Lisa

Cisneros

Editor-in-Chief

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Lisa Cisneros, editor-in-chief of the UCSF.edu website, produces videos and covers general news for UCSF. Since 1994, she has served in a variety of communications roles at UCSF, including editor of the campus newspaper and assistant director of internal communications. With 25 years experience in journalism and public relations, Cisneros has previously worked as a newspaper reporter, covering education, health care, sports and city government. She holds a BA degree from San Francisco State University in Broadcast Journalism and a minor degree in Print Journalism.

Recent articles by Lisa Cisneros

UCSF Appoints Elizabeth Watkins as Vice Chancellor of Student Academic Affairs

July 24, 2013
Elizabeth Watkins, PhD, dean of the UC San Francisco's Graduate Division, has been named to oversee all student and graduate affairs and lead major educational initiatives for the University.

UCSF Rallies Team in Final Days Before AIDS Walk San Francisco

July 11, 2013
With 10 days to go before AIDS Walk San Francisco, UCSF is working to get members of the University community to sign up for or contribute to the annual fundraiser to support programs and services to treat and prevent HIV/AIDS.

LGBT Community Celebrates Historic Supreme Court Rulings on Same-Sex Marriage

June 26, 2013
Members of the LGBT community at UCSF are celebrating the U.S. Supreme Court rulings in two key cases that affirm same-sex marriage and equal rights.

UCSF Names New Diversity Program Manager, LGBT Specialist

June 26, 2013
Larry Lariosa, MA, a licensed marriage and family therapist, has been named diversity program manager and LGBT specialist at UC San Francisco's Office of Diversity and Outreach.

UCSF Steps Forward to Lead Advances in Precision Medicine

June 19, 2013
UCSF convened 170 of the world’s foremost thinkers, creators and innovators last month at the OME Precision Medicine Summit to identify new approaches and spur action to make medicine more predictive, preventive and precise.

Supreme Court Rules That Human Genes Can’t Be Patented

June 13, 2013
The scientific community at UCSF is reacting positively to the Supreme Court’s unanimous ruling that human genes cannot be patented.

Experts Call Attention to Disparities of Social Security Benefits Among LGBT Families

June 06, 2013
A panel of experts at UCSF is calling attention to the fact that Social Security fails to provide lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender (LGBT) couples and their families with the same benefits that heterosexual couples and their children receive.

UCSF CEO Urges Academic Medical Centers to Embrace Profound Changes

June 03, 2013
Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital, says academic medical centers “must embrace profound, meaningful changes to time-honored, treasured and now increasingly ineffective and unaffordable ways of carrying out our missions.”

UCSF School of Medicine Sends Newly Minted Doctors into the World

May 20, 2013
Marking a significant milestone in the lives of medical students, the UCSF School of Medicine conferred doctor of medicine degrees to the Class of 2013 during a commencement ceremony on May 16.

UCSF Recognizes 11 for Extraordinary Contributions

May 15, 2013
Chancellor Susan Desmond-Helllmann, MD, MPH, presented awards to 11 members of the UC San Francisco community for their extraordinary contributions to the University and beyond.