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New UCSF Faculty, January 2009
Starting in January, a UCSF postdoctoral researcher will launch the first-ever study of the effects of prolonged nonuse on human cartilage.
Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center, says he is optimistic that even in this difficult economic environment, “we can achieve our financial goal for this fiscal year.”
The National Institutes of Health is recognizing UCSF’s Chemistry and Chemical Biology Graduate Program in the Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry for its notable record of recruitment and retention of underrepresented students.
The California Public Interest Research Group (CALPIRG) released its 23rd annual toy safety survey – “Trouble in Toyland” – on Nov. 25, at a press conference in San Jose.
Many veterans returning from Iraq and Afghanistan are affected by post-traumatic stress disorder. Over time, the effects may be physical as well as mental. Beth Cohen, MD, a UCSF researcher and physician at the San Francisco VA Medical Center, is exploring a link between PTSD and heart disease.
The UCSF School of Dentistry has received the largest grant in its history: $24.4 million from the National Institutes of Health to address socio-economic and cultural disparities in oral health.
The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation is donating $25 million to UCSF’s stem cell program, one of the largest and most comprehensive programs of its kind in the United States. The funds will be put toward the construction of a headquarters for the program, which will enable scientists to continue their groundbreaking advances in identifying strategies to treat a wide range of diseases, UCSF announced today.
University, state and local officials, philanthropists and community leaders will announce a multi-million dollar gift from The Eli and Edythe Broad Foundation to the Institute for Regeneration Medicine at UCSF.