Tips and Tricks for Contacting Faculty
Your arrangements for interviews will be more successful if you begin reaching out to faculty as you consider applying to Path to Postdoc today!(Plus, maybe they will find your CV delightful and will fly you out even if you are not selected through Path to Postdoc!)
Concerned about how to reach out to faculty?Here is a piece on how to email a potential PI: http://sayginlab.ucsd.edu/how-to-contact-a-pi/Additional resources: http://postdocs.ucsf.edu/step-one
Managing Expectations
What you want to get out of your Path to Postdoc experience is up to you. Most participants will schedule full-day interviews and candidates will be expected to present a 30-45 minute research talk to the prospective lab. We advise asking your potential faculty mentor their expectations for the interview. We recommend making arrangements to interview with approximately 2 labs.
An alternative approach would be to set up several shorter 1-2 hour meetings to "speed interview" with the intent of being invited for a more formal full-day interview at a later time. We will let you choose your strategy, but expect that you will meet at least 3 facutly during the duration of your stay if using this approach.
It will be helpful to mention that you will not require them to pay for or arrange travel and lodging! In your email, you will want to pitch to them that you intend to be in the SF Bay area during those dates and want to schedule a full-day interview or meeting with them. You will also want to ensure at some point in your correspondence that they have funding for you if you were to join the lab.
Helpful Hints
As you know, faculty are busy! Take note of who each faculty's administrative assistants are and be sure to CC them on your outreach email. Also, if you haven't heard back from them, be persistent and follow up in a week to bump your email back into their attention.
Finding Labs
Applicants may choose any UCSF and/or Gladstone Institutes faculty (including those not mentioned below) to contact as you set up your interview schedule for Path to Postdoc. We understand that finding faculty to interview with at an institution the size of UCSF is daunting.
Not sure where to begin? Below, find a list of faculty that are interested in participating:
| Faculty Name | Research Area | Website |
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Adam Abate, PhD |
Single cell genomics, bioengineering, microfluidics |
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Katerina Akassoglou, PhD |
Neuroimmunology, Blood-brain barrier |
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| Tamara Alliston, PhD | Skeletal Mechanobiology | Lab Website |
| Mark Anderson, MD, PhD | Immunology, immune tolerance | Lab Website |
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Mark Ansel, PhD |
Molecular Immunology |
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Kamran Atabai, MD |
Matrix degradation, tissue fibrosis, lipid homeostasis, insulin resistance |
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Sourav Bandyopadhyay, PhD |
Cancer systems biology and therapeutics |
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Scott C Baraban, PhD |
Neuroscience |
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Mallar Bhattacharya, MD |
Macrophages in mouse models of disease |
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Anil Bhushan, PhD |
Immune surveillance, aging, senescence |
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Trever Bivona, MD, PhD |
Signal transduction, cancer biology and therapeutics |
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| Brian Black, PhD | Cardiovascular development and regeneration | Lab Website |
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Rohit Bose, MD, PhD |
Tumor evolution and heterogeneity, prostate cancer |
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Andrew Brack, PhD |
Muscle stem cell regeneration and aging. |
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Benoit Bruneau, PhD |
Gene regulation in heart development |
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Abigail Buchwalter, PhD |
Cell biology of the genome |
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| Jeff Bush, PhD | Morphogenesis and basic mechanisms of structural anomalies | Lab Website |
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Carolyn Calfee, MD, MAS |
Molecular phenotyping of critical illness |
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Tammy T. Chang, MD, PhD |
Liver Tissue Engineering |
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Andy Chang, PhD |
Oxygen and metabolic sensing |
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| Myriam Chaumeil, PhD | MR Imaging; Neurological Disorders; Brain metabolism; Metabolic Imaging | Lab Website |
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Winston Chiong, MD, PhD |
Neurology/cognitive neuroscience |
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Seemay Chou, PhD |
Microbiology, Biochemistry, Vector biology |
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Carlo Condello, PhD |
Neuroscience, Neurobiology of disease, Glial cell biology, optical imaging |
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Bruce Conklin, MD |
CRISPR and stem cells |
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Jayanta (Jay) Debnath, MD |
Autophagy in cancer progression and metastasis; autophagy and exosomes |
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Markus Delling, PhD |
Primary cilia, cell signaling, physiology |
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Tejal Desai, PhD |
Biomaterials, drug delivery, nanotechnology |
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Shawn Douglas, PhD |
DNA nanotechnology |
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Dena Dubal, MD, PhD |
Aging, Neurodegenerative Disease, X-based sex differences |
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Sophie Dumont, PhD |
Cell Biology & Biophysics |
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Fanny Elahi, MD, PhD |
Vascular contributions to neurodegenerative disease and dementia |
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| Joanne Engel, MD, PhD | Microbial Pathogenesis, Host-pathogen interactions, Pseudomonas, Chlamydia, Acinetobacter | More Info |
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David Erle, MD |
Asthma, airway epithelial cell biology, genomics |
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Joel Ernst, MD |
Immunity to infectious diseases |
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Michael Evans, PhD |
Chemical biology, molecular imaging |
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Justin Eyquem, PhD |
Immunology |
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John Fahy, MD, MSc |
Asthma and airway biology |
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Stephen Fancy, PhD, DVVM |
Neuroscience. Oligodendrocyte biology and CNS myelination and remyelination |
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Brian Feldman, MD, PhD |
Stem cell biology and endocrinology |
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Christof Fellmann, PhD |
CRISPR-Cas9, cancer, glioblastoma, functional genomics, neuro-oncology |
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Felix Feng, MD |
Cancer biology and genomics |
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Adam R. Ferguson, PhD |
Neurobiology, Translational Medicine, Data Science |
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Aaron Fields, PhD |
Biomechanics, regenerative medicine, machine learning, MRI |
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Stephen Floor, PhD |
RNA biology, cellular stress, post-transcriptional gene regulation, protein synthesis - in health and disease |
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| James Fraser, PhD | Structural Biology, Drug Discovery, Biophysics | Lab Website |
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Ying-Hui Fu, PhD |
Sleep, Genetics, Molecular Biology, Neuroscience |
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| Danica Fujimori, PhD | Chemsitry, chemical biology, biochemistry | Lab Website |
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James (Jay) Gardner, MD, PhD |
Immunology |
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Maria Glymour, ScD, MS |
Epidemiology |
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Andrei Goga, MD, PhD |
Cancer Biology |
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Hani Goodarzi, PhD |
Post-transcriptional regulation in cancer and neurodegeneration |
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John Gordan, MD, PhD |
Signal transduction in cancer |
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| Erin Gordon, MD | Molecular mechanisms of asthma genetic loci | Lab Website |
| Douglas Gould, PhD | Matrix Biology, Vascular Biology, Vascular Cognitive Impairment, Cell/Matrix Interactions | Lab Website |
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Ari Green, MD |
Translational Neuroscience; biological validation of biomarkers,;CNS repair and remyelination |
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John Greenland, MD, PhD |
Lung transplantation immunology and airway biology |
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Lea Grinberg, MD, PhD |
Neurodegenerative Diseases |
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Lisa Gunaydin, PhD |
Neuroscience (neural circuits underlying anxiety-related behaviors) |
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Frederick Hecht, MD |
Integrative medicine, mindfulness-based intervertions, acupuncture, yoga, nutrition, access to integrative health care |
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Jill Hollenbach, MD, PhD |
Immunogenetics |
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Edward Hsiao, MD, PhD |
Human skeletal development |
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Guo Huang, PhD |
Molecular control of heart regeneration in development and evolution |
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Bo Huang, PhD |
Advanced fluorescence microscopy, cell biology, bioengineering |
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Natalia Jura, PhD |
Structure-function studies of signal transducers |
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Aimee Kao, MD, PhD |
Neurobiology, neurodegeneration |
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Ophir Klein, MD, PhD |
Developmental and stem cell biology, Stem cells, Regenerative biology, Craniofacial development, Cranofacial syndromes, Intestinal stem cells |
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Sarah Knox, PhD |
Organogenesis, regeneration, aging, cancer |
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| Suneil Koliwad, PhD | Immuno-Metabolism and lipid, glucose, and energy homeostasis | Lab Website |
| Tanja Kortemme, PhD | Computational Protein Design, Biophysics, Molecular and Cellular Engineering | Lab Website |
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Anatol Kreitzer, PhD |
Neuroscience |
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Nevan Krogan, PhD |
Cell Mapping, Infectious Diseases, Taupathies, Heart Disease, Psychiatric Disorders |
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Max Krummel, PhD |
Imaging of Tumor Microenvironments |
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| Matt Kutys, PhD | Morphogenesis, mechanobiology, organs-on-chip, vascular/cancer biology | More Info |
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Noelle L'Etoile, PhD |
Neuroscience learning and memory and sleep |
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Diana Laird, PhD |
Reproduction, stem cells, development, environment, aging |
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Aparna Lakkaraju, PhD |
Cell biology of neurodegenerative diseases (age-related macular degeneration, Alzheimer's disease-related dementias) |
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Wilson Liao, MD |
Human genetics, genomics, bioinformatics, precision medicine |
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Pamela Ling, MD |
Tobacco control, Young Adults, Social Marketing, New Tobacco Products (including e-cigarettes) |
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Averil Ma, MD |
innate immunity, autoimmune/inflammatory disease, cell signaling |
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Hiten Madhani, MD, PhD |
Epigenetics and host-pathogen interactions |
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Todd McDevitt, PhD |
Stem cell engineering |
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Michael T McManus, PhD |
Molecular Biology and Genetics |
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Ari Molofsky, MD, PhD |
Tissue Immunology |
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Pratik Mukherjee, MD, PhD |
Neuroscience, Neuroimaging |
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Maxence Nachury, PhD |
Cell biology and biochemistry of cilia |
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Ken Nakamura, MD, PhD |
Mitochondria and metabolism in neurodegneration |
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Jeff Neitz, PhD |
Drug discovery and medicinal chemistry |
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Elphège Nora, PhD |
Chromosome folding and long-range transcriptional regulation |
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Melanie Ott, MD, PhD |
Infectious Diseases |
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Yvonne Ou, MD |
Vision science, neuroscience, retina |
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Jorge Palop, PhD |
Neuroscience |
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Jeanne Paz, PhD |
Neuroscience |
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Tien Peng, MD |
Stem cell/regeneration |
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Katie Pollard, PhD |
Bioinformatics |
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Ashish Raj, PhD |
Computational neuroscience, neurology, neuroimaging, machine learning |
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Adam Renslo, PhD |
Chemical biology |
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Nadia Roan, PhD |
HIV transmission and pathogenesis |
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Oren Rosenberg, MD, PhD |
Microbial Pathogenesis, Structural biology |
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Shuvo Roy, PhD |
Bioartificial organs |
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Minnie Sarwal, MD, PhD |
Immunology, transplantation, bioinformatics, genomics, single-cell seq |
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Rada Savic, PhD |
Drug Development |
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Tiffany Scharschmidt, MD |
Immunology/Microbiology/Microbiome |
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William Seeley, MD |
Neurodegenerative disease |
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Kevin Shannon, MD |
Cancer biology and therapeutics |
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Yin Shen, PhD |
Functional genomics in human health and diseases |
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Seth Shipman, PhD |
Molecular Engineering |
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Anthony Shum, MD |
Human and mouse studies of Mendelian autoimmune and autoinflammatory diseases |
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Catherine Smith, MD |
Leukemia, therapeutic resistance, kinase signaling |
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| Raymond Swanson, MD | Neuroscience | Lab Website |
| Alejandro Sweet-Cordero, MD | Cancer Biology | Lab Website |
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Asmin Tulpule, MD, PhD |
Pediatric cancer, DNA damage, cancer signaling |
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| An "Joseph" Vu, PhD | NexGen ultra-high-resolution 7T MRI | More Info |
| Orion Weiner, PhD | Cell shape and movement | Lab Website |
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Lauren Weiss, PhD |
Genetics of ASD (analytical and/or hiPSC models) |
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Arun Wiita, MD, PhD |
Blood cancers and proteomics |
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| Jeremy Willsey, PhD | Genetics and systems biology | Lab Website |
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Torsten Wittmann, PhD |
Neuronal cell biology |
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The Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education is recruiting for their postdoctoral fellowship program which connects fellows to a network of over 50 research faculty. Contact Anne Sufka for more information about how to get connected!
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Carolyn Calfee, MD, MAS |
Molecular phenotyping of critical illness |
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Pamela Ling, MD |
Tobacco control, Young Adults, Social Marketing, New Tobacco Products (including e-cigarettes), Program Director |
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| Mehrdad Arjomandi, MD | Exposure-related lung diseases, COPD | More Info |