Review the UCSF School of Nursing 2023-2024 Postdoctoral Scholars' profiles below, or download a PDF flier.
Harry Adynski
Research topic: Social and biological drivers of health, development and well-being among children and their families
Doctoral degree: PhD, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill School of Nursing, 2023
Mentors: Linda Franck, Jose Gutierrez
Source of Support: National Clinician Scholars Program
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Samantha Auerbach
Research topic: Abortion attitudes and experiences in the context of increasing structural barriers
Doctoral degree: PhD, University of Buffalo, 2023
Mentor: Linda Franck
Source of Support: Abortion Care Training Incubator for Outstanding Nurse Scholars (ACTIONS)
Julia Brown
Research topic: Ethics of prenatal gene therapy
Doctoral degree: PhD, Australian National University, 2018
Mentor: Barbara Koenig
Source of Support: National Human Genome Research Institute
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Karen de-Sola Smith
Research topic: Age-friendly innovation in emergency and home-based care
Doctoral degree: PhD, UC Davis, 2019
Mentor: Meg Wallhagen
Source of Support: Veterans Affairs Quality Scholars Program
Edna Esquer
Research topic: Social determinants of health that adversely affect the well-being of vulnerable minority populations
Doctoral degree: PhD, University of San Diego, 2021
Mentors: Linda Park, Jose Gutierrez
Source of Support: National Clinician Scholars Program
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Christine Hodgson
Research topic: Family-centered care, resilience, Indigenous children’s health, community-based participatory research
Doctoral degree: PhD, University of Arizona College of Nursing, 2022
Mentor: Linda Franck
Source of Support: Ronald McDonald House Charities Research Center at UCSF
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Kanoho (Kelsea) Hosoda
Research topic: Social psychology of Native STEM education
Doctoral degree: PhD, University of Hawai’i, Manoa, 2019
Mentor: Mica Estrada
Source of Support: NIH NIGMS R01 Scaling Up Culturally Affirming Pathways to Biomedical Faculty Careers for Native Scholars
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Kimberly Lewis
Research topic: Multi-Omics for diabetes precision health
Doctoral degree: PhD, University of Texas, Austin, 2020
Mentor: Elena Flowers
Source of Support: The Larry L. Hillblom Foundation Fellowship
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Kayla D. Longoria
Research topic: Perinatal mental health, precision health methodologies (e.g., 'omics), phenotyping, risk detection and intervention
Doctoral degree: PhD, University of Texas, Austin, 2023
Mentor: Elena Flowers and Sandra Weiss
Source of Support: NIH NIDDK R01 The Impact of Interventions to Treat Incident Diabetes on Circulating microRNAs in the Diabetes Prevention Program
Thye Peng Ngo
Research topic: Homelessness, substance use disorders, health care simulation
Doctoral degree: PhD, Indiana University, 2023
Mentor: Linda Park
Source of Support: National Clinician Scholars Program (Veterans Affairs)
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Katie Reeves
Research topic: Suicide, and the use of innovative technologies and within-person research design to improve the efficacy and equity of psychiatric triage and treatment
Doctoral degree: PhD, UCSF School of Nursing, 2022
Mentors: Mike Steinman, Hilary Seligman, Linda Park
Source of Support: National Clinician Scholars Program (Veterans Affairs)
Kay Kang Kue Moua Wang Yee Vang
Research topic: Health care quality and improvement
Doctoral degree: PhD, UC Davis, 2022
Mentors: Meg Wallhagen
Source of Support: Veterans Affairs Quality Scholars Program