Jeffrey

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Jeffrey Norris, web content manager for research at UCSF, produces content on biomedical research and issues in science and medicine for the UCSF.edu website. He previously worked as a senior public information representative for UCSF and for the National Science Foundation, where he handled communications with media for the policymaking National Science Board and for all major research directorates, and organized media trips to Antarctica and Greenland to advance coverage of climate change and other research. Norris holds degrees from UC Berkeley (BA, Biochemistry) and University of Wisconsin, Madison (MA, Journalism).

Recent articles by Jeffrey Norris

Aspirin May Fight Cancer by Slowing DNA Damage

June 18, 2013
Aspirin is known to lower risk for some cancers, and a new UCSF-led study points to a possible explanation, with the discovery that aspirin slows the accumulation of DNA mutations in abnormal cells in at least one pre-cancerous condition.

Lisa Kroon Named Chair of UCSF Department of Clinical Pharmacy

June 18, 2013
Lisa Kroon, PharmD, has been named the new chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy within the UCSF School of Pharmacy, effective July 1. Kroon has served as interim chair of the department since July 2012, when the previous chair, B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, became interim dean and later dean of the School of Pharmacy.

Memory-Boosting Chemical Is Identified in Brains of Mice

June 17, 2013
Memory improved in mice injected with a small, drug-like molecule discovered by UCSF researchers studying how cells respond to biological stress.

Renowned UCSF Pain Researcher Awarded Prestigious Biomedical Research Prize

June 14, 2013
David Julius, PhD, who uses natural molecules found in tarantulas and hot chili peppers to study pain, has been named the winner of the 2013 Dr. Paul Janssen Award for Biomedical Research.

AMA Awards $1M to UCSF to Transform Physician Training

June 14, 2013
The UCSF School of Medicine is one of 11 medical schools that’s been selected by the American Medical Association (AMA) to receive $1 million over five years to develop and implement innovative curricula around the best medical practices.

Alzheimer’s and Low Blood Sugar in Diabetes May Trigger a Vicious Cycle

June 10, 2013
A new UCSF-led study looks at the close link between diabetes and dementia, which can create a vicious cycle.

Depression Linked to Telomere Enzyme, Aging, Chronic Disease

May 22, 2013
UCSF 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 Scientists Use Human Stem Cells to Generate Immune System in Mice

May 16, 2013
Raising hopes for cell-based therapies, UCSF researchers have created the first functioning human thymus tissue from embryonic stem cells in the laboratory.

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Names Two UCSF Scientists as New Investigators

May 09, 2013
Two UCSF scientists — brain researcher Michael Brainard, PhD, and cell biologist Dyche Mullins, PhD — have been selected to be Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators.

Cell Therapy Promise Highlighted at UCSF Symposium

May 08, 2013
UCSF recently convened experts to discuss cell therapies, which have already saved children and adults from leukemia in clinical trials after other drugs failed them.