An emphasis of RIMI2 is to increase and to enhance the research opportunities for our faculty and students by developing, in conjunction with research-intensive institutions, collaborative research projects with a focus either on health disparities among ethnic groups or on significant research by underrepresented minority faculty.

Among the objectives are:

• for SF State faculty to gain experience in developing and managing highly productive research programs, and
• for SF State undergraduate and graduate students to work alongside doctoral students and postdoctoral fellows, and to obtain from them an understanding of the requirements for success in competitive doctoral programs as well as to develop the confidence to seek satisfying careers in the biomedical sciences.

Research Projects

Understanding the Impact of Social Support, Spirituality, and Depression on Quality of Life among Breast Cancer Survivors from Diverse Populations

Principal Investigator: Grace Yoo, PhD, MPH, Assistant Professor, Department of Asian American Studies, SF State.
Research Collaborators: Cheryl Ewing, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor of Surgery, UCSF; Caryn Aviv, PhD, Assistant Professor of Sociology, UCSF; and Ellen Levine, PhD, MPH, Director of Psychosocial Oncology Research, California Pacific Medical Center.




Ectoderm Dermomyotome Signaling through Filipodia

Principal Investigator: Wilfred Denetclaw, Jr., PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of Biology, SF State.
Research Collaborator: Dr. Walter Holleran, III, Associate Adjunct Professor, Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, UCSF.