UCSF breaks ground on new Mission Bay medical center
UCSF will hold a groundbreaking ceremony on Tuesday, October 26 for the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, a world-class hospital complex for children, women and cancer patients.
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UCSF Institute for Human Genetics Celebrates with Symposium on October 28
Genetics experts will cover topics ranging from the metabolic syndrome, to cancer, to Neanderthal genetics at a symposium to celebrate the fifth anniversary of the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics.
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UCSF Stem-Cell Based Neurological, Liver Therapy Strategies Advanced
UCSF scientists have received two grants from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to refine their human embryonic stem cell-based strategies for treating neurological diseases and liver failure.
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UCSF Community Outreach Internship Program Graduates 16 Interns
During an emotional ceremony, a group of 16 interns graduated recently from UCSF’s Community Outreach Internship Program, which works to develop the potential local workforce and provide under-served communities with access to university jobs.
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UCSF Launches Sustainability Website
UCSF launched a sustainability website featuring efforts and activities underway to make the UCSF campus and medical center more environmentally friendly.
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UCOP to Host Town Hall Meetings on Benefits at UCSF
UCSF employees can learn more about proposed changes to retirement benefits at two upcoming town hall meetings on October 22 and 25.
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Glide Health Services Get Much Needed Federal Funding Boost
Glide Health Services, the UCSF nurse-managed community clinic in San Francisco’s Tenderloin district, will get a $1.5 million federal grant to serve 3,000 patients every year as part of national health care reform.
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Archives editorial highlights pharmacist's role in chronic care
An invited commentary in the Oct. 11 <i>Archives of Internal Medicine</i>, titled "A Prescription for Improved Chronic Disease Management,” highlights the current and potential role of pharmacists in preventing and treating chronic diseases.
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Libraries Host Events During Open Access Week, October 18 - 22
The libraries at UCSF and San Francisco General Hospital are hosting events this week to discuss what Open Access options are available to the UCSF community for freely sharing information in scholarly journals over the Internet.
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UCSF'S Prusiner receives President's National Medal of Science
UCSF Nobel laureate Stanley B. Prusiner, professor of neurology and director of the Institute for Neurodegenerative Diseases, today (Oct. 15, 2010) was named to receive the National Medal of Science, the nation’s highest honor for science and technology.
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Business Times cover story features Benioff gift
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UCSF Exceeds Philanthropic Goals in Fiscal Year 2010
UCSF received more than $268 million in private support, garnering more than 28,000 individual gifts made by nearly 21,000 donors.
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NYT looks at UCSF research on knees and running
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Greenspan Appointed UCSF School of Dentistry's Associate Dean for Global Oral Health
John Greenspan, a distinguished professor of oral pathology and pathology in the schools of dentistry and medicine, respectively, has been appointed associate dean for Global Oral Health in the UCSF School of Dentistry.
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Robert A. Nissenson, PhD, to receive award from Bone And Mineral Society
On Tuesday, October 19, 2010, San Francisco VA Medical Center bone researcher and former NCIRE Board of Directors member Robert A. Nissenson, PhD, will receive the 2010 Shirley Hohl Service Award from the American Society for Bone and Mineral Research (ASBMR).
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UCSF Hosts WASC Site Team for Final Step in Accreditation Process
UCSF will host a team from the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) this week as it pursues accreditation -- a once-a-decade validation of its quality as a graduate health sciences university.
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UCSF Chancellor, Three Faculty Named to Institute of Medicine, Adler Honored for Outstanding Service
Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, Neil Risch and Kevan Shokat were elected today to the Institute of Medicine, which serves as an adviser to the nation to improve health.
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UCSF Conference Looks at Social Media, Technology for Global Health
The UCSF Global Health Group will host a Bay Area Global Health Summit to focus on innovative ways of using technologies to improve global health over the next decade.
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Chancellor, faculty named to Academy of Arts and Sciences
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, will be inducted today into the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, alongside some of the world’s other most distinguished scholars, artists and institutional leaders.
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Arie Perry joins Department of Pathology and Neurological Surgery
New UCSF Faculty, October 2010
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Young-Wook Jun joins Department of Otolaryngology
New UCSF Faculty, October 2010
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New Faculty: Kara Odom Walker
New UCSF Faculty, October 2010
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UCSF women's health experts comment on Nobel prize winner
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Campus Community to Honor Lifelong Contributions of Rapaport, Rosenbaum
Friends and colleagues will celebrate the life of two longtime UCSF faculty physicians, Elliot Rapaport, a cardiologist and UCSF alumnus of the year in 1994, and Ernest Rosenbaum, a skillful and dedicated oncologist.
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Women's race and class impact contraception recommendations, UCSF study shows
A woman’s race/ethnicity and socioeconomic status impact whether health care providers recommend one of the most highly effective forms of contraception, a UCSF study confirms. The results also indicate that the interaction of both factors plays a role in clinicians’ decisions.
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State Legislature Approves 2010-2011 Budget
The California Legislature sent a 2010-11 budget to Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today (Oct. 8) that includes approximately $3 billion for University of California academic programs, student financial aid and health education and research. Read the full story on the <a href="http://www.universityofcalifornia.edu/news/article/24256">UC website</a>.
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First US trial of brain tumor dye featured on ABC 7
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UCSF Launches New Privacy and Information Security Training Program
UCSF Medical Center and the School of Medicine are launching a mandatory online Privacy and Information Security training program as part of UCSF’s commitment to protect confidential information.
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UCSF Celebrates Diversity Month with Variety of Events
The UCSF community is invited to celebrate diversity in its many forms with special events, including the 22nd Annual Faculty and Staff Art Show, which runs through October 7.
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Patient-provider language barriers linked to worse diabetes control
Patients who cannot discuss their diabetes with a doctor in their own language may have poorer health outcomes, even when interpreter services are available, according to a new study by researchers at UCSF and the Kaiser Permanente Division of Research.