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http://tiny.ucsf.edu/bAKjVo - Acknowledging Gender and S*x.  Curious about the ins and outs re: Trans inclusive language...
06/05/2026

http://tiny.ucsf.edu/bAKjVo - Acknowledging Gender and S*x. Curious about the ins and outs re: Trans inclusive language? Our course helps clinic staff and providers create a welcoming environment for transgender people. It is online and free. This course aims to help healthcare providers improve the overall health and well-being of transgender people.

Objectives:

• Demonstrate how to collect the two-step gender and s*x differentiation questions using appropriate language.

• Demonstrate appropriate language to explain to all patients why they are being asked separate questions about their gender and s*x.

• State at least three reasons the two-step gender and s*x method is essential.

• Describe at least three ways in which cultural competence in transgender care affects health outcomes for this population.

• Correctly identify transgender patients and ensure they receive appropriate medical attention.

Dr. Torsten B. Neilands has received the UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award! 👏Dr. Neilands is a Professor in t...
06/05/2026

Dr. Torsten B. Neilands has received the UCSF Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award! 👏

Dr. Neilands is a Professor in the Division of Prevention Science at UCSF and has been an exceptional mentor, statistician, and educator since joining UCSF in 2001. With a background in social and quantitative psychology, he has contributed to over 100 NIH, CDC, and state-funded projects in HIV prevention, reproductive health, aging, and more.

His commitment to mentoring early-career faculty—especially those working in communities disproportionately impacted by chronic conditions like HIV—has had a profound impact across UCSF and beyond. He currently leads two NIH research education programs to support and train the next generation of prevention researchers.

The Lifetime Achievement in Mentoring Award honors faculty who demonstrate exceptional, long-term dedication to mentoring and fostering the growth and success of others in the academic health sciences.

Learn more about the award: 🔗 https://facultyacademicaffairs.ucsf.edu/faculty-life/lifetime-achievement-mentorship-awards

Congratulations, Tor! Your guidance and generosity have shaped countless careers.

E2i was a four-year project where 11 evidence-informed effective interventions were tested in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Progra...
06/03/2026

E2i was a four-year project where 11 evidence-informed effective interventions were tested in Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program-funded care settings and evaluated by PRC faculty and staff. The project produced multimedia toolkits to help HIV service delivery providers to adapt and implement the interventions.

Transgender Women

T.W.E.E.T. (Transgender Women Engagement and Entry to Care) - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/tweet-transgender-women-engagement-and-entry-care

Healthy Divas -
https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/healthy-divas

Black Men who have S*x with Men

TXTXT - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/txtxt

Project Connect - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/project-connect

Tailored Motivational Interviewing (TMI) - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/tailored-motivational-interviewing-tmi

Behavioral Health Integration

Screening, Brief Intervention, and Referral to Treatment (SBIRT) - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/tailored-motivational-interviewing-tmi

Buprenorphine Treatment for Opioid Use Disorder in HIV Primary Care - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/buprenorphine-treatment-opioid-use-disorder-hiv-primary-care

Collaborative Care Management (CoCM) - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/collaborative-care-management-cocm

Trauma-Informed Approach & Coordinated HIV Assistance and Navigation for Growth and Empowerment (TIA/CHANGE) - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/trauma-informed-approach-coordinated-hiv-assistance-and-navigation-growth-and

Cognitive Processing Therapy (CPT) - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/cognitive-processing-therapy-cpt

Seeking Safety - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/research-project/seeking-safety

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Robert W. Williams, III.  Chancellor Award for Public Service. A Lifelong Voice for HIV Awareness and Compassionate Care...
06/03/2026

Robert W. Williams, III. Chancellor Award for Public Service. A Lifelong Voice for HIV Awareness and Compassionate Care.

Robert has devoted his life to serving communities deeply affected by HIV. Through education, outreach, and advocacy, he has become a trusted voice in expanding awareness, connection, and access to care across the Bay Area.

Robert is a recipient of the 2026 Chancellor Award for Public Service.
VIDEO - https://youtu.be/uI_-0hGAJNI?si=K9sTZKwDtQpKo1DV

The UCSF Chancellor Distinguished Service Awards celebrate the outstanding service of faculty, staff, and learners to the university and the UCSF community in fulfillment of our mission of advancing health worldwide.

See the rest of the 2026 Chancellor Distinguished Service Awards winners here:

https://www.ucsf.edu/2026-chancellor-distinguished-service-awards

https://youtu.be/CPFsddvxv6w WEBINAR. Introduction to SAS PROCVARCLUS: A (mostly) superior alternative to EFA.  Steve Gr...
05/29/2026

https://youtu.be/CPFsddvxv6w WEBINAR. Introduction to SAS PROCVARCLUS: A (mostly) superior alternative to EFA. Steve Gregorich, Ph.D.

The Methods Core is here to support CAPS researchers every step of the way. Whether it’s planning studies, analyzing data, or choosing the best tools, we help make research stronger.

Here’s how we help:
✅ Sample size planning, study design, and data analysis
✅ Qualitative research design and analysis
✅ Selecting biomedical and behavioral measurements
✅ Data management expertise

Our investigators also collaborate on projects needing deeper technical support.

🎥 Learn more in our YouTube playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLEKyx7aLX1STfMZpGyimBrlfyg5-Q5fgX

Learn more about the CAPS Methods Core technical support - https://prevention.ucsf.edu/about/caps-structure-and-cores/methods-core

https://youtu.be/m_4A_Bo-CYc Understanding Socio-Structural Drivers of HIV Transmission Using Epidemiology and Systems S...
05/29/2026

https://youtu.be/m_4A_Bo-CYc Understanding Socio-Structural Drivers of HIV Transmission Using Epidemiology and Systems Science w/ Anna Hotton, Ph.D.

Interventions to optimally increase engagement in HIV prevention and care continuums will likely need to be combined with those that address more distal social determinants of health that disproportionately affect those at most significant risk of HIV. However, such interventions are likely to be resource-intensive, logistically and ethically challenging, and require large sample sizes and lengthy follow-up for effects to be observed. Gaps thus remain in our understanding of which types and combinations of interventions would have the most impact in given contexts. Further, traditional epidemiologic and statistical approaches have limitations when attempting to quantify relationships among highly correlated, complex, and dynamic exposures and outcomes.

Agent-based models can be used to investigate the complex processes by which socio-structural factors influence HIV outcomes at the population level and offer a virtual platform to conduct a series of counterfactual experiments to evaluate candidate interventions. In this presentation, I discuss integrating methods from epidemiology and agent-based modeling to understand better the impact of social determinants of health on HIV prevention and care engagement.

Anna Hotton is a Research Assistant Professor in the Department of Medicine at the University of Chicago and Director of Epidemiology at the Chicago Center for HIV Elimination.

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UPLIFTS is here to help Community Health Centers better serve LGBTQ+ communities—because inclusive care saves lives.🔗 ht...
05/27/2026

UPLIFTS is here to help Community Health Centers better serve LGBTQ+ communities—because inclusive care saves lives.

🔗 https://tiny.ucsf.edu/KjQ4xx

UPLIFTS is a collaborative effort between the UCSF Division of Prevention Science (DPS) and the Alliance Health Project, designed to enhance the ability of Community Health Centers to serve LGBTQ+ communities more effectively.

UPLIFTS is here to help Community Health Centers better serve LGBTQ+ communities—because inclusive care saves lives.

UPLIFTS helps Community Health Centers provide inclusive, culturally competent LGBTQ+ care through training, technical assistance.

📍 Who We Are:�A collaboration between UCSF’s Division of Prevention Science & the Alliance Health Project.�

💡 Let’s Build Inclusive Healthcare Together!�

Visit - https://tiny.ucsf.edu/KjQ4xx
📩 E-mail: [email protected]

Qualitative Interviewing Skills-Building Training📍 UCSF Mission Bay Campus📅 June 5–6, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PMLooking to...
05/27/2026

Qualitative Interviewing Skills-Building Training
📍 UCSF Mission Bay Campus
📅 June 5–6, 2026 | 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM

Looking to build or sharpen your qualitative interviewing skills?

This two-day, in-person training offers a practical, hands-on introduction to core interviewing techniques. Participants will learn through a mix of short lectures, role-playing, real-world case studies, and extensive interview practice.

Led by experienced interviewers Kim Koester and Xavier Erguera, the program emphasizes learning by doing—because strong interviewers are built through practice.

What to expect:
Initial skills assessment to guide your learning
Up to 5 hours of interview practice with standardized informants
Personalized feedback after each session
A customized training plan and resource guide to support continued growth

Cost:
$1,500 (UC affiliates) | $1,900 (Non-affiliates)
Learn more: https://prevention.ucsf.edu/about/besst-institute/upcoming-trainings
Register here: https://ucsf.co1.qualtrics.com/jfe/form/SV_881EEAkIuOCn3ee

https://youtu.be/2GL7WAXIxF8 - TOWN HALL VIDEO. Preparing Data for Submission to the National Data Archive (NDA) featuri...
05/22/2026

https://youtu.be/2GL7WAXIxF8 - TOWN HALL VIDEO. Preparing Data for Submission to the National Data Archive (NDA) featuring Rita Butterfield PhD and Scott Tebbetts.

All grants to NIH now require that data be shared with the National Data Archive, which was set up by the NIMH with the goal of providing deidentified data sets to researchers, policymakers, and the public. The process involves three steps: creating a data sharing agreement, creating data structures, and submitting data. In their work with Dr. Amy Conroy, Scott Tebbetts and Rita Butterfield have gone through the first two steps on three projects and the third step on one project. In this presentation, they share what they have learned and some tips and tricks to make the process as streamlined as possible.

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Scott Tebbetts has over 26 years of experience working as a study coordinator/policy analyst at CAPS. He has worked on studies focused on HIV prevention for young gay and bis*xual men across the US and internationally with Dr. Susan Kegeles and Dr. Greg Rebchook. He currently serves as the study coordinator for Dr. Amy Conroy’s research focused on developing an economic and relationship-strengthening intervention to reduce alcohol use among HIV affected couples in Malawi.

Rita Butterfield PhD is a social psychologist with a research focus on couples and health behaviors. She taught psychology and human development at Sonoma State University of over a decade. At the University of North Carolina, she worked on studies designed to understand the decision-making process for genetic testing. She now works from her home in North Carolina on Dr. Amy Conroy’s projects in Malawi and South Africa.

https://youtu.be/VP2OJfzyHBk - VIDEO. Qualitative Interviewing StrategiesJulia McQuoid, Ph.D., OUHSC, and Chad Campbell,...
05/22/2026

https://youtu.be/VP2OJfzyHBk - VIDEO. Qualitative Interviewing Strategies
Julia McQuoid, Ph.D., OUHSC, and Chad Campbell, Ph.D., UCSF.

Julia McQuoid, Ph.D., is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Family and Preventive Medicine and works at the Health Promotion Research Center at the University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center. She is a health geographer interested in qualitative and mixed methods approaches to understanding relationships between people’s everyday environments and behaviors related to health and wellbeing. Her current research program in Oklahoma focuses on substance use in rural communities by employing mHealth data collection methods and qualitative mapping to understand the everyday patterns, contexts, roles, and meanings of different substances for rural groups. During her fellowship at the Center for To***co Control Research and Education at UCSF, she researched place-embedded social practices of smoking within marginalized groups, such as young LGBTQI adults, in order to better understand the persistence of smoking within these groups and inform the design and effectiveness of to***co control efforts. During her Ph.D., she explored experiences of time and space for individuals negotiating everyday life with chronic kidney disease and collaborated with a research group focused on time and health at the National Centre for Epidemiology and Population Health in Australia.

Chadwick Campbell, MPH, Ph.D., holds a doctorate in Medical Sociology from UCSF and is a Project Director at the UCSF Center for AIDS Prevention Studies in the Division of Prevention Science. Dr. Campbell has worked on a number of small and large HIV prevention studies, primarily with Black gay and bis*xual men, and same-s*x male couples in the Bay Area. His doctoral research explored HIV status disclosure and intersectional stigma among Black gay and bis*xual men living with HIV.

A presentation of the CAPS Qualitative Working Group (QWG).

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