Chancellor Names Team to Consider Future of UCSF
Confronting the Puzzling Causes of Autism
Spinal Surgery Saves Former Gymnast's Life
UCSF Researchers Tell the Toxic Truth About Sugar
New Lung Cancer Test Predicts Survival
Chancellor Presents Proposal to Secure UCSF’s Future
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UCSF Issues Joint Statement From Kidney Transplant Candidate, Chief Medical Officer
February 9, 2012UCSF is committed to helping kidney transplant candidate Jesus Navarro, who remains on the waiting list, according to a joint statement released by him and Chief Medical Officer Joshua Adler, MD.
Chancellor Names “Future of UCSF" Working Group Members
February 9, 2012UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann today named members of the “Future of UCSF" working group, charged with exploring changes to UCSF’s current governance structure and financial relationship with the UC system.
Who’s Who in the “Future of UCSF" Working Group
February 9, 2012UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann named a working group consisting of 13 leaders from UC, UCSF and business who have agreed to take on the critically important assignment of exploring a new business model for the health sciences university.
Dignity, Sense of Control Keys to Quality of Life for Disabled Elderly, Study Finds
February 8, 2012Quality of life for disabled elderly people is most closely tied to two factors: a sense of dignity and a sense of control, according to a study by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF.
David Saloner Elected to Elite Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows
February 8, 2012UCSF's David Saloner, PhD, was elected by his peers to the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering College of Fellows for his outstanding contributions to advancing the quantitative imaging of vascular and cardiac biomechanics and function.
UCSF's Wellness Expo Focuses on Healthy Eating, Fostering Happiness
February 7, 2012UCSF's Wellness Expo offered insight on the dangers of sugar to how to foster happiness at home.
State Economy to Get Big Jolt with Proposed New Tax on Cigarettes, Study Finds
February 6, 2012A new UCSF analysis has found that a state ballot initiative to increase the cigarette tax would create about 12,000 jobs and nearly $2 billion in new economic activity in California.
In Autism, Gene Findings May Help Explain Biology and Guide Drug Discovery
February 6, 2012UCSF gene hunter Lauren Weiss is homing in on a network of genes – linked to a protein suspect identified earlier – that may hold clues to autism and lead to new ways to identify those at risk and new ideas about prevention and treatment.
UCSF Spinal Surgery Saves Former Gymnast's Life
February 3, 2012In a triumph of the human spirit and life-saving health care, Angelica Galang, 23, is now attending law school after UCSF neurosurgeon Philip Weinstein removed a five-inch tumor in one of the most complex spinal surgeries of its kind.
What Patients Talk About When They Talk About Doctors
February 2, 2012An analysis of hundreds of reviews posted to physician-rating sites on the Internet revealed that patients generally give their doctors favorable reviews in this forum. If they complain, it is generally about the experience of going to the doctor.
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