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Chancellor's State of the University Address Transcript
<p>This is the transcript of UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann's State of the University address on Oct. 4, 2011.</p>
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Daughter's Hospitalization Renews Architect's Commitment to New UCSF Medical Center
<p>Herb Moussa, an architect working on construction of the UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, credits UCSF with saving the life of his youngest daughter, Sarah.</p>
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Chancellor Outlines Three-Year Plan for UCSF
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann on Tuesday outlined a new vision for UCSF — to be the world's preeminent health sciences innovator — as part of a three-year plan.</p>
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UCSF Dermatologists Pen Book to Promote Education of Rare Disorders That Cause Hair Loss
<p>UCSF dermatologist Vera Price and her former fellow, Paradi Mirmirani wrote a book to help residents better understand and treat Cicatricial alopecia, a group of rare disorders that cause permanent hair loss.</p>
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Pursuit of Health Care Quality Standards May Harm the Elderly
Gauging the quality of patient care through measurements currently used by insurers and health care systems may be harming older patients, according to Sei Lee, MD, MAS, a geriatrician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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UCSF Students Pack Classroom to Learn About Health Care Reform
<p>A year after the passage of the federal Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, students at UCSF are showing up in large numbers to learn about the landmark legislation thanks to a student-coordinated elective that brought the topic into the classroom two years before they were scheduled to learn about it.</p>
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UCSF Symposium Showcases New Technologies to Accelerate Drug Development
<p>UCSF's new Center for Quantitative Pharmacology recently held its first symposium, bringing together scientists from academia and industry. Kathy Giacomini, co-chair of the new center and the symposium, answered questions about the burgeoning field of quantitative pharmacology in a recent interview. </p>
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UCSF's Diversity Celebration Kicks Off October 3
<p>The UCSF community is invited to celebrate the many forms of diversity of people during a celebration that begins October 3 with the annual art show and ends on November 15 with a photo exhibition.</p>
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Asthma Treatment May Be Headed Toward Personalized Medicine
<p>Asthma patients could clearly benefit from personalized medicine, a new study suggests. However, the new discovery of a key gene, while exciting, does not mean that day is here quite yet.</p>
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The Mystery of Chronic Fatigue Syndrome
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Making Progress in the Battle Against Breast Cancer
Breast cancer, a woman’s most feared disease, is the second most frequently treated cancer at UCSF. October -- breast cancer awareness month – is an opportune time to take stock of recent progress at UCSF, home to one of the nation’s preeminent cancer centers.
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Protein Scientist Receives National Institutes of Health Early Investigator Award
James Fraser, PhD, a protein researcher who studies structural biology at the California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), is one of 10 recipients of a prestigious award for young scientists given for the first time by the National Institutes of Health.
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San Francisco Mayoral Candidate Forum
The San Francisco League of Women Voters, in partnership with UCSF, brings together the key 2011 San Francisco mayoral candidates to answer your questions about their plans if elected mayor of San Francisco.
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Statement from UCSF Police Department on Overnight Arrest
Last night, UCSF police spotted and arrested Ernesto Gonzales, who was wanted in connection with the murder last week of the President of the San Jose Chapter of the Hells Angels in Sparks, Nevada.
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UCSF Police Take Man into Custody in Connection with Hells Angels Homicide
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UCSF Professor Describes Evolving Science of Breast Cancer Screening
<p>UCSF professor Goerge Sawaya, MD, a member of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force that developed updated recommendations on breast cancer screening, discusses the rationale and the role of science in advancing change in clinical practice in this video.</p>
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Tracking Breast Cancer Over Decades to Save Lives
<p>A new way to study and treat breast cancer being launched at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) in October will screen women for the disease and provide them with individual assessments of their risk of developing the cancer. </p>
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Reaching Out to Minorities for Breast Cancer Clinical Trials
<p>It’s a matter of fairness: members of all ethnic groups should have the opportunity to participate in clinical trials. And it’s a matter of soundness, too: medical advancements must be tested in as many different people with as many different genetic makeups as possible.</p>
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Breast Cancer Month: Time to Take Stock of UCSF Advances
<p>Breast Cancer Awareness Month is an opportune time to take stock of some of the recent progress being made at UCSF, home to one of the preeminent cancer centers in the nation.</p>
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Analysis Finds One-Dose Radiation Effective in Treatment of Breast Cancer
<p>One dose of radiation during surgery for early breast cancer is as effective as six weeks of standard treatment – which could save as much as $1.5 billion in the United States over five years.</p>
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$6.5 Million Study Targets High Breast Cancer Deaths in Black Women
<p>African American women have lower breast cancer survival rates than white women and University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) scientists are studying why – as well as how to increase their life spans.</p>
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Researcher Calls for Mammograms to be Tailored to Patient
<p>Mammograms are not one-size-fits-all, says noted breast cancer researcher Karla Kerlikowske, MD, of the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF). Rather, they should be customized based on a woman’s age, breast density, family health history and other factors.</p>
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How Normal Cells Become Brain Cancers
Brain tumor specimens taken from neurosurgery cases at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF) Medical Center has given scientists a new window on the transformation that occurs as healthy brain cells begin to form tumors
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Breast Cancer Facts
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The Battle Against Breast Cancer
October marks Breast Cancer Awareness Month, an opportune time to take stock of some of the recent progress being made at UCSF, home to one of the preeminent cancer centers in the nation.
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Leaders Discuss Transforming Global Health Education
<p>Some of the biggest names in the field of global health came to UCSF recently to discuss to work together to improve the education of health professionals in the United States and around the world.</p>
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Boston University Shares $10 Million HIV Research Grant
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New UCSF Students Fill Millberry Gym for Orientation Event
<p>UCSF welcomes hundreds of first-year students, who are members of an entering class that hale from 44 states and 55 countries in addition to the United States and consist of 66 percent women. </p>
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Stress Harms Women More than Men