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UCSF Scientist Wins NIH Director's New Innovator Award
UCSF's Feroz Papa has won a highly prestigious National Institutes of Health award that recognizes bold ideas from some of the nation's most innovative new scientists.
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Specific immune cells play an essential role in tumor growth
UCSF researchers have discovered that blocking the function of a certain type of immune cell halts pancreatic islet tumor growth in mice. The finding proves, they say, that specific immune cells can play a critical role in the formation and subsequent growth of cancer.
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Old Space: Protecting Young Bones from Weightlessness. A Conversation with Thomas Lang
Protecting against loss of bone mass on long space flights gives new meaning to space age...
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UCSF Diabetes Teaching Center Launches New Diabetes Management Educational Website
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UCSF to Offer Third Year of Faculty Leadership Collaborative
Applications for the spring session of the UCSF Faculty Leadership Collaborative are due on October 30.
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Swim across America to raise funds
Six Olympians and 125 other accomplished swimmers will tackle the San Francisco Bay in the second annual Swim Across America 10-mile relay swim to fight pediatric cancer.
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UCSF Accepts Nominations for MLK Award
Nominations are due October 16 for the 2008 Martin Luther King Jr. Award, which recognizes efforts to achieve greater diversity at UCSF.
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Simple Tool for Improving Doctor-Patient Communication Yields Significant Health Benefits
A UCSF research team has developed a simple tool that can improve the effectiveness of communication between doctors and patients about prescribed medications and result in dramatic improvements in health and safety.
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Congresswoman Woolsey Offers Perspective on Global Health
UCSF Global Health Sciences hosted Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey who spoke about health challenges worldwide.
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UCSF Welcomes New Workforce Development Coordinator
Damon Lew has joined UCSF to support workforce development initiatives between UCSF faculty, staff, students and community-based organizations.
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Improving doctor-patient communication yields significant health benefits
A UCSF research team has developed a simple tool that can improve the effectiveness of communication between doctors and patients about prescribed medications and result in dramatic improvements in health and safety.
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She's a Stem Cell Scientist by Day, but UCSF's Elias Also Makes Time for the Tango
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UCSF Hosts Second Annual Interprofessional Education Day
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Poor health in adulthood linked with parents' education level
The level of education of one's parents is a key predictor of adult health status among members of the white and African-American communities, according to a study of more than 20 thousand adults aged 50 and older conducted by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC).
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UCSF to Host Faculty and Staff Art Show
The campus community is invited to the Annual Faculty and Staff Art Show, which runs from Monday through Friday, Oct. 1 through Oct. 5.
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In 117th Shattuck Lecture, UCSF's Schroeder Addresses "Improving the Health of the American People"
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Iraq War Exhibit Offers a Moment of Reflection
Members of the campus and community came together last week to view a display honoring soldiers and civilians who lost their lives in the Iraq war.
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UCSF Scientist and Colleagues Develop Diagnostic Aid for Rare Inherited Immune System Disorder
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UCSF Police Report Robbery of Employee Near Mount Zion
A UCSF employee was robbed of her purse about three blocks from the UCSF campus at Mount Zion last Wednesday afternoon.
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Working Small, Thinking Big: A Conversation with Bioengineer Tejal Desai
Nanotech meets biotech in the UCSF laboratory of Tejal Desai...
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Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture to Feature Global Tobacco Control
Judith Mackay, an international crusader against smoking, will talk on October 9 about the worldwide effort to decrease the use of tobacco.
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UCSF to Host Eco-Fair at Laurel Heights
More than 25 organizations and vendors will participate in an eco-fair at UCSF Laurel Heights on September 26.
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Philanthropist Dede Wilsey Discusses Efforts to Raise Funds for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
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Early-Alzheimer's Disease Program Focuses on Support, Enrichment
In the early stages of Alzheimer's disease, people experience mild memory loss and confusion. These challenges are significant, but people often maintain much of their normal capability and spirit. Now, a specialized support group program is being formed at the UCSF Memory and Aging Center ...
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SFGH to Host Tuberculosis Research Symposium
Gerald Friedland, who was among the first to recognize and report on the appearance of extensively drug-resistant tuberculosis in an HIV-infected person in South Africa, will be the featured speaker at a symposium on October 3.
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UCSF School of Medicine Names King as Chair of the Department of Medicine
Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD, an internationally respected expert in lung disorders, has been named chair of the UCSF School of Medicine's Department of Medicine, effective September 19.
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A Sneak Peek at the Above and Beyond Gala
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UCSF Researcher's Drug Strategy for Huntington's Disease
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Physician Satisfaction-and Dissatisfaction-the Focus of KQED's Forum