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Sam Hawgood, interim dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, answered faculty and staff questions about the UC-mandated furlough/salary reduction plan at a town hall meeting on Aug. 26.
UCSF is evaluating guidance from federal, state, and local agencies to plan for the impact of the flu season.
Sam Hawgood, interim dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, will host a town hall meeting on August 26 to answer questions about implementing the furlough/salary reduction plan.
The Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) is looking for input as it seeks renewed funding to promote research and education in translational and clinical science at UCSF in partnership with the larger health care community.
UCSF scientists have discovered that a tiny filament extending from cells, until recently regarded as a remnant of evolution, may play a role in the most common malignant brain tumor in children.
Twelve young UCSF patients were among the players in a life-sized game of Candy Land on Aug. 19, marking 60 years since the game was created by a woman recovering from polio.
Tiny, solitary spikes that stick out of nearly every cell in the body play a central role in a type of skin cancer, new research has found. The discovery in mice shows that the microscopic structures known as primary cilia can either suppress or promote this skin cancer, depending on the mutation triggering the disease.
UCSF researchers have identified the two key circuits that control a cell’s ability to adapt to changes in its environment, a finding that could have applications ranging from diabetes and autoimmune research to targeted drug development for complex diseases.
From leading an initiative to enable physicians and researchers to share treatment plans and track long-term outcomes for women across the state to conducting groundbreaking work in the molecular profiling of cancers to guide treatment decisions, UCSF faculty are at the forefront of the field.
Laura van ’t Veer, PhD, has changed the way physicians look at breast cancer.
For 10 months, Timothy Poore will study HIV/AIDS in India as part of a highly competitive scholarship program promoting global health.
UCSF tobacco control and prevention experts will convene with their colleagues at UC Hastings on August 28 to discuss the new tobacco control act.
The deadline to apply for the next round of funding through the Resource Allocation Program is September 21.
When the standard treatment won’t work, doctors at UCSF take an unconventional approach to combating a 6-year-old’s seizure-causing brain tumor.
Dean John D.B. Featherstone will host two town hall meetings on the ongoing budget challenges this month for UCSF School of Dentistry faculty and staff.
Members of the campus community who would like to learn more about UCSF’s care and shelter team should attend a meeting on August 26.
Contrary to a belief widely held by obstetricians, inducing labor need not increase a woman's risk for cesarean section delivery in childbirth, scientists at the University of California, San Francisco and the Stanford University School of Medicine have found.
Asthma patients are breathing easier thanks to the expert consultation and self-management education services available at a new UCSF clinic that is benefitting from three evidence-based research studies led by clinician-researcher Susan Janson.
The UCSF Problem Resolution Center is offering free drop-in, problem-solving clinics for those who need help finding a solution.
Scientists have discovered the first gene involved in regulating the optimal length of human sleep, offering a window into a key aspect of slumber, an enigmatic phenomenon that is critical to human physical and mental health
UCSF’s High School Summer Internship Program targets teens from underrepresented backgrounds and offers hands-on lab experience, mentoring and college counseling.
Amy Levine, director of the UCSF Center for Gender Equity, will teach a new course at UC Berkeley Extension to help participants rise to leadership positions.
All doctors in UCSF Medical Group will join Hill Physicians Medical Group in San Francisco, effective Jan. 1, 2010.
UCSF Medical Group and Hill Physicians Medical Group have formed a new affiliation to provide access to high-quality primary and specialty health services for HMO members whose primary care provider is based in San Francisco. Hill Physicians is the largest independent physician association in Northern California.