Osher Center presents weekend workshop with renowned Ayurvedic expert
A world-renowned expert on Ayurveda, an ancient holistic approach to health that originated in India thousands of years ago, will present a lecture and workshop in late October.
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QB3 "Garage" for Biotech Start-ups Offers Look Inside
QB3 recently welcomed visitors to its new Garage, where enterprising scientists are working to translate their ideas into biotech discoveries.
Gladstone Researchers Identify Enzyme that May Protect Against Plaque Build Up Causing Alzheimers
Researchers at the Gladstone Institute of Neurological Disease (GIND) have identified a potential new avenue for reducing the build up of toxic amyloid (Ab) proteins, which are suspected of causing Alzheimer's disease (AD).
Five Breast Cancer Research Projects Receive State Funding
Five UCSF projects will be funded from the largest state-funded breast cancer research program in the nation.
Newsweek's "Twenty Top Women on Leadership" Profiles UCSF Researcher
The September 25 issue of Newsweek features as its cover story "Twenty Top Women on Leadership." One of the women profiled is Renee Reijo Pera.
UCSF to Host First Annual Interprofessional Education Day
First-year students from all four schools will come together tomorrow for the first event of its kind that focuses on communication and patient safety.
UCSF launches Women's Global Health Scholars Program
UCSF's Women's Global Health Imperative welcomes this week 28 women scientists from Africa, Asia, Eastern Europe and South America for the start of a yearlong leadership-training program sponsored by the National Institutes of Health's Fogarty International Center.
Tech Nation Explores The Female Brain
On public radio's Tech Nation, Louann Brizendine, MD, neurospychiatrist and director of the UCSF Women's and Teen Girls' Mood and Hormone Clinic, speaks with host Moira Gunn about Brizendine's new book <i>The Female Brain</i>.
UCSF's Blackburn Wins Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research
Molecular biologist Elizabeth Blackburn has been named a recipient of the 2006 Lasker Award for the prediction and discovery of telomerase.
UCSF's Elizabeth Blackburn receives Lasker Award
Elizabeth H. Blackburn, PhD, 57, Morris Herzstein Professor of Biology and Physiology in the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics at University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has been named to receive the 2006 Lasker Award for Basic Medical Research.
Class on Traditional Chinese Medicine Emphasizes Communication, Collaboration
UCSF's Asian Heart & Vascular Center recently conducted a free community education class on traditional Chinese medicine and its role in cardiovascular care.
Campus Ushers in Centennial Anniversary of Nursing School
Chancellor Mike Bishop and CEO Mark Laret joined Dean Kathleen Dracup on September 13 to commemorate 100 years of excellence in nursing care, research and education.
His Mind, Her Mind: Differences in Brain Circuitry
CBS 5's Kim Mulvihill interviews Louann Brizendine, MD, a neuropsychiatrist at UCSF whose new book, <i>The Female Brain</i>, compiles two decades of brain research showing that the male and female brains are wired, structured and fueled differently, leading to unique talents.