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UCSF Team to Devise Strategy for Going After NIH Stimulus Funds
A seven-member stimulus response team will work to identify and coordinate UCSF’s funding needs and strengthen grant applications to position UCSF as an ideal recipient of NIH economic stimulus funds.
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High blood pressure linked to earlier death among African-American breast cancer patients
A study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco has shown that hypertension, or high blood pressure, is a predictor of mortality among breast cancer patients, especially those who are African-American, and that hypertension accounts for approximately 30 percent of the survival disparity between African-American and white breast cancer patients.
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CTSI Symposium to Highlight Research That Engages Communities
Steven Woolf will deliver a plenary lecture, titled “The Meaning of Translational Research and Why It Matters,” at a March 13 symposium at UCSF.
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Using hair to manage HIV/AIDS and predict treatment success
UCSF researchers have found that examining levels of antiretroviral drugs in hair samples taken from HIV patients on therapy strongly predicts treatment success.
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Turnaround Mentorship Program Seeks Mentors and Mentees
Staff and supervisors are invited to information sessions about the UCSF Turnaround Mentorship Program. Deadline to apply is March 18.
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Study sheds light on angiogenesis inhibitors, points to limitations, solutions
A new generation of cancer drugs designed to starve tumors of their blood supply – called “angiogenesis inhibitors” -- succeeds at first, but then promotes more invasive cancer growth -- sometimes with a higher incidence of metastases, according to a new study in animals. The research clarifies similar findings in other animal studies and is consistent with some early evidence from a small number of clinical trials with cancer patients.
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LGBT Scientists Hear About Coming Out on the Job
Nearly 100 lesbian and gay scientists recently heard a distinguished panel address the groundbreaking subject of being “out” in science at UCSF Mission Bay.
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Arpi Bekmezian joins Pediatrics, Hospitalist Group
New UCSF Faculty, March 2009
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Dogged Drug Company and FDA Critic Delivers UCSF Health Policy Talk
During a recent lecture at UCSF, outspoken public health activist Sidney Wolfe, MD, recounted his 40-plus years as a thorn in the side of the pharmaceutical industry and federal drug regulators.
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UCSF/SFGH Staph 'Sleuth' Receives French Legion of Honor Award
Microbiologist Francoise Perdreau-Remington, PhD, has received France’s highest civilian award for her work in identifying, mapping and tracking drug-resistant staph infections.
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Effective mentoring critical to HIV/AIDS research efforts
An innovative mentoring program at the UCSF-Gladstone Institute for Virology and Immunology Center for AIDS Research is providing vital support for the development of the next generation of HIV/AIDS researchers and clinician scientists.
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HIV and Organ Transplants Can Coexist, UCSF Research Shows
Ongoing research by UCSF doctors refutes conventional wisdom and offers good news to many HIV-infected patients at risk of organ failure.
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American Society for Microbiology Prize Goes to DeRisi
Joseph DeRisi, inventor of the ViroChip, a microarray that is used to detect every known virus and helps researchers identify and describe unknown viruses, will receive the Eli Lilly and Company Research Award from the American Society for Microbiology in May.
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UCSF Hosts Body Image Awareness Week
UCSF Student Health Services and the Center for Gender Equity, among several departments, are co-sponsoring Body Image Awareness Week from Feb. 23 to Feb. 27.
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New Orthopedic Trauma Facility Brings Research, Training and Patient Care Under One Roof
The new Orthopaedic Trauma Institute at San Francisco General Hospital will allow UCSF physicians and surgeons to continue providing world-class treatment, but in a space that allows for greater interaction and collaboration among doctors, researchers and support staff.
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State Budget Contains $115 Million in New Cuts for UC, Stretches Budget Challenge to $450 Million
The state budget adopted by the Legislature and Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger for the rest of 2008-09 and the 2009-10 fiscal year contains $115 million in new permanent funding reductions for the University of California system and, by virtue of other growing costs not addressed in the budget, extends the university's total immediate state budget challenge to $450 million.
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UCSF Gallo study finds hormone disorder drug could help drinkers stay sober
A drug prescribed for male and female infertility and menstrual disorders could hold the key to a more effective treatment for alcoholism, according to a study by researchers at the UCSF-affiliated Ernest Gallo Clinic and Research Center.
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UCSF Students Offer Health Services, Counseling to Custodial Staff
The first-of-its-kind event “Healthy Hearts, Healthy Smiles” offered health services and counseling to UCSF’s nighttime custodial staff, while also giving students from different programs a chance to learn from one another.
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UCSF Researchers Hope for Hearty Portion of New NIH Funds
An additional $10 billion for the NIH under the economic stimulus package could breathe new life into stalled UCSF projects in areas such as stem cell research and brain function, researchers say.
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Transportation Services Demystifies Pretax Transit Benefits
The American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 that was signed into law this week by President Barack Obama includes an increase that allows UCSF employees to take money out of their paycheck now, before taxes are deducted, to pay for transportation.
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UCSF Children's Hospital doctors featured in KTVU-TV story on immune disorder
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UCSF Celebrates Black History Month (pdf)
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Medical Center Seeks Feedback on Primary Care Services
UCSF Medical Center is seeking employees to serve on a focus group to talk about its primary care services.
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Iraqi Boy Hears First Sounds After Cochlear Implant Surgery
A month after surgery at UCSF Medical Center, doctors activated 3-year-old Mustafa Ghazwan’s cochlear implant, allowing him to hear for the first time in nearly two years.
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UCSF to Host LGBT Health Forum for Graduate Students
More than 150 students from most of California’s graduate health schools will gather at UCSF next week for a groundbreaking LGBT health forum.
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UCSF Center to Host Symposium on Tobacco Research and Education
The campus community is invited on Friday to a symposium in the Health Sciences West building on the Parnassus campus about advances in tobacco control.
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Statins pay off on a health-policy level, UCSF study finds
Current guidelines for when to prescribe popular cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins would produce cost-effective results and would save thousands of lives every year if they were followed more closely by physicians and patients, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Outspoken Public Health Advocate to Deliver Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture
The campus community is invited to the next Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture on Feb. 24 featuring Sidney Wolfe, an outspoken critic of the FDA and pharmaceutical industry.
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News Briefing: Cochlear implant test for Iraqi boy who underwent surgery to restore his hearing
A 3-year-old Iraqi boy who underwent surgery at UCSF Medical Center last month to restore his hearing will have his hearing tested on February 17.