UCSF Teams Rally Walkers for AIDS Walk San Francisco
Artists to design the UCSF event T-shirt and walkers are sought for San Francisco AIDS Walk on July 15.
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Breastfeeding, Brain Development and Chemical Poisons: Neuroscientist Michael Merzenich
Are chemical poisons concentrated in breast milk behind the rise in autism?
AIDS/LifeCycle Rider Shares Personal Reason for Pedaling
UCSF's Shannon Webb says she's empowered to make a difference in the lives of people living with HIV and AIDS.
UC Regents Approve Fundraising Campaign for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
The UC Board of Regents today approved a proposed fundraising campaign to raise at least $500 million toward the development of the first phase of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.
UCSF sponsors special college planning event on June 9
Eighth-grade students and their parents are invited to a special college planning workshop and fair sponsored by UCSF on Saturday, June 9. All Bay Area families are invited to this free event.
UC Regents approve fundraising campaign for UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay
The University of California Board of Regents today approved a proposed campaign to raise at least $500 million toward the development of the first phase of UCSF Medical Center at Mission Bay.
UCSF Teach-in Focuses on Health Effects of Iraq War
UCSF held its first teach-in on the Iraq war recently, drawing about 500 people from the campus and community to hear about its consequences.
Local Middle School Gets Structure to Protect Kids from Sun
Once relegated to the basement to eat lunch on hot, sunny days, now students at the KIPP San Francisco Bay Academy can eat alfresco under a shaded structure.
Smokeless Cannabis Delivery Device Found Efficient and Less Toxic
A smokeless cannabis-vaporizing device delivers the same level of active therapeutic chemical and produces the same biological effect as smoking cannabis, but without the harmful toxins, according to UCSF researchers.
National Cancer Institute's Chief of Metabolism to Deliver Gladstone Distinguished Lecture
A physician-scientist whose research has directly impacted the treatment of patients with immunodeficiency, autoimmune disease and cancer, will deliver the Gladstone Distinguished lecture on May 22.
San Francisco VA researcher receives top Veterans Affairs Award
Michael Weiner, MD, a pioneering brain imaging researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center (SFVAMC), is a recipient of the 2006 William S. Middleton Award from the Department of Veterans Affairs.
New Clinical Director Envisions "Fully Connected" Intensive Care Nursery
Yao Sun, a neonatologist and perinatologist, has joined the University as the director of Clinical Programs for the William H. Tooley Intensive Care Nursery at UCSF Children's Hospital.
Learning Cut-and-Paste Rules to Fight a Deadly Fungus
Vaginal and oral yeast infections caused by <i>Candida</i> are rarely serious -- but in those with weak immune defenses the fungus can rapidly change, spread and even kill. A young UCSF researcher is beginning to learn how.
UCSF to Host Integrative Medicine Forum
The campus community is invited to the 9th Annual UCSF Integrative Medicine Forum on May 18 and 19 at the Parnassus campus.