UCSF events for November 2006
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Do Men and Women Feel Pain Differently?
NBC health correspondent Robert Bazell interviews Jon Levine, MD, PhD, professor of medicine, oral and maxillofacial surgery and a prominent pain researcher at the University of California, San Francisco, on his new research that is showing the differences between how men and women experience pain.
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Scots, Californians Prove: Smoking Bans Boost Non-Smokers' Health
The time has come to ban smoking in all workplaces -- in fact, in all public places in general, UCSF pulmonologist Mark Eisner, MD, MPH, writes in an editorial in the <i>Journal of the American Medical Society</i>. Eisner wrote the editorial to comment on a study published in the same issue of <i>JAMA</i> that shows the effects of Scotland's national ban on smoking.
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UCSF Pediatrics Resident Behind Juvenile Offenders Health Insurance Law
The over 2 million adolescents in juvenile detention in California now have a better chance of receiving the critical health care services they need upon reemergence from incarceration in large part because of the efforts of a first-year UCSF Pediatrics Department resident.
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National Coming Out Day Shines Spotlight on UCSF Lesbian Health & Research Center
One of the biggest challenges lesbians face when seeking health care is the complexity of talking openly about health issues with a clinician without the stigma of judgment, disapproval, and condemnation or the fear of having care withheld.
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Four UCSF faculty elected to Institute of Medicine
Four UCSF faculty scientists are among the 65 new members elected to the Institute of Medicine, part of the National Academy of Sciences, the Institute announced today.
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Gladstone investigators identify a new protective action for the powerful anti-HIV factor APOBEC3G
Scientists at the Gladstone Institute of Virology and Immunology (GIVI) have identified a previously unknown function of APOBEC3G (A3G), a protein that acts against HIV, a finding that may lead to new approaches for controlling HIV infection.
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"On the Spot" Lets You Ask the Questions
UCSF researchers routinely publish groundbreaking research, write books, and provide context and commentary for scientific and medical news. Our job is to tell their stories, showcase their accomplishments, and highlight the implications and global consequences of their research for our readers.
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Li Foundation funds Chinese scholars to study systems biology at UCSF
Funded by a $63,000 gift from the New York-based Li Foundation to the UCSF School of Pharmacy, Chinese scientists from Peking University will study the emerging field of systems biology at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF).
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UCSF's Mini Medical School for the Public Begins in October
The public is invited to join the conversation with the world's leading experts in medicine and the health sciences at UCSF's Mini Medical School for the community, which begins October 24.
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UCSF Ophthalmologist Researching Drug for Use in Treating Macular Degeneration
New evidence surfaced Wednesday that a high-tech drug developed in the Bay Area offers significant hope to those afflicted with macular degeneration, a disease that can cause blindness.
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Expert on pain sensation named UCSF physiology chair
David Julius, PhD, a pioneer in research clarifying the molecular basis of the sense of pain and temperature, has been named chair of the Department of Physiology in the UCSF School of Medicine.
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UCSF Mission Bay to Host Cancer Imaging Symposium on October 14
Leading scientists from UCSF, UC Berkeley and Stanford will come together at Mission Bay on October 14 to talk about advances in cancer imaging.
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Former Mayor Willie Brown and SF Fire Chief Joanne Hayes-White to host UCSF tree lighting event
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Free Cardiovascular Screenings During Chinatown Night Fair
This past Saturday night, UCSF's Asian Heart and Vascular Center offered free cardiovascular screenings to the public during the Chinatown Night Fair in Portsmouth Square, San Francisco.
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Max Seibold, Scientist and Oklahoman
Max Seibold, a son of the soil, left Oklahoma for a UCSF laboratory three years ago. What has happened since says much about the combustive power of science, stubbornness and stamina.
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UCSF Nikon Imaging Center Opens
UCSF and the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) have collaborated with Nikon Instruments Inc. to open the UCSF Nikon Imaging Center at the Mission Bay campus.
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Nobel Winner Credits UCSF Scientist with Early Lead to Key Finding
In a press conference at Stanford on Monday, and reported later in the <i>San Francisco Chronicle</i>, one of the scientists who received the Nobel Prize for discovering how RNA can turn genes off credited early experiments by UCSF's Su Guo, PhD, for sparking the research.
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Teen Diagnosed with MS Stays Positive About Her Future
After six months of treatment at UCSF Children's Hospital, a teen is feeling better and learning to live with Multiple Sclerosis.
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UCSF Leaders Reflect on Significance of Clinical and Translational Science Institute
The goal of a new institute at UCSF is to bring better therapies and preventive medicine to more people more quickly.
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Campus Celebrates National Work and Family Month
UCSF celebrates National Work and Family Month beginning at noon today with a workshop on the benefits of allowing flexible work schedules at Laurel Heights.
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Studies in Translational Research: Bench to Bedside
The pulse of translational research is quickening throughout UCSF. Among the numerous endeavors under way are several that represent different disease areas and tactics.
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UCSF In the 21st Century: Translating Scientific Discovery to Patient Care
In 1999, UCSF broke ground for a new campus in San Francisco. The intent was to alleviate space restrictions on its primary campus, UCSF Parnassus Heights, and allow UCSF, world-renowned for its basic science research, clinical training and patient care, to stretch in ways that would allow it to enhance its performance.
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UCSF Set to Transform Itself into Engine of Translational Research
Signaling a watershed moment in the evolution of University of California, San Francisco, the National Institutes of Health (NIH) today announced that UCSF has received funding for a major new venture designed to accelerate the pace at which scientific discovery is translated into patient care.
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Sales of Pink Breast Cancer Awareness Ribbon Stickers to Support Friend to Friend Shop
North Bay-based sticker company Mrs. Grossman's has chosen the Friend to Friend Specialty Shop in UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion as their primary beneficiary of sales from a new pink breast cancer awareness ribbon line being introduced in October to recognize National Breast Cancer Awareness Month.
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Gladstone Institutes ranks second in The Scientist survey of best places to work in academia
The J. David Gladstone Institutes is ranked North America's second "best place to work in academia," according to The Scientist magazine's annual survey, published in its October issue.
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New Nikon Imaging Center opens at UCSF
Nikon Instruments, UCSF and the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research (QB3) announced today the opening of a collaborative core microscopy imaging center to promote education and innovation in microscopy imaging.
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Exhibition features art by cancer patients
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"The Wait for Life" Highlights Organ Sharing Debate, with UCSF's Liver Transplant Service at the Cen
A difficult conundrum for the nation's transplant patients was aired September 22 when the news program <i>California Connected </i>featured UCSF's liver transplant program.
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Weight Gain During Pregnancy: Q & A with Naomi Stotland, MD
Putting on a few extra pounds during pregnancy has been thought to be a normal and healthy part of the gestational process. But what happens when a woman gains too much weight, or too little?