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UCSF Affiliates with Hill Physicians Medical Group
All doctors in UCSF Medical Group will join Hill Physicians Medical Group in San Francisco, effective Jan. 1, 2010.
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Chancellor Taps Hawgood as Medical School Dean, Appointment Pending Regents' Approval
Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann today tapped Sam Hawgood to serve as dean of the top-rated UCSF School of Medicine, an appointment that is subject to Regents’ approval.
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KPIX TV cites UCSF research on H1N1 flu
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UCSF primary care expert participates in White House health policy roundtable
Kevin Grumbach, MD, chair of the UCSF Department of Family and Community Medicine, participated in a health policy roundtable at the White House on August 10. The forum was chaired by Nancy Ann DeParle, director of the White House Office of Health Reform, and addressed primary care and medical home innovations.
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UCSF Offers Programs to Guide Career Success, Satisfaction
Mentoring programs are flourishing across campus to support the recruitment and retention of the highest-quality faculty and staff, increase diversity through outreach to underrepresented minorities and improve career satisfaction and success.
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Community Rejoices in Confirmation of Sotomayor to US Supreme Court
Members of the campus community at UCSF are praising the confirmation of Judge Sonia Sotomayor as the nation’s first Hispanic to serve on the US Supreme Court.
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Medical Center CEO Clarifies Points Regarding Executive Compensation
Mark Laret, CEO of UCSF Medical Center, responded to a <cite>San Francisco Chronicle</cite> article about executive compensation in a message on August 7.
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UCSF Earns High Marks for Efforts to Limit Drug Industry Influence
Strong performance in new national rankings is the latest evidence of UCSF’s stepped-up effort to maintain the integrity and independence of its curriculum, research programs and clinical practice.
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In Type 2 Diabetes, Insight into Cell Death Leads to New Treatment Idea
In the fight against type 2 diabetes, researchers come up with a new approach that aims to keep insulin-secreting cells alive.
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Interim Medical School Dean Convenes Task Force to Guide Implementation of Furlough Plan
Sam Hawgood, interim dean of the UCSF School of Medicine, issued an email on August 5 outlining the principles that will guide implementation of the UC furlough plan.
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UCSF statement regarding CNA demonstration on 8-05-09
Allegations by CNA that a UCSF nurse was terminated because of comments made about unsafe patient care practices related to H1N1 <u>are unfounded</u>. This individual was a patient care nurse who was still in her probationary period, and she was released due to performance factors that occurred during this period. CNA has filed a grievance on behalf of this individual, and UCSF is proceeding through appropriate channels to address the situation.
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UCSF Conference on Stress and Coping to Honor Folkman
Longtime UCSF Professor of Medicine Susan Folkman will be honored on September 11 at a conference featuring world-renowned experts in the field of psychological stress and coping.
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Dean Joins US Health Secretary Announcing Recovery Act Funding to Train Health Care Professionals
Dean Kathy Dracup joined US Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius last week for the announcement that $200 million is available to support the training of health care professionals, including nurses.
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Iraq and Afghanistan veterans with mental health problems have higher heart disease risk
Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan with post-traumatic stress disorder and other mental health diagnoses have two to three times the rate of heart disease risk factors compared with veterans without such diagnoses, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
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Wall Street Journal Spotlights UCSF Decision Services program
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New York Times features UCSF breast cancer surgeon
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Reiter Wins Presidential Early Career Award
Jeremy Reiter, assistant professor of biochemistry, is a recipient of the Presidential Early Career Award for Scientists and Engineers (PECASE), the nation’s highest honor for scientists at the outset of their professional careers.
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UCSF Names Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann has named Carol Moss to the new position of vice chancellor of University Development and Alumni Relations at UCSF.
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New Chancellor Gets to Work at UCSF
Sue Desmond-Hellmann, UCSF’s ninth chancellor and first woman named to the prestigious post, arrived at her office for work today announcing her first appointment before noon.
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UCSF Dean Reflects on Life, Leadership in Voices Profile
UCSF School of Pharmacy Dean Mary Anne Koda-Kimble is featured in the latest segment of <em>Voices</em>, a series of video profiles focusing on diverse members of the campus community. See the video on the <a href="http://diversity.ucsf.edu/voices/">UCSF Diversity website</a>.
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New Award for Postdocs Encourages Innovative, Independent Research
The Graduate Division’s Postdoctoral Scholar Research Award aims to help UCSF postdocs pursue original ideas and launch their careers.
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Campus Works to Address Implementation of Furlough Plan
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost Eugene Washington on July 30 issued a message to the campus community about how the campus is planning to implement the UC-wide furlough plan.
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UCSF researchers identify new drug target for Kaposi's Sarcoma
UCSF researchers have identified a new potential drug target for the herpes virus that causes Kaposi’s sarcoma, re-opening the possibility of using the class of drugs called protease inhibitors against the full herpes family of viruses, which for 20 years has been deemed too difficult to attain.
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UCSF Students First in United States to Receive Master's Degree in Global Health
Seven students who devoted the past year to understanding and improving global health have become the country’s first to obtain a master of science degree in the field.
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KPIX TV features UCSF Medical Center anesthesiologist
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UCSF Children's Hospital to honor transplant patients at "circus" picnic
UCSF Children's Hospital will celebrate children and their families at the 14th annual Pediatric Transplant Picnic.
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UCSF Medical Center Cuts Costs by $45 Million to Avoid Furloughs, Maintain Care
Medical center employees and non-physician, clinically related employees at the UCSF School of Medicine and UCSF School of Dentistry will not be furloughed or have their pay decreased, according to Mark Laret, CEO of UCSF Medical Center.
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UC President Calls for Shared Sacrifice, Innovation
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San Francisco supervisors approve helipad at UCSF Mission Bay Hospital
The San Francisco Board of Supervisors today (July 28, 2009) approved a resolution that allows for the operation of a helipad at the new UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay, a state-of-the-art hospital complex for children, women and cancer patients scheduled to open in 2014. The resolution passed unanimously, by a vote of 11 to 0.