Linda Abramovitz inducted into the American Academy of Nursing

Global Cancer Program faculty member, Linda Abramovitz, was inducted as a fellow into the American Academy of Nursing on October 7, 2017, joining a distinguished group of leaders in nursing education, management, practice, and research. Ms. Abramovitz’s induction to the Academy is not only a...

Two International Partners Visit the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center

Left to right: Poly Bunpa, MD, Tracy Sherertz, MD, and Melody Xu, MD

With UCSF Global Cancer Program Pilot Funds, Dr. Dianna Ng will evaluate point of care diagnostics for breast cancer patients in Tanzania

 

Announcing the 2017-2018 UCSF Global Cancer Program Fellows

The Global Cancer Program at UCSF’s HFDCCC has awarded fellowships to three early-career professionals for the 2017-2018 academic year.

Rachel Pearline Receives NCI Global Cancer Research Humanitarian Award

  Donald and Sarah Pearline receive the award on Rachel’s behalf from the NCI’s Dr. John Flanigan

$1M NIH Grant helps Researchers Refine Quick Cancer Test

Team members Aggrey Semeere, left, Mitterand Kirya, of the Infectious Diseases Institute, researcher Andrea Gardner of Weill Cornell Medicine and engineering doctoral student Ryan Snodgrass in Kamapala, Uganda.

UCSF Faculty Attend the UICC World Cancer Congress

UCSF Faculty Attend the UICC World Cancer Congress, Oct 31-Nov 3, 2016

East Africa Collaborative Scientific Symposium

Global Cancer Program Faculty and Collaborators Attend UCSF East Africa Collaborative Scientific Symposium

Global Cancer Program’s Inaugural Lecture

Dr. Shulman discussed his experiences in establishing cancer care resources at Butaro Hospital in Rwanda and shared his insight into how to tackle high cancer burdens in low-resource settings.

Future Leaders in Global Cancer

April 2017 meeting of Future Leaders in Global Cancer. April meeting attendees are pictured with two of the faculty mentors, Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH and Linda Abramovitz, RN, MSN, BMTCN. Other mentors not pictured include Stella Bialous, RN, DrPH, Robert Hiatt, MD, PhD, and Paul Volberding, MD.