UCSF Dental Clinic Offers Free Cleanings for "Give Kids A Smile Day"
The UCSF School of Dentistry will offer free cleanings, exams, dental sealants and fluoride treatments as part of the nationwide “Give Kids a Smile Day.”
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Give to UCSFThe UCSF School of Dentistry will offer free cleanings, exams, dental sealants and fluoride treatments as part of the nationwide “Give Kids a Smile Day.”
UCSF neurosurgeons and an MRI physicist have pioneered a faster, more accurate and less invasive surgical technique for treating patients with movement disorders, potentially changing the future of neurosurgery.
<p>Walter Miller, professor of pediatrics at UCSF and chief of Pediatric Endocrinology at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, received Duke University’s Distinguished Alumnus Award in 2010.</p>
Lewis Lanier, American Cancer Society Research Professor and chair of the Department of Microbiology and Immunology at UCSF, will deliver the 54th Faculty Research Lectureship in Basic Science on February 14.
UC has been making progress in increasing student diversity at its health professional schools -- outpacing California’s private medical schools and the national average.
With an expanding network of colleagues in California and beyond, UCSF School of Dentistry researchers are leading efforts to counter the trend of childhood tooth decay through research and innovation.
A new study led by Kristine Jaffe at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF, finds different results with estrogen therapy and dementia, depending on when a woman takes the hormone.
The Resource Allocation Program (RAP) is now requesting applications by February 28 for the spring 2011 funding cycle.
UCSF neuroscientists are exploring the way in which songbirds learn to perfect and maintain their song, a model of how one learns — and might relearn — fine motor skills.
Many members of the UCSF community converged at the Milberry Union to participate in UCSF’s first-ever wellness expo.
Ray and Dagmar Dolby this week donated $20 million to the University of California, San Francisco to provide funding for a stem cell building on the Parnassus campus.
February 2011
UCSF is holding a panel discussion to provide an overview of a report issued late last year by the Institute of Medicine, which found that the role, responsibilities and education of nurses should significantly change in coming years.
Members of the campus community are invited to attend the panel discussion, which is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 1, from 10 a.m. to noon, in Health Sciences West, room 301 on the UCSF Parnassus campus.
UCSF is voluntarily committing to an ambitious goal for its new medical center at Mission Bay to hire a workforce averaging at least 20 percent San Francisco residents during the first year of the project.
UCSF has launched an improved website to better showcase UCSF’s excellence in patient care, research and education and to enable people to more easily find information they need.
Five basic scientists at UCSF will be awarded the distinction of fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on February 19.
<p>About 150 of UCSF's leaders gathered at the annual School of Medicine retreat last Friday to brainstorm future directions as academic health centers face reform, reduced budgets and demand for integrated patient care.</p>
Early diagnosis and treatment can make a big difference for patients with schizophrenia. Unfortunately, diagnosis often is delayed for months or years.