To ensure that UCSF is as prepared as possible to address the ongoing COVID-19 and future pandemics, EVCP Dan Lowenstein appointed Kathleen Liu, PhD, and Anita Sil, MD, PhD, as co-chairs of the COVID-19 Research Coordination Task Force In June 2020. The task force is charged with coordinating, facilitating, and fostering current and planned research at UCSF to address COVID-19 and potential future pandemics, in addition to building broad awareness of existing UCSF COVID-19 research efforts. The task force has developed several recomendations and a detailed outline for a proposed UCSF Center for Pandemic Readiness and Response (see button link below).
Membership
Kathleen Liu, MD, PhD, co-chair
Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
Anita Sil, MD, PhD, co-chair
Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
Ifeyinwa Asiodu, RN, PhD
Assistant Professor, Family Health Care Nursing, School of Nursing
Emily Crawford, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, School of Medicine
Stuart Gansky, MS, DrPH
Professor, Department of Preventive and Restorative Dental Sciences; Associate Dean for Research, School of Dentistry
Ralph Gonzales, MD, MS
Associate Dean for Clinical Innovation; Chief Innovation Officer, UCSF Health
Sharat Israni, PhD
Executive Director, Bakar Computational Health Sciences Institute
Vivek Jain, MD, MAS
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Division of HIV, Infectious Diseases & Global Medicine - ZSFGH, School of Medicine; Director, ZSFGH Infectious Diseases Clinic and Co-Director, Infection Control and Prevention Team
Gretchen Kiser, PhD
Executive Director, Research Development Office, Office of Research
Ed Kuczynski
Director, Human Research Protection Program, Office of Research
Chaz Langelier, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine
Payam Nahid, MD, MPH
Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine; Associate Director, Clinical & Translational Science Institute; Director, UCSF Center for Tuberculosis
Melanie Ott, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Medicine, School of Medicine and Director, Gladstone Institute of Virology
Michael Potter, MD
Professor, Family Community Medicine, School of Medicine; Director, San Francisco Bay Area Collaborative Research Network (SF Bay CRN), Clinical & Translational Science Institute
Kim Rhoads, MD, MPH
Associate Professor, Epidemiology & Biostatistics, School of Medicine; Director, Office of Community Engagement and Associate Director for Community Outreach and Engagement, UCSF HDFCCC
Kelly Taylor, PhD, MS
Specialist, Prevention and Public Health, Institute for Global Health Sciences
Phyllis Tien, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine – VAMC, School of Medicine
Recommendations
Vision and Recommendations for Future UCSF Center for Pandemic Readiness and Response