Connecting the UCSF cancer community with education, mentoring, and career development across all trainee levels.

Physician Scientist Program in Clinical Oncology Seminars Thursdays 2pm-4pm

April 25 - Maximizing the Impact of Your Work - Using Twitter (X) in Science and Medicine

May 9, IN-PERSON - Leveraging Philanthropy to Build and Sustain Your Research Program



May 16 - Building Your Research Portfolio and Keeping it in the Black

Open to fellows and early career faculty

Mentor a High School Student!

The Cure Internship for underrepresented high school juniors, is seeking faculty, postdocs or graduate student mentors this summer.

• Interns must be supervised directly Monday – Thursday from June 10 – August 2, 2024. 
• Mentoring teams encouraged so daily supervision can be divided between 2 mentors (for those who aren’t in the lab every day). 
• For each intern, mentors will receive a $500 stipend. Email Jennifer Seuferer if interested.

HDFCCC's Office of Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Access (DEIA)

DEIA Needs Assessment - Please help us understand the needs of the HDFCCC Community

Funding Opportunities:

• Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility Mini-Grants. Due March 15. More info/apply
• School of Medicine Dean's Diversity Fund. Due March 29. More info/apply

Events:

• March 13 - How Does Diversity Impact Innovation in Team Science? NIH Seminar. More info/registration
• March 18 - Faculty Mentoring Lunch Series with Dr. Tùng Nguyen. More info/registration
• May 3, SAVE THE DATE - Workshop for Values-based Leadership Development with Dr. Elba Moise, PhD. Dr. Moise will lead an interactive session focused on engaging in difficult conversations related to DEI.

Emerging Cancer Scholars Speaker: Andrew Blum, MD/PhD

Speaking at the Cancer Center Friday Seminar on March 15, 4-5pm.

Title: Oncogenic TGFβ Signaling: A Novel Therapeutic Vulnerability in Esophageal Adenocarcinoma

Open to all

UCSF Department of Epidemiology & Biostatistics Career Development Courses

• Training in Reproducible Research on Aging for Social Science and Epidemiology (TRASE) 
• Training in Clinical & Epidemiologic Research
• Health Data Science
• Implementation Science

Other Career Development Opportunities

• Society for Immunotherapy of Cancer (SITC) Women in Cancer Immunotherapy Network Leadership Institute - Aug. 8-9, 2024
• AACR Cancer Disparities Research Fellowships - Applications due April 16 at 1pm
• 6th Annual LEAD Conference - Designed for women in oncology and hematology - Sept. 27-28