The many ways in which UCSF students reach out to the community are as diverse as San Francisco itself, from combating Hepatitis B to hosting radio shows about science careers.
Free Health Screening Gives High School Athletes Peace of Mind
May 09, 2013Lowell High School football player Jacky Tang went through a barrage of medical tests at UCSF’s PlaySafe Cardiac Physicals, an interdisciplinary clinic designed to detect underlying medical abnormalities in young athletes and prevent sudden death.
Depression Linked to Telomere Enzyme, Aging, Chronic Disease
May 22, 2013UCSF researchers have found that activity of an enzyme called telomerase is greater, on average, within cells of the immune systems of individuals untreated for major depression.
UCSF Students Form Nonprofit to Improve Health in Nicaragua
May 23, 2013UCSF classmates Noah Hawthorne and Kris Coontz graduated this month from the School of Medicine after starting a nonprofit dedicated to improving health care for people in Nicaragua.
UCSF and Precision Medicine
UCSF convened some of the world’s foremost thought leaders for a two-day summit to chart the course of an emerging field called precision medicine.
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