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From Uganda to Costa Rica and from Thailand to Tanzania, UCSF students, teachers and scientists are involved in hundreds of outreach projects related to the understanding and prevention of disease and to advancing health worldwide.
A UCSF scientist whose studies with worms suggest human life span may be extended will discuss her research on June 26 at the Mission Bay Branch Library.
Grady Curry was arrested recently by the UCSF Police Department. Curry was apprehended while inside the bicycle cage of the Millberry Union Garage.
Researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center have identified the mechanism by which minocycline, a medication currently being studied for the treatment of neurodegenerative diseases including Parkinson's disease and Huntington's disease, protects brain and nerve cells from damage.
Margaret Rubino, a patient care coordinator in the UCSF Comprehensive Cancer Center, often feels stressed and emotionally drained after dealing with cancer patients day in and day out.
More than 40 Bay Area AIDS service organizations are beneficiaries of the 20th Annual AIDS Walk San Francisco on July 16.
Oncology-hematology fellow Jennifer Lauchle, MD, is being recognized for her research into treatment for acute myeloid leukemia.
"I've seen so much here. I'm not sure I'd ever see this much in a lifetime of practice in the US," says Joanne Jorissen of her extraordinary first six months as a volunteer midwife at Bottom Hospital in Lilongwe, Malawi.
UCSF has launched a new website for researchers, educators, clinicians, leaders and academic personnel.
David Agard, PhD, UCSF'S first QB3 scientific director and a major force in conceiving and launching the institute, has announced he is stepping down from the position to return full time to his own research.
The campus community is invited to hear the Rev. Cecil Williams talk about the intersection of faith and the LGBT community tomorrow.
The Greek physician Claudius Galen (A.D. 131–200) was an important contributor to the science of anatomy.
The science and politics of stem cell research were presented last week by Deepak Srivastava and David L. Gollaher as a part of Gladstone's Science for Life lecture series.
A surgeon from the UCSF Fetal Treatment Center will be featured in today's episode of "Medical Incredible" on the Discovery Health Channel.