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The latest rankings rate UCSF ninth among universities worldwide – pretty impressive. Although the rankings – produced by <i>Newsweek International</i> – are among the first-ever international comparisons, there now are a rapidly growing number of groups across the globe that are developing university rankings – and the methods used often are criticized.
A former astronaut and researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center will be traveling to the Cosmodrome space-launch site at Baikonur, Kazakhstan
On Wednesday, August 23, Rebecca Smith, co-director of the Science and Health Education Partnership — a collaboration between the University of California, San Francisco and the San Francisco Unified School District — and Theresa O'Brien from the UCSF Graduate Students' Association spoke with <i>Your Call</i> host Rose Aguilar about science education in the Bay Area and the new science high school at UCSF's Mission Bay campus.
Primary care medicine faces a serious crisis that could threaten the health of millions of Americans, according to a UCSF health policy expert.
Part of a series marking the first anniversary of Hurricane Katrina, an article in Monday's <i>Vallejo Times-Herald </i>profiles some of those who participated in volunteer missions to aid hurricane victims.
UCSF Cancer Resource Center will host "Living and Laughing with Cancer: An Evening of Improvisational Theater" on Thursday, September 21, from 5 to 7 p.m.
UCSF wants to know what people think about campus life at various satellite sites, like Laurel Heights.
One of the world's most prominent health care leaders, Sir Liam Donaldson, MSc, MD, chief medical officer of the United Kingdom and founding chair of the World Health Organization's Alliance for Patient Safety, gave a talk on Monday, Aug. 28, about medical errors and approaches to hospital safety.
UCSF police on Saturday arrested John Tobias, who was reportedly found in possession of stolen property in the Medical Sciences Building.
The Auxiliary of UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion is not letting a recent setback keep it from its century-old tradition of supporting patients.
Our first volunteer is Louann Brizendine, MD. Brizendine completed her degree in Neurobiology at UC Berkeley, graduated from Yale School of Medicine, did graduate work in London at UCL in Philosophy of Mind and History of Science and Medicine, and completed a residency in Psychiatry at Harvard Medical School.
Patients benefit best from medications when they take the right medicines at the right dose and at the right time.
UCSF is expanding its mentoring opportunities for junior and new faculty, including offering training for mentors and awards for excellence in mentoring.
A study published in the August 24 edition of the journal <em>Nature</em> describes a technique that could derive human embryonic stem cells without destroying the embryo.
One of the world's most prominent health care leaders will visit UCSF and share his insights on patient safety from a global perspective and the latest approaches to hospital safety and policy. The talk is open to the public.