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Innovating for Cancer Care in Africa: Global Cancer Program at the AORTIC Cancer Research Conference in Mozambique
Members of UCSF's Global Cancer Program attended the 12th International Conference on Cancer in Africa November 5-8, 2019 in Maputo, Mozambique. More than two thousand participants from all over the world attended the 2019 African Organisation for Research and Training in Cancer (AORTIC) conference
Two from UCSF Recognized as 2019 STAT Wunderkinds
Two UCSF clinicians were recognized on STAT's 2019 Wonderkind list, which includes the most impressive doctors and researchers early in their careers. Over the past several months, a team of STAT editors and reporters pored through hundreds of nominations from across North America, on the hunt for
HDFCCC Receives U54 Award from National Cancer Institute to Reduce HPV-Associated Cancers in Latin America
The Global Cancer Program at HDFCCC received a U54 award for a partnership with Mexico and Puerto Rico to reduce the risk of HPV-associated cancers in HIV-infected individuals in Latin America. The Global Cancer Program will partner with the National Cancer Institute and National Institute of Public
CAR-T Pioneer and Noted Mentor Art Weiss, MD, PhD
In his 30 years at UCSF, Arthur "Art" Weiss, MD, PhD, has received numerous awards and distinctions for his work in immunology and rheumatology. And if you ask other researchers at UCSF and beyond, he is a mentor par excellence. What many don’t know is that Weiss’s lab in 1991 was the first anywhere
Facilities Manager Vows to Leave UCSF Greener Than She Found It
Long-time facilities manager Adele Dow retires at the end of the month with 18 years of service to UCSF, all served at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. A champion for the environment, Dow organized an Eco-Fair at the Center in 2006, and began a campaign to end bottled water in
UCSF Launches Artificial Intelligence Center to Advance Medical Imaging
UC San Francisco is launching a new center to accelerate the application of artificial intelligence (AI) technology to radiology, leveraging advanced computational techniques and industry collaborations to improve patient diagnoses and care. The Center for Intelligent Imaging, or ci 2, will develop
E-Cigarettes, Tobacco and Cannabis Products Are Littering High Schools
High schools in the San Francisco Bay Area are being contaminated by plastics and toxic litter from e-cigarettes, cannabis products and combustible tobacco products such as cigarettes and cigarillos, a new study by researchers at UC San Francisco has found. The study of a dozen Bay Area high