news archive
2012
How Close Are We to an AIDS-Free Generation?
By John-Manuel Andriote, Atlantic (December 12, 2012)
The POZ 100: Accelerating the End of AIDS
POZ (December 2012)
World AIDS Day Symposium to Feature Emerging Investigators
USCF News (November 30, 2012)
Battle against AIDS Targets 12 U.S. Cities
CBS SF Bay Area (November 13, 2012)
Nation's HIV Research General Tony Fauci: Cure in "Discovery Phase"
By Ron Leuty, San Francisco Business Times (November 12, 2012)
AIDS Treatment Pioneer Reflects and Looks Forward
By LJ Anderson, Palo Alto Daily News (October 30, 2012)
NIH Awards $15 Million Grant to Continue UCSF-Gladstone AIDS Research
UCSF News (October 16, 2012)
Study: HIV, Food Insecurity Closely Linked
By Joe DeCapua, Voice of America (October 5, 2012)
Starting Antiretroviral Therapy Improves HIV-Infected Africans' Nutrition
UCSF News Release (October 2, 2012)
Also on The Body (October 4, 2012)
HIV Patients Aging Prematurely
By Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle (September 25, 2012)
AIDS Drug Creator Never Profited from His Discovery
NPR's All Things Considered (September 21, 2012)
$20 Million Gift Launches New Hub for Global Health at UCSF
UCSF News Release (September 19, 2012)
Analysis: Use of Pill to Prevent HIV May Be Limited in U.S.
By Deena Beasley for Reuters (September 7, 2012)
Better Food Seen as Key in AIDS Treatment
By Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle (August 22, 2012)
Handy HIV Tests Help More Learn Status
By Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle (August 12, 2012)
XIX International AIDS Conference news coverage
Click here for a complete list with links to full stories. (July 2–27, 2012)
HIV: Common Women's Condition Thought to Raise Risk
By Erin Allday, SF Chronicle (July 4, 2012)
Related story, Voice of America (June 29, 2012)
UCSF News Release (June 26, 2012)
Plea to End Transplant Ban between HIV Patients
By Erin Allday, SF Chronicle (July 2, 2012)
Heart Trouble Early and Often in HIV Patients
By Donald G. McNeil Jr., New York Times (June 18, 2012)
Traces of Virus in Man Cured of HIV Trigger Scientific Debate
By Richard Knox, NPR (June 13, 2012)
UCSF Researchers Identify a Potential New HIV Vaccine/Therapy Target
By Jeff Sheehy, UCSF (May 30, 2012)
The Face of the Cure
By Rob Waters, San Francisco Magazine (May 21, 2012)
In Focus: HIV/AIDS in 2012
UCSF (March 23, 2012)
Studies See Link between HIV and Abuse among Women
By Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle (March 23, 2012)
Trauma Fuels HIV Epidemic among Women
By Shuka Kalantari, KQED (March 20, 2012)
White House Names San Francisco HIV/AIDS Leader to National Post
By Jeff Sheehy, UCSF (March 14, 2012)
2011
Person of the Year 2011: People Who Mattered—Dr. Robert Grant
By Alice Park, TIME (December 14, 2011)
Treatment as Prevention: How the New Way to Control HIV Came to Be
By Alice Park, TIME (December 1, 2011)
Just 1 in 4 with HIV Have Infection Under Control
By Mike Stobbe, Washington Times (November 29, 2011)
New Hope of a Cure for HIV
By Andrew Pollack, New York Times (November 28, 2011)
UCSF Tapped for U.S. National AIDS Strategy Initiative
By Jeff Sheehy, UCSF (October 25, 2011)
HRSA Awards $5.1 Million to Bolster HIV/AIDS Training and Technical Assistance Programs
HRSA (September 7, 2011)
HIV Infections Spike in Young, Gay Black Men
KQED (August 4, 2011)
AIDS: Emphasis of Research, Funding Shifts to Cure
By Erin Allday, SF Chronicle (July 18, 2011)
UCSF Receives Additional Grand Challenge Explorations Funding
By Jeff Sheehy, UCSF (July 13, 2011)
Gladstone to Receive $5.6 Million in Federal Funds to Seek a Cure for AIDS
By Jeff Sheehy, UCSF (July 12, 2011)
Big Bolus for HIV/AIDS Cure Research
By Jon Cohen, UCSF (July 11, 2011)
Premature Aging Seen as Issue for AIDS Survivors
By Lisa Leff, Associated Press (June 12, 2011)
UCSF Marks Three Decades of AIDS
(June 5, 2011)
Other news coverage in observance of 30 years of AIDS and UCSF's role
The Man Who Had HIV and Now Does Not
By Tina Rosenberg, New York (May 29, 2011)
The Emerging Race to Cure HIV Infections
By Jon Cohen, Science (May 13, 2011)
Groundbreaking Trial Results Confirm HIV Treatment Prevents Transmission of HIV
WHO/UNAIDS (May 12, 2011)
HIV Rate in SF Could Be Cut Sharply with Expanded Treatment, Study Predicts
By Jeff Sheehy (April 13, 2011)
Related story, San Francisco Chronicle (April 16, 2011)
Related story, Bay Area Reporter (April 14, 2011)
A New Push to Let HIV Patients Accept Organs That Are Infected
By Pam Belluck, New York Times (April 11, 2011)
Top Scientists Unite to Develop Global Scientific Strategy towards an HIV Cure
International AIDS Society (February 28, 2011)
Sangamo's Bet against AIDS: Gene Therapy—Inspired by One Man's Cure, the Biotech Tweaks Patients' Genes
By Rob Waters, Bloomberg Businessweek (February 10, 2011)
Sharing the News: Dating When You Have an Illness
By Jessica Yadegaran, Contra Costa Times (February 2, 2011)
2010
Advances on the AIDS Front
New York Times editorial (December 2, 2010)
Use of HIV Medications Reduces Risk of HIV Infection in Uninfected People
Gladstone News (November 23, 2010)
Full article in New England Journal of Medicine
New York Times story (November 23, 2010)
Related story, Time.com (December 9, 2010)
Commentary in Nature Medicine (April 7, 2011)
Kidney Transplants Found Safe in HIV Patients
By Gene Emery, Reuters
(November 18, 2010)
Advocates Deserve Room at the Decision-Making Table
By Jeff Sheehy, Nature Medicine (October 2010)
UCSF and Kenya Medical Research Institute Funded to Expand HIV Care and Support
PDF
(August 17, 2010)
Study Pinpoints How a Normally Defensive Immune Response Can
Help HIV
PDF
(May 19, 2010)
Life Span of HIV Patients Focus of UCSF Symposium
By Lyanne Melendez, ABC 7 News
(May 18, 2010)
UCSF Symposium Seeks Insights into HIV and Aging
PDF
(May 12, 2010)
UCSF Ranks among Top Five Medical Schools in New U.S. News Survey
PDF
(April 15, 2010)
SF Health Officials Advise Early Treatment for People with HIV
By Liz Highleyman, Bay Area Reporter
(April 15, 2010)
New Treatment Guidelines for HIV and AIDS Patients
Hosted by Kelly Wilkinson, KQED Radio News
(April 5, 2010)
City Endorses New Policy for Treatment of HIV
By Sabin Russell, The New York Times
(April 2, 2010)
UCSF Study Finds Clinic-Based HIV Prevention Is Effective in Reducing Risk Behaviors
PDF
(March 24, 2010)
Positive Prevention Toolkit Aims to Assist Global Training of HIV/AIDS Caregivers
PDF
(March 9, 2010)
Greenspan to Receive American Association for Dental Research Scientist Award
UCSF Today
(February 26, 2010)
UCSF Wins $1.15M Gates Foundation Grant for HIV Study
San Francisco Business Times
(February 17, 2010)
Study Integrating Family Planning and HIV Treatment & Care Funded by the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
PDF
(February 16, 2010)
AIDS Research Institute Nominates First Endowed Chair
UCSF Philanthropy Insider
(January 2010)
Study Warns of Drug-Resistant HIV Strains
By Erin Allday, San Francisco Chronicle
(January 15, 2010)
2009
UCSF Study Finds Routine HIV Screening in Community Health Centers Boosts HIV Testing
PDF
(December 14, 2009)
Event Pays Tribute to Pioneers and Newcomers in Fight against AIDS
By Robin Hindery, UCSF Today
(December 8, 2009)
Doctors Find Early Aging in HIV Patients
Reported by Kim Mulvihill, MD, San Francisco CBS 5
(December 1, 2009)
Federal Stimulus Funds Support Studies Geared to Improving HIV Care and Prevention
PDF
(November 11, 2009)
UCSF-Led Cycling Team Raises $80,000 to Fund AIDS Research
By Robin Hindery, UCSF Today
(September 9, 2009)
High HIV Infection Rate among Soweto Township Gays
PDF
(August 31, 2009)
UCSF Researchers Identify New Drug Target for Kaposi’s Sarcoma
By Kristen Bole, UCSF News Office
(July 29, 2009)
US AIDS Chief Lays Out Priorities
By Erika Check Hayden, Nature.com
PDF
(July 8, 2009)
Online Map Details HIV Prevalence in Each State
By Victoria Colliver, SFGate.com
(June 22, 2009)
Early Treatment with Anti-AIDS Drugs Cuts Death Rate in Half
By Rob Waters, Bloomberg.com
(May 18, 2009)
Cancer-Causing Virus Associated with Higher Risk of New HIV Infection
PDF
(April 30, 2009)
President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts
PDF
(April 27, 2009)
Looking for Love and Finding AIDS
By Susan Donaldson James, ABC News
(April 24, 2009)
UCSF HIV/AIDS Training Program Successfully Promotes Diversity
PDF
(April 23, 2009)
UCSF Transgender Program Receives Grant
By Cynthia Laird, Ebar.com
(April 2, 2009)
Early Use of AIDS Drugs Cuts Patients’ Risk of Death
By Rob Waters, Bloomberg.com
(April 1, 2009)
UCSF Transgender HIV Prevention Center Funded to Provide Primary Care Information
PDF
(March 12, 2009)
Barriers to Adoption of Electronic Personal Health Records Outlined
PDF
(March 10, 2009)
Using Hair to Manage HIV/AIDS and Predict Treatment Success
PDF
(March 3, 2009)
Effective Mentoring Critical to HIV/AIDS Research Efforts
PDF
(February 26, 2009)
UCSF Symposium Considers Biomedical Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention
PDF
(February 12, 2009)
Stem Cells Cut AIDS Virus in Patient, Ending Need for Drugs
By Rob Waters, Bloomberg.com
(February 11, 2009)
Transfer of Mother’s Cells Molds Baby’s Immunity
By Amanda Schaffer, New York Times
(February 2, 2009)
CDC Recognizes UCSF’s Research as Critical to HIV Prevention
PDF
(January 27, 2009)
Why the U.S. Must Lead on Global HIV and TB Treatment
By Diane V. Havlir, San Francisco Chronicle
(January 13, 2009)
2008
Study Offers Insights about Development of the Human Immune System
PDF
(December 4, 2008)
New Hope for HIV Treatment: Cells Exhausted from Fighting HIV Infection Can Be Revitalized
PDF
(November 10, 2008)
Study Examines Repeated Exposure to HIV in Treatment-Suppressed HIV Patients
PDF
(October 23, 2008)
Researchers Urge Integrating TB into HIV Care
PDF
(July 22, 2008)
What Works to Prevent HIV among Heterosexual African-Americans?
PDF
(June 30, 2008)
Video Doc Helps HIV-Positive Patients Reduce Risky Behaviors
PDF
(April 22, 2008)
2007
NIH Doubles Support for Vital HIV/AIDS Research Center
PDF
(November 1, 2007)
NIH Grant Supports UCSF Research Exploring Early HIV Infection
PDF
(October 8, 2007)
Ban of Use of Sperm from HIV-Positive Men
under Review: Bill Pending to Let Fertility Clinics Use "Washed" Specimens
By Greg Lucas, San Francisco Chronicle, Sacramento Bureau
(March 27, 2007)
Related story (March 29, 2007)
S.F. Scientists Find Way to Halt Malaria in Kids
By Sabin Russell, San Francisco Chronicle
(February 28, 2007)
Related story by Lawrence Altman in the New
York Times (March 1, 2007)
Emerging Drugs Show Promise against HIV PDF
By Marilyn Chase and Jacob Goldstein, Wall Street Journal
(February 28, 2007)
Research Supports Medicinal Marijuana
By Rick Weiss, Washington Post
(February 13, 2007)
UCSF story (February 12, 2007)
Hopes for an AIDS Cure Remain Alive
By E.J. Mundell, Washington Post HealthDay
(January 4, 2007)
AIDS Drug Offers Hope, but Too Late for One Man
By James Ricci, Los Angeles Times
(January 2, 2007)
2006
UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies Marks 20 Years
(November 2, 2006)
What We Can Learn from the Elite Controllers
By Gail Dutton, The Scientist
(November 1, 2006)
Gladstone Investigators Identify a New Protective Action for the Powerful Anti-HIV Factor APOBEC3G
PDF (October 2, 2006)
UCSF Scientists Discuss Impact of Circumcision, Cervical Protection on Spread of AIDS
(August 17, 2006)
The Ones HIV Left in Limbo: Salvage Therapy Is the Last Resort of a Largely Unknown and Unlucky Minority
Who Began Treatment before Multidrug "Cocktails"
By James Ricci, Los Angeles Times PDF
(January 19, 2006)
Viral "Fitness" Explains Different Resistance Patterns to AIDS Drugs
PDF
(January 10, 2006)
2005
Women’s Global Health Scientist Receives 2004 Presidential Early Career Award
(June 13, 2005)
Gladstone Investigators Discover How Resting T Cells Avoid HIV Infection—Finding Could Lead to New Therapeutic Strategies
(April 13, 2005)
Teens Believe Oral Sex Is Safer, More Acceptable to Peers
(April 4, 2005)
UCSF Schools of Pharmacy and Medicine Rank among Nation's Best in Annual Survey; First in AIDS Medicine
(April 1, 2005)
"Women, Poverty, and HIV" Is Focus of UCSF International Women's Day Briefing on March 8th
(March 7, 2005)
2004
Gladstone Institutes Dedicates Mission Bay Research Building
(December 6, 2004)
UCSF ARI World AIDS Day Concert on December 1 Features Gay Men's Chorus
and Remembrance, Hope, and Thanks
(November 29, 2004)
UCSF Event on December 14 Supports HIV/AIDS Treatment for Ugandans
(November 24, 2004)
UCSF Receives $21 Million NIH Contract for Sexually Transmitted Infection Research
(November 4, 2004)
ARI Leader among Six UCSF Faculty Elected to Institute of Medicine
(October 18, 2004)
New Internet Resource Facilitates International HIV/AIDS Healthcare Provider Training
(October 18, 2004)
Public Invited to Day in the Park with UCSF Positive Health on October 15
(October 6, 2004)
Gladstone Investigator Mike McCune Wins Prestigious NIH Director's Pioneer Award
(September 29, 2004)
The Future of HIV Therapeutics Is Brightening, According to Gladstone Institutes Director
(August 27, 2004)
A Model for Treatment
By Diane V. Havlir and Robert M. Grant, San Francisco Chronicle editorial (August 11, 2004)
Aging HIV Patients May Be at Risk for Dementia, Study Shows
(July 20, 2004)
HIV Clinician Fatalism Hinders "Prevention for Positives" Counseling
(July 15, 2004)
Gladstone Study Finds No Evidence of Superinfection among Highly Exposed HIV+ Couples
(July 14, 2004)
Mobile HIV Testing Program Removes Barriers to Testing in Sub-Saharan Africa
(July 14, 2004)
Africans Take Anti-HIV Meds at a Higher Rate than Many Anticipated
(July 13, 2004)
Some HIV Patients Treated During Early Infection Test Negative
(July 12, 2004)
Young Gay Men Experience High Rates of Anti-gay Violence and Harassment
(June 29, 2004)
"Women, Children, and HIV" Educational CD-ROM to Be Distributed at International AIDS Conference
(June 25, 2004)
Media Briefing on Wednesday, June 23, Will Preview XV International AIDS Conference in Bangkok
(June 16, 2004)
Newsom Names Long-Time Community Advocate Jeff Sheehy as His AIDS Advisor
PDF (June 10, 2004)
Biotechnology Essential to Medical Progress
Editorial by Dr. Jay A. Levy, San Francisco Chronicle PDF (June 8, 2004)
Key Immune System Cell Reduces Secretion of Defense Protein in HIV-Associated Dementia Patients
(May 18, 2004)
HIV Intersects with Reproductive Biology at UCSF Seminar
(May 20, 2004)
Levy Honored with 2004 Abbott Laboratories Award in Clinical and Diagnostic Immunology
PDF (April 23, 2004)
Most SF HIV-Infected Urban Poor Have Hepatitis C; Few Treated for It
(April 2, 2004)
UCSF School of Medicine Ranks among Nation's Best in Annual Survey; First in AIDS Medicine
(April 2, 2004)
HIV-Infected Have Thicker Cartoid Artery Wall: Predictor of Heart Attack and Stroke
(March 18, 2004)
"Women, Poverty, and the Global AIDS Epidemic" Is Focus of International Women's Day Briefing on March 8th
(March 2, 2004)
New UCSF AIDS Research Institute Director Appointed
(February 5, 2004)
UCSF Launches Comprehensive HIV Website in South Africa
(February 2, 2004)
Researchers Say Change in Social Policies Could Help Reduce High Rate of Depression in Men Who Have Sex with Men
(February 1, 2004)
Black Tar Heroin Use Explains Lower HIV Levels among Injection Drug Users in the Western U.S.
(January 27, 2004)