inSites: What's on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for September 2007

Each weekday Public Affairs publishes online the news from and about UCSF - from the latest research in basic and clinical science to weekly Science Café conversations and podcasts, from stories that embody the UCSF tagline, advancing health worldwide™, to daily campus news and calendar events. Here's a handy index of the content we brought you in September on the UCSF.edu website, in case you missed something the first time around. Feature Stories - The Big Picture on the UCSF.edu Homepage Simple Tool for Improving Doctor-Patient Communication Yields Significant Health Benefits A simple new communications tool developed by a UCSF research team improves the effectiveness of communication between doctors and patients, resulting in dramatic improvements in health and safety... UCSF Researcher's Drug Strategy for Huntington's Disease Marc Diamond, a UCSF neurologist and scientist, has developed a new technique to track aggregations of proteins suspected of causing Huntington's disease, and used it to identify molecules that may serve as the basis for new drug development... UCSF School of Medicine Names King as Chair of the Department of Medicine Talmadge E. King, Jr., MD, an internationally respected expert in lung disorders, has been named chair of the UCSF School of Medicine's Department of Medicine, effective September 19... Circling In on Alzheimer's and Obesity As America struggles under the growing weight of Alzheimer's and obesity, two UCSF scientists at the affiliated Gladstone Institutes demonstrate why basic science might be our best hope... Crowning Glory: A Conversation with Dental Sciences Researcher Stefan Habelitz Tooth enamel is the result of millions of years of evolution. Understanding all the details about how it forms could point the way to a new class of biomaterials, not to mention a future where "false teeth" are "real teeth"... New Breeds of Mice Shed Light on Human Cancers and Treatments Scientists aren't in the business of making better mousetraps, but they're serious about making better mice to understand cancer biology and shed light on human cancers and treatments... News Center - News and Research for the Global UCSF Community

• • Poor Health in Adulthood Linked with Parents' Education Level
  
  
• • In 117th Shattuck Lecture, UCSF's Schroeder Addresses "Improving the Health of the American People"
  
  
• • UCSF Scientist and Colleagues Develop Diagnostic Aid for Rare Inherited Immune System Disorder
  
  
• • UC Regents Adopt Recommendations to Enhance and Support Diversity (UC Office of the President)
  
  
• • Early-Alzheimer's Disease Program Focuses on Support, Enrichment
  
  
• • San Francisco VA Researchers Reach Out to Iraq and Afghanistan
  
  
• • Embryonic Stem Cell Strategy Advanced with UCSF Finding
  
  
• • UCSF Animal Care Facility Receives Top Accreditation
  
  
• • Novel Virus Detection Identifies New Viruses in Study of Respiratory Infections
  
  
• • Increased Risk for Arthritis and Lupus Tied to New Gene
  
  
• • UCSF Launches Executive Course in Drug Development and Regulation
  
  
• • Presence of Gene Mutation Helps Guide Thyroid Cancer Treatment
  
  
• • Gladstone Scientists Uncover Potential Mechanism of Memory Loss in Alzheimer's Disease (Gladstone Institutes)
  
  
• • HHMI News: Structural Studies Reveal New Clues to Prion Infectivity
  
  
• • Neural Stem Cell Study Reveals Mechanism that May Play Role in Cancer
  
  

UCSF Today - Campus News and Events

• • UCSF to Offer Third Year of Faculty Leadership Collaborative
  
  
• • UCSF Accepts Nominations for MLK Award
  
  
• • Congresswoman Woolsey Offers Perspective on Global Health
  
  
• • UCSF Welcomes New Workforce Development Coordinator
  
  
• • UCSF to Host Faculty and Staff Art Show
  
  
• • Iraq War Exhibit Offers a Moment of Reflection
  
  
• • Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture to Feature Global Tobacco
  
  
• • UCSF Police Report Robbery of Employee Near Mount Zion
  
  
• • UCSF to Host Eco-Fair at Laurel Heights
  
  
• • UCSF School of Medicine Names King as Chair of the Department of Medicine
  
  
• • SFGH to Host Tuberculosis Research Symposium
  
  
• • UCSF to Host Author of Book on Why Gay Executives Excel as Leaders
  
  
• • UCSF to Honor Former Chancellor Lee's Legacy of Leadership
  
  
• • UCSF to Celebrate Induction of New Members to Academy of Medical Educators
  
  
• • Creating a Change in Climate: A Leader's Commitment to Social Justice
  
  
• • Expert to Explain Legal Options of Same-Sex Relationships
  
  
• • UCSF to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month
  
  
• • Lima Named Director of Mission Bay Medical Center Project
  
  
• • UCSF to Host NIH-CTSA Web Conference on Pediatric Research
  
  
• • UCSF Offers Mediation Training Opportunity
  
  
• • Family Picnic Day at Six Flags Discovery Kingdom Set for September 22
  
  
• • Campus to Exhibit Boots from Fallen Soldiers

Science Café - Weekly Conversations About the Culture, Conduct and Community of Science

• • September 28: Old Space: Protecting Young Bones from Weightlessness: A Conversation with Thomas Lang, Professor of Radiology at UCSF's Center for Molecular and Functional Imaging (Read it | Hear it )
  
  
• • September 21: Working Small, Thinking Big: A Conversation with Bioengineer Tejal Desai (Read it | Hear it )
  
  
• • September 13: Circling In on Alzheimer's and Obesity (Read it | Hear it )
  
  
• • September 7: Crowning Glory: A Conversation with Dental Sciences Researcher Stefan Habelitz (Read it | Hear it )

UCSF People / UCSF Blogs - UCSF Faculty, Staff and Students in Their Own Words

• • Denys, Ferriero, Selected for Royer Award (School of Medicine)
  
  
• • She's a Stem Cell Scientist by Day, but UCSF's Elias Also Makes Time for the Tango
  
  
• • Meet New UCSF Faculty
  
  

inSites - Highlighting Stories from UCSF and Other UCSF Websites

• • The Diabetes Teaching Center Launches New Diabetes Management Educational Website
  
  
• • Happy Birthday to Science Café, Celebrating Its One-Year Anniversary
  
  
• • RSS Feeds Make It Easy to Subscribe to Campus Information
  
  
• • The Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved (PRIME-US) (School of Medicine)
  
  
• • What's on the Web? UCSF.edu Index for August 2007

Spotlight / Multimedia - UCSF Faculty, Staff and Students "on the Air"

• UCSF Science Café 46: A Conversation with Thomas Lang
  
  
• UCSF Hosts Second Annual Interprofessional Education Day
  
  
• UCSF Science Café 45: A Conversation with Tejal Desai
  
  
• Philanthropist Dede Wilsey Discusses Efforts to Raise Funds for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
  
  
• A Sneak Peek at the Above and Beyond Gala
  
  
• Physician Satisfaction-and Dissatisfaction-the Focus of KQED's Forum
  
  
• UCSF Science Café 44: Circling In on Alzheimer's and Obesity
  
  
• UCSF Science Café 43: A Conversation with Stefan Habelitz
  
  
• NPR Discusses New NIH Asthma Treatment Guidelines with UCSF's Boushey
  
  

FYI... UCSF in the News - Daily summary of news stories that highlight UCSF, its affiliated programs, and issues that affect the University

• September 28	• September 27	• September 26	• September 25
• September 24	• September 21	• September 20	• September 19
• September 18	• September 17	• September 14	• September 13
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