Louise

Chu

Associate Editor, Web Communications

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Louise Chu, associate editor of UCSF.edu, produces and edits multimedia stories for the website covering University general news, features and profiles. Before joining UCSF in 2012, she spent 10 years as a journalist for The Associated Press, most recently as a breaking news editor for Northern California. She's also worked as a state government reporter in Sacramento and a religion and minority affairs reporter in Atlanta. She holds a BA degree in Mass Communication Studies from UCLA.

Recent articles by Louise Chu

Free Skin Cancer Screening Draws Hundreds on Sunny San Francisco Day

June 04, 2013
The turnout for this year's free skin cancer screening hosted by the UCSF Department of Dermatology made it one of the most successful. The blazing Saturday sun may have been an appropriate reminder about the importance for getting checked.

MeForYou Campaign Rallies Public to Join Push for Precision Medicine

May 03, 2013
UCSF is embarking on a public awareness campaign that focuses on how precision medicine can impact each person. What if you could ensure a healthier future for someone you love?

'Science Equals Service' in UCSF Alumni Weekend Message

May 02, 2013
Through its work in health and science, UC San Francisco is driven by a public mission to serve in ways that have the greatest impact on humanity, the chancellor highlighted in her welcome message at the second annual UCSF Alumni Weekend. More than 2,000 attendees gathered for a slate of events at UCSF last weekend under the theme of service.

Chancellor at TEDMED: Empowering Patients as Partners in Care

April 16, 2013
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann speaks at TEDMED this week, discussing how physicians can empower patients to improve their health care.

UCSF Celebrates Top Honors, Achieves Funding Successes, Continues Expansion in 2012

December 20, 2012
The year 2012 has been punctuated by numerous successes: A stem cell scientist won the University’s fourth Nobel Prize. The new electronic health records system is connecting physicians while transforming patient care. And Mission Bay continues to be an epicenter of expansion.

'Hero of the Hudson' Applies Lessons from Aviation to Improve Patient Safety

November 07, 2012
Capt. Chesley "Sully" Sullenberger, who successfully landed a jetliner in New York's Hudson River in 2009, shared lessons from the aviation industry with UCSF leaders, physicians and health sciences students that he said could greatly improve patient safety.

Genetically Modified Food Labeling Through the Lens of Public Health

November 05, 2012
As Californians prepare to vote on Proposition 37, which would require labeling of food that’s been genetically modified, debate continues on the health implications of eating such foods.

Global Health Pioneer Paul Farmer Touts Community-Based Health Care Model to Combat Infectious Diseases

October 23, 2012
Global health pioneer Paul Farmer, MD, PhD, addressed a packed UCSF auditorium in a special lecture about a community-based health care model that his nonprofit organization, Partners In Health, has brought to some of the world's most impoverished countries, including Haiti and Rwanda.

UCSF and Gladstone Celebrate Shinya Yamanaka's Nobel Prize in Medicine

October 08, 2012
Colleagues at the Gladstone and UCSF celebrated the news on Monday that Shinya Yamanaka won the Nobel Prize in Medicine for his discovery that has transformed the field of stem cell research.

First-Generation College Students Find Support at UCSF

September 26, 2012
A UCSF support program for first-generation college students launched in 2008 with a small, monthly discussion group and has evolved into the newly formed First Generation College Student Initiative, which will expand services and resources to this "invisible community."