The University of California, San Francisco, has named John D.B. Featherstone, PhD, as dean of the UCSF School of Dentistry. The appointment was approved last week by the UC Board of Regents and is retroactive to Sept. 1, 2008.

Infants born more than one week past their due dates have a higher risk of both impaired health and death, according to two new studies by authors from the University of California’s San Francisco and Berkeley campuses.

Far from the media eye, UCSF epidemiologist Joseph Wiemels, PhD, makes trips to Fallon, Nevada, a rural town of 8,000 about 60 miles east of Reno on a lonesome stretch of Highway 50, to investigate what he calls the most unusual concentration of residential childhood leukemia cases ever reported.

Kick-off event for the 19th annual Macy’s Christmas Tree Lighting benefiting UCSF Children’s Hospital. The celebration will feature a visit from Honorary Chair Barry Bonds, as well as face painting, refreshments, and elves to entertain young patients. Great photo, audio and video opportunities.