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UCSF, City of San Francisco Celebrate AIDS Pioneer Marcus Conant

On October 28, UCSF hosted former faculty member Marcus Conant, now aged 90, for a grand rounds lecture and reception to celebrate and honor his lifetime of work. Conant was the first to recognize Kaposi’s Sarcoma appearing in young gay men in California in 1981, and co-founded a Kaposi’s Sarcoma clinic caring for these HIV-infected patients before the virus had been identified.

Could A Few Bad Dietary Choices Worsen Your Next Immune Response?

A team of researchers showed in mice that the content of diet matters more than obesity in amplifying the skin's response to an irritant.

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Kevin Kimbrough manages media relations for UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals. He has more than 20 years of experience in healthcare communications and public relations, with expertise in crisis communications, reputation management, and strategic storytelling. Throughout his career, he has led communications on complex, sensitive issues and helped increase visibility for clinical programs and the people behind them.

A New Gift Will Expand Pediatric Behavioral Health Care at UCSF

UCSF is receiving a $15M charitable grant from Kaiser Permanente to help create its first inpatient behavioral health unit, which will significantly expand access to specialized psychiatric care for children and adolescents in the East Bay and across Northern California.

UCSF, DHCS Partner on $17M Investment in Behavioral Health Support

A UCSF-developed program that integrates behavioral health support for children and caregivers into routine pediatric care is poised to expand across California.

Smarter CAR-T Cells Could Beat a Deadly Pediatric Brain Cancer

A UCSF team developed a CAR T-cell therapy called "B-SYNC" that handily beats the deadly brain cancer, diffuse medial glioma (DMG), in mice. DMG has a prognosis of just 11 months and is one of the few brain cancers to affect children. The therapy is poised for testing in a clinical trial at UCSF in April 2027.

HHMI Honors Hanna Martens with Research and Mentoring Award

The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has named Hanna Martens, PhD, a Freeman Hrabowski Scholar — one of 30 early-career scientists recognized for their research excellence as well as a commitment to creating inclusive lab environments and mentoring a diversity of learners.