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https://tiny.ucsf.edu/fgCWBz - A simple greeting can spark a connection. Sophia Zamudio-Hass, Division of Prevention Sci...
10/23/2026

https://tiny.ucsf.edu/fgCWBz - A simple greeting can spark a connection. Sophia Zamudio-Hass, Division of Prevention Science (DPS), Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), shows how UCSF’s Gender Recognition and Lived Name Policy empowers transgender and gender-expansive individuals, benefiting everyone.

How can addressing social isolation and loneliness become part of health care?UCSF’s Ashwin Kotwal, MD, explores social ...
10/23/2026

How can addressing social isolation and loneliness become part of health care?

UCSF’s Ashwin Kotwal, MD, explores social prescribing—connecting people with social and community resources as part of a patient-centered approach to care.

Drawing on his experience in geriatrics and palliative care, Dr. Kotwal discusses how social connection can support health and well-being among older adults, and what health systems need to make social prescribing work in practice.

Read “Social Prescribing: A Geriatrician’s Perspective” in Generations Today:
https://generations.asaging.org/social-prescribing-geriatricians-perspective/

https://youtu.be/DlIqdiCCppU - WEBINAR. Criteria for Evaluating and Justifying Qualitative Research Methods in the Heal...
10/21/2026

https://youtu.be/DlIqdiCCppU - WEBINAR. Criteria for Evaluating and Justifying Qualitative Research Methods in the Health Sciences. 'Big tent’ criteria for evaluating and justifying qualitative research methods in health sciences manuscripts and grant applications.

Quantitatively trained researchers are often asked to evaluate qualitative proposals and manuscripts without necessarily having the tools to do so, and many qualitatively trained researchers could better communicate the rigor of their methods to reviewers with peer-reviewed criteria. Therefore, having a shared ‘toolbox’ of criteria to draw from benefits, everyone.

In the first hour, the lecture is on published criteria for rigorous qualitative research.

Presenters. Kim Koester, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine, UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS), UCSF Prevention Science.

Julia McQuoid, Ph.D. - Assistant Professor, Department of Family and Preventive Medicine TSET Health Promotion Research Center (HPRC)
University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center (OUHSC).

This workshop is organized by the UCSF Qualitative Working Group, the Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) Methods Core, and the OUHSC TSET Health Promotion Research Center.

https://youtu.be/SiVYWZq3coY - TOWN HALL VIDEO. Black Americans' Health and Healthcare Experiences: Understanding the Pa...
10/21/2026

https://youtu.be/SiVYWZq3coY - TOWN HALL VIDEO. Black Americans' Health and Healthcare Experiences: Understanding the Past and Present to Create a More Equitable Future.

Historically and presently, Black Americans endure disproportionately worse health outcomes and discrimination in healthcare. First, I will present data (including a nationally representative sample) that assesses the influence of the quality of healthcare experiences on medical trust and early COVID-19 vaccination hesitancy in Black Americans. Next, this presentation deeply examines the specific context and experiences in physician-Black patient interactions that may erode medical trust. This is done in a qualitative study conducted with Black American women with breast cancer, a group with repeated exposure to the medical community. Also, I will discuss research that tests how learning about the stories of Black American experiences in healthcare can increase White American perspective-taking. Implications for how medical institutions can build trust with the Black community by acknowledging and addressing injustice in the healthcare system will be discussed.

Dr. Kimberly J. Martin is a University of California President's Postdoctoral Scholar in the Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences at UC San Francisco. She earned her Ph.D. in Social Psychology from UCLA and her B.A. in Psychology, with honors and high distinction, from UC Berkeley. Her research centers on the impact of inequity and the importance of history to current experiences, perceptions & mental/physical health outcomes of minoritized people. Specifically, much of her research looks at the experiences of Black Americans in the healthcare system. It tests how to improve outcomes for Black Americans by increasing the acknowledgment of and support for addressing racism.

CAPS/DPS/PRC Town Hall. The CAPS Developmental Core hosts this presentation. Town Hall Chair: Parya Saberi, PharmD

Can prediction tools help clinicians identify patients who may benefit from PrEP?In a new AI4HIV presentation, Julia Mar...
10/19/2026

Can prediction tools help clinicians identify patients who may benefit from PrEP?

In a new AI4HIV presentation, Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH, explores the implementation of HIV prediction models and clinical decision support at the point of care.

Prediction Tools for PrEP: Implementation at the Point of Care

How can prediction tools help clinicians identify patients who may benefit from PrEP—and support implementation in real-world healthcare settings?

In this AI4HIV presentation, Julia Marcus, PhD, MPH, Associate Professor at Harvard Medical School and Harvard Pilgrim Health Care Institute, discusses the use of HIV prediction models and electronic decision support tools to improve PrEP prescribing at the point of care.

Dr. Marcus’s research focuses on improving PrEP implementation and addressing gaps and inequities across the PrEP continuum. Her current NIH-funded work includes a randomized trial of an electronic decision support tool with an embedded HIV prediction model, implementation of long-acting injectable PrEP, and research on the feasibility and acceptability of over-the-counter PrEP.

▶️ Watch the presentation: https://youtu.be/-LedTgCmeeM

This presentation is hosted by the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies (CAPS) Developmental Core. AI4HIV is a speaker series exploring applications of AI for HIV prevention, supported by a Boost award from the UCSF Center for AIDS Research (CFAR).

Town Hall Chair: Parya Saberi, PharmD

Y2TEC is a tech-based mental health intervention designed for youth living with HIV. Developed by researchers at CAPS/PR...
10/19/2026

Y2TEC is a tech-based mental health intervention designed for youth living with HIV. Developed by researchers at CAPS/PRC UCSF, Y2TEC uses weekly video counseling and text messaging to support young adults (18-29) with mental health, substance use, and staying engaged in HIV care. 💬

Ready to improve outcomes at your organization? Plan and implement the Y2TEC program to scale up care and support for those who need it most.

Learn more about how Y2TEC can make a difference today. https://y2tec.ucsf.edu/

Moupali has dedicated her entire career to HIV—from Harvard to UCSF to UC Berkeley MPH—and has helped accelerate access ...
10/16/2026

Moupali has dedicated her entire career to HIV—from Harvard to UCSF to UC Berkeley MPH—and has helped accelerate access to groundbreaking tools like Truvada for adolescents and compassionate-use remdesivir for kids and pregnant women.

https://youtu.be/kO2OETQnC5s - VIDEO. Prevention with PURPOSE: An Update on Long Acting Lenacapavir for HIV PrEP. Moupali Das, MD, MPH. Vice President of Clinical Development, HIV Prevention and Virology Pediatrics. Gilead Sciences.

Moupali Das, MD, MPH, is Vice President, Clinical Development, HIV Prevention and Virology Pediatrics, at Gilead Sciences. She is an Infectious Diseases/HIV trained physician with background in academic medicine and public health.

Moupali has committed her entire educational and professional career to HIV. After completing her A.B. in Biochemical Sciences at Harvard College, medical school and internal medicine residency training at Columbia University and New York Presbyterian Hospital, she came to University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) for fellowship training in Infectious Diseases, HIV prevention fellowship (is a proud CAPS alumna), and to University of California, Berkeley for her MPH in Epidemiology.

Moupali is a stalwart champion accelerating access to innovative products, such as spearheading adding the adolescent indication to Truvada for PrEP and evaluating remdesivir compassionate use in children and pregnant women. For the past approximately five years, Moupali has led the PURPOSE program and HIV Prevention Clinical Development with passion and empathy, revolutionizing how we develop drugs, innovating in the science and health equity, and laying the groundwork for global access.

Moupali received the 2025 Mani L. Bhaumik Breakthrough of the Year Prize on behalf of Gilead Sciences team members working on lenacapavir, along with scientist Wes Sundquist and global advocate, Yvette Raphael.
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adz2598
https://www.newyorker.com/news/the-lede/the-drug-that-could-revolutionize-the-fight-against-hiv

This presentation is hosted by CAPS/DPS Town Hall and the CAPS Developmental Core.

Town Hall Co-Chairs: Parya Saberi, PharmD and John Sauceda, PhD, MSc, CAPS Dev Core Co-Directors

A CAPS/DPS Town Hall.

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From mobile vans to community spaces, researchers are finding creative ways to make HIV care accessible. Explore these g...
10/16/2026

From mobile vans to community spaces, researchers are finding creative ways to make HIV care accessible. Explore these groundbreaking ideas in the INSIGHTS Lecture Series!

🌟 INSIGHTS Lecture Series: Innovative HIV Research in Non-Traditional Settings 🌟

Are you curious about groundbreaking ways to improve HIV care outside of clinics? Join us for the INSIGHTS Lecture Series by the CAPS Developmental Core! This series highlights innovative HIV research happening in non-traditional settings like pharmacies, mobile vans, patients' homes, and community spaces.

Discover how these approaches are making HIV prevention and treatment more accessible and effective—helping enhance PrEP and ART adherence without relying on clinic visits.

Watch the full playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEKyx7aLX1SSLtuRYLpUXFFvj-bVee-VE

Brought to you by the UCSF CFAR Boost Award.

Qualitative Data Analysis Training: Organizing & Interpreting Qualitative Data.How do you move from a large collection o...
10/14/2026

Qualitative Data Analysis Training: Organizing & Interpreting Qualitative Data.

How do you move from a large collection of qualitative data to meaningful, well-supported insights?

Join the UCSF Division of Prevention Science and BESST Behavioral and Social Science Training Institute for an intensive, three-day, in-person training focused on the practical skills needed to organize, code and interpret qualitative data.

Led by Kim Koester, PhD, and Michael Duke, PhD, the workshop combines mini lectures, group discussions and extensive hands-on work with qualitative data.

Participants will explore:
• Qualitative data coding and organization
• Developing meaningful coding frameworks
• Codebooks, memos and summary tables
• Individual and team-based coding strategies
• Moving from organized data to interpretation and insight

The workshop will use Dedoose, but the principles and strategies covered are applicable across qualitative analysis software platforms.

📅 November 4–6, 2026
📍 UCSF Mission Bay Campus
Cost: $2,230 UC affiliates | $2,966 non-UC affiliates

➡️ Register: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_881EEAkIuOCn3ee
Questions? [email protected]

Spark new ideas for your health research! 🌟 UCSF’s GIS seminar introduces mapping tools to enhance spatial analysis. Per...
10/14/2026

Spark new ideas for your health research! 🌟 UCSF’s GIS seminar introduces mapping tools to enhance spatial analysis. Perfect for beginners!

https://youtu.be/_FFMyGrwkA8 - TOWN HALL VIDEO. Join us for a Health Research and GIS/Mapping at UCSF seminar on geographic information systems (GIS) at UCSF, featuring UCSF GIS Manager Mono Simeone.

This seminar provides a brief overview of GIS mapping software resources and related work at UCSF, with the goal of sparking broader utilization of these methodological and analytical resources within our health research programs. The workshop will be most useful for people who are not familiar with spatial approaches to health research.

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