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Eighth Graders Get a Feel for the Human Heart

The Daly Ralston Resource Center at UCSF’s Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) offers teachers the opportunity to check out science materials – ranging from curriculum kits to real human specimens – for their science classes.

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Internship Program Gives Jobless a Fresh Start

UCSF's Excellence through Community Engagement and Learning (EXCEL) program helps the unemployed get back to work with opportunities for employment experience in administrative support positions around UCSF.

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Teen Program Explores Health Careers

The Program for Investigation and Training for Careers in Health (PITCH) is a free, three-week summer opportunity for rising high school juniors in the San Francisco Unified School District.

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UCSF Team Unites for AIDS Walk

Close to 300 UCSF walkers were among an estimated 25,000 walkers who have raised more than $3 million to benefit HIV/AIDS services in the Bay Area, including some at UCSF. This year's UCSF team surpassed the fundraising goal of $55,000.

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Students Vaccinate Against Hepatitis B in Chinatown

The San Francisco Hepatitis B Collaborative offers free screenings for Hepatitis B (Hep B) and low cost vaccinations for community members every other Saturday at the Chinatown Public Health Center.

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Helping Diabetes Patients with Mental Illness

Patients gather at the GLIDE Health Clinic to participate in a research-based program that works through the dual challenges of living with diabetes and mental illness.

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Young Women Unleash Their Potential

The annual summit brings together more than 250 young women from 20 schools for a day to discuss issues most important to them. Topics ranged from building self esteem, avoiding teen pregnancy, and preparing for college life.

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Grants Fund Teen Wellness Programs

The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health supports student-designed health and wellness programs across San Francisco, including a mentor group and yoga classes at George Washington High School.

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Students Experience Cutting-Edge Research

The UCSF Science & Health Education Partnership's (SEP) High School Summer Internship program prepares students for college through hands-on laboratory experience alongside a mentor.

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Laughter is the Best Medicine

Every Wednesday afternoon, nurse Teresa Corrigan leads a series of laughter and breathing exercises at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine to improve health.

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Sleep Affects Potency of Vaccines

As mothers have always known, a good night’s sleep is crucial to good health — and now a new study led by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar at UCSF and UC Berkeley shows that poor sleep can reduce the effectiveness of vaccines.

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