Former UCSF Nursing Dean Margretta Styles dies at age 75
Margretta Madden Styles, RN, EdD, FAAN, a scholar with an international impact on the profession of nursing, died on November 20 at her home in Clearwater, Fla., at the age of 75.
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UCSF and GE Healthcare announce cancer research collaboration
The University of California, San Francisco today announced a collaboration with GE Healthcare, a unit of General Electric Company (NYSE: GE), to develop new technology for clinical use that tracks real-time changes in tissue metabolism with unprecedented sensitivity.
Depressed heart patients skip medications, have elevated stress hormones
Recent studies conducted at the San Francisco VA Medical Center suggest two possible mechanisms for the widely recognized link between depression and adverse outcomes in patients with coronary heart disease
QB3 "Inaugural event" features announcement of major partnerships between industry and UC Institute
Technology industry leaders today announced several major new research alliances with QB3, the California Institute for Quantitative Biomedical Research
UCSF ARI World AIDS Day symposium
The AIDS Research Institute at UCSF will sponsor a symposium outlining the latest advances in HIV/AIDS research, prevention and care on the afternoon of Thursday, December 1, World AIDS Day.
Campus Mourns Loss of Marcellus Martin
Longtime UCSF employee and dedicated friend and family man Marcellus Martin died on Oct. 24, 2005.
SF Fire and Police Chiefs to represent UCSF Children's Hospital at Macy's Union Square tree- lightin
UCSF Transfusion Center Gets $10 Million Grant for Research
The Department of Laboratory Medicine in the UCSF School of Medicine recently received a $10 million research grant to explore causes of transfusion-related deaths.
Scientists engineer bacteria to create living photographs
Using harmless genetically engineered E. coli bacteria instead of photo paper, students at UCSF and the University of Texas at Austin have created the first-ever living bacterial photographs.
Major new partnerships planned for UC Institute and Industry
QB3 -- one of four California Institutes for Science and Innovation (CISI) -- will celebrate the opening of its new headquarters at UCSF Mission Bay at a special event on November 28.
Regents Adopt 2006-07 Budget Proposal
The UC Board of Regents on Wednesday adopted a 2006-07 budget proposal that includes funding for an average 4 percent increase in employee compensation next fiscal year, subject to collective bargaining requirements.
UCSF to Commemorate World AIDS Day on Dec. 1
The AIDS Research Institute (ARI) at UCSF invites the campus community to attend a World AIDS Day symposium on Thursday, Dec. 1.
Words, Actions Provide Cheer at Children's Hospital
Soaringwords, an organization that runs a number of programs for sick kids, recently spread a little bit of sunshine to patients at UCSF Children's Hospital.
UCSF Mission Bay Brings Community Together
Literally hundreds of faculty, staff, students, neighbors and others descended upon UCSF Mission Bay on October 28 to celebrate the creation of a new community for life.
UCSF to Enhance Websites, Convert Newsbreak to Quarterly in 2006
This Friday's issue of Newsbreak will be one of the last issues of the biweekly publication, which will convert to an eight-page quarterly next year.