University of California San Francisco
Give to UCSFWhat keeps you up at night? For Kai Kennedy, DPT, it’s health equity — a complex mission that’s guided a lifelong journey from Virginia to West Africa, the Caribbean to Europe and now the Bay Area. But she didn’t get here alone.
UCSF Health has named Cynthia Barginere, DNP, RN, FACHE, as senior vice president and president of adult services, and Timothy Y. Kan, MBA, as senior vice president and chief strategy officer.
Jon Kleen is named the 2023 Dreifuss-Penry Epilepsy Award recipient by the American Academy of Neurology (AAN). He is honored for his contributions to epilepsy treatment.
UCSF is a leading recipient of National Institutes of Health (NIH) funding for research, with a focus on advancing health sciences and medicine.
BAYS internship initiative welcomes students from historically excluded backgrounds into UCSF labs to counter disparities among Black and Latino students who pursue STEM careers.
The WISDOM 2.0 study aims to transform breast cancer screening by using a personalized approach and will expand to women as young as 30.
Shaeri Mukherjee, PhD, has won the Bowes Biomedical Investigator award, which will provide funding to further her work using bacterial pathogens to identify basic processes inside human cells.
Three UCSF researchers were named 2022 fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), one of the highest honors in science.
Diana Greene Foster of UCSF was named one of the top 10 most influential scientists of 2022 by "Nature" for her study of what happens to women who are denied abortions.
Catherine Lucey, MD, a key campus leader who has been instrumental in UCSF’s success over the past decade, has been named executive vice chancellor and provost, beginning in January of 2023.