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Building on its foundation as a leading site for pediatric brain tumor research and care, UCSF has established a Pediatric Brain Tumor Institute devoted to understanding and developing new treatments for childhood brain tumors.
A UCSF resident in internal medicine has been awarded a Fulbright US Student Scholarship.
The American Medical Association (AMA) Foundation recently named second-year UCSF medical student Sergio Hernandez a minority scholar.
In a recent report published online in <i>Archives of Ophthalmology</i>, Maria Bernal, MD, a clinical fellow at UCSF's Proctor Foundation, and David Hwang, MD, FACS, professor of clinical ophthalmology and director of the Cornea Service at UCSF, along with colleagues in UCSF's Department of Ophthalmology, provide one of the first reports of an outbreak of soft contact lens-associated corneal infections due to <i>Fusarium</i>, an uncommon type of fungus.
More than 100 people, including bone marrow transplant recipients and their families, gathered recently to celebrate life at the first major reunion in more than 20 years.
Nicola Stewart got to ring the bell seven times.
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center are beginning a study to evaluate effectiveness of a medication that could make treatment for posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) quicker and longer-lasting and leave patients less suject to relapse.
The apparent suicide of UC Santa Cruz Chancellor Denice Denton, PhD, last Saturday has stunned top University of California leaders, who have termed her passing a personal and professional loss.
UCSF is exhibiting works by American artist Robert Arneson and nine of his former students at the Kalmanovitz Library through December 16.
The campus community is invited to the ceremony honoring this year's recipients of the Chancellor's Award for GLBT Leadership on Monday.
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.
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.
Majid Seraj, a 1996 UCSF School of Pharmacy graduate born in Afghanistan, carried the UCSF name into this school room for fifth-grade girls on Afghanistan's Bagram Air Base, where he was teaching English as a volunteer.
Grady Curry was arrested recently by the UCSF Police Department. Curry was apprehended while inside the bicycle cage of the Millberry Union Garage.
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.
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.
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.
UCSF welcomed 21 interns to the Department of Pediatrics High School Summer Internship Program in Biomedical and Health Sciences on Monday.
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.
Oncology-hematology fellow Jennifer Lauchle, MD, is being recognized for her research into treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
More than 40 Bay Area AIDS service organizations are beneficiaries of the 20th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco on July 16.
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.
The campus community is invited to hear the Rev. Cecil Williams talk about the intersection of faith and the LGBT community tomorrow.
A surgeon from the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center will be featured in today's episode of "Medical Incredible" on the Discovery Health Channel.
"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.
The Greek physician Claudius Galen (A.D. 131–200) was an important contributor to the science of anatomy.
UCSF has launched a new website for researchers, educators, clinicians, leaders and academic personnel.
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.
A participant in the On-Ramp to Biotechnology program now is working parttime at the UCSF-affiliated Gladstone Institutes.