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- ↑ "Deborah Greenspan to Retire". ucsf.edu. March 17, 2014. Archived from the original on March 24, 2017. Retrieved March 23, 2017.
- ↑ "Pioneering AIDS Researcher Receives Major Accolade | UC San Francisco". April 15, 2022. Archived from the original on 15 April 2022.
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