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Even at a (Social) Distance, UCSF School of Medicine Class of 2020 Match Day is Virtually Perfect
This year, due to the coronavirus pandemic and the need to practice social distancing, Match Day's tearing open of envelopes was replaced by a special email that hit inboxes at 9 a.m., prompting online celebrations.
UCSF Schools Shine in 2021 U.S. News Best Graduate Schools Rankings
UCSF’s schools of medicine, nursing and pharmacy all received high rankings in this year’s U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate and professional schools.
Training Nurse Practitioners to Fill the Gap in Mental Health Care
To address a shortage in mental health providers, UCSF, in close collaboration with UC Davis and UCLA, is preparing to launch an online training program for psychiatric-mental health nurse practitioners, which aims to train 300 new mental health providers throughout the state by 2025.
Radical Investment in San Francisco’s Future
UCSF sociologist Howard Pinderhughes, PhD, says insufficient housing, economic opportunity, and educational inequity stand in the way of a healthy San Francisco. Nevertheless, he believes there is room for optimism and the possibility for change.
What Will Health Look Like in 2050?
No one can see the future, but that won’t stop us from trying. We asked UCSF faculty and alumni to score these predictions for likelihood and impact.
Climate Change is a Health Crisis
Hurricane. Fires. Disease and allergen outbreaks. Heat waves. These climate-fueled events kill, they pack ERs, and they leave lingering legacies of toxic pollution, pulmonary complications, and post-traumatic stress – but they are just a glimpse of what’s to come unless the world makes an extraordinary course correction.
UCSF Increases Scholarships, Loans for Its Undocumented Students
With the newly increased scholarships and loans, students, depending on their program of study, can be eligible for approximately $60,000 of financial support per year.
Back to School 2019
New courses and programs for students, facts about our incoming class, and voices from our first-gen students.
UCSF Incoming Class 2019: By the Numbers
This fall, UCSF welcomes over 900 new students. Check out an infographic highlighting some fun facts about this new crop of future clinicians and researchers.
Amid the Opioid Epidemic, New Course is Teaching Students to Treat Patients for Addiction
UCSF is teaching nursing and medical students state-of-the-art-treatment for opioid use disorder. When they graduate, they will immediately be able to treat patients for addiction.
