Campus to Salute Three for GLBT Leadership on Monday
The campus community is invited to the ceremony honoring this year's recipients of the Chancellor's Award for GLBT Leadership on Monday.
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UCSF to Reduce Smokers Huts to Two by July 1
Smokers will have only two designated areas for smoking — one on Parnassus and the other at Mount Zion — when UCSF strengthens its no-smoking policy effective July 1.
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Mr. Clean and the Brawny Man May Not Be Your Best Friends, After All
A recent study gives credence to the idea that the sanitized Western world may be suffering from high rates of asthma, eczema and allergy because human immune systems need to be challenged by disease and dirt.
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Known Bike Thief Arrested on Parnassus
Grady Curry was arrested recently by the UCSF Police Department. Curry was apprehended while inside the bicycle cage of the Millberry Union Garage.
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Mechanism identified for promising neurological drug
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have identified the mechanism by which minocycline, a medication currently being studied for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, protects brain and nerve cells from damage.
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Employee Well-Being Program Implemented in Cancer Center
Margaret Rubino, a patient care coordinator in the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, often feels stressed and emotionally drained after dealing with cancer patients day in and day out.
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UCSF's World Cup: Send Us Your Overseas UCSF Photos
From Uganda to Costa Rica and from Thailand to Tanzania, UCSF students, teachers and scientists are involved in hundreds of outreach projects related to the understanding and prevention of disease and to advancing health worldwide.
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Summer Health Sciences Program Welcomes 21 Interns
UCSF welcomed 21 interns to the Department of Pediatrics High School Summer Internship Program in Biomedical and Health Sciences on Monday.
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Aging Expert to Talk at Mission Bay Public Library
A UCSF scientist whose studies with worms suggest human life span may be extended will discuss her research on June 26 at the Mission Bay Branch Library.
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Fellow Receives Pediatrics' Grumbach Award
Oncology-hematology fellow Jennifer Lauchle, MD, is being recognized for her research into treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
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AIDS Walk San Francisco Benefits AIDS Health Project
More than 40 Bay Area AIDS service organizations are beneficiaries of the 20th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco on July 16.
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Memorial Service Pays Tribute to Anatomy Cadavers
The Greek physician Claudius Galen (A.D. 131–200) was an important contributor to the science of anatomy.
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Academic Affairs Launches Faculty-Focused Website
UCSF has launched a new website for researchers, educators, clinicians, leaders and academic personnel.
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Changing of the Guard for UCSF's Scientific Director at QB3
David Agard, PhD, UCSF'S first QB3 scientific director and a major force in conceiving and launching the institute, has announced he is stepping down from the position to return full time to his own research.
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Gladstone Public Lecture: "Stem Cell Biology 101: An Introduction to the Science and the Politics"
The science and politics of stem cell research were presented last week by Deepak Srivastava and David L. Gollaher as a part of Gladstone's Science for Life lecture series.
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Media invited to live reading of letters between patients and students on June 20 at UCSF
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Rev. Williams to Talk LGBT, Faith, Today
The campus community is invited to hear the Rev. Cecil Williams talk about the intersection of faith and the LGBT community tomorrow.
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Discovery Show to Feature UCSF Fetal Surgeon Today
A surgeon from the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center will be featured in today's episode of "Medical Incredible" on the Discovery Health Channel.
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Catching Babies in Malawi
"I've seen so much here. I'm not sure I'd ever see this much in a lifetime of practice in the US," says Joanne Jorissen of her extraordinary first six months as a volunteer midwife at Bottom Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi.
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Nurse Recalls 40 Years of Kids' Care at UCSF Children's Hospital
After 40 years as a pediatric surgical nurse and administrator at UCSF Children's Hospital, Inez Wieging has memories to spare.
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Gladstone Hiring Through "On-Ramp to Biotech" Program
A participant in the On-Ramp to Biotechnology program now is working parttime at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes.
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UCSF's Callaham Sees ER Emergency
Michael Callaham was recently interviewed by KPIX Channel 5 News about a series of reports just released by the Institute of Medicine of the National Academies.
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UCSF Children's Hospital Nurse Featured on AJN Cover
Photographer Fiona McDougal took this image for <i>AJN</i>'s photojournalism contest.
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UCSF's Boxer Comments on Promising Alzheimer's Vaccine Study
A recent Japanese study found that a potential DNA vaccine for Alzheimer's disease cut levels of amyloid proteins in the brain.
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School of Nursing Stat Mavens Make Numbers Tell the Truth
Thanks to the old saw about "lies, damn lies and statistics," most people recognize that statistics can deceive.
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Faculty Program Trains 32 in Leadership Skills
UCSF's first faculty leadership development program came to a successful conclusion recently.
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Nearly Two-Thirds of UCSF Postdocs Born Outside U.S.
As of June 16, 2005, UCSF has 1,137 postdoctoral scholars, of which 65% are international and 35% are US Citizens.
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Input Sought in Town Hall Meetings on UCSF's Future
Executive Vice Chancellor and Provost A. Eugene Washington will lead town hall discussions this month to help shape the future direction of UCSF.
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UCSF development office appoints international director
UCSF has named a new director in its development department who will specialize in the international community, reflecting an institutional commitment to advance health-related programs throughout the world.
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Basbaum Elected to UK's Royal Society
Allan Basbaum, well known for his pioneering observations in pain research, was elected recently to the Royal Society, the UK's national academy of science.