UCSF at the Turn of the Year 2006
It is time once again to take stock. Here is my ninth annual survey of the past year at UCSF. It has been a year of great achievement and persisting problems. I have tried to give a representative sample of both.
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Longtime Women's Advocate to Serve UCOP Fellowship
UCSF's Amy Levine will work on an initiative focusing on career advancement of women staff at the UC Office of the President in 2007.
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Clinical Trial Tests New Kind of Treatment for Stroke Patients
A new multi-center trial clinical trial now under way has the potential to "open up a whole new world of treatment" for patients recovering from stroke, says Gary Abrams, MD, chief of the rehabilitation service at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and associate professor of clinical neurology at UCSF. Abrams is site co-principal investigator at UCSF and SFVAMC.
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Public Affairs Photographer Receives National Recognition
During two weeks in October and November, Susan Merrell, a photographer who works in the Public Affairs department as a news assistant, spent time capturing images of the children, families and caregivers at UCSF Children's Hospital.
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UCSF Medical Center Makes Merry During Season of Joy
The holiday season brought ballerinas and purple fairies to UCSF Medical Center recently.
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Comparing Mars and Venus in Neuroscience
On NPR's <i>All Things Considered</i>, Louann Brizendine, MD, neuropsychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, is interviewed about her book, <i>The Female Brain</i>, which attributes differences between the sexes to brain chemistry. Brizendine discusses these differences with Debbie Elliott.
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UCSF to Honor Three with MLK Awards
Rene Salazar, Alice Wong and Hamdan Almas will receive the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Awards at a special ceremony at UCSF on Jan. 16, 2007.
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Bereaved Families Light Candles at UCSFChildren's Hospital
Families participated in the Worldwide Candle Lighting ceremony at UCSF on Dec. 10.
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Q & A with Michael Lawton: Senator Tim Johnson and AVM
It has been widely reported that Senator Tim Johnson of South Dakota was treated on Wednesday, Dec. 13, for a ruptured arteriovenous malformation, or AVM. To learn more about this condition, we contacted Michael Lawton, MD, associate professor of neurological surgery at UCSF and an expert on AVMs.
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Fulbright Scholar Program Bridges Global Divide
UCSF School of Nursing faculty Geraldine Padilla and Erika Froelicher and Frederic Marteau, who is visiting UCSF from Belgium, are among the 2006 Fulbright scholars.
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Babies Born at Mount Zion in San Francisco Reunite at Auxiliary Party
Men and women who were born at San Francisco's Mount Zion Hospital recently returned to the hospital to share their stories.
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Mouse study reveals stem cell capability in brain tissue repair
UCSF scientists have determined that adult stem cells in a specific region of the mouse brain have a built-in mechanism that allows the cells to participate in the repair and remodeling of damaged tissue in the region.
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UCSF events for January 2007
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James Huang, MD, New UCSF Children's Hospital Director of Clinical Hematology
James Huang, MD, has joined the UCSF faculty in the Department of Pediatrics as an associate professor of pediatrics, and has been appointed the director of clinical hematology at UCSF Children's Hospital.
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Lung Cancer Survivors Find Reason for Hope
UCSF faculty and lung cancer survivors met recently to discuss new developments with the disease.
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All in the family: A UCSF update on UCSF Cancer Risk Program
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Cancer immunoresistance linked to loss of tumor suppressor gene
Cancer immunoresistance may be partially due to loss of a well-known tumor suppressor gene, according to new research led by Andrew T. Parsa, MD, PhD, assistant professor of neurological surgery at the University of California, San Francisco.
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UCSF Pharmacy School receives major grant from Amgen Foundation for Medicare Part D outreach
The UCSF School of Pharmacy has received a $3.7 million grant from the Amgen Foundation to fund an innovative program that will help underserved elderly Californians learn about and select from Medicare prescription drug plans.
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Nominations Sought for Advancing Women Award
Nominations for the Chancellor's Award for the Advancement of Women are due on Tuesday, Jan. 9, 2007.
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Patients' requests for antidepressants can influence physician evaluation of depression
Patients who initiate a general discussion about the need for antidepressant medication with their primary care physician are more likely to be thoroughly evaluated for depression than those who make a brand-specific request or no request
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UCSF Offers NERT Training for Staff
Registration is underway for the San Francisco Fire Department NERT (Neighborhood Emergency Response Team) Training Program to be offered for free to UCSF staff.
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Medical Student with Camera Follows as a Man Donates Part of His Liver to His Mother
Second-year medical student Harras Zaid has seen his share of organ transplants. Under the wing of UCSF transplant surgeons, he has traveled to distant hospitals to observe as the body of a person whose life has ended gives up the organs that will save or enhance many other lives.
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UCSF Pediatrics Residents Join African AIDS Corps
A group of young physicians are delivering care abroad in HIV/AIDS while supporting local training initiatives to enhance sustainability.
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Center Offers Introduction to Kids at UCSF Day
Those interested in offering children a look behind the scenes at this health sciences campus are invited to learn more about Kids at UCSF Day on Monday.
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New Imaging System a "First" for Spine Surgery in the Western United States
The UCSF Spine Center recently acquired a new imaging system that will assist surgeons in navigation techniques and help the center expand and enhance surgical procedures. The technology is the first of its kind in the western United States.
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Innovative NIH Transition Program Recognizes Four UCSF Postdocs
Four promising postdoctoral scientists will receive both mentored and independent research support from a new National Institutes of Health award.
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UCSF to report on women's health
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Number of Teens Abusing Cough Medicine Soars
Ilene B. Anderson, PharmD, reports in the December <i>Archives of Pediatrics and Adolescent Medicine</i> that the number of California teenagers using over-the-counter cough medicines to get high has soared in recent years, mirroring a national trend.
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UCSF Children's Hospital, hospice to benefit from film screening
UCSF Children's Hospital and George Mark Children's House residential hospice will each benefit from an advance screening of the live-action remake of E.B. White's classic novel "Charlotte's Web"
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Chile Warms to UCSF Science: A Conversation with Graduate Student Monica Rodrigo-Brenni
A graduate student's love of science needs no translation in Chile — or San Francisco.