Join UCSF experts at the COVID-19 Response Town Hall on Friday, June 4, at 4 p.m. via Zoom for a special discussion to mark 40 years of AIDS and how the fight against HIV shaped the COVID-19 response. June 5 marks 40 years since AIDS emerged in San Francisco. Recordings of all Friday COVID-19 town halls are posted online.
Join the Town Hall here: https://ucsf.zoom.us/j/97619873039?pwd=ZE4wTzlSOGVXVHJYQlhUbkdvbXpsUT09
Passcode: 513799
Since the beginning of the epidemic, many UCSF researchers and clinicians have stepped up to combat HIV/AIDS through innovative clinical care, education and research initiatives. Some of these efforts are detailed in the timeline here but we cannot possibly pay testament in a single email to all of your contributions over these many years. We want to acknowledge the many contributions from UCSF and our affiliates, in particular, the following:
- UCSF
- School of Medicine
- San Francisco VA Medical Center (with HIV Clinic)
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General (with Ward 86 HIV Clinic)
- UCSF Health at Parnassus (360 Clinic UCSF, Men of Color Program, Women’s HIV Program, etc.)
- Department of Medicine
- Division of HIV, ID, and Global Medicine at San Francisco General Hospital
- Division of Infectious Diseases at the VA Medical Center
- Division of Infectious Diseases at Parnassus
- Division of Experimental Medicine
- Division of Prevention Science
- Divisions of Pulmonary and Critical Care Medicine
- Divisions of Cardiology
- Divisions of Endocrinology
- Divisions of Gastroenterology
- Divisions of Hematology and Oncology
- Divisions of Geriatrics
- AIDS Research Institute
- Department of Dermatology
- Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics
- Department of Family Medicine
- Department of Laboratory Medicine
- Department of Neurology
- Department of OB/GYN
- Department of Pediatrics
- Department of Psychiatry
- Department of Radiology
- Department of Surgery
- Division of Transplantation Surgery
- Divisions of General Surgery
- School of Nursing
- Department of Community Health Systems
- Department of Social & Behavioral Sciences
- School of Dentistry
- Department of Orofacial Sciences
- School of Pharmacy
- Department of Clinical Pharmacy
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry
- Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences
- Institute for Global Health Sciences
- School of Medicine
- San Francisco Department of Public Health
- Gladstone Institutes
- Vitalant Research Institute
- California HIV/AIDS Research Program
We are grateful to help lead the amazing CFAR and ARI who have always been focused on cutting edge research for HIV and who – together with all of you – will help to end AIDS.
Sincerely,
CFAR Leadership:
Monica Gandhi*, Peter Hunt*, Mallory Johnson & Lauren Sterling
ARI Leadership Committee:
Diane Havlir, Susan Buchbinder, Carol Dawson-Rose, Steve Deeks, Marguerita Lightfoot, Melanie Ott, Rachel Rutishauser (*Also on ARI Leadership Committee)