1st anniversary celebration of UCSF Asian Heart & Vascular Center
UCSF Asian Heart & Vascular Center first anniversary celebration May 10, 2007 (Thursday) 5:00 - 7:30 pm
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Give to UCSFUCSF Asian Heart & Vascular Center first anniversary celebration May 10, 2007 (Thursday) 5:00 - 7:30 pm
Charles Bertolami, DDS, DMedSc, and professor and dean of the UCSF School of Dentistry, has accepted an appointment as dean of the New York University College of Dentistry, effective September 1, 2007.
Two special UCSF events this week emphasize sun safety. Media are invited to cover.
Craig Hashi, a fourth-year PhD candidate in the UCSF/UC Berkeley Joint Graduate Group in Bioengineering, recently led his team to a first-place victory in a life science innovation competition at UCSF.
UCSF Public Affairs staff hosted two groups of girls who learned about reporting and writing about science as part of Kids at UCSF Day.
This month, UCSF will open one of only a small number of centers in the world dedicated to the diagnosis, treatment and cure of children suffering from primary immune disorders such as the famed "bubble boy" disease.
Faculty from all four schools and the Proctor Foundation for Research in Ophthalmology are among recipients of the first round of grant funding for research and career development activities in clinical and translational sciences.
The UCSF Department of Dermatology will host free skin cancer screenings from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on Saturday, May 12, on the third floor of the UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion, 1701 Divisadero St., San Francisco.
A man who operates on bodies and genes makes his mark...
A team led by UCSF scientists has received a grant of $15 million, provided over five years, to study the complex genetic factors that underlie some of the most common forms of epilepsy.
Learn about perspectives on breakthrough medicines, drug safety and preventing medication errors during a new course in UCSF's Mini Medical School beginning May 8.
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID) has renewed support, with major funding, for an ambitious seven-year-old international research consortium that is pioneering novel strategies for studying and testing new drugs.
Six UCSF faculty members have been named Fellows of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
UCSF's transplant nurses recently received praise for helping patients, living-donors and their families through the transplantation process.
David Kessler, MD, vice chancellor for medical affairs and dean of the UCSF School of Medicine testified on Tuesday, May 1, before the House Oversight and Investigations Committee hearing on the future of the Food and Drug Administration. Kessler was FDA Commissioner from 1990 to 1997.
One of the first major studies of pediatric stroke has revealed that as many as one fifth of children who have had strokes are at risk of a recurrence ...
A treatment for osteoporosis delivered once a year is as effective as current monthly or weekly osteoporosis regimens at reducing the incidence of bone fractures, according to a new study led by a UCSF research team.
Associate Dean Emerita Marilyn Flood will sign copies of her new book about the School of Nursing's first 100 years this afternoon at the UCSF Library.
The campus community can celebrate Cinco de Mayo at the Mission Bay and Parnassus campuses this week.
An Iraqi-American physician will present "The New Iraq: A Humanitarian Disaster," along with other speakers, at a free public symposium at UCSF on May 9.
David Agard, PhD, professor of biochemistry and biophysics at UCSF and the founding scientific director of the UCSF-based California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research, was elected today to the National Academy of Sciences.
Pearl Toy has been named the recipient of the 2007 International Woman in Transfusion Award.
Katherine Matthay, one of the world's leading doctors and researchers in treatments for childhood cancer, is now an endowed chair in pediatric translational research.
The amount Americans spent on arthritis medications more than doubled between 1998 and 2003, due to the fast-rising number of people with the disease, increases in the number of medications they take each month and the inflation-adjusted cost per prescription...
Wendy Kopp, recipient of the 2007 UCSF Medal, will talk about educational equity at a noontime forum at UCSF on May 3.
Should scientists de-emphasize the technical when trying to defend or explain science? The jury is still out on how and whether science should be "framed"...