UCI School of Medicine Internal Medicine Residency Training Program
Resident Research Opportunities
Division:
Occupational and Environmental Medicine
Division Chief:
Dean Baker, MD, MPH
Program Director: Catherine Boomus, MD
Research Project Description, Title, or
Opportunities
Faculty Researcher
How to Contact
OCFA Wellness-Fitness Program.
Health and fitness evaluation program for firefighters,
consisting of periodic evaluations over a five year
period. Opportunities to conduct clinical research
evaluating fitness assessment protocols (e.g.,
submaximal treadmill tests) and analysis of
cumulative clinical data using program databases.
Work organization (e.g., work-related psycho-social
stress and shift work) and cardiovascular disease.
Opportunities to conduct analyses of US
population, bus drivers and OCFA firefighter data
and to collaborate with faculty in planning and
implementing epidemiological and intervention
studies.
Laboratory-based studies on the roles of oxidative
stress in ovarian follicular apoptosis and toxicantinduced ovarian failure and ovarian cancer and on the
roles of antioxidants in protecting against ovarian
damage. "Epidemiological studies of the effects of
environmental pollutants on ovarian function and
modulation by antioxidant enzymes.
Toxicology laboratory research
2015-2016
alyak@uci.edu
Dr. Alya Khan
Dr. M. Joseph Fedoruk
mjfedoru@uci.edu
BongKyoo Choi, DSc;
MPH
b.choi@uci.edu
Ulrike Luderer, MD, PhD,
MPH
uluderer@uci.edu
Michael Kleinman, MD
mtkleinm@uci.edu
Division: Palliative Care
Division Chief: Solomon Liao, MD
Program Director: Solomon Liao, MD
Research Project Description, Title, or Opportunities
Faculty Researcher
Impact of palliative care for outpatient heart failure patients: a Solomon Liao, MD
collaboration with the cardiology division and UCI nursing
program
“The Smart Pill Bottle”: improving pain management and
reducing drug misuse using the Apple i-watch, a collaboration
with radiation oncology and the UCI school of engineering.
How to Contact
ssliao@uci.edu
Division: Basic and Clinical Immunology
Division Chief: Sudhir Gupta, M.D., Ph.D.
Program Director: Sudhir Gupta, M.D., Ph.D.
Research Project Description, Title, or Opportunities
Faculty Researcher
How to Contact
B1 cells (Natural antibody producing)
Sastry Gollapudi (and
Sudhir Gupta)
svgollap@uci.edu
sgupta@uci.edu
CD8 Regulatory T cells in Primary immunodeficiency and
aging
Sudhir Gupta
sgupta@uci.edu
Six different B cell subsets in primary immunodeficiency
diseases
Sudhir Gupta
sgupta@uci.edu
Biology of Dendritic Cells in Aging
Anshu Agrawal & S.
Agrawal
Jia-Ning & Sudhir Gupta
agarawal@uci.edu;
sagrawal@uci.edu
jcao@uci.edu
sgupta@uci.edu
Gene Array in aging & Gene array
and Gene Mutations in Primary
2015-2016
Division:
Geriatrics
Program Director:
Lisa Gibbs, MD
Fellowship Director: Sonia Seghal, MD
Research Project Description, Title, or Opportunities
Faculty Researcher
How to Contact
Patient-Centered Medical Home
Lisa Gibbs, MD
lgibbs@uci.edu
Telemedicine and Health Care
Lisa Gibbs, MD
Dementia
Lisa Gibbs, MD
2015-2016
lgibbs@uci.edu
lgibbs@uci.edu
Division:
Hematology/Oncology
Division Chief:
Ed Nelson, MD
Program Director:
Jason Zell, MD
Research Project Description, Title or
Opportunities
Tumor Microenvironment and Stem Cells in
GastroIntestinal CAs
Health Outcomes in Sickle Cell Disease
Pathogenesis of Myeloproliferative Neoplasm
Chemosensitivity of Tumors and Tumor
Angiogenesis
Clinical Studies in Leukemia and Lymphoma
Gastric and Esophageal Cancer Clinical Trials
Targeted Therapies and Resistance
Genetic Modifiers of Iron Status in
Hemochromatosis Homozygotes
Diagnosis of Iron Deficiency Using Soluble
Transferrin Receptors
Changes in Iron Transport Gene Expression with
Differentiation in Caco2 Cells
Clinical Studies in Breast Cancer
Cancer Prevention
Health Reform and Clinical Research Melanoma
Epi and Biology-Esp Redox
NOS, NOX,NRf2.
Survivorship
Prostate Cancer: Normal PSA and the Cancer
Stage
Head and Neck Cancer: Epidemiology,
Biomarkers and Therapeutics
Gastric and Gastroesophageal : Targeted
Therapy and Clinical Trials and QI
Breast Cancer: Imaging, Targeted Therapy and
Epidemiology and Health Disparities
Modulating the Immune System for Cancer
Therapy
Chronic Lymphocytic Leukemia
Lung Cancer Epidemiology and Clinical Trials
Disparities in Pancreatic Cancer and Clinical
Trials
Clinical Trial Adolescents/YA with Untreated
Acute Lymphoblastic Leukemia
Studies of Initial Treatment of Non-metastatic
Ewing Sarcoma
Clinical Studies in Patients with Front-line
2015-2016
Faculty Researcher
How to Contact
Vi Chiu, MD, PhD
949-824-9432
Susan Claster, MD
Angela Fleischman, MD, PhD
714-456-5153
949-824-4144
John Fruehauf, MD, PhD
714-456-7669
Deepa Jeyakumar, MD
714-456-5153
Samuel Klempner, MD
714-456-8161
Gordon McLaren, MD
@ LBVA
Rita Mehta, MD
562-826-8000
x4145
714-456-2239
Frank L Meyskens, Jr., MD
714-456-3525
Edgar M. Moran, MD
Professor of Medicine Emeritus
714-456-5153
Chaitali Nangia, MD
714-456-8105
Edward Nelson, MD
714-456-5153
Susan O’Brien, MD
Ignatius Ou, MD, PhD
714-456-7511
714-456-8104
Tara Seery, MD
714-456-6364
Leonard Sender, MD
714-456-8288
Metastatic Soft Tissue Sarcoma
Calreticulin Expression and its Potential Drug
Modification on Human Leukemia and Ovarian
Cancer Cells
Molecular Pathogenesis and Preclinical
Therapeutics of Acute and Chronic Leukemias
Cancer Epidemiology, Cancer Prevention
Colorectal Cancer, Gastrointestinal Cancers
2015-2016
Lewis Slater, MD
562-826-8000
x2243
Rick Van Etten, MD, PhD
714-456-8031
Jason Zell, DO, MPH
714-456-5151
Division:
Rheumatology
Division Chief:
George V. Lawry, MD
Program Director:
Sheetal Desai, MD, MSeD
Research Project Description, Title or Opportunities
Faculty Researcher
Multicenter Studies with Lupus and Scleroderma
Sheetal Desai, M.D.
How to contact
714-456-7101
sheetald@uci.edu
Rheumatology Curriculum for Residents
Ultrasound & Musculoskeletal Imaging
Pamela Prete, MD
pamela.prete@va.gov
Crystalline Arthropathy; Pelvic insufficiency fractures
Geordie Lawry, MD
glawry@uci.edu
Case Reports
The Musculoskeletal Exam
2015-2016
Division:
Pulmonary & Critical Care
Division Chief:
Mohsen Davoudi, MD
Program Director:
Matt Brenner, MD
Research Project Description, Title or Opportunities
Faculty Researcher
How to contact
Sleep breathing disorders and pulmonary hypertension.
The role of the heme-oxygenase pathway
Behrouz Jafari, M.D.
(VA)
562-826-5836
behrouz.jafari@va.gov
REM-related OSA and Cardiovascular Disease
Post Discharge Hospital Readmission in Patients with
Sleep Disorders
Role of Carbon Monoxide in ARDS
A randomized, double-blind, placebo-controlled study to
Farhad Mazdiznian,
evaluate the safety, and efficacy of Augmentin 875mg bid,
MD (VA)
and medrol dose pack administered for 5 days every 28
Farhad.Mazdisnian@va.
gov
Post discharge testosterone replacement in patients with
severe COPD following an acute exacerbation.
Web base training for cystic fibrosis care. Does it improve Robert Liou, MD (LB
knowledge and compliance?
Memorial)
Flexible bronchoscopy with airway clearance in CF
patients. Does it improve symptoms?
Development of antidotes for mass casualty cyanide
poisoning
Development of antidotes for hydrogen sulfide poisoning
2015-2016
Matt Brenner, MD
(UC Irvine)
rdliou@gmail.com
mbrenner@uci.edu
Division:
Nephrology
Division Chief:
Kam Kalantar, MD
Program Director:
Madeline Pahl, MD
Research Project Description, Title or Opportunities
Faculty Researcher
How to contact
Malnutrition, Diet and Racial Disparities in Chronic Kidney
Disease
Kamyar KalantarZadeh, MD
714-456-5142
kkz@uci.edu
Comparative Effectiveness of Dialysis Modalities
Kamyar KalantarZadeh, MD
714-456-5142
kkz@uci.edu
Racial and Cardiovascular Risk Factor Anomalies in CKD
Kamyar KalantarZadeh, MD
714-456-5142
kkz@uci.edu
Transition of Care in CKD
Kamyar KalantarZadeh, MD
714-456-5142
kkz@uci.edu
USRDS Coordinating Center
Kamyar KalantarZadeh, MD
714-456-5142
kkz@uci.edu
Hypothyroidism, Cardiovascular Health, and Survival in
Kidney Disease
Connie Rhee, MD
714-456-5142
crhee1@uci.edu
Wei Ling Lau, MD
714-456-5142
wllau@uci.edu
Wei Ling Lau, MD
714-456-5142
wllau@uci.edu
Madeleine Paul, MD
714-456-5142
mpahl@uci.edu
Ammonia Levels in Dialysis Patients
Potassium and Cardiac Rhythm Trends in Maintenance
Hemodialysis (PORTEND): A Multicenter, Prospective,
Observational Study
Cognitive Disorder in Hemodialysis
HDL Function and Mortality in ESRD
Hamid Moradi, MD
714-456-5142
hmoradi@uci.edu
A Phase 3, Multicenter, Randomized, Open-Label, ActiveControlled Study of the Efficacy in the Treatment of Anemia in
Incident-dialysis Patients
Kevin Harley, MD
714-456-5142
kharley@uci.edu
2015-2016
Division:
Endocrinology
Division Chiefs:
Ellis Levin, MD (VA), and Ping Wang, MD (UCI)
Program Director:
Bogi Andersen, MD
Research Project Description, Title, or Opportunities
Faculty Researcher
How to Contact
Gene regulation in mammary gland and hair follicles
Bogi Andersen, MD
949-824-9093
Molecular estrogen action
Ellis Levin, MD
562-494-5748
Stem Cell Research and Molecular Mechanisms of
Heart Disease in Diabetes
Ping Wang, MD
949-824-6981
Modulation of Autoimmune Diseases and Type 1 DM
George Chandy, MD, PhD
949-824-7435
2015-2016
Division:
Cardiology
Division Chief:
Pranav Patel, MD
Program Director: Dawn Lombardo, DO
Research Project Description, Title, or Opportunities
Two-Point Discrimination Threshold of the Human
Touch
Ultrasound Measurement of Femoral Artery Insertion
vs. Conventional Femoral Angiography
2015-2016
Faculty Researcher
How to Contact
Arnold Seto, MD
aseto@uci.edu
Division:
Gastroenterology
Division Chief:
Kenneth Chang, MD
Program Director: Nimisha Parekh, M.D.
Faculty Researcher
How to Contact
Robert Lee, MD
rlee8@uci.edu
Jason Samarasena
jsamaras@uci.edu
Stomach & Imaging
Jason Samarasena, MD
jsamaras@uci.edu
Biliary & Pancreas
Kenneth Chang, MD
kchang@uci.edu
William Karnes, MD
karnesw@uci.edu
Robert Lee, MD
rlee8@uci.edu
Nimisha Parekh, MD
parekhn@uci.edu
Doug Nguyen, MD
douglaln@uci.edu
Timothy Morgan, MD
timothy.morgan@va.gov
Ke-Qin Hu, MD
kqhu@uci.edu
Research Project Description, Title,
or Opportunities
Esophagus
Colon
Inflammatory Bowel Disease
Liver
2015-2016
Division:
Infectious Diseases
Division Chief:
Don Forthal, MD
Program Director:
Geeta Gupta, MD
Research Project Description, Title, or Opportunities
Immune responses against HIV; development of vaccines
and immunotherapies
Bacterial pathogenesis: Chlamydia gene regulation and
host-pathogen interactions
Pathogenesis of emerging viral infections;
structure/function of viral proteins; mechanisms by
which viruses interact with the host during persistent
infection; viral etiologies of autoimmune and
neurodegenerative diseases.
Epidemiology of HIV-related cancers
Antibacterial properties of natural substances
Hospital infections, MRSA, VRE
Antimicrobial Stewardship
HIV Clinical Studies, Clinical Microbiology Research
Clinical Antibiotic studies /Bacteriology Resistance
2015-2016
Faculty
Researcher
Don Forthal, MD
Ming Tan, MD
Michael
Buchmeier
Catherine
Diamond, MD
How to Contact
949-824-3366
dnfortha@uci.edu
949-824-3397
mingt@uci.edu
(949) 824-5781
m.buchmeier@uci.edu
714-456-7701
diamondc@uci.edu
714-456-7612
Tom Cesario
tccesari@uci.edu
Susan Huang,
714-456-5047
MD, MPH
susan.huang@uci.edu
714-4560-7612
Steve Park, MD
stevenp@uci.edu
Stephen Berman, Long Beach VA
MD
stephen.berman2@med.va.gov
Lauri Thrupp,
714-456-7612
MD
ldthrupp@uci.edu
Division:
Division Chief:
Hospitalist Program
Alpesh Amin, MD, MBA
aamin@uci.edu
Research Project Description, Title, or Opportunities
Medical Education Curriculum Development
Hospital Medicine
Patient Safety and Quality
Performance Improvement Projects and CQI
Clinical Pathway Development
Anticoagulation studies and VTE studies
Clinical Trials
Case-Based Reports
Early Detection and Management of Severe Sepsis and
Septic Shock
Palliative Care and End of Life Care
Minimizing Polypharmacy
Physician Education and Learning with RNs and CNAs
Prioritizing Care in Older Patients with Multiple CoMorbities
Nutritional supplements
Disease prevention (pneumonia, cancer)
Retrospective clinical data analysis
Optimizing high risk pre-operative patients
2015-2016
Faculty Researcher
Alpesh Amin, M.D.
Omar Darwish, D.O.
Alpesh Amin, M.D.
Alpesh Amin, M.D.
Alpesh Amin, M.D.
Alpesh Amin, M.D.
Alpesh Amin, M.D.
Omar Darwish, D.O.
Alpesh Amin,
M.D./Jim Williams,
M.D.
All Hospitalist faculty
– contact Alpesh Amin,
M.D.
Lanny Hsieh, M.D.
How to Contact
(714) 456-5726
Solomon Liao, M.D.
Alpesh Amin, M.D.
Matthew Butteri, M.D.
Matthew Butteri, M.D.
Matthew Butteri, M.D.
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5339
(714) 456-5339
(714) 456-5339
Jim Williams, M.D.
Jim Williams, M.D.
Jim Williams, M.D.
Amish Dangodara, MD
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726
(714) 456-5726