Radkowski Appointed Director of Contracts & Grants at UCSF
<p>John Radkowski has been appointed as director of the Contracts & Grants in the Division of the Office of Sponsored Research at UCSF.</p>
University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSF<p>John Radkowski has been appointed as director of the Contracts & Grants in the Division of the Office of Sponsored Research at UCSF.</p>
<p>With low patient mortality, Uruguay’s liver transplantation program is now considered a model throughout Latin America, thanks in part to the UCSF team that shared its expertise in the small South American country since 2007. </p>
<p>Members of the UCSF community and the community at large are invited to a public hearing on April 4 as part of the UCSF Police Department's reaccreditation process with the Commission on Accreditation for Law Enforcement Agencies.</p>
<p>Cancer research pioneer Frank McCormick has been elected the new president-elect of the American Association for Cancer Research (AACR), the world’s oldest and largest scientific organization focused on preventing and curing cancer. </p>
<p>The University of California is suspending all non-essential travel to Japan by faculty, staff, and students, as recommended by the US Department of State.</p>
<p>In a live-saving pilot program that may soon become routine in California, SCID, a deadly immune disorder, is being detected at birth, thanks to a screening method developed by UCSF pediatrician Jennifer Puck.</p>
The UCSF Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center and Enloe Medical Center in Chico have joined forces, forming an affiliation of cancer programs to enhance patient care and improve access to top level medical experts.
Keith Yamamoto, a long-time leader of the medical school's research enterprise and a key player in shaping national science policy, has been named vice chancellor for research at UCSF.
<p>A UCSF epidemiologist who has for many years studied cancer and thyroid disease in people who were exposed to radiation from the Chernobyl disaster says it's too soon to gauge the health impacts of radiation from the Japanese nuclear reactors. </p>
<p>The UCSF School of Pharmacy-administered California Poison Control System and state health officials are urging calm along the West Coast in response to Japan’s nuclear crisis and telling people not to take iodide medication.</p>
<p>Teen patients at the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital inspired the “100 Journals project,” a theatrical performance by students from San Francisco’s Galileo High School’s drama department.</p>
<p>Employees are invited to come and share their concerns, frustrations and hopes for the future of UCSF at upcoming forums as the University implements changes as part of the ongoing initiative knows as Operational Excellence.</p>
<p>More than 100 faculty members, students and staff celebrated the UCSF Department of Physical Therapy and Rehabilitation Science’s new home on the Mission Bay campus on Wednesday as part of an open house to highlight the innovative services available in the cutting-edge facility.</p>
<p>The University of California Regents heard this week that the 10-campus system expects to have a budget shortfall in fiscal 2011-2012 of nearly $900 million. </p>