A-Z List of ARI Programs Adult AIDS Clinical Trials Group (AACTG) AIDS Action Network (UCSF student AIDS advocacy group) AIDS and Cancer Specimen Resource (ACSR) AIDS Education and Training Centers (AETC) National Resource Center AIDS Health Project AIDS Policy Research Center AIDS Research Institute at UCSF Laboratory of Clinical Virology AIDS Specimen Bank

ASPIRE (AIDS Services—Prevention, Interventions, Research, and Education) Bay Area Perinatal AIDS Center (BAPAC) Blood Systems Research Institute (BSRI) Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) Center for HIV Information (CHI) Cochrane Collaborative Review Group on HIV Infection and AIDS Community Consortium Craik Laboratory Drug Research Unit at San Francisco General Hospital FACES (Family AIDS Care and Education Services) Francis J. Curry National TB Center General Clinical Research Center (GCRC) at SFGH Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology HIV InSite Intl Center of HIV/AIDS Research & Clinical Training in Nursing International Training and Education Center on HIV (I-TECH) Junior Faculty AIDS Researchers Laboratory of Raul Andino Laboratory of Tumor and AIDS Virus Research Moffitt/Mt. Zion General Clinical Research Genter (GCRC) National HIV/AIDS Clinicians' Consultation Center (NCCC) Options Project Osher Center for Integrative Medicine Pacific AIDS Education and Training Center (PAETC) Pediatric Clinical Research Center Positive Health Program at SFGH Positive Health Program Education Unit Prevention and Public Health Group San Francisco Area (UCSF) AIDS Education and Training Center (AETC) San Francisco Department of Public Health, AIDS Office San Francisco Department of Public Health, HIV Research Section 360: The Positive Care Center at UCSF UCSF Global Health Sciences UCSF Nursing HIV/AIDS Center UCSF-GIVI Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) Veterans Affairs Medical Center HIV Clinical Research Program Women's HIV Interdisciplinary Network Women's HIV Program at UCSF Women's Interagency HIV Study (WIHS)

news & events

Federal Stimulus Funds Support Studies Geared to Improving HIV Care and Prevention

UCSF HIV researchers have received two NIH grants of $1 million each to study the use of web-based, patient controlled personal health records to improve health and HIV prevention outcomes for HIV positive patients. UCSF News Release. PDF (November 5, 2009)

UCSF-led Cycling Team Raises $80,000 to Fund AIDS Research

By Robin Hindery, UCSF Today
For seven days in August, a team of 13 UCSF staff and supporters bicycled 560 miles through sweltering heat, driving rain and a tornado to raise $80,000 to support AIDS research at UCSF. Full story on UCSF Today. (September 9, 2009)

High HIV Infection Rate Among Soweto Township Gays

New research from UCSF examining HIV among men who have sex with men (MSM) in the township of Soweto in South Africa has found that a third of gay-identified men are infected with HIV. UCSF News Release. PDF (August 31, 2009)

UCSF Researchers Identify New Drug Target for Kaposi’s Sarcoma

By Kristen Bole, UCSF News Office
UCSF researchers have identified a new potential drug target for the herpes virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma, re-opening the possibility of using the class of drugs called protease inhibitors against the full herpes family of viruses, which for 20 years has been deemed too difficult to attain. Full story on UCSF News Office. (July 29, 2009)

US AIDS Chief Lays Out Priorities

By Erika Check Hayden, Nature.com
The new head of the US President's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief (PEPFAR) takes the reins of the sometimes controversial programme just as the global economic slump has made the job more difficult than ever. Full story. PDF (July 8, 2009)

Online Map Details HIV Prevalence in Each State

By Victoria Colliver, SFGate.com
It's not surprising that San Francisco is among the top 20 counties with the highest AIDS and HIV prevalence, but a new national online map shows the Georgia counties of Fulton and DeKalb as well as Virginia's Petersburg County also make the list. Full story on SFGate.com. (June 22, 2009)

Early Treatment with Anti-AIDS Drugs Cuts Death Rate in Half

By Rob Waters, Bloomberg.com
Prescribing powerful antiviral drugs to patients with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, even as they’re being treated for pneumonia or cancer, cuts their death rate, a study found. Full story on Bloomberg.com. (May 18, 2009)

Cancer-Causing Virus Associated with Higher Risk of New HIV Infection

Infection with anal human papillomavirus (HPV), a virus that can cause anal and cervical cancers, is associated with a higher risk of new HIV infection in previously HIV-negative men who have sex with men (MSM), according to new UCSF research. UCSF News Release. PDF (April 30, 2009)

President Obama Announces More Key Administration Posts

Today, President Barack Obama announced his intent to nominate the following individuals for key administration posts: Eric Goosby, Ambassador at Large and Global AIDS Coordinator, Department of State; and Paul N. Stockton, Assistant Secretary of Defense (Homeland Defense and Americas' Security Affairs), Department of Defense. White House Press Release. PDF (April 27, 2009)

Looking for Love and Finding AIDS

By Susan Donaldson James, ABC News
This ABC News story about social networking sites and HIV quotes Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) researchers. Full story on ABC News. (April 24, 2009)

UCSF HIV/AIDS Training Program Successfully Promotes Diversity

The Visiting Professor Program at UCSF is described as a national model for research training that promotes the success of scientists conducting innovative research in minority communities in a paper appearing in the April 2009 issue of the American Journal of Public Health. UCSF News Release. PDF (April 23, 2009)

UCSF Transgender Program Receives Grant

By Cynthia Laird, Ebar.com
The UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention has received a grant from the California Endowment that will expand access to information and resources around health care for transgender people. Full story on Ebar.com. (April 2, 2009)

Early Use of AIDS Drugs Cuts Patients’ Risk of Death

By Rob Waters, Bloomberg.com
Patients who start antiviral drugs before their immune systems are damaged by the AIDS virus substantially cut their risk of death, according to a study published today in the New England Journal of Medicine. Full story on Bloomberg.com. (April 1, 2009)

UCSF Transgender HIV Prevention Center Funded to Provide Primary Care Information

The UCSF Center of Excellence for Transgender HIV Prevention (CoE) has received a grant from The California Endowment that will expand access to information and resources on providing culturally competent health care to transgender individuals. UCSF News Release. PDF (March 12, 2009)

Barriers to Adoption of Electronic Personal Health Records Outlined

Interest in personal health records as an electronic tool to manage health information is increasing dramatically. UCSF News Release. PDF (March 10, 2009)

Using Hair to Manage HIV/AIDS and Predict Treatment Success

UCSF researchers have found that examining levels of antiretroviral drugs in hair samples taken from HIV patients on therapy strongly predicts treatment success. UCSF News Release. PDF (March 3, 2009)

Effective Mentoring Critical to HIV/AIDS Research Efforts

An innovative mentoring program at the UCSF-Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology Center for AIDS Research is providing vital support for the development of the next generation of HIV/AIDS researchers and clinician scientists. UCSF News Release. PDF (February 26, 2009)

UCSF Symposium Considers Biomedical Approaches to HIV/AIDS Prevention

New and emerging biomedical approaches to HIV/AIDS prevention will be the focus of a daylong symposium on February 24 sponsored by the UCSF-Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology Center for AIDS Research (CFAR) and the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies. UCSF News Release. PDF (February 12, 2009)

Stem Cells Cut AIDS Virus in Patient, Ending Need for Drugs

By Rob Waters, Bloomberg.com
A German AIDS patient was able to stop drugs he had been taking for 10 years after getting a transplant of stem cells from a donor with a rare gene variant known to resist the deadly disease. Full story in Bloomberg.com. (February 11, 2009)

Transfer of Mother’s Cells Molds Baby’s Immunity

By Amanda Schaffer, New York Times
Researchers have long wondered how pregnant women might shape their fetuses’ development — by protecting them against later disease, perhaps, or instilling an appreciation of Mozart. Full story in the New York Times. (February 2, 2009)

CDC Recognizes UCSF’s Research as Critical to HIV Prevention

Two HIV prevention interventions developed by UCSF researchers have been selected as additions to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention’s 2008 Compendium of Evidence-based HIV Prevention Interventions. UCSF News Release. PDF (January 27, 2009)

Why the U.S. must lead on global HIV and TB treatment

By Diane V. Havlir, San Francisco Chronicle
As we consider the mission of the next secretary of state, we must remember that U.S. diplomacy and global security also require strong leadership to advance the causes of global health. Full story in the San Francisco Chronicle. (January 13, 2009)