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Roger K. Long, MD, an endocrinology research fellow at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, was one of only three scientists named in January 2007 as 2006-2008 Postdoctoral Fellows by the National Space Biomedical Research Institute (NSBRI).
This year, UCSF is expanding the number of camps it offers kids, including a new winter break camp beginning on February 19.
The study also incorporated a pain model developed at UCSF that provided a standardized reference point. This model allowed researchers to compare relief of chronic HIV-associated neuropathic pain simultaneously with patient response to pain and skin sensitivity.
California Assembly Speaker Fabian Núñez led a town hall meeting on health care after touring UCSF Children's Hospital on Saturday.
Ophthalmologist and neuroscientist Jonathan Horton opens his eyes -- and his mind -- to some startling observations about what vision is and why we might be blind to the truth...
The campus community is invited to Valentine's Day festivities, beginning with an exclusive ice skating party tomorrow.
The UCSF Academic Senate has selected cell biologist Peter Walter to deliver the 50th Faculty Research Lecture on May 1.
UCSF neurosurgeon Andrew Parsa, MD, PhD, is running a clinical trial on patients with glioblastoma multiforme, the most deadly type of brain tumor, using a vaccine made from the patient's own tumor to trigger the immune system.
The campus community is invited to celebrate the 120th anniversary of Mount Zion at receptions on February 15.
The debate over how to make health insurance available to everyone in California made it's way to those dealing with the crushing costs of health care.
Gladstone Institute scientist Ya-Lin Chiu will talk about her prize-winning research at UCSF Mission Bay on February 20.
UCSF's David Bell, one of the two first staff advisors to the UC Regents, will talk about the advisor's role and responsibility at a forum on February 12.
For a two-part special report on premature ejaculation, <i>Healthwatch</i> correspondent Kim Mulvihill, MD, spoke to three top specialists in sexual medicine, including Paul J. Turek, MD, and Louann Brizendine, MD, both of UCSF.
UCSF neuroscientists Louis Ptáček, MD, Ying-Hui Fu, PhD, and colleagues are exploring the body's biological rhythms. Sometimes these are referred to as "clocks," and at other times as circadian rhythms.
UCSF's Roger Long is among three young scientists who will get hands-on research experience as part of a national vision for space exploration.
Faculty participation in a National Research Council survey is crucial in raising the visibility of UCSF's graduate programs, campus officials say.
The UCSF AIDS Walk Trophy is now in the hands of the Summer Research Training Program after the School of Pharmacy was the first to win the honor.
Technological advancements have made it possible to produce detailed magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) of a fetus in the womb, a fact that is making MRI an increasingly important clinical tool for diagnosing fetal abnormalities and understanding normal fetal development, UCSF physicians say.
UCSF Medical Center has named Diane "Dede" Wilsey to lead the philanthropic effort on behalf of UCSF Medical Center's new state-of-the art clinical facility planned for construction at Mission Bay.
Those interested in learning about the Academic Business Officers Group (ABOG) Mentorship Program can attend a brown bag forum today or next Tuesday.
On NPR's <i>All Things Considered</i>, independent producer Jake Warga offers a profile of the person he admires most: his best friend, American health worker Jenafir House.
Free yourself from feeling like a fake...
The Academic Senate recently announced the recipients of the 2006-2007 UCSF Distinction in Teaching Awards.
UCSF Medical Center has named Diane "Dede" Wilsey to lead the philanthropic effort in behalf of UCSF Medical Center's new state-of-the art clinical facility planned for construction at Mission Bay.
Drug advertisement has doubled in recent years and one study shows the commercials work, in terms of convincing consumers to go to their doctors with a request for specific prescription drugs they saw advertised on television. But a study in the <i>Annals of Family Medicine</i> is raising questions about the messages ads promote.
Experts said a blood test commonly given in the emergency room could help predict the risk of a heart patient having a heart attack or stroke in the near future, NBC11's Marianne Favro reported.
After an unannounced, one-week inspection by eight Joint Commission surveyors, UCSF Medical Center has once again received full accreditation.