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Radiation Dose Symposium at UCSF to Highlight Patient Safety
<p>A first-of-its-kind interactive and virtual radiology symposium will be based at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus in May, pulling together professionals at every level of hospital care to improve the safety of diagnostic imaging.</p>
CME Credits Now Available for UCSF's Online Courses
<p>UCSF has started offering continuing medical education credits for select Massive Open Online Courses – known as MOOCs – making it among the first universities in the nation to do so.</p>
Study Examines Qualities of Good and Bad Mentoring Relationships
<p>What makes a good mentor? Previous studies have shown the professional benefits of cultivating a strong mentoring relationship, but a recent study co-led by UCSF researchers delved further to analyze the attributes that make a successful mentor-mentee pairing.</p>
Training the Next Generation of Primary Care Providers
<p>At the San Francisco VA Medical Center’s primary care clinic, nurse practitioners and medical residents are training together in teams in what is an emerging trend in health care called patient-centered medical homes.</p>
Identity Theft: The Destructive Course of Behavioral Variant Frontotemporal Dementia
William Seeley maps the path of frontotemporal dementia through the brain, correlating specific damage with behavioral change. By studying the disease from self to circuits to cells, this visionary neurologist searches for inroads to treatment.
Melvin L. Rubin, MD ’57: The Reluctant Spectacle
The extraordinary career of the MAA’s Alumnus of the Year
UCSF at Work in the World
A few of the many UCSF projects underway across the globe.
Partnering with Public Schools
How UCSF is supporting science teachers and redefining the chance of academic success for disadvantaged students.
Overcoming Dental Fear
Expert advice on how to manage your fear of dentistry.
Betting on Harry: Boy Diagnosed With Leukemia Receives Life-Saving Treatment
Aside from some challenges, Harry Drake is a happy, active, carefree boy whose life was saved with a bone marrow transplant at UCSF.
Improving Health By Our Own Devices
Five UCSF scientists – bioengineers Tejal Desai and Shuvo Roy, MD/PhD candidate Mozziyar Etemadi, microbiologist Joe DeRisi, and physician/surgeon Michael Harrison – trace their path toward five inventions that are changing the face of medicine.
International Scholars Make Intellectual, Cultural Impact at UCSF
<p>Providing a collaborative and inviting environment for international scholars has been a priority for UCSF, which in 2010 had more international students and postdocs than any other U.S. health sciences university with a total of 1,267.</p>
Bay Area Science Festival Draws More Than 30,000 to AT&T Park with Interactive Exhibits
<p>The World Series may be over, but AT&T Park was still buzzing over the weekend as thousands came to play and learn through interactive science exhibits.</p>