John S. Greenspan papers, 1955-2017

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Summary

Abstract:
John S. Greenspan, BDS, PhD, is Director-Emeritus of the AIDS Research Institute at UCSF and is the founding Director of the UCSF Oral AIDS Center and the UCSF AIDS Specimen Bank. He and his longtime collaborator Deborah Greenspan have made major contributions to dentistry and HIV research and care, including the discovery of the lesion hairy leukoplakia. The collection documents Dr. Greenspan's long career as a dentist, scientist, and educator and includes a variety of material related to his teaching and research interests and his professional and academic service.
Extent:
95 Linear Feet (75 cartons, 1 oversized box, 2 oversized posters)
Language:
Collection materials are in English.
Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], John S. Greenspan papers, MSS 2016-14. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Background

Scope and content:

The John S. Greenspan papers document Dr. Greenspan's long career as a dentist, scientist, and educator. Material relates to his work as a UCSF faculty member and leader in the field of dentistry, including files regarding his service to the International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and the American Association for Dental Research (AADR), and his work as a renowned HIV/AIDS researcher and clinician. Major subjects in the collection include oral pathology, oral manifestations of AIDS, global health, dental education, hairy leukoplakia, oral biology, UCSF administration, the Oral AIDS Center, the AIDS Specimen Bank, and other related topics. Material includes correspondence, subject files, reports and publications, study data and patient records, grant records, files related to conferences and meetings, files related to Greenspan's teaching and university service, appointment books and calendars, photographs, audiovisual recordings, artifacts, computer media, and other material. Some material is restricted; restrictions are noted at the series and/or folder level.

Biographical / historical:

John S. Greenspan, BDS, PhD, is Director-Emeritus of the AIDS Research Institute at UCSF and is the founding Director of the UCSF Oral AIDS Center and the UCSF AIDS Specimen Bank. He and his colleagues, including his longtime collaborator and wife Deborah Greenspan, have made major contributions to dentistry and HIV research and care, including the discovery of the lesion hairy leukoplakia, its association with EBV, and the significance of this and other oral lesions in the natural history of HIV diseases. His research interests include the global health aspects of AIDS, notably studies of oral aspects of AIDS and the role of viruses in oral epithelial and salivary gland lesions. He has published over 300 papers and four books on oral aspects of AIDS, oral pathology, and immunopathology. He has been a featured speaker at many international meetings and has presented and taught extensively. Among his numerous awards are included the 2010 American Association for Dental Research (AADR) Distinguished Scientist Award and the 2012 triennial American Dental Association (ADA) Gold Medal Award for Dental Research. He is a Past-President of the American Association for Dental Research (AADR) and the International Association for Dental Research (IADR). He is the founding President of the IADR Global Oral Health Inequalities Research Network (IADR-GOHIRN) and the Consortium of Universities for Global Health's Global Oral Health Interest Group (GOHIG). John S. Greenspan was born in London, England on January 7, 1938. He was educated at the Royal Dental Hospital School of Dental Surgery (BDS), the Royal School Free Hospital School of Medicine (earning a BSC First in Anatomy), the Royal Postgraduate Medical School with AGE Pearse (PhD) and St George's Hospital School of Medicine (M then FRCPath). Greenspan joined the UCSF faculty in 1976. At UCSF, among other appointments, he served as Chair of the Faculty of the School of Dentistry and Chair of the San Francisco Division of the Academic Senate. Dr. Greenspan passed away in 2023.

Acquisition information:
Collection materials were donated to the UCSF Archives and Special Collections by John S. Greenspan in 2016, 2017, and 2018.
Processing information:

Processed by Kelsi Evans in 2017-2018 with assistance by Edith Martinez. Collection processing made possible by a 2016 National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC) grant from the National Archives (www.archives.gov/nhprc) in support of the project, "Evolution of San Francisco's Response to a Public Health Crisis: Providing Access to New AIDS History Collections," an expansion of the AIDS History Project (AHP).

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged in 8 series: I. Correspondence and subject files, 1967-2001; II. Teaching and university service, 1961-2003; III. Research and scholarship, 1964-2017; IV. International Association for Dental Research (IADR) and American Association for Dental Research (AADR) files, 1973-1998; V. Conferences and meetings, 1967-2015; VI. Graphic material and non-print material, 1955-2003; VII. Memorabilia files, 1973-2015; VIII. Appointment books and calendars, 1970-2013.

Accruals:

No future additions are expected.

Rules or conventions:
Describing Archives: A Content Standard

Access and use

Restrictions:

Collection is open for research. The UCSF Archives and Special Collections policy places access restrictions on material with privacy issues for a specific time period from the date of creation. Restrictions are noted at the series and/or folder level. This collection will be reviewed for sensitive content upon request. Contact the UCSF Archivist for information on access to restricted material.

Terms of access:

Copyright has not been assigned to the Library and Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or quote from material must be submitted in writing to the UCSF Archivist. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Library and Center for Knowledge Management as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by the researcher.

Preferred citation:

[Identification of item], John S. Greenspan papers, MSS 2016-14. Archives and Special Collections, University of California, San Francisco.

Location of this collection:
UCSF Library & CKM Archives and Special Collections, 530 Parnassus Avenue
San Francisco, CA 94143-0840, US