Grants and Honors ’21-‘22

Cheryl Anderson, PhD, MPH, named chair of the California Schools and Programs of Public Health Network (CA-SPPH); elected an honorary fellow of Revelle college at UC San Diego; and received the Spirit of Preuss community award from The Preuss School UC San Diego

Cinnamon Bloss, PhD, received the HWSPH Distinguished Teaching Award

Kimberly Brouwer, PhD, received the Joint Doctoral Program HWSPH Distinguished Service to Education Programs Award

Linda Hill, MD, MPH, was awarded the Ronald Davis Special Recognition Award by the American College of Preventive Medicine

Britta Larsen, PhD, was named the associate director of the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program

Loki Natarajan, PhD, received the Biostatistics HWSPH Distinguished Service to Education Programs Award

Camille Nebeker, EdD, MS, was appointed director of the UC San Diego Research Ethics Program

Michael Pratt, MD, MSPE, MPH, was named a Fulbright Distinguished Scholar

Argentina Servin, MD, MPH, was appointed the new director of the Bachelor of Science in Public Health program

José Ricardo Suárez, MD, PhD, MPH, was reappointed by California Governor Gavin Newsom to the Biomonitoring California Scientific Guidance Panel where he has served since 2017

Dennis Trinidad, PhD, MPH, received the Bachelor of Science in Public Health HWSPH Distinguished Service to Education Programs Award

Cheryl Anderson, PhD
NIH/NHLBI (R13) — “US Ten Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of CVD and Stroke”
National Association of Chronic Disease Directors (NACDD) — “US Ten Day Seminar on the Epidemiology and Prevention of CVD and Stroke”

Wael Al-Delaimy, MD, PhD
Somali Family Service (HRSA flow through) — “Ihsan Health Initiative”
John F. Fogarty International Center — “2/2 GeoHealth Hub for Climate Change and Health in the Middle East and North Africa-U.S.”

Tala Al-Rousan, MD
UCSF Sub (NIH flow through) — “Advancing Health Disparities Research in Aging: The Aging Research in Criminal Justice & Health (ARCH) Network”

Angela Bazzi, PhD
Brown University Sub (NIH flow through) — “Efficacy of a community-based PrEP update intervention for people who inject drugs in the US Northeast”
Minneapolis Medical Research Foundation Sub (NIH flow through) — “NorthStar Node of the Clinical Trials Network–0098B”

Elizabeth Eikey, PhD
University of Pittsburgh — “Built-In Belonging: Scaling and Fostering Diverse and Inclusive Intergenerational Communities of Practice”

Rebecca Fielding-Miller, PhD
NIH (U01) ­ “Safer at School Early Alert (SASEA)”

Richard Garfein, PhD
NIH/NIAID (R56) — “A Novel Point-of-Care Assay for Diagnosing TB from Blood using Exosomes”

Eric Hekler, PhD
NIH/NCI (R01 Supplement) — “Optimizing Individualized and Adaptive mHealth Interventions via Control Systems Engineering Methods”

Suzi Hong, PhD
NIH/NIMH (R21) — “Scrutinizing neuro-immune regulatory mechanisms underlying depressive symptomatology in young adults with HIV”

Sonia Jain, PhD
University of Pennsylvania Sub (DoD flow through) — “Long-Term Vascular-Related Cognitive Decline after Traumatic Brain Injury”
UCSF Sub (The National Football League prime) — “Track TBI Longitudinal Study”

Andrea LaCroix, PhD
University of Pittsburgh (NIH sub) — “Non-fracture fall injuries and long-term geriatric consequences in older women and men from a cross-cohort study”
Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center — “Women’s Health Initiative Clinical Coordinating Center”

Eric Leas, PhD
NIH/NIDA (K01) — “Characterizing the Epidemiology of Cannabidiol (CBD) Use Among US adults”
UC Tobacco-Related Disease Research Program (TRDRP) — “Search engine driven e-commerce surveillance of tobacco retailers”

Becky Marquez, PhD
NIH/NIDDK (R01) — “Improving Family Functioning in Obesity Treatment for Mexican American Women”

Vicky Ojeda, PhD
Board of State and Community Corrections — “UC San Diego RELINK”
Board of State and Community Corrections — “California Violence Intervention and Prevention
UCSD Prosocial Skills (PROS) for Violence Prevention”

Borsika Rabin, PhD
CDC IPA — “NIOSH ECB Plan and the NIOSH Translation Research program”

Cynthia Schairer, PhD
Fordham University (NIH sub) — “Responses of Master of Public Health students to ethical challenges related to molecular surveillance of HIV”

Aladdin Shadyab, PhD
NIH/NIA (RF1) — “Epigenetic Aging Biomarkers of Mild Cognitive Impairment, Alzheimer’s Disease and Related Dementias, and Brain Aging”

Holly B Shayka, PhD
Emory University — “Change Starts at Home-Organized Diffusion for Intimate Partner Violence Prevention”

Yuyan Shi, PhD
California Bureau of Cannabis Control — “Evaluating the Impacts of Packaging and Labeling Requirements on Cannabis Edible Use among Youth”

Donna Silverstein, PhD
American Egg Board — “Egg Consumption Patterns, Cognitive Function, and Mortality in Older Men and Women”

Dennis Trinidad, PhD
CSUCM (TRDRP prime) — “CSUSM/UCSD Smoke and Vape Free Scholars Program for Reducing Tobacco Disease in Diverse Communities”

Florin Vaida, PhD
The Washington University (NIH sub) — “Cannabis, HIV and Mental Processing Systems (CHAMPS)”

Xinlian Zhang, PhD
VMRF JPA — “Role of viral tropism in molecular signatures of HIV latency”