Meet the Lead Team

SF BUILD Principal Investigators

Dr. Leticia Márquez-Magaña
Dr. Leticia Márquez-Magaña‎‎‎‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ( She/Her/Hers )
SF BUILD Lead Principal Investigator and Core Leader at SF State
Institutional Development Core; Professor of Biology at SF State; Director of the Health Equity Research Lab
Dr. Tung T. Nguyen
Dr. Tung Nguyen ( He/Him/His )
SF BUILD Principal Investigator at UCSF
Professor, Medicine, School of Medicine; Associate Vice Chancellor for Research – Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, and Anti-Racism
Dr. Meghan D. Morris
Dr. Meghan D. Morris‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎‏‏‎ ‎ ( She/Her/Hers )
SF BUILD Principal Investigator at UCSF
Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Institute for Global Health Sciences

ADM Core Lead and Staff

Dr. Audrey Paragan-Smith
Dr. Audrey Parangan-Smith
Director, SF BUILD at SF State
Lisa Galli
Lisa Galli
Budget Analyst at SF State
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Shirley Yuen
Budget Analyst at UCSF
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Amber Gadison ( She/Her/Hers )
Communications Specialist at SF State
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Midley Michaud, MS ( She/Her/Hers )
Program Coordinator at SF State
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Ezequiel Lopez ( He/Him/His )
Program Coordinator at SF State
Dr. Meghan D. Morris
Dr. Meghan Morris ( She/Her/Hers )
Faculty Co-Director at UCSF
Marilyn Thomas
Dr. Marilyn Thomas
Faculty Co-Director at UCSF
Erica Wong
Erica Wong, MPA
Program Manager at UCSF
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Paula Fleisher, MA
Interim Director, AVCR-IDEA at UCSF

Institutional Development Core

Dr. Leticia Márquez-Magaña
Dr. Leticia Márquez-Magaña
Co-Lead Institutional Development Core at SF State
Dr. Tung T. Nguyen
Dr. Tung Nguyen ( He/Him/His )
Co-Lead Institutional Development Core at UCSF
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Alexandra Velásquez, MS, CCRP
CIRCLE Director and AVCR-IDEA Associate Director for Workforce Diversity at UCSF
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Carol Umanzor, MS, MAT
Agent of Change Specialist at SF State

Student Training Core

Dr. Audrey Paragan-Smith
Dr. Audrey Paragan-Smith
Core Program Director, Student Training at SF State
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Dr. Kala Mehta
Dr. Kala Mehta
Core Program Director, Student Training at UCSF
Associate Professor of Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics; for questions related to student training activities, please contact the email below
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Midley Michaud, MS
Program Coordinator at SF State
Master’s Student & Researcher at Health Equity Research Lab at SFSU

Research Enrichment Core

Dr. Alicia Fernandez
Dr. Alicia Fernandez
Core Leader, Research Enrichment at UCSF
Professor of Clinical Medicine. For questions related to faculty development at UCSF, please contact the email below
Dr. Leticia Márquez-Magaña
Dr. Leticia Márquez-Magaña
Research Enrichment Core at SF State
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Alexandra Velásquez, MS CCRP
Research Enrichment Core at UCSF

Student Assistants

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Aqil Noorali ( He/Him/His )
Student Assistant at SF State
Princy Ramani
Princy Ramani ( She/Her/Hers )
Student Assistant at SF State