Kavita Mishra, MD, MPH was appointed director of clinical programs for UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Health.

Lorriana Leard, MD was named Associate Dean for CME for the UCSF School of Medicine.

Ana Velázquez Mañana, MD MSc was named among the top 5 female digital opinion leaders in oncology by Healio.

A. Hunter Shain, PhD received an R01 grant from the National Institute of Arthritis and Musculoskeletal and Skin Diseases for a project, "The mutational mechanisms shaping melanocytes in human skin."

Harold Chapman, MD received a grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine for a project, “Modulation of human alveolar stem cells to promote lung regeneration without metastatic dysplasias."

Alexander Haddad, MD, Manish Aghi, MD, PhD, and Noriyuki Kasahara, MD, PhD received a 2023 Catayst Award for a project, "A Synthetic Replicating Retroviral Platform for Glioblastoma Viral Immunotherapy."

Arun Wiita, MD, PhD received a 2023 Catayst Award for a project, "Non-Myeloablative OR-Gated Car-T Cell Therapy for Acute Myeloid Leukemia."

Stephen Francis, PhD, MS received a 2023 Catayst Award for a project, "An Extracellular Vesicle Based Approach for Identifying High Risk Pancreatic Cyst Lesions."

Dengke Ma, PhD and Dean Sheppard, MD received a 2023 Catayst Award for a project, "Targeting TMEM-131 as a Novel Approach to Treating Pulmonary Fibrosis."

Congratulations to the 2022-2023 Clinical Nursing Research Grant Awardees: Teresa Cosgrove, RN; Ruby Ejercito, RN, BSM, Emely Alfaro, MS, CNS, OCN; Jung-Ja Hawker, RN-BC, BSN, PHN, OCN; Marissa Canote, RN; Christine Miaskowski, RN, PhD, FAAN.

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Shee K, Cowan JE, Balakrishnan A, Escobar D, Chang K, Washington SL 3rd, Nguyen HG, Shinohara K, Cooperberg MR, Carroll PR. Limited Relevance of the Very Low Risk Prostate Cancer Classification in the Modern Era: Results from a Large Institutional Active Surveillance Cohort. Eur Urol. 2023 Mar 2:S0302-2838(23)02622-2.

Schwartz CJ, Ruiz J, Bean GR, Sirohi D, Joseph NM, Hosfield EM, Jacobs TW, Mukhtar RA, Chen YY, Krings G. Triple-Negative Apocrine Carcinomas: Toward a Unified Group With Shared Molecular Features and Clinical Behavior. Mod Pathol. 2023 Feb 6;36(5):100125.

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Mar 24: Cancer Center Friday Seminar Series

John Kuriyan, PhD (Vanderbilt) will present, "Modulation of Allosteric Responses in ABL Fusion Proteins."

Mar 29: Bay Area Breast Cancer Forum

Please join Drs. Hope Rugo, Laura Huppert, and Dr. Michael Alvarado as they share updates from the San Antonio Breast Cancer Symposium (SABCS) that took place in December.

Mar 31 - Apr 2: UCSF SKY Happiness Retreat

The UCSF SKY Breath Meditation staff RCO is sponsoring a free stress management workshop for resiliency exclusively for UCSF faculty and staff. Reserve your spot.

Apr 26: Breast Oncology Program Scientific Seminar and Susan Samson Tribute

Part of the 28th annual Breast Oncology Program retreat, this in-person event will feature multiple speakers.

Apr 29: PurpleStride Walk to End Pancreatic Cancer: Join the UCSF Team

Join the UCSF PurpleStride team, led by Dr. Andrew Ko, in supporting PanCAN's mission to improve patient outcomes and increase awareness about pancreatic cancer!