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The UCSF Diabetes Center will celebrate a decade of advancing translational research in diabetes on Friday, with a scientific symposium featuring the nation’s leaders in diabetes research and care.
The UCSF community is invited to learn tips for safety and security at safety fairs scheduled for today and October 13.
The UCSF community is invited to “Art for AIDS,” a benefit featuring the cast of <cite>Dreamgirls</cite>, who will perform songs from that Tony Award-winning musical on September 24.
An inexpensive, hundred-year-old therapy for pain – aspirin – is effective in high doses for the treatment of severe headache and migraine caused by drug withdrawal, according to a new study by researchers with the UCSF Headache Center.
Cancer and infertility can be a double blow. Many women become infertile following cancer treatment. And because more women are living longer thanks to modern chemotherapy and radiation treatment, more are later discovering that they cannot bear children.
UC leaders will host an online town hall meeting on September 24 to talk with faculty, staff and retirees about post-employment benefits, health care costs, UC’s budget and other University issues.
Cell biologists at UCSF have received $15.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to set up one of two new National Centers for Systems Biology, to study how cells respond to their environment – an emerging field of research that could revolutionize medicine by creating “smart cells” to deliver medications and other therapeutics more effectively.
UCSF students are benefitting from the wisdom of some of the nation’s leading medical educators in shaping their training to be more relevant for the ever-evolving landscape.
The University of California filed a motion Sept. 20 with the U.S. Federal Court of Appeals to intervene in Sherley v. Sebelius, the case regarding whether federal funds could be used for human embryonic stem cell (hESC) research. UC is the nation’s first research institution to formally seek to intervene in the pending lawsuit.
UCSF has launched a new, online tool that helps shed light on the University’s research strengths and connects faculty to their colleagues.
Sexual development is more likely to occur earlier when a girl’s father doesn’t live in the home, according to new study findings reported by a research team led by scientists from the University of California and Kaiser Permanente Northern California.
Fourth-year medical student Jamila Harris, who saw community members in her native San Francisco neighborhood struggle to navigate the health system, explains her drive to become a doctor.
Signaling a major turning point in the decade-long effort to plan for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, UC Regents’ approval of financing means construction of the state-of-the-art hospital complex can begin.
The University of California Board of Regents today unanimously approved funding plans for the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, clearing the way for UCSF to break ground on a world-class hospital complex for children, women and cancer patients in the Mission Bay neighborhood south of downtown San Francisco.
Chief Executive Officer Mark Laret today thanked all the people who have contributed to UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, including Haile Debas, the former medical school dean, who “first had the vision for a Mission Bay hospital.”
Summer may be over, but several high school students likely won’t forget the cutting-edge science they conducted in a UCSF program that is seeking funds to continue next year.
All faculty are invited to Faculty Development Day, when faculty at all career stages will be able to hear about myriad topics to enhance their work life at UCSF.
UC Regents this week will be asked to approve a financing plan to build a $1.5 billion integrated hospital complex for women, children and cancer patients at Mission Bay.
The UCSF community is encouraged to donate blood for the victims of the fire in San Bruno.
UC will host a live webcast of a town hall meeting on September 24 to discuss the future of health benefits and pension for those who retire from the University.
Nobel laureate Elizabeth Blackburn, president of the American Association for Cancer Research, will deliver a prime time pitch for Stand Up To Cancer to raise funds for groundbreaking translational research that can get new therapies to patients quickly and save lives.
New UCSF Faculty, September 2010
New UCSF Faculty, September 2010
A method that is widely used to predict the risk of a major coronary event may over- or underestimate risk for millions of Americans, according to a study directed by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
David Irby, vice dean for Education at the UCSF School of Medicine, will receives a prize from the Karolinska Institutet for his finding that medical expertise is necessary, but not enough to become a great teacher in medicine.