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UCSF, Mayo Team Discovers Genomic Variant That Increases Risk of Brain Tumors
People who carry a “G” instead of an “A” at a specific spot in the sequence of their genetic code have roughly a six-fold higher risk of developing certain types of brain tumors, according to a study by researchers at UCSF and Mayo Clinic.
New Recruitment Service Helps Find Patients for Clinical Trials
<p>Many clinical trials fail to meet recruitment goals. To meet the challenge, UCSF has launched a Participant Recruitment Service and a Research Participant Registry.</p>
Great Manager Profile: Doug Eckman
<p><span>Doug Eckman works at the intersection of dual bureaucracies. As director of operations for UCSF School of Medicine, Dean’s Office at San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH), Eckman must navigate both the university and the city’s Department of Public Health. Despite the complexity and perhaps because of it, Eckman loves his work.</span></p>
Former Olympians Help Celebrate UCSF Pediatric Transplant Surgery Success
<p>More than 300 children and their families joined former Olympians, UCSF doctors, nurses, social workers and others at the 17th annual picnic to celebrate the work of the Organ Transplant Service at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital.</p>
