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UCSF Global Health Sciences is launching an "action tank," with start-up funds from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, to promote and implement the most promising strategies against global health crises. The Gates Foundation is providing a $5 million grant for the initial phase.
The most advanced noninvasive, radiosurgery tool for treating a variety of brain disorders--including tumors--is now being used by specialists at UCSF Medical Center. The new machine expands UCSF's ability to provide state-of-the-art, specialized care to patients.
Dancers in costume from the San Francisco Ballet production of "The Nutcracker" will give patients at UCSF Children's Hospital a special, command performance of the beloved holiday ballet
Leslie Wilson knows what it costs to keep our blood supply safe from Chagas' disease...
UCSF is exhibiting a photographic documentary at the library at the Parnassus campus of actual X-rays and CT-scans of survivors of terrorist attacks.
UCSF staff members are invited to learn about the role of the staff advisors to the UC Board of Regents on December 3.
The San Francisco Fire Department NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team) Program will come to UCSF on December 11 and 18.
San Francisco Supervisor Sophie Maxwell paid a visit to UCSF Children's Hospital, where she heard about the need to build a new one at Mission Bay.
Devra Davis, an expert on environmental health, will talk about her new book, <i>The Secret History of the War on Cancer</i>, at Mount Zion on November 29.
UCSF School of Nursing Professor Jeanie Kayser-Jones, RN, PhD, FAAN, has received the first annual "Nurse Leader in Aging Award" from the American Academy of Nursing and the John A. Hartford Foundation, in recognition of her significant advancements in the field of gerontological nursing.
UCSF is hosting a symposium on the intersection of medical science and information technology in recognition of the visionary thinking of William J. Rutter, PhD. The symposium will coincide with formal renaming of the Community Center at UCSF Mission Bay to the William J. Rutter Center.
UCSF faculty and industry leaders will talk about their work during a symposium to honor biotechnology pioneer William J. Rutter on November 29.
UCSF School of Medicine graduate Michael Callaham, a national expert in emergency medicine, has been named chair of the new Department of Emergency Medicine
The UCSF Library and UCSF Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education are currently hosting an exhibit of historic cigarette advertising and promotional items.
The UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center today is being renamed as a tribute to San Francisco native Helen Diller and her family. All UCSF cancer programs and resources will now carry the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center name.
San Francisco-based jazz musician and vocalist Kitty Margolis will perform, along with Alfonso Montuori, a professor of transformative studies, during a free event today.
Chemicals in the environment are threatening our health, our ability to reproduce and our offspring. What can we do?
Healthier food alternatives have arrived at UCSF in a place you'd least expect them: vending machines.
Martin Chemers, a UC Santa Cruz professor of psychology and an expert on leadership, will present the inaugural faculty development lecture at UCSF on December 4.