People

Committee Co-chairs

Nerissa Ko, MD, MAS

Professor
School of Medicine

Nerissa Ko is a Professor of Neurology and spends her time clinically caring for adult patients in the Neurointensive care unit. Her research focus in on improving outomes among patients who suffer from strokes, specifically after brain aneurysm rupture. After completing her training at UCSF, she remains committed to the education and training of our futureleaders in her role as Fellowship program Director and Vice Chair for Diversity in the Department of Neurology. After attending a CSW-sponsored event focused on work-life balance, she joined CSW to become an active participant in supporting the community of women at UCSF. She remains a strong advocate for gender equity in her leadership role.

Joined UCSF: 1996
Joined CSW: 2013
Committee: Committee on the Status of Women, Faculty Co-Chair

Laurae Pearson

Director of Administration
Department of Medicine/ZSFG

Joined UCSF: 1994
Joined CSW: 2018
Committee: Committee on the Status of Women, Faculty Co-Chair

Committee Staff

Andrelyn Rivera

Executive Analyst to the Vice Chancellor
Office of Diversity and Outreach

Committee Members

Mabel Chan, MD

Associate Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics, School of Medicine

Mabel Chan, MD is an Associate Professor of Pediatric in the Division of ZSFG Pediatrics, Department of Pediatrics, UCSF. Based clinically at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG), Mabel works with the underserved pediatric population of San Francisco. She is also involved in peer mentoring of fellow women faculty and is actively involved with WARM Hearts (Women’s Advancement and Recognition in Medicine), a peer networking and women’s faculty development group based at ZSFG. While the chair of WARM Hearts from 2014-2018 she was a member of CSW to ensure that women faculty based at ZSFG were represented in the larger UCSF community. Though no longer chair of WARM Hearts, Mabel continues to be involved in CSW to help advocate for the interest of women at UCSF.

Joined UCSF: 2008
Joined CSW: 2014
Subcommittee: Communications

Esther H. Chen, MD

Professor of Emergency Medicine, Associate Residency Director
Department of Emergency Medicine

Esther Chen, MD is a Professor of Emergency Medicine and Associate Residency Director within the Department of Emergency Medicine and based clinically at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFG). She is also he Director of Graduate Medical Education at ZSFG, focused on improving the clinical learning environment and wellbeing for residents and fellows and actively involved with the WARM Hearts (Women's Advancement and Recognition in Medicine) peer faculty development group at ZSFG.

Joined UCSF: 2009
Joined CSW: 2020
CSW sub-committee: Events

Francesca Coelho

Project Manager
UCSF Housing Services

Francesca Coelho is a Project Manager for UCSF Housing Services since July 2018. In her role as a Project Manager, Francesca manages operational efficiency, process improvements, policy, and HR projects for Housing Services. Prior to joining UCSF, Francesca worked at UC, Office of the President and UC Berkeley. 

Joined UCSF: 2018
Joined CSW: 2021
CSW sub-committee: Policy/Advocacy

Judy Daniel

Content Program Manager
Web Services, IT

Judy Lewenthal Daniel is a Content Program Manager in IT Web Services where she supports clients across the university –campus and med center –in their digital initiatives. She is a content strategist, digital content marketer, and brand storyteller with experience creating audience-focused communications programs. Judy joined the CSW to map her commitment to mission-centric work with delivering tangible results to the UCSF community (see: shift to UCSF after a career founded in journalism, followed by a dozen years in digital/PR agencies).

Joined UCSF: 2018
Joined CSW: 2019
Subcommittee: Communications

Margaret Feeney, MD

Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics, School of Medicine

Margaret Feeney, MD is the Edward B. Shaw Professor of Pediatrics in the Division of Pediatric Infectious Diseases and Global Health at UCSF.  She directs a research program focused on understanding immunity to malaria, identifying correlates of protective immunity to guide vaccine design, and investigating the impact of prenatal exposure to pathogens on the infant immune response. She provides clinical care to pediatric inpatients at the Benioff Children’s Hospital. She has been a member of the UCSF faculty since 2009, and joined the CSW in 2019 in order to advocate for women in science and clinical careers. She is a member of the Policy and Advocacy Committee.

Joined UCSF: 2009
Joined CSW: 2019
CSW sub-committee: Policy/Advocacy

Diana Kim

Division Manager
Department of Medicine/Division of General Internal Medicine

Diana Kim is the Division Manager for the UCSF Health Division of General Internal Medicine (DGIM). Based at Mt. Zion, Diana oversees the academic side of the Division in all aspects of education, financial, HR, operations, and research, working closely with the Chief and the more than 75 faculty to ensure that DGIM is providing high-quality care to more than 25,000 patients, training the future leaders of primary care medicine, and creating new and innovative treatments. She is currently finishing up her term as one of the School of Medicine Dean’s Diversity Leader focusing on staff DEI issues. Diana is a graduate of the Diversity and Inclusion Staff Certificate program and the UC Women’s Initiative for Professional Development.

Mary Lynch, DNP, MPH, FAAN

Clinical Professor
UCSF School of Nursing, Dept. of Family Health Care Nursing

Mary Lynch, DNP, MPH, PNP, FAAN is a Clinical Professor in the Department of Family Health Care Nursing, UCSF. Mary is the Interim Director of the Master of Science Program and the Coordinator of the Acute Care Pediatric Nurse Practitioner Program in the School of Nursing. During her three decades of teaching and mentoring Pediatric and Neonatal graduate nursing students at UCSF, Mary has been committed to developing future providers to support high quality health care for acute and chronically ill infants and children. In addition, Mary has been instrumental in developing and implementing innovative teaching strategies and supporting collaborative educational endeavors with nursing students in the UC System and in Hawaii.

Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS

Professor and Vice Chair for Diversity and Health Equity
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Christina Mangurian, MD, MAS, is a physician scientist who conducts mental health services research to promote health equity for diverse populations with severe mental illness.  Dr. Mangurian also actively works to further the advancement of women and minorities within medicine, conducting projects on wellbeing, childbearing and family leave, and equity.  Her work has been published widely in this area, including in the Harvard Business Review, New England Journal of Medicine, and JAMA.  She founded WARM Hearts at ZSFG and received the 2017 UCSF Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women. 

Sirisha Narayana, MD

Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine
Department of Medicine

Sirisha Narayana, MD is Associate Professor of Medicine in the Division of Hospital Medicine, Department of Medicine. In addition to practicing clinically as a hospitalist at UCSF Medical Center, she holds multiple leadership roles in medical education (including co-chairing the Academy of Medical Educators Innovations Grant committee), champions gender equity within the Division of Hospital Medicine, and chairs the UCSF Ethics Committee.

Joined UCSF: 2014
Joined CSW: 2021
Sub-committee: Policy/Advocacy

Christine Omata

Assistant Director, Brand Communications
Office of Communications

Christine Omata is the Assistant Director, Brand Communications in the Office of Communications at UCSF, where she manages brand strategy and oversees development, evolution and adoption of brand standards for the university. In addition, Christine co-leads the UCSF Communicators Network and develops training and resources for communicators to help them be successful in their roles. Christine sits on the Family Services Committee and was a member of the Child and Dependent Care Recovery Task Force. She is a long-time Executive Board member of La Casa de las Madres, a San Francisco-based organization and partner of UCSF that provides advocacy and support for victims of domestic violence. 

Joined UCSF: 2014
Joined CSW: 2020
CSW sub-committee: TBD

Elizabeth Ozer, PhD

Professor in Residence
Pediatrics

Elizabeth Ozer is Professor of Pediatrics and Director of Research & the Faculty Equity Advisor Program for the Office of Diversity and Outreach.  She is a psychologist whose research has focused primarily on the health of adolescents and young adults, women and families. She has served as Principal Investigator of numerous federally funded grants focused on decreasing adolescent risky behavior through improving the care provided by the health care system and the primary care provider, and has more recently focused on ways that technology can be incorporated into successful models of preventive care.  She is the PI on a UC Office of the President-funded initiative to advance faculty diversity in Departmental leadership positions and has served as investigator on two NIH grants to enhance the training of women and underrepresented minorities within the health sciences workforce. She is past Faculty Co-Chair of the UCSF Committee on the Status of Women, current Chair of the UC Systemwide Committee on the Status of Women, and the recipient of the 2013 Chancellors Award for Advancing Women at UCSF.

 

Joined UCSF: 1994

Joined CACSW: 2007

Committee: Past Faculty Co-Chair, CACSW; Current Chair, UC Systemwide Committee on the Status of Women

Nandini Palaniappa, MD

Assistant Professor
Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care

Nandini Palaniappa, MD is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Care.  She is based at Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital (ZSFGH) and works clinically in the operating room and in the surgical intensive care unit.   Outside of clinical care, she is involved in quality improvement and education, serving as the co-director of quality improvement for the department and the SICU residency rotation director.  She is thrilled to join the committee on the Status of Women to advocate for women throughout UCSF.   

Danielle Roubinov, PhD

Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences

Danielle Roubinov, PhD is an Assistant Professor and licensed Clinical Psychologist in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences (DPBS) at UCSF. In her research and clinical work, Danielle focuses on reducing risk and promoting resilience among children and families exposed to adverse life experiences. She is also the co-chair of the Recruitment and Retention Task Force (a part of the UCSF DPBS Diversity Committee), which facilitates and supports the successful hiring and retention of individuals of diverse backgrounds into the department. 

Joined UCSF: 2015
Joined CSW: 2021
Committee: Policy/Advocacy

Lekshmi Santhosh, MD, MA

Assistant Professor, Fellow
School of Medicine

Lekshmi Santhosh, M.D., M.A.Ed. is an Assistant Professor of Clinical Medicine in the Divisions of Pulmonary/Critical Care Medicine and Hospital Medicine at UCSF Health. She is Assistant Program Director of the Pulmonary/Critical Care Fellowship Program. She came to UCSF for her internship in Internal Medicine residency and stayed for chief residency and fellowship before transitioning to faculty. She practices in outpatient pulmonary clinic, the medical and neurological ICU, and the medicine teaching inpatient service. She joined the CSW as a chief resident to make sure that the voices of trainees are always represented on the committee, since women trainees are in a uniquely vulnerable position.

Joined UCSF: 2011
Joined CSW: 2014
Subcommittee: Advocacy & Policy

Selin Schamiloglu, MS

PhD Candidate
Bender Lab

Selin Schamiloglu, MS is a PhD Candidate in the Bender Lab at UCSF. Her research focuses on the role of the D3 dopamine receptor in the prefrontal cortex. Before coming to UCSF, she completed her BA at Columbia University and worked in the Gordon lab studying prefrontal cortical-hippocampal circuitry. Throughout her time at UCSF, she has been involved in science outreach efforts through the UCSF SEP program and the Bay Area Science Festival. Selin has also served on the UCSF Neuroscience Graduate Program Student Executive Committee for 2 years and is looking forward to advocating for graduate students at the university level as a member of CSW.

Joined UCSF: 2015
Joined CSW: 2020
CSW sub-committee: Advocacy and Policy

Rupal Shah, MD

Assistant Professor
School of Medicine

Rupal Shah is a pulmonologist specializing in the care of patients with advanced lung disease. When she is not caring for patients, she is working to improve the delivery of ambulatory care and enhance the experience of her colleagues. Rupal joined the CSW to continue her passion for creating an equitable environment at UCSF.

Joined UCSF: 2015
Joined CSW: 2017
Subcommittee: Events

Lesley Snyder

Director of Communications
School of Medicine

Lesley Snyder is the Director of Communications in the UCSF School of Medicine, where she manages a team that develops and implements new strategies to cultivate a sense of community among faculty, staff, trainees, and affiliates. Specifically, she focuses on keeping audiences informed and engaged with the School of Medicine’s mission, vision, values, progress made on strategic initiatives, and important work being done in the areas of diversity, equity, and inclusion, medical education, population health, and research. Lesley joined the CSW to represent the School of Medicine’s commitment to helping underserved and vulnerable populations and to collaborate with women from across UCSF.

Joined UCSF: 2018
Joined CSW: 2018
Committee: Communications

Barbara Stuart, PhD

Associate Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Emanuela (Emy) Volpe, JD

Program Director
Research Development Office

Emanuela earned a law degree at the Sapienza University of Rome, Italy, where was she was born and raised. Emy managed several student programs and academic/educational activities before becoming involved in research. She works in the Research Development Office and is the Director of the Resource Allocation Program (RAP). RAP is a centralized, campus-wide program that manages the dissemination, submission, review and award of a broad range of intramural funding opportunities. The program awards over $6M dollars in research funds annually to UCSF faculty and fellows.  Emy recently joined the CSW, and is eager to contribute her input and ideas toward positive change. 

Joined UCSF: 2001
Joined CSW: 2020
Subcommittee: Advocacy & Policy 

Diane Wara, MD

Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics, School of Medicine

Lauren Weiss, PhD

Associate Professor
Dept. of Psychiatry, School of Medicine

Lauren A. Weiss is a human geneticist and her research laboratory studies the complex genetics of autism using both analytical and experimental methods. Lauren joined the CSW after starting a Professional Problem Solving group for junior female faculty. She was inspired to do so after attending an AAMC leadership event for women with a session on table manners where female faculty were taught how to set a table and told not to leave lipstick marks on a glass (because it can be very distracting for male colleagues), but where the other attendees had more helpful ideas to share based on their career experiences. Lauren was a co-recipient of the Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women based on her work with CSW to develop 'tip sheets' to reduce gender bias in common academic scenarios. She is currently the CSW Policy/Advocacy Chair (but has no policy recommendations regarding lipstick use).

Joined UCSF: 2008
Joined CSW: 2011
CSW sub-committee: Advocacy & Policy