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Say What? Microaggressions, Your Health and What To Do About Them

Faculty members Chase Anderson, MD, and Brittany Bryant, LCSW, help us understand what microaggressions are, what they look like, and what they mean for your mental health – and practical skills to deal with them, whether they’re directed at you or not.

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UCSF Grad Slam: This is Your Brain on Your Mother Tongue

Ten UCSF graduate students presented their research in accessible, 3-minute talks at the 2024 Grad Slam event. This year’s first-place talk was by Ilina Bhaya-Grossman on how our brains make meaning out of groups of vowels, consonants and pauses in our native tongues to recognize words.

2024 Grad Slam winner Ilina Bhaya-Grossman presents her research onstage. In the background is a presentation slide showing an illusration of measurements of brainwaves.

Allen Institute Joins Weill Neurohub

The Allen Institute is the newest member of the Weill Neurohub, a collaborative research network advancing treatments for neurological diseases.

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How AI Can Help Spot Early Risk Factors for Alzheimer’s Disease

UCSF scientists found a way to predict Alzheimer’s disease up to seven years before symptoms appear by analyzing patient records with machine learning. Conditions that most influenced prediction of Alzheimer’s were high cholesterol and, for women, osteoporosis.

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