Gabriel Chamie received the 2020 Research Award from the HIV Medicine Association.

Helen Kao received the 2020 Elizabeth Wessinger Award from the Oregon Hospice and Palliative Care Association.

Alex Marson and Oren Rosenberg received the 2020 Excellence in Research Award from the Laboratory for Genomics Research.

Arun Padmanabhan received the Sarnoff Scholar Award from the Sarnoff Cardiovascular Research Foundation.

The recipients of the Bridges Curriculum Foundations 1 and 2 Teaching Awards are: Gurpreet Dhaliwal (Excellence in Innovative Teaching Modalities Award), James Frank (Outstanding Coach Award), and Mitchell Luu (Commitment to Teaching Award).

The Multi-disciplinary Advancement of Transplant-Centered Health (MATCH) Outcomes Research Center has been launched in partnership with the Division of Transplant Surgery. MATCH, led by nephrologist Elaine Ku, aims to improve clinical outcomes in liver or kidney transplant recipients and their living donors.

Vanessa Grubbs and Neil Powe were featured in a Consumer Reports article about race adjustment discrepancies in clinical algorithms.

Diane Havlir and Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo were highlighted in the SF Chronicle discussing UCSF’s free coronavirus testing initiative at San Francisco’s transportation hubs to aid low-income Latinos.

Franklin Huang and Sor Piawah co-wrote an op-ed in the SF Chronicle about racial disparities in Black colon cancer patients following Chadwick Boseman’s death.

Peter Chin-Hong was quoted in the SF Chronicle regarding Trump’s medical outlook after testing positive for the coronavirus. He was also quoted, along with Bob Wachter, in ABC7 News and SF Gate describing concerns over President Trump’s early hospital exit and potentially exposing others to Covid-19.

Alicia Fernandez was quoted in the New York Times advocating for unionized workforces to better protect employees from the coronavirus.

Annie Luetkemeyer was featured in the SF Chronicle and KRON4 regarding how UCSF researchers are testing a promising COVID-19 drug that could lessen symptoms and keep people out of the hospital.

Lekshmi Santhosh was featured on CNN and in the New York Times describing UCSF Health’s Post-Covid Optimal Clinic, where recovering patients receive post-Covid care.

Bob Wachter was featured in several media outlets (including Washington Post, Vanity Fair, Wired, SF Chronicle, SF Gate, KCBS Radio, and KQED) regarding Trump’s Covid-19 diagnosis, prognosis, treatment, and return to the White House. Wachter was highlighted in the elemental as one of 50 health and science experts to trust in a pandemic. He was also quoted, along with Michael Rabow, in the SF Chronicle describing how the next six months will bring new challenges, as individuals balance risk and exposure to Covid-19. Finally, he appeared on several national and international news shows, including Rachel Maddow, amJoy (MSNBC), CBS News, TMZ, BBC World Service, Times of London podcast, and the Australian Broadcast Corp.

Ethan Weiss was quoted in a New York Times article describing his concern that blood oxygen readings on the new Apple watch could upset people and lead them to take unnecessary tests.

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