RAP Offers HIV-Associated Malignancies Research Funding Opportunity
The UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) is offering funding for research on AIDS-defining and non-AIDS defining malignancies.

University of California San Francisco
The UCSF Resource Allocation Program (RAP) is offering funding for research on AIDS-defining and non-AIDS defining malignancies.
New UCSF Faculty, December 2009
Longtime UCSF faculty member Sally Marshall has been named interim executive vice chancellor and provost, pending approval by the UC Regents.
New UCSF Faculty, December 2009
Clothing, small electronics and gift cards are sought by December 18 for a holiday gift drive to benefit at-risk and HIV-positive youth.
The UCSF community gathered recently to reflect on the significant contributions that UCSF faculty have made to AIDS research and treatment over the past three decades.
UCSF granted honorary degrees to 67 former students – three of whom happily accepted their diplomas in person on Friday – after their studies ended abruptly when they were sent to Japanese internment camps during World War II.
Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn joined Nobel laureates in Stockholm to discuss their discoveries and what their ongoing research tells us about health, cancer and aging.
When UCSF’s Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, was named one of three recipients of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine on Oct. 5, the seemingly endless stream of well-wishers included not only friends, relatives and colleagues, but also several prominent political figures.
The UCSF community will have several opportunities to share in the excitement of the Nobel Prize festivities, which begin on Monday with a lecture by UCSF’s newest Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn. Read more on the <a href="http://www.ucsf.edu/nobel/2009/blackburn/ucsf-to-follow-blackburn-during-nobel-week-2009/">UCSF Nobel website</a>.
UCSF and UC Berkeley are mulling the idea of offering a first-of-its-kind joint degree program in translational medicine — an idea proposed by former Intel CEO Andy Grove.
UC restored some justice on Friday when former students of Japanese ancestry received honorary degrees after being forced to leave college to enter internment camps during World War II.
Leaders from both inside and outside the University discussed strategies for weathering the budget crisis and preserving academic and research excellence recently.
A new set of recommendations from the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says cervical cancer screening can start later and occur less frequently for most women.
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann shared some lessons learned over her lifetime during a recent meeting with senior women leaders.
Scientist pinpoints chimpanzee origin of HIV during Merle Sande Memorial Lecture.
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will award honorary degrees to 68 former students who were interned in the United States during World War II due to their Japanese heritage. UCSF is the first public university in California to provide such degrees to former students, many of whom will be honored posthumously. Three other UC ceremonies will follow during annual commencement ceremonies on the Davis, Berkeley, and Los Angeles campuses.
The November 30, 2009 Merle Sande Memorial Lecture: “The Prehistory of HIV-1: Understanding the Primate Roots of Human AIDS" and the December 1, 2009 “Minority Stress Theory, Findings and Implications for HIV/AIDS Prevention with Racial/Ethnic Minority Gay and Bisexual Men” lecture.
The campus community is invited on December 1 to attend a symposium and screening of a short film documenting San Francisco’s leading role in responding to the emergence of the HIV/AIDS epidemic.