UCSF Resource Allocation Program Offers Fifth Round of Grants
The deadline to apply for the next round of funding through the Resource Allocation Program is September 21.
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UCSF, UC Hastings Experts to Discuss Implementing Tobacco Control Act
UCSF tobacco control and prevention experts will convene with their colleagues at UC Hastings on August 28 to discuss the new tobacco control act.
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CNNHealth quotes UCSF nephrologist in story on Mozart's death
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Dental School Dean to Host Town Hall Meetings on Financial Crisis
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.
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Family of Child with Rare Tumor Finds Renewed Hope at UCSF
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.
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UCSF/Stanford team finds labor induction need not increase cesarean risk
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.
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UCSF health policy expert addresses questions from SF Chronicle readers
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UCSF Looks to Recruit Volunteers for Care and Shelter Teams
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.
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Got a Problem? Drop in to Free Clinic
The UCSF Problem Resolution Center is offering free drop-in, problem-solving clinics for those who need help finding a solution.
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Research Breathes Life into New Asthma Clinic at UCSF
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.
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New York Times features UCSF sleep-gene finding
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Program Helps Prepare Local Youth for Careers in Science
UCSF’s High School Summer Internship Program targets teens from underrepresented backgrounds and offers hands-on lab experience, mentoring and college counseling.
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First human gene implicated in regulating length of human sleep
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
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UCSF Director to Teach Course on Women and Leadership
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.
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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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UCSF and Hill Physicians form new health care option for San Francisco
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.
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New Center to Focus on Effects of Stress, Socioeconomic Status on Obesity
UCSF has received a five-year grant to establish a multi-campus center where researchers will study how stress and socioeconomic status influence weight.
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Regional business journals cover new affiliation between UCSF and Hill Physicians
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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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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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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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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.