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Special Notice Concerning COVID-19

Learn about UCSF’s response to the coronavirus outbreak, important updates on campus safety precautions, and the latest policies and guidance on our COVID-19 resource website. You can also access information from the CDC. Learn more

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Cover of UCSF Magazine: Summer 2020. Illustration of health care worker in PPE covering head and face, with only the eyes seen through goggles; a coronavirus symbol is in the middle of the head covering; a labyrinth surrounds the person with coronavirus symbols; text reads “Combating Coronavirus.”

Summer 2020

The mission of UCSF Magazine is to advance readers’ understanding of biomedical sciences, human health, and health care. Read our special issue devoted exclusively to UCSF’s sweeping response to COVID-19.

About this Issue:

Vol. 9, No. 1

Illustration of the inside of a body, with coronavirus cells throughout.

Feature

We Thought It Was Just a Respiratory Virus

We were wrong.

Vida Ahyong, Joe DeRisi, and Emily Crawford in face masks, lab coats, and gloves.

Feature

How to Build a COVID Testing Lab in Eight Days

Illustration of a silhouette of a man and a child in a dome shaped bubble; a labyrinth of coronavirus cells and graph-like curves are displayed in the background; a sun and clouds are peaking out from behind.

Feature

We Must Learn from Our Past

Child smiling in a hospital chair, with a medical line in her arm.

Feature

Sheltering in Place Is Nothing New for These Families

Voices from the Pandemic

Portrait of F.T. Kola.

First Person

How I Survived

Writer F.T. Kola recounts her battle with COVID-19 and its aftermath.

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Ask the Expert

Seeking Immunity

What will it take to produce a coronavirus vaccine?

Robert Wachter, MD, sitting in his home, working on a tablet, with a computer in his lap, and his dog by his side.

First Person

Tweeting a Pandemic

How a UCSF leader used social media to advance the public’s understanding.

Illustration depicting a physician or scientist with a telescope with a coronavirus symbol.

Ask the Expert

Five Big Lessons

Insights from the world’s response are already taking shape.

Community Matters

UCSF Nurses gather in Oakland for a Black Health Matters protest; a male Black nurse in a white coat and face mask stands with female nurses, holding a sign that reads “Abolish” in graffiti style; a large mural of George Floyd’s portrait is in the background.

Feature

An Epidemic of Inequality

Confronting the root of why people of color have been hit hardest by the coronavirus.

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Feature

When Telehealth Came to the Tenderloin

Can cell phones help people with severe mental illness survive the pandemic?

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Thought Leader

Homelessness in the Time of COVID-19

What the pandemic reveals about housing and health.

Meeting the Moment

Portrait of Annie Luetkemeyer.

Frontliners

The Clinical Trial Leader

Annie Luetkemeyer, MD, tests promising therapies for COVID-19 – and soon, a vaccine.

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Frontliners

The Hospitalist

Sajan Patel, MD, remembers anxieties and revelations while caring for the Bay Area’s first coronavirus patients.

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Frontliners

The Navajo Nation Volunteer

Surgical charge nurse Alicia Catanese, RN, volunteered to help the Navajo Nation cope with its COVID surge.

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Frontliners

The Custodian

Abie Stillman shares his reflections on essential work and what he would like from the public instead of another thank-you.

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Frontliners

The Stem Cell Biologist

Why are more men than women dying from COVID-19? Scientist Faranak Fattahi, PhD, has found a clue.

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Frontliners

The Medical Student

With campuses closed, Joseph Kidane serves with hundreds of his fellow medical students in a volunteer crisis workforce.

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Frontliners

The ICU Nurse

Kelly Timothy, RN, cares for some of the Bay Area’s sickest patients – and their families.

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Frontliners

The Emergency Medicine Chief

Maria Raven, MD, takes charge of the hospital’s first line of defense.

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Frontliners

The Fresno ER Doc

Kenny Banh, MD, fights both COVID-19 and inequity in the San Joaquin Valley.

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Frontliners

The Child Life Specialist

Katie Craft helps young patients grapple with new fears.

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Frontliners

The Palliative Care Expert

Alex Smith, MD, guides the families of COVID patients through the hardest decisions of their lives.

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Frontliners

The Call Navigator

Monique Posey fields questions about the pandemic. She shares her story – and some of her strategies for coping with stress.

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Frontliners

The Pharmacist

Katherine Yang, PharmD, raced to get a new, lifesaving drug approved for emergency treatment.

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Frontliners

The Respiratory Therapist

A skilled ventilator operator, respiratory therapist Max Rausch helps keep the sickest patients breathing.

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Frontliners

The Physician-Storyteller

Between shifts at San Francisco’s public hospital, Emily Silverman, MD, collects audio diaries from health workers.

Alumni Hub

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  • Alumni Hub
  • Summer 2020

UCSF Alumni Confront COVID‑19

We asked alumni to share their pandemic stories. Here’s a selection of submissions.

Inside UCSF

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1 in 3 Young Adults May Face Severe COVID-19, UCSF Study Shows

  • Research
  • July 12, 2020

Building Blocks for COVID-19 Antiviral Drugs Identified in Rapid Study

  • Research
  • July 9, 2020

COVID-19 Relies on Cell’s ‘Master Regulators’ for Survival

  • Research
  • June 29, 2020

Still Confused About Masks? Here’s the Science Behind How Face Masks Prevent Coronavirus

  • Patient Care
  • June 26, 2020

New CRISPR-Based COVID-19 Test Kit Can Diagnose Infection in Less Than an Hour

  • Research
  • April 16, 2020

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