Description
Constance Wofsy M.D. (1943-1996) was a prominent physician, researcher, and leader in the HIV/
AIDS field. The collection contains correspondence, research papers, journal articles, travel arrangements, teaching material,
and audio/visual material.
Background
Constance Wofsy M.D.(1943-1996) was a UC San Francisco professor of medicine, as well as the associate chief of infectious
diseases, and co-director of the
AIDS Program at San Francisco General Hospital. Wofsy was a leader in the fight against
AIDS from the beginning of the epidemic. She was recognized internationally for her research and leadership in
AIDS care. Wofsy created and directed the APEX Training Program (
AIDS Provider Education and Experience). The program brought
AIDS caregivers from around the world to study at SFGH to learn about the latest in HIV/
AIDS care. Wofsy was an advocate for women with
AIDS and worked to establish new protocols for their treatment. She co-founded AWARE (Association for Women's
AIDS Research and Education), a community-based organization that worked with women at high risk for contracting HIV. Wofsy established
relationships with leading corporations in San Francisco to provide education and to develop teaching materials and videos
to train their employees about
AIDS and
AIDS discrimination in the workplace. Wofsy served as co-investigator of the Women's Interagency HIV study of the National Institutes
of Health/National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, as chairperson of the communications committee for the Sixth
International Conference on
AIDS in 1990, as American chair of the First Sino American Conference on HIV in Beijing, and as program director of the WHO Eastern
European HIV Training Program. Wofsy was the founding chair of the Women's Health Committee of the
AIDS Clinical Trials Group of the NIH and won the FREDDIE Award in 1992 and the CINE Golden Eagle Award for the production of
a documentary film for
AIDS education called "HIV and the Health Care Worker." Her many awards included being selected as the 12th Anniversary Honoree
of the Equal Rights Advocates in 1986, as the Annual Dinner Honoree of the Harvey Milk Lesbian and Gay Democratic Club in
1987, and receiving a Career Achievement Award from the Women's Faculty Association and the UCSF Chancellor's Committee on
the Status of Women in 1994.
Restrictions
Copyright has not been assigned to the Library & Center for Knowledge Management. All requests for permission to publish or
quote from manuscripts must be submitted in writing to the Head of Archives & Special Collections. Permission for publication
is given on behalf of the Library & 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 reader.
Availability
Collection is open for research. Series 17:Patient-Related Material is restricted.