Campus Applauds Fourth Nobel Prize-Winning Scientist
Symbolizing a major triumph for UCSF, the University of California and the scientific community at large, molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, on Monday became UCSF’s fourth scientist to be tapped to receive the prestigious Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Read more...

 

 

UC President Announces Twin Efforts to Increase Student Support
Seeking to help keep the University of California accessible and affordable for California students, on Oct. 23, 2009, UC President Mark G. Yudof announced an ambitious fundraising effort that aims to raise $1 billion for student support over the next four years. Read more...

 

 

Thinking About the Brain: A New Generation of Treatments - December 3, 2009 UCSF neuroscientists will discuss the latest research on neurological disorders and the possibilities for future treatments and cures, with presentations on multiple sclerosis, stroke, addiction and exercises for the aging brain. Seated at tables during this working luncheon will be the next generation of UCSF neuroscientists who are involved in such discoveries, as well as the current generation of internationally known UCSF neuroscientists. Read more...

 

Chesney Appointed Director of UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine
UCSF School of Medicine Dean Sam Hawgood, MBBS, has announced the appointment of Margaret A. Chesney, PhD, as the new director of the UCSF Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, effective January 1, 2010. “Dr. Chesney brings an extraordinary record of scientific achievement and leadership in integrative medicine to her new role as director of the Osher Center,” Hawgood said. Read more...

 

 

New Orthopaedic Institute Opens for Patients, Research and Education
With its cutting-edge equipment and top-tier medical specialists, the new UCSF Orthopaedic Institute offers the ultimate full-body tune up for individuals looking to prevent injuries, improve performance or speed recovery. The all-in-one research and patient care facility marked its official opening at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus on Oct. 1. Read more...

 

UCSF Names Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations
In one of her first official acts as chancellor, Sue Desmond-Hellmann named Carol Moss to the new position of vice chancellor for University Development and Alumni Relations at UCSF.

New chancellor gets to work at UCSF...

Carol L. Moss has been named vice chancellor ...

 

UCSF Stem Cell Investigator Awarded Funding for Brain Cancer Research
UCSF neurosurgeon and stem cell researcher Daniel Lim, MD, PhD, has been awarded $600,000 to study how neural stem cells can become cancerous and maintain their lethal characteristics as they divide and spread. Read more...

 

 

UCSF-led Cycling Team Raises $80,000 to Fund AIDS Research
For seven days in August, a team of 13 UCSF staff and supporters, led by AIDS Research Institute Deputy Director Alan Beach, bicycled 560 miles through sweltering heat, driving rain and a tornado to raise $80,000 to support AIDS research at UCSF. Read more...

 

 

High Marks: UCSF Gets an A on National Scorecard
Strong performance in new national rankings is the latest evidence of UCSF’s stepped-up effort to maintain the integrity and independence of its curriculum, research programs and clinical practice… Read more...

 

 

UCSF Graduates Masters in Global Health
Seven UCSF students are first in United States to receive Master’s degree in Global Health. Students devoted the past year to understanding and improving global health have become the country’s first to obtain a master of science degree in the field. Read more...

 

 

Best in Bay Area, UCSF Medical Center Ranks Seventh in US
UCSF Medical Center ranks among the nation’s top 10 premier hospitals and is the best in the Bay Area, according to the new 2009-10 America’s Best Hospitals survey conducted by U.S. News & World Report. The score summarizes overall quality of inpatient care including reputation, mortality, patient safety, and quality-related measures... Read more...

 

UCSF New Discovery: Brain Cancer Linked to Inherited Genetic Risk
UCSF scientists have discovered commonly inherited genetic risks for the deadliest types of brain tumors, marking the first time such a link has been definitively established. At least 20 percent of these advanced brain cancers may be attributable to the newly discovered genetic risks, according to UCSF scientists. Read more...

 

UCSF Children’s Hospital Ranked Among Best Nationwide
UCSF Children’s Hospital has been ranked among the nation’s best children’s hospitals in nine pediatric specialties, making it one of the top-ranked facilities in California, according to the new 2009 “America’s Best Children’s Hospitals” survey conducted by “U.S. News & World Report.” Read more...

 

New Breast Cancer Treatments May Stem from $16.5 Million Award
Joe Gray, a UCSF research pioneer in breast cancer – a disease that still kills about 40,000 US women each year – will co-lead a new, $16.5 million effort to develop more effective, targeted therapies to vanquish various types of breast tumors, including cancers that are particularly unresponsive to current treatments. Read more...

 

New Building to Spur Advancement in Integrated Cancer Research
The opening of a new cancer research building at Mission Bay represents the “manifestation of a vision our outstanding cancer specialists have been working toward for more than a decade,” says Chancellor Mike Bishop. Read more...

Opening day highlights can be found here.

 

UCSF Leaders Gather to Present Results, Examine Challenges in Nurturing Diversity
Campus leaders recently reported on progress made over the previous year in creating a more diverse campus community, addressed gaps and shared plans for the road ahead. Chancellor Mike Bishop, MD, opened the event with an introduction about the importance of diversity and measuring results. “I heard someone once say, ‘In God we trust; everyone else needs to present data,’” said Bishop. Read more...

 

Campus Community Welcomes New Chancellor
Members of the campus and community at large welcome the arrival of Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, who began her career at UCSF as a medical resident and is returning to become its first woman chancellor. Many say the selection of Desmond-Hellmann, 51, to lead UCSF is a major milestone in the 145-year history of the University because she brings with her an understanding of the campus culture, clinical and research expertise, and proven success in the private sector, where she thrived, rising to president of product development at Genentech. Read more...

 

Imaging Lab Draws from Impressive Arsenal to Fight Major Health Threats
Surrounded by cutting-edge equipment most people couldn’t even turn on, much less operate, researchers at a UCSF imaging laboratory are using innovative techniques to study and improve the treatment of life-altering medical conditions, from cancer to multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s disease. Read more...

 

Stem Cell Research: Transforming Medicine - May 7, 2009
As we gain a greater understanding of how stem cells in our body change from their undifferentiated states to become specialized tissues, the Eli and Edythe Broad Center of Regeneration Medicine and Stem Cell Research at UCSF is at the threshold of developing cell-based approaches and therapies for various diseases that result from tissue injury or degeneration.

 

Closer to creating safe embryonic-like stem cells
A team of UCSF researchers has for the first time used tiny molecules called microRNAs to help turn adult mouse cells back to their embryonic state. These reprogrammed cells are pluripotent, meaning that, like embryonic stem cells, they have the capacity to become any cell type in the body. Read more...

 

The charitable IRA rollover is back!
The legislation authorizing this special form of IRA gift expired at the end of 2007. However, the Emergency Economic Stabilization Act of 2008, signed October 3, 2008, has extended the original provision through the end of 2009. The owner of the IRA account must be age 70½ or older by the date of the contribution. Read more...

 

Lifting of Stem Cell Ban Affects UCSF and Research Community
Through executive order, President Barack Obama lifted the Bush administration ban on the use of federal funds to conduct research on human embryonic stem cells. UCSF Chancellor J. Michael Bishop, MD, was among prominent scientists to witness Obama signing the executive order at the White House. Read more...

 

The Aging Boom and Its Impact on Our Healthcare Economy
What are physicians and researchers doing at UCSF to identify ways to reduce the financial burden of healthcare associated with aging? The UCSF Foundation Wellness Lecture Committee held The Silver Tsunami on Monday, March 9, 2009 to inform the public.

 

Silicon Valley Blogger and UCSF Heart Patient Shares Lessons Learned
On the first anniversary of the heart attack he says altered his life "irrevocably," prominent Silicon Valley tech blogger Om Malik thanked his doctors at UCSF and offered some lessons learned on the road to recovery. In a Dec. 27 posting on his blog, titled “What I Learned This Year,” Malik said his 2007 heart attack – while terrifying – changed him for the better by forcing him to reexamine his lifestyle choices and his priorities. Read more...

 

Stem Cell Research: Transforming Medicine
UCSF’s Institute for Regeneration Medicine is at the threshold of developing cell-based approaches and therapies for various diseases that result from tissue injury or degeneration. On Thursday, November 20, 2008, UCSF Foundation hosted an evening of discussions on the critical information gleaned from stem cell research.

 

UCSF Partners with Bring Light
Bring Light aims to inspire a new generation of philanthropy where donors and charities build communities to fund specific charitable projects. UCSF hopes to raise funds for many of its projects in the near future through this new online partnership. Our first project is Art for Recovery at the Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. For more information visit the Bring Light website.

 

4th Annual Wings of Hope Gala
Wings of Hope, held October 23, 2008, was an intimate affair with celebrity Co-chairs Greg Louganis and Nancy Wilson in attendance. This annual event was hosted by 360: The Positive Care Center. This UCSF center was created in 1984 to offer a range of high quality services in a single location to people living with HIV/AIDS.

 

Cancer: Discovery, Prevention and Treatment
UCSF hosted a Cancer symposium at the Marin Art & Garden Center that addressed the need for collaboration and synergy as efforts to conquer cancer become increasingly complex and specialized. Speakers: Robert A. Hiatt, MD, PhD (moderator), Cheryl A. Ewing, MD, Boris C. Bastian, MD, Charles Ryan, MD and Donald I. Abrams, MD. Part one MP3 audio Part two MP3 audio

 

Thinking about the Brain
UCSF sponsored an evening dedicated to discussions about the brain at the Crowne Plaza Cabana in Palo Alto. More than 225 alumni, friends and donors came to hear about one of the University's areas of expertise: neuroscience. Podcast MP3 audio

 

Alumni Voice Goes Online
UCSF launched an online version of the School of Pharmacy (SOP) Alumni Voice newsletter. The latest news about classmates and campus activities can now be found in your inbox. Alumni Voice will also contain special content found only online and searching for past issues will be a breeze --- all that is needed is an Internet connection!

 

CVRI Groundbreaking
UCSF’s Cardiovascular Research Institute (CVRI) celebrated 50 years in 2008 with a science symposium and groundbreaking at its new, 236,000-sq ft. laboratory at Mission Bay. The CVRI was one of the first scientific institutes designed to foster medical research across departments by forming multidisciplinary teams in which experts in specific fields work together to solve problems. About CVRI

 

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