Committee forwards retroactive DPH grant increase from UCSF for international HIV training
The committee voted to forward to the Board a retroactive $29,000 increase (to $112,000 total) from UCSF/NIH to the Department of Public Health for participation in an international HIV training program; DPH said the increase pushed the award above the $100,000 threshold requiring Board approval.
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Willie McFarland, director of the Center for Public Health Research at the Department of Public Health, asked the committee to accept and expend an additional $29,000 from UCSF/NIH for participation in an international HIV training program, bringing the total award to $112,000. McFarland said the city’s prior work on HIV prevention led UCSF to include the city in the program and that UCSF’s increase of the award pushed the amount above the Board‑approval threshold.
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