Rony Francois, MD, PhD - Associate Member, Molecular Oncology

Timothy Judson, MD, MPH - Associate Member, Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy

Zoe Quandt, MD - Associate Member, Breast Oncology

Brian Shy, MD, PhD - Associate Member, Cancer Immunology & Immunotherapy

Julia Carnevale, MD received a V Foundation Translational Research Award.

Aram Lyu, PhD was named a 2023 Parker Scholar.

Henry VanBrocklin, PhD received the 2023 Paul C. Aebersold Award at the Society of Nuclear Medicine and Molecular Imaging (SNMMI) Annual Meeting in Chicago.

Tom Martin, MD received the Brian G.M. Durie Outstanding Achievement Award at the IMWG Summit 2023 in Frankfurt, Germany.

Cristina Brickman, MD and Elizabeth Stewart, RN received the Ernest H. Rosenbaum, MD, Commitment to Patient Care Award from the UCSF Symptom Management Service.

Bernardo Diaz and Mikela Barulich received the Isadora Rosenbaum Champion of Service Award from the UCSF Symptom Management Service.

Jun Caole received the Nancy Shepard Lopez UCSF/Bakar Cancer Hospital Palliative Care Service Award for Excellence from the UCSF Symptom Management Service.

Patrick Ha, MD received an anonymous gift of $500,000 to support his research and the Division of Head and Neck Oncologic Surgery.

Annette Molinaro, PhD, Sabine Mueller, MD, PhD, Jean Nakamura, MD, and Youngho Seo, PhD are participating investigators on a U54 award funded by the National Cancer Institute (PIs Haas-Kogan, Michor). Their project is entitled, "Radiation Oncology at the Interface of Pediatric Cancer Biology and Data Science."

UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals ranked among the nation’s best in 2023-24 and ranked best in Northern California in three pediatric specialty areas including cancer.

Congratulations to the recent recipients of HDFCCC WOW Awards: Melody Gawliu, Amy Li, Markee Miku, and Namrata Shetty!

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July 19: Bay Area Breast Cancer Forum

Dr. Hope Rugo will present updates from the 2023 American Society of Clinical Oncology (ASCO) annual meeting.

July 22: One More City Century Training Ride

One More City and Rapha San Francisco are leading a series of training rides to help UCSF cyclists prepare for a 100-mile bike ride in support of metastatic cancer research happening on October 21, 2023.

July 28: Benioff Initiative for Prostate Cancer Research Invited Speaker Series

Joshua Lang, MD, MS (University of Wisconsin) will present, "Disentangling Drivers of Treatment Resistance in Prostate Cancer Metastatic Niches."

Aug 1: UC Pancreatic Cancer Consortium Seminar Series

Dr. David Chang (University of Glasgow) will present, "Precision-Panc: national therapeutic development platform for pancreatic cancer."

Oct 6: Zena Werb Memorial Symposium

A symposium honoring the memory of Zena Werb, PhD. The event will feature scientific presentations and personal remembrances by three of Zena's former trainees.