30 Years of AIDS: Media Coverage
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Study Debunks Autism as a Primarily Genetic Disorder
A rigorous study of nearly 400 twins has shown that environmental factors have been underestimated, and genetics overestimated, for their roles in autism-spectrum disorders.
UCSF Medical Center Earns Perfect Healthcare Equality Index Score for Fifth Consecutive Year
UCSF Medical Center today became the only institution in the United States to receive a perfect score on the LGBT Healthcare Equality Index (HEI) for five consecutive years.
The March Continues: UCSF Takes Lead in 25th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco
<p>In advance of the upcoming AIDS Walk San Francisco, UCSF will host a free public screening of a documentary depicting the emergence of the epidemic at San Francisco General Hospital and a talk by UCSF's Jay Levy, co-discoverer of HIV as the cause of AIDS, on June 29.</p>
UCSF Researcher Challenges Myth of Elderly Independence
<p>Elena Portacalone, a UCSF PhD candidate in Medical Sociology, has dedicated hours to interviewing elderly residents as part of her ethnographic fieldwork to learn more about the living conditions and quality of life this often neglected – but growing – segment of society.</p>
SFGH's Ward 86: Pioneering HIV/AIDS Care for 30 Years
<p>San Francisco General Hospital's internationally renowned Ward 86, one of the oldest and largest HIV/AIDS clinics in the United States, has from the start of the epidemic led efforts to understand HIV and develop treatments that make it possible for patients to manage the disease.</p>
Thirty Years of AIDS: A Timeline of the Epidemic
<p>Thirty years into the fight against HIV/AIDS, UCSF has helped change the course of this deadly disease, which has claimed the lives of 33 million people worldwide. This timeline covers highlights over the past three decades at UCSF, in the nation and around the world.</p>
First AIDS Research Conference in Uganda Focuses on Building Collaborations Among African Investigators
<p>The first conference of its kind in Uganda drew together investigators from across all of sub-Saharan Africa to discuss leading-edge problems in the HIV/AIDS epidemic with the goal of fostering meaningful collaborations to combat the disease.</p>
Treatment is Key to Prevention of HIV/AIDS, Doctors Say
<p>Preventing transmission to partners or children is key to this curbing the HIV/AIDS epidemic and researchers report t exciting new tools and tactics employed in the now 30-year war against the disease.</p>
Mayor Gets First Hand Look at How San Francisco General Hospital Serves the City
<p>San Francisco Mayor Edwin M. Lee toured San Francisco General Hospital, where UCSF physicians and allied health care professionals provide patient care services, including the City's only level one trauma center.</p>