2016 UCSF Alumni Weekend Draws Thousands for Reunions, Events
There were toasts, research talks, tours, awards and reunions for the more than 1,500 UC San Francisco alumni who gathered at the annual Alumni Weekend festivities on April 8 and 9.
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UCSF Researchers Reappraise Treatment for Belly Birth Defect
UC San Francisco researchers have shed light on how the immune system of a fetus can run amok, triggering inflammation in the developing intestines that protrude outside of the body through a hole beside the belly button.
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Many Consumer Telemedicine Sites Put Skin Disease Patients at Risk, Says UCSF Dermatologist
Direct-to-consumer commercial telemedicine sites remotely treating patients for skin disease engaged in practices that put patients’ health and safety at risk.
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Pioneering Elbow Transplant at UCSF
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For Software Entrepreneur, $10 Million BRCA Gift Is Personal
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New Family House Opens at Mission Bay
The Nancy and Stephen Grand Family House at Mission Bay has opened its doors, bringing the families staying there closer to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.
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NIH Grant to Support Study on Possible Fractures from Osteoporosis Drugs
UCSF has received a four-year, $2.4 million National Institutes of Health grant for an international study on the potential of femoral fractures from osteoporosis drugs.
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Most Asthma Research May Not Apply to African-American Children
Results from the largest single study of the genetic and environmental causes of asthma in African-American children suggest that only a tiny fraction of known genetic risk factors for the disease apply to this population, raising concerns for clinicians and scientists working to stem the asthma epidemic among African-Americans.
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UCSF Study: Smokers Quit and Health Care Costs Drop — in Next Year
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Lung Disease May Evade Diagnosis in Half of Heavy Smokers, Ex-Smokers
Approximately 50 percent of current and ex-smokers with normal lung function have chronic breathing symptoms and flare-ups that are similar to patients with a disease that is the nation’s third most common killer, according to a multisite study led by UCSF.
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Meet The Scientists Fighting For More Studies On Genes And Racial Differences In Health
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Health Care Costs Drop Quickly After Smokers Quit
A new national analysis by UCSF of health care expenditures associated with smoking estimates that a 10 percent decline in smoking in the U.S. would be followed a year later by an estimated $63 billion reduction in total national health care costs.
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Decade After QB3’s First Incubator, Lawmaker Wants to Fund More UC Innovation
Ten years after the QB3 Garage incubator launched, the idea has grown an innovation ecosystem and become the catalyst for state legislation that could help turn ideas at UC campuses into job-providing companies.
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UCSF and City Extend Support for New Generation Health Center
UCSFand the San Francisco Department of Public Health have committed to continue supporting New Generation Health Center for an additional year, enabling the center to provide reproductive health care in the community through June 2017.
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Women’s Health Center Celebrates 20 Years, Keeps Pushing Toward Health Equity
The UCSF National Center for Excellence in Women’s Health celebrated its 20th anniversary with a street fair to mark its accomplishments as well as to look forward to the work that remains for equality in health care.
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UCSF Class of 2016 Reflects on Achievements, Challenges as They Turn to Future
Before the Class of 2016 heads on to new endeavors and careers, we spoke to several of them about what they're taking from their experiences at UCSF.
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Three Medical Students Awarded HHMI Fellowships
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded three fellowships to UCSF medical students to allow them to conduct research for a full year in between their third and fourth years of medical school.
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Barbara Koenig Named Head of New Bioethics Program
UCSF is starting a campus-wide bioethics program led by the noted bioethics scholar Barbara Koenig to ensure that the rapid advances in biomedical technology are incorporated ethically into research and medicine.
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Osseointegration Surgery at UCSF is First of Its Kind in U.S.
UCSF surgeons performed the first Osseoanchored Prosthesis for the Rehabilitation of Amputees surgery in the U.S. – a surgery that will allow an external prosthesis to be anchored directly to the patient’s remaining bone.
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‘Inexpensive Old Drug’ May Prevent Brain Damage in High-Risk Newborns, Study Shows
A 27-year-old drug for anemia may protect newborns at high risk for brain damage, according to the results of a multisite trial led by researchers at UCSF.
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UCSF to Offer Housing Supplement to Help Students Facing High Rents
UCSF has created a new, need-based Cost of Living Supplement pilot program for students to help offset the high cost of housing in the city.
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UCSF Discovery Fellows Program Celebrates Dollar, Donor Milestones
UCSF's Discovery Fellows Program once again exceeded its goals in a second round of fundraising, with a total of 1,042 donors building an endowment of $80 million to support basic science education and research for generations to come.
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Andrew Bindman Named Director of U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality
Andrew Bindman has been named director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
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Crosstalk Between Left and Right Brain Is Key to Language Development
Proper communication between the left and right sides of the brain is critical for the development of advanced language skills, according to new research by UC San Francisco scientists.
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Five UCSF Faculty Elected to American Society for Clinical Investigation
Five UCSF faculty members have been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation after a highly competitive nomination process.
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Exposure to Poor Neighborhoods Raises Refugees’ Risk of Diabetes
Refugees who fled to Europe a generation ago are significantly more likely to have developed type 2 diabetes if they initially settled in poor neighborhoods, according to a study of 60,000 refugees who came to Sweden between 1987 and 1991.
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Bold Innovation Program Fast-Tracks Precision Medicine Research
Exciting advances in medicine and health are being researched in precision medicine projects recently funded by the George and Judy Marcus Program in Precision Medicine Innovation.
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Math Points to 100-Times Faster Mapping of Gene Activity
New research by UCSF scientists could accelerate – by 10 to 100-fold – the pace of many efforts to profile gene activity, ranging from basic research into how to build new tissues from stem cells to clinical efforts to detect cancer or auto-immune diseases by profiling single cells in a tiny drop of blood.
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Chancellor’s Diversity Forum Showcases Achievements, Highlights Future Improvements
The ninth annual Chancellor’s Diversity Forum provided a chance for UCSF faculty, staff and students to engage in a conversation with campus leadership about diversity, equity and inclusion across the University.
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Couple Creates a New Brain Research Center in California