Francesca Aloisio

Contributor

Graduate Division

Student

Francesca is a PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences program studying early embryonic stem cell differentiation. When she’s not in lab, you’ll find her waiting in line for brunch, binging on reality television, or dancing the night away. Francesca is interested in the issues facing UCSF students from underrepresented groups and hopes to highlight diverse journeys to academia through the Diversity Spotlight column.

Opinion

Sunday, September 10, 2017 - 16:20

Underwater: A Reflection on Harvey, Charlottesville and America

By Francesca Aloisio

I turned on the news and my home was underwater. Drowning.

I was just back in Houston for a visit in May. It was still true: everything in Texas is bigger, even bigger than you remember, especially after you’ve been away a while.

Career

Sunday, February 19, 2017 - 12:06

A Champion For Women in Science

By Francesca Aloisio

With a background spanning everything from philosophy to botany to structural biology, Dr.

Monday, December 12, 2016 - 17:10

One-on-one with Martin Kampmann

By Francesca Aloisio

Dr. Martin Kampmann joined the faculty at UCSF in 2015 as the first openly LGBT professor at Mission Bay campus, established in 2003.

Opinion

Saturday, November 19, 2016 - 18:52

Now is the Time

By Francesca Aloisio

In the aftermath of the election, the past several days have been difficult for me. As a woman and a scientist with a set of Mexican grandparents, the results of this election have made me incredibly emotional — especially when I start thinking about how this feels for all of my fellow Americans who are women or people of color or immigrants or non-Christians or LGBTQIA or refugees or veterans or disabled individuals or any other group explicitly victimized (crying babies at rallies?) by the President-Elect during his campaign.

Academic

Wednesday, May 25, 2016 - 15:23

Diversity Spotlight: One-on-One with Kaveh Ashrafi

By Francesca Aloisio

Dr. Kaveh Ashrafi started his life under circumstances many might think of as extremely challenging. Separated from his family at an early age because of the political circumstances in his native Iran, Ashrafi lived on his own in a previously unknown country for 18 months when he was just 13 years old.

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