SF BUILD Lead Team

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SF BUILD Principal Investigators

Leticia Márquez-Magaña

SF BUILD Lead Principal Investigator and Core Leader, Institutional Development Core

Professor of Biology

Director of the Health Equity Research Lab

For questions related to research and curricular development activities, please contact Leticia.

Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo

SF BUILD Principal Investigator at UCSF

Professor of Medicine, Epidemiology, and Biostatistics

Director of Center for Vulnerable Populations at UCSF

For questions related to the UCSF partnership with SF BUILD, please contact Kirsten.

Dr. Tung Nguyen

UCSF

ADM Core Lead and Staff

Dr. Audrey Paragan-Smith

Assistant Director

SF State

Dr. Yazmin Carrasco

Assistant Director

UCSF

Mariel De Paz

Mariel De Paz Fernandez

SF BUILD Program Administrator

SF State

Lisa Galli

Budget Analyst

SF State

Shirley Yuen

Budget Analyst

UCSF

Patrick Monahan

Science Writer

SF State

Program Evaluation

Dr. Kenjus Watson

Program Evaluation Director

Dr. Anthony Trochez

Consultan

Ezequiel Lopez

Data Analyst

Institutional Development Core

Dr. Robert Hiatt

Co-Lead

UCSF

Dr. Leticia Marquez-Magaña

Co-Lead

SF State

Dr. Ana Maria Barerra

FAoC Post-doctoral Fellow

Student Training Core

Dr. Audrey Paragan-Smith

STC Program Director

SF State

Dr. Kala Metha

STC Program Director

Associate Professor of Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics

For questions related to student training activities, please contact Kala.

Dr. Nicole Coleman

STC Program Administrator

SF State

Devon Espinoza

SF BUILD Program Coordinator

Research Enrichment Core

Dr. Blake Riggs

Co-Lead

SF State

Alicia Fernandez

Dr. Alicia Fernandez

Core Leader, Research Enrichment

Professor of Clinical Medicine

For questions related to faculty development at UCSF, please contact Alicia

Dr. Kelechi Uwaezuoke

Assistant Director for Diversity, Inclusion and Community Partnerships

SF State

Torey Jaques

Peer-Mentor Coordinator

SF State

Sonny Vernard

Project Analyst

UCSF

Student Assistants

Maryvi Morales

Student Assistant

Brenda Garibay

Student Assistant

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