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Childhood Cancer Survivors at Higher Risk for Future GI Complications
Individuals who are treated for cancer during childhood have a significantly higher risk of developing gastrointestinal (GI) complications — from mild to severe — later in life, according to a study led by UCSF.
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Circumcision Ban to Appear on San Francisco Ballot
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UCSF Team Discovers Key to Fighting Drug-Resistant Leukemia
Targeting a protein that leukemia cells use to stay alive may be the key to fighting drug-resistant leukemia, a discovery that may make cancer drugs more powerful and help doctors formulate drug cocktails to cure more children of leukemia, a team led by UCSF researchers reports.
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Upcoming Community & Government Relations Meetings and Events
<p>Following is a list of upcoming CGR meetings and events:</p>
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UCSF Appoints Vermillion as Vice Chancellor of Finance
<p>Eric Vermillion, associate vice chancellor of finance, has been promoted to vice chancellor of finance, in recognition of his increased scope of responsibilities during the last three years and 32-year commitment to UCSF.</p>
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UCSF Student Wins UC President's Award for Leadership
<p>Jason Tien, a doctoral candidate in neuroscience at UCSF, and Alberto Ortega Hinojosa, a doctoral candidate in public health at UC Berkeley, were honored for helping develop a student health insurance plan that is both comprehensive and affordable. </p>
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UCSF Chancellor Issues Message About Governor's Revised Budget
<p>UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann today (May 17) issued a letter to the UCSF community in response to Gov. Brown's revised budget.</p>
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UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital Among Nation's Best in Nine Specialties
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Wachter Named A Top Physician Executive
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Inter-school Research Festival Underscores Value of Interdisciplinary Collaboration
<p>UCSF's inter-school research day is "part of the growing recognition of the importance of interprofessional team learning and research which is key to the translational medicine of the future,” according to Joel Palefsky, who is credited with organizing the event showcasing research from fellows, residents and students from all four professional schools. </p>
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UCSF Faculty Provide Health Expertise to People of Japan
<p>UCSF has produced a series of public service announcements to address mental health issues and other health-related issues in the aftermath of the earthquake and tsunami on March 11 and continuing crises at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.</p>
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UCSF Raises First Beam on Mission Bay Hospital Project
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UCSF Leaders Join Visiting Japanese Scholars in Remembrance
<p>UCSF leaders gathered May 11 to acknowledge the impact the earthquake, tsunami and ongoing nuclear crisis has had on people in Japan and to show support of visiting Japanese students and scholars.</p>
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Nine UCSF Students Selected for Prestigious Schweitzer Fellowship
<p>UCSF students representing all four professional schools were selected as Bay Area Schweitzer Fellows and will spend the next year addressing health disparities in San Francisco. </p>
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UCSF Experts to Kick Off AIDS Walk at Forum on May 17
<p>The campus community is invited to hear about the past, present and future of UCSF's role in combatting HIV/AIDS during a forum on May 17 to mark 30 years of AIDS and the official kick off the University's participation in the 25th annual AIDS Walk San Francisco.</p>
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More Than 40 Percent of "Oldest Old" Women Show Cognitive Problems in Study
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UCSF to Host Open House at Infant Child Care Center on May 17
<p>The UCSF community is invited to help celebrate the grand reopening of the Marilyn Reed Lucia Child Care Study Center during an open house and tour on May 17, from noon to 2 p.m. </p>
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UCSF Taps Jaime Sepulveda to Lead Global Health Efforts
UCSF has named international global health leader Jaime Sepúlveda as executive director of UCSF Global Health Sciences on September 1.
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Friend Provides Gift of Life
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UCSF Launches New Master's Degree Program in Biomedical Imaging
<p><span>As the leading health science campus for the UC system, UCSF is uniquely positioned to offer a new master’s degree program in biomedical imaging, which has greatly progressed in the last decade, increasing the speed and quality of imaging and driving a greater need for advanced education.</span></p>
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UCSF Reorganizes Diversity-Related Efforts Under One Office
<p>As part of its ongoing efforts to strengthen diversity and achieve operational efficiencies at UCSF, the University is coordinating and consolidating programs under the recently formed Office of Diversity and Outreach.</p>
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Antiretroviral Drugs Dramatically Reduce Risk of Passing HIV to Partner
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Laws No Longer a Barrier to Universal HIV Testing in Most States, UCSF Reports
<p>Today, only five states have some level of conflict with the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) recommendations that doctors offer HIV testing as a routine part of health care for all people aged 13 to 64, according to a new UCSF report.</p>
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UC Graduate Students Explain Their Role in Research at Advocacy Day in Sacramento
<p>Each of the deans of graduate education for the 10 UC campuses sent two students who have recently completed work on their doctoral degrees to the state capitol, where lawmakers are embroiled in painful decision-making to address state budget shortfalls.</p>
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Rise in Deadly Skin Cancers Among Young Women is Linked to Wealth
<p>Rates of deadly skin cancers are climbing among girls and young women. Researchers discover that the increase may be linked to sun exposure among the well-off.</p>
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TASER Safety Study Triggers Questions
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UCSF Faculty Provide Health Expertise to People of Japan in Video PSAs
<p>UCSF has produced a series of video public service announcements (PSAs) that offer faculty expertise in coping with mental stress and other health-related issues in the aftermath of the Tohoku earthquake and tsunami on March 11 and continuing crises at the Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant in Japan.</p>
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UCSF Offers Free Screenings, Raises Awareness of Skin Cancer
<p>UCSF, in partnership with the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and the Chinatown Public Health Clinic, offered free skin cancer screenings in Chinatown to mark National Skin Cancer Awareness Month.</p>
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