Fostering a diverse workforce poses enormous challenges and requires introspection and culture change. Dr. Tung Nguyen says better results happen through intention and collaboration. [read more]

Richard Wang, MD - Associate Member, Cancer Control

Jennifer Grandis, MD has been elected to the 2022 class of Fellows of the AACR Academy.

Kevan Shokat, PhD received the AACR Award for Outstanding Achievement in Chemistry in Cancer Research at the 2022 AACR Annual Meeting.

Alan Ashworth PhD, FRS is a member of the team that received the AACR Team Science Award at the 2022 AACR Annual Meeting.

Congratulations to the 2022 ASCO Annual Meeting Merit Award recipients from UCSF: William Chen, MD (Special Merit Award); Laura Huppert, MD; Dame Idossa, MD; Mazie Tsang, MD; Erica Tsang, MD; and Jacob Young, MD.

Rachel Nakagawa received second prize at the UCSF Grad Slam 2022 for her presentation, "Deconstructing Tumor Cell Interactions."

Gokul Ramadoss received the People’s Choice prize at the UCSF Grad Slam 2022 for his presentation, “Get Your Genes Tailored.”

Michael Rabow, MD won a Paul Kalanithi Writing Award for his poem, Sliding Down.

Jonathan Terdiman, MD was honored at the Igniting Hope Gala by the SF Firefighters Cancer Prevention Foundation for his work on behalf of firefighter health.

Charles Craik, PhD and Michael Evans, PhD received a 2022 BIPCR Molecular Oncology Program Award for a project, “Beyond ligand/receptor complexes: maximizing tumor responses to targeted radiotherapy with a conditionally activated membrane binding probe.”

Adam Renslo, PhD and Michael Evans, PhD received a 2022 BIPCR Molecular Oncology Program Award for a project, “Evaluating the in vivo efficacy and molecular pharmacology of artefenomel in castration-resistant prostate cancer models.”

Michael McManus, PhD received a 2022 BIPCR Molecular Oncology Program Award for a project, “Unlocking the key drivers and dependencies of Prostate Cancer using CRISPR GEMMS.”

Qiao G, Kone LB, Phillips EH, Lee SS, Brown GE, Khetani SR, Thakur A, Lum LG, Prabhakar BS, Maker AV. LIGHT enhanced bispecific antibody armed T-cells to treat immunotherapy resistant colon cancer. Oncogene. 2022 Apr;41(14):2054-2068.

Mujal AM, Combes AJ, Rao AA, Binnewies M, Samad B, Tsui J, Boissonnas A, Pollack JL, Argüello RJ, Meng MV, Porten SP, Ruhland MK, Barry KC, Chan V, Krummel MF. Holistic Characterization of Tumor Monocyte-to-Macrophage Differentiation Integrates Distinct Immune Phenotypes in Kidney Cancer. Cancer Immunol Res. 2022 Apr 1;10(4):403-419.

Zhang Y, Lucas CG, Young JS, Morshed RA, McCoy L, Oberheim Bush NA, Taylor JW, Daras M, Butowski NA, Villanueva-Meyer JE, Cha S, Wrensch M, Wiencke JK, Lee JC, Pekmezci M, Phillips JJ, Perry A, Bollen AW, Aghi MK, Theodosopoulos P, Chang EF, Hervey-Jumper SL, Berger MS, Clarke JL, Chang SM, Molinaro AM, Solomon DA. Prospective genomically-guided identification of 'early/evolving' and 'undersampled' IDH-wildtype glioblastoma leads to improved clinical outcomes. Neuro Oncol. 2022 Apr 8:noac089.

Apr 26, 2022 | 4:00 - 5:00 pm

Featuring speaker Aleksandar Rajkovic, MD, PhD, UCSF Chief Genomics Officer. Open to all HDFCCC faculty, trainees, and staff. Register to attend.

This series of seminars will provide high-yield, practical information about conducting patient-facing oncology trials. Complete six seminars within two years to receive a certificate of completion. Open to senior fellows and early career faculty.

CURE gives African American and LatinX high school juniors a paid research experience and college application support. Looking for faculty, postdocs, or graduate students to be mentors for these students. Postdocs or graduate mentors receive a $500 stipend. Interns’ stipends are already funded, so mentors do NOT need to provide funding.

Today - May 27: UCSF Cool Campus Challenge 2022

A friendly 8-week challenge designed to educate and motivate the UCSF community to take simple energy saving, waste reducing, and sustainability-focused actions.

Apr 20: Precision Imaging of Cancer and Therapy (PICT) Symposium

An opportunity for members of the Cancer Center and the Dept. of Radiology to showcase their research, exchange ideas, and identify possible collaborations.

Apr 20: Cancer Center Live Series: Uncommon Cancers to Watch

Featuring presentations by Drs. Emily Bergsland, Margaret Tempero, and Rosanna Wustrack.

Apr 27: Bay Area Breast Cancer Forum

A bi-monthly educational session at which health experts explore the latest developments and advancements in breast cancer research.

May 7: Breast Oncology Program at the Final Tri-Valley SOCKs Bra Walk

The Tri-Valley SOCKs have long been generous donors to the Breast Oncology Program, providing significant funding that supports developmental research. Register or volunteer for the 16th and final "Bras for the Cause" fundraising walk in Pleasanton!