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This collection contains correspondence, speeches, newspaper clippings, conference materials and other administrative and publicity materials relating to the UCSF Kaposi's Sarcoma (K-S) Clinic, the AIDS epidemic, and AIDS research as pursued by Dr. Marcus Conant. Materials from the K-S (later San Francisco AIDS) Foundation, and other organizations associated with Dr. Conant, are also included.

Abstract Steven Deeks, MD, is a Professor of Medicine in Residence at UCSF and a UCSF clinical faculty researcher specializing in HIV/AIDS. Deeks is a leading AIDS Researcher and is known for being at the forefront of cutting-edge research in search of treatment options for AIDS patients in the 1990s. In 1995, Deeks performed a controversial operation on AIDS patient and activist, Jeff Getty, involving a transplantation using bone marrow from a baboon to replace part of Getty’s own bone marrow. This...

Abstract Chuck Frutchey is best known for his work as an AIDS Prevention Educator during the 1980s and 1990s. During his career with the San Francisco AIDS Foundation, Frutchey was a huge part of the Stop AIDS Project and the Coalition for Healthy Sex where he committed himself to educating the public about safe-sex practices. Frutchey even created the “Buddy Connection” safe-sex workshop that made healthy sex exciting, caring, and accessible for thousands of men during the early years of the...

Abstract Renée Hoffinger, MHSE, RD, is a dietitian who specialized in the role of nutrition in HIV/AIDS Treatment. Hoffinger was based in Gainesville, Florida where she researched HIV/AIDS and provided care for patients. She has continued to write about the importance of diet and nutrition and leads hands-on nutrition education workshops. This collection includes materials Hoffinger gathered from her work in the form of research papers, educational materials, industry and lay press publications,...

Abstract Dr. Mark Jacobson is a clinician, educator, and researcher who specialized in HIV/AIDS and its complications after joining the UCSF faculty in 1986, where he led observational studies and multicenter, interventional trials focusing on AIDS-associated opportunistic infections. He worked as a clinician at San Francisco General Hospital where he provided care to HIV/AIDS patients, and much of this work is documented in this collection throughout his career from the mid-1980s to 2011. Included...

Abstract Katherine Krebs was the Founder and President of KREBS Convention & Event Management Services, which was the company responsible for many of the AIDS conferences and conventions held in San Francisco in the 1980s and 1990s. She later served as a Communications Analyst, Editor, Social Media Manager, and Executive Assistant in UCSF's Department of Bioengineering and Therapeutic Sciences. This collection includes materials Krebs gathered from her work with her company in the form of event...

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Jay A. Levy, MD, was the Director of the Laboratory for Tumor and AIDS Virus Research at UCSF and has been an important figure in the AIDS epidemic since its earliest days. He has made major contributions to HIV/AIDS research, care, and education. The collection documents Dr. Levy's long career as a viroligist, researcher, and educator and predominantly includes materials related to his cancer, HIV/AIDS, and chronic fatigue syndrome research.

Abstract John Newmeyer was an epidemiologist at the Haight-Ashbury Free Clinic in San Francisco. In 1983, Newmeyer instituted a needle exchange and bleach distribution program to help fight the spread of HIV/AIDS among intravenous drug users. This collection includes Newmeyer’s manuscripts, publications, reports, research files, ephemera, and bleach vials. Newmeyer compiled his own research and personal papers chronologically, as found in Series One of this collection, and duplicated much of this...

Abstract Paul Volberding, an oncologist at UCSF and AIDS researcher, helped found the first inpatient ward for persons with AIDS (Ward 86) at San Francisco General Hospital in 1983. The materials gathered for this collection were collected and produced by Paul Volberding himself and consist of photos (prints and negatives), a photo album, correspondence, a floppy disk, a DVD of his documentary, research, a journal volume, a binder from an AIDS Clinical Trial Group Committee meeting, and Volberding’s...

Abstract This collection consists of various AIDS-related materials collected and produced by Claire Rappoport throughout her career, including ephemera, publications, posters, and computer media. Rappoport is based in the UCSF Department of Medicine, Positive Health Program, Community Consortium and serves as Community Liaison to the International Network for Strategic Initiatives in Global HIV Trials (INSIGHT) Clinical Trials Network. The materials in this collection all pertain to the AIDS...