Health, she is passionate about innovation and discovery in oral health.
Her research interests reside at the intersection of patient engagement, access to care, health information technology (Health IT), quality improvement, and patient safety. She seeks to expand access to dental care for vulnerable, disadvantaged, and underserved populations using innovative care delivery models and technology-driven solutions while engaging patients in activities that promote the quality and safety of dental care, leading to better health outcomes.
Marissa Raymond-Flesch, MD, MPH
Marissa Raymond-Flesch is an Associate Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine and the Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies. She is the
Director of the CTSI K Prep program which helps to prepare fellows and junior faculty from historically underrepresented backgrounds to apply for NIH K awards.
Her research focuses on the health and health care access of California's Latinx and immigrant populations, with a particular focus on mental and reproductive health. Her current projects include a longitudinal cohort study following the reproductive and mental health outcomes and health care access of a cohort of adolescents from Salinas, CA, who are now transitioning into young adulthood; multiple studies related to adolescent and young adult access to abortion services following the fall of Roe v. Wade; and a bilingual clinical trial to test the use of psilocybin-assisted therapy for the treatment of anorexia nervosa in young adults.
Clinically she practices Adolescent and Young Adult Medicine with patients 12 to 26 years old, including treatment of depression, anxiety and eating disorders; providing all types of contraception; and providing primary care for patients with complex medical and mental health conditions.
Please join me in congratulating Drs., Asiodu, Morris, Obadan-Udoh, and Raymond-Flesch on this well-deserved award, and thanking them for their exemplary commitment to advancing discovery, mentorship, and health equity at UCSF and beyond.
I would also like to thank the following faculty members for their role and support as Co- Directors of the UCSF Mid-Career Development Program.
Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS
Professor, Psychiatry & Behavioral Sciences and Epidemiology & Biostatistics
Vice Dean, Faculty & Academic Affairs
UCSF School of Medicine
Urmimala Sarkar, MD, MPH
Professor, Medicine
Associate Chair, Faculty Experience for the Department of Medicine
UCSF School of Medicine
Best Regards,
Brian Alldredge, PharmD
UCSF Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs