East Africa Collaborative Research Symposium Highlights Key UCSF and Regional Partnerships

10th CFAR East Africa Collaborative Symposium Dr. Beatrice Mushi, Program Manager for the MUHAS-UCSF Cancer Collaboration received the award for the Best Oral Presentation at the 10th CFAR East Africa Collaborative Symposium.

UCSF Team Studying Genomics of Rare Cancers With Geographic Hotspots

A research team at the University of California, San Francisco aims to study cancer genomes from tumor types that are globally rare but have geographic hotspots where incidence rates soar.

HDFCCC Global Cancer Team Visits Tanzanian Partners

In September, Katherine Van Loon, MD, MPH, assistant professor in hematology/oncology and director of the HDFCCC Global Cancer Program, led a group of UCSF faculty and trainees to Tanzania to meet with stakeholders at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences (MUHAS) and Ocean Road...

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