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Take the 2015 Library Survey and Win Prizes!
Help us discover what’s possible at the UCSF Library. The 2015 Library Survey will launch and will be live from Nov. 2 through Nov. 22.
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Open Enrollment for 2016 Health Plans Runs Through Nov. 24
Open Enrollment is that time of the year when UC employees have the opportunity to review and make changes to their benefits. It’s a good time to consider any potential changes to their personal situation and plan ahead for significant medical needs.
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Midwifery 40th Anniversary Celebrates Past, Present and Future
To celebrate four decades of rich history, the School of Nursing takes a look at highlights of our Nurse-Midwifery program including its integral and deep connection with San Francisco General Hospital.
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Inaugural UCSF Science Image Contest Announces Winners
The first of its kind at UCSF, the Sci-Resolution science image and video competition received more than 140 entries from approximately 50 labs across UCSF campuses.
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Molecular Switch Generates Calorie-Burning Brown Fat
A research team led by UCSF scientists has identified a molecular switch capable of converting unhealthy white fat into healthy, energy-burning brown fat in mice.
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Why Sugar Is Potentially As Toxic As Alcohol
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Cutting Sugar From Kids’ Diets Appears To Have A Beneficial Effect In Just 10 Days
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Erick Villalobos Named Director of Transportation Services at UCSF
Following a national search, Erick Villalobos has been named director of Transportation Services at UC San Francisco. His appointment is effective immediately.
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Obese Children’s Health Rapidly Improves With Sugar Reduction Unrelated to Calories
Reducing consumption of added sugar has the power to reverse a cluster of chronic metabolic diseases, high cholesterol and blood pressure, in children in as little as 10 days, according to a study by researchers at UCSF and Touro University California.
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Oakland Children’s Hospital Breaks Ground For New Center
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Alicia Fernandez: Translating Her Immigrant Experience to Improve Community Health
Alicia Fernandez’s passion for social justice began with escaping political persecution in her native Argentina. It strengthened when she became a physician to give underrepresented people a voice in determining their health.
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UCSF Health System to Expand Care Throughout Bay Area and Beyond
Representing a new era in its patient care, the University is introducing UCSF Health, a health care system that expands the delivery of innovative, high-quality and high-value care to people throughout the Bay Area and beyond.
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UCSF Kicks Off 2015 Seasonal Employee Giving Program
UCSF announces its 2015 Annual Campaign of the Employee Giving Program that enables faculty and staff members to support the causes they find most personally meaningful.
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UCSF Ad Campaign Signals UCSF Clinical Enterprise’s Transformation Into Integrated Health System
An advertising campaign shows UCSF’s clinical enterprise provides transformative care for patients, and the campaign carries a bigger message about the profound shift in national health care delivery.
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UCSF Researcher Studies CRISPR in Its ‘Native Habitat’
UCSF Sandler Fellow Joseph Bondy-Denomy studies the native roles of CRISPR and anti-CRISPR proteins in bacteria and phages.
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NIDCR Grants Launch Tissue Regeneration Centers
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UCSF Campus Store Opens in Millberry Union
A new 900-square-foot UCSF Campus Store has opened in Millberry Union, selling university-branded merchandise as well as school supplies and other items requested by the campus community.
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UCSF and Cisco to Create Integrated Health Platform
UCSF and Cisco have formed an initiative to jointly develop an interoperability platform for sharing health care information among multiple entities.
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Society for Neuroscience Awards UCSF Neurobiologist Posthumous Honor
The late UCSF neuroscientist Allison Doupe, MD, PhD, will be honored by the Society for Neuroscience with the Patricia Goldman-Rakic Hall of Honor award at the society’s annual meeting in Chicago later this month.
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5 UCSF Faculty Elected to the National Academy of Medicine for 2015
Five UCSF faculty members are among the 70 new members elected to the National Academy of Medicine, formerly known as the Institute of Medicine.
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Genomic Ancestry Linked to Mate Selection, Study Shows
Genetic ancestry, as well as facial characteristics, may play an important part in who we select as mates, according to an analysis from UCSF, Microsoft Research, Harvard, UC Berkeley and Tel Aviv University.
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UCSF Acquires 3 New Properties for Potential Student Housing
UCSF has closed escrow on the purchase of three properties from a single owner near its Mission Bay campus as a potential site to build critically needed, affordable housing for graduate students and trainees.
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Determining Accurate Life Expectancy of Older Adults Requires Provider, Patient Discussion
Health care providers must have detailed discussions with their older adult patients to better determine their true life expectancy, according to researchers at UCSF and San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center.
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UCSF and GSK Launch New Collaborative Research Model
UCSF has launched a collaboration with international pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline plc (GSK) to promote early-stage research with the potential to translate into new therapies for cancer, obesity and antibiotic resistant bacteria.
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Deal Puts Big Pharma, UCSF Researchers Side By Side Targeting Cancer, Obesity and More
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Debate Over Early-Stage Cancer: To Treat or Not to Treat?
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Residents Fight Kidney Disease With the Help of Indiegogo
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Doctors Call on Hospitals to Oppose the Overuse Of Antibiotics in Animal Agriculture
To help stop the spread of antibiotic resistance, UCSF scientists are urging hospitals around the country to stop buying meat from animals that were given antibiotics for growth promotion.
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Healing Through Mindfulness and Gratitude
Actress Goldie Hawn's recent visit to UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco highlighted the benefits of mindfulness in patients managing pain and stress.
