Dental Student Research Fellowship Program

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Dental Student Research Fellowship Program

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Spend time out of the classroom and in intensive investigation

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Lisa Berens, DDS, MPH
Program Chair
415.476.2523
lisa.berens@ucsf.edu

Roger Mraz
Program Administrator
415.502.7772
roger.mraz@ucsf.edu

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The Dental Student Research Fellowship Program offers UCSF dental students the opportunity to participate in mentored research. In either one of two tracks during their first two years of dental school school, a select number of students work closely with faculty mentors to conduct research on a topic of importance to dentistry.

Working with leaders in research, students learn the methods, tools and language of science, an introduction that propels many of them into careers in academia. The Dental Student Research Fellowship Program has a long and illustrious history at UCSF; it is considered one of the most enriching educational experiences for dental students at UCSF, and a talent incubator for developing future leaders within our profession.

2025-26 D2 Research Fellows

2025 D2 Research Fellows posing for a group photo

Joshua Chen (Mentor: Christine Hong, DMD)
Garam Hong (Mentors: Guo Hao Lin, DDS, and Yan Zhang, MD, PhD)
Anahita Karimi (Mentor: Daniel Bikle, MD, PhD)
Khoa Le (Mentor: Christopher Hernandez, PhD)
Helen Lee (Mentor: Edward Hsiao, MD, PhD)
Soo Lee (Mentor: Jing Cheng, MD, PhD)
Siyoon Lee (Mentor: Yukiko Nakano, DDS, PhD)
Charles Met (Mentors: Pamela Den Besten, DDS, and Yan Zhang, MD, PhD)
Hannah Mora (Mentor: Stefan Habelitz, PhD)
Kiera Nguyen (Mentor: Licia Selleri, MD, PhD)
Olakunle Ogunbayo (Mentor: Joel Palefsky, MD)
Erica Okine (Mentors: Elizabeth Mertz, PhD, and Rebecca Renelus, DDS)

Supratik Pasupuleti (Mentor: Mona Bajestan, DDS)
Madalyn Phan (Mentor: Sepideh Banava, DDS, MBA, MPH)
Yilin Piao (Mentor: Rich Schneider, PhD)
Judy Qin (Mentor: Chelsea Bahney, PhD)
Elena Sacchetti (Mentors: Rumpa Ganguly, DMD, BDS, and Sneha Oberoi, BDS, DDS, MDS)
Devansh Sapovadia (Mentor: Sara Knox, PhD)
Mansi Shah (Mentor: Kelsey Collins, PhD)
Kathy Tran (Mentor: Stuart Gansky, DrPH)
Lingyi Xu (Mentor: Yin Shen, PhD)
Madelyn Yeh (Mentor: Yu-Ting Yeh, DDS, MSD)
Kathy Zheng (Mentor: Enihomo Obadon-Udoh, DDS, MPH, DSc)
Wendy Zhou (Mentor: Mark Ansel, PhD)

2025 Incoming D1 Research Fellows

D1 Research Fellows posing for a group photo

Maulik Ahuja (Mentor: Christine Hong, DMD)
Ethan Huang (Mentor: Jing Cheng, MD, PhD)
Erica Julian (Mentor: Elizabeth Mertz, PhD)
Jung-me Lee (Mentor: Elizabeth Eve, DDS, and Christine Hong, DMD)

Sung-me Lee (Mentor: Sepideh Banava, DDS, MBA, MPH)
Adiamna Herrera Miret (Mentor: Jeffrey Bush, PhD)
Danial Pirooz (Mentor: Fatemeh Momen-Heravi, DDS, MPH, PhD)

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