Dr. Alan Ashworth Presents at Grand Rounds at the National Institute of Cancer in Mexico

In May 2019, Dr. Alejandro Mohar Betancourt, current head of Mexico's National Institutes of Health (Comisión Coordinadora de Institutos Nacionales de Salud y Hospitales de Alta Especialidad (CCINSHAE)), hosted Dr. Alan Ashworth for Grand Rounds at the Instituto Nacional de Cancerologia (INCan).

Global Cancer Program Hosts Second Annual Meeting with Partners from Mexico

From Left: Dr. Alejandro Mohar, Dr. Katherine Van Loon, Dr. Carlos Rodriguez-Galindo, Dr. Martin Lajous, Dr. Alejandro Sweet-Cordero and Dr. Alan Ashworth. 

UCSF Radiologists Collaborate in Tanzania

The cancer burden in sub-Saharan Africa is growing. In Tanzania, the number of new cancer cases doubled between 2006 and 2013 alone. In high-income  countries, major progress has been made in the fight against certain cancers (like breast cancer) through prevention, early detection, and therapeutic...

MUHAS and UCSF Faculty Lead Second Fine Needle Aspiration Biopsy Workshop in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania

In January 2019, faculty from the UCSF and Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) Departments of Pathology and Radiology collaboratively organized and led an ultrasound-guided fine-needle aspiration biopsy (FNAB) short course at MUHAS.

A Voice for Global Cancer Patients

UCSF Institute for Global Health Sciences (IGHS) master's student, Alex Keir, shares her personal experience with cancer and her mission to expand the cancer dialogue. Read her story here.  Alex is currently working with Dr. Geoffrey Buckle on projects for her master's capstone. 

Clinical Research Training at UCSF

With grant funding from CRDF Global, the Global Cancer Program hosted eight faculty from Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS), Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI), and Instituto Nacional de Cancerología (INCan) at UCSF for a 5-week clinical research training in August 2018.

MUHAS and UCSF Awarded D71 for Cancer Research Training in Tanzania

Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and UCSF received a D71 award to plan a for a cancer research training program in Tanzania.

UCSF Pathology Department Launches Telepathology Consultations to Tanzania

The UCSF Department of Pathology has partnered with American Society for Clinical Pathology (ASCP) to provide telepathology consultations to pathology colleagues in Tanzania using whole slide imaging technology.

MUHAS Pathology Residents Shine at 2018 ASCP Annual Meeting

Pathology residents at Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) have achieved great success over the past year with mentorship and support provided by the UCSF Department of Pathology.

UCSF Team Helps Shape National Cancer Treatment Guidelines for Tanzania

The Global Cancer Program hosted faculty from Ocean Road Cancer Institute (ORCI) in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, for an intensive, two-week visit to review Tanzania's new National Cancer Treatment Guidelines with UCSF faculty.