BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:icalendar-ruby CALSCALE:GREGORIAN X-WR-CALNAME:The Rudi Schmid Lecture—A Cure for Hepatitis C: Now What? X-WR-TIMEZONE:Pacific Time (US & Canada) BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTAMP:20260815T214558Z UID:tag:localist.com\,2008:EventInstance_50598364477762 DTSTART:20251202T200000Z DTEND:20251202T210000Z DESCRIPTION:Department of Medicine Grand Rounds\n\nThe Rudi Schmid Lecture\ n\nA Cure for Hepatitis C: Now What?\n\nThe discovery of a cure for hepati tis C transformed medicine and paved the way for new scientific and clinic al questions. This year's Rudi Schmid Lecturer is 2020 Nobel Prize winner Charles M. Rice\, PhD\, whose work has been central to defining the biolog y of hepatitis C and informing the treatment strategies that have changed the lives of millions. Dr. Rice will review pivotal advances that shaped o ur understanding of hepatitis C\; the development of increasingly effectiv e treatments\; and the challenges that remain—including the persistent r isk of liver cancer in patients with hepatitis C infection\, even after vi ral cure.\n\nSpeaker:\nCharles M. Rice\, PhD\, is the Maurice R. and Corin ne P. Greenberg Professor and Head of the Laboratory of Virology and Infec tious Disease at The Rockefeller University. A leading expert on Flaviviri dae viruses\, including hepatitis C\, he has authored more than 500 public ations. He is a past president of the American Society for Virology\, a fe llow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science\, and a me mber of the National Academy of Sciences and the National Academy of Medic ine. His pioneering contributions to hepatitis C research earned him a sha re of the 2016 Lasker-DeBakey Clinical Medical Research Award and the 2020 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine.\n\nThe Rudi Schmid Lecture is held in honor of Rudi Schmid\, MD\, PhD. Born in Switzerland\, Schmid received his MD degree from the University of Zurich in 1947. After an internship at UCSF and residency at the University of Minnesota\, he became a faculty member at the NIH\, Harvard\, and the University of Chicago before joinin g the UCSF faculty in 1966 as professor and chief of gastroenterology. Und er his leadership\, our GI division became one of the country's leading re search\, educational\, and clinical gastroenterology and hepatology units. As dean of the UCSF School of Medicine from 1983-1989\, Schmid fostered t he continued growth of both basic and clinical sciences. He served as pres ident of several professional organizations\, including the American Assoc iation for the Study of Liver Diseases\, and received many national and in ternational awards in recognition of outstanding achievements throughout h is career.\n\n \n\nHow to Attend: \nIn Person: \nS-214\, Medical Sciences Building (513 Parnassus Avenue) \nLunch will be provided \n\nZoom option: \nhttps://ucsf.zoom.us/j/97633865272?pwd=sHvIef57IXKYFnBm2lnvQtxUMeRVEn.1 \nWebinar ID: 976 3386 5272 \nPasscode: 609641 \n\nOr join by phone (for higher quality\, dial a number based on your current location): \n+1 669 9 00 6833 US (San Jose) \n+1 213 338 8477 US (Los Angeles) \n+1 669 219 2599 US (San Jose) \n+52 554 161 4288 (Mexico) \n\nInternational numbers avail able: https://ucsf.zoom.us/u/ac4WisOf7E \n\nNew procedures for claiming C ME credit: \nPlease review this informational guide on the updated ways t o claim CME credit starting in academic year 25-26. GEO:37.763105;-122.458246 LOCATION:Medical Sciences Building \, S-214 SUMMARY:The Rudi Schmid Lecture—A Cure for Hepatitis C: Now What? URL;VALUE=URI:https://calendar.ucsf.edu/event/department-of-medicine-grand- rounds-4053 CATEGORIES:Research & Academia END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR