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Eight UCSF faculty members intent on using human embryonic stem cells to explore treatment strategies for a variety of disorders -- heart disease, stroke, Parkinson's disease, multiple sclerosis, epilepsy and blood disorders -- were among the 29 scientists awarded major grants today by the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine.
UCSF faculty members are encouraged to apply for a new position: director of academic diversity in the Office of the Vice Provost for Academic Affairs.
Uwe Reinhardt, PhD, an expert on health policy, will speak at UCSF on Thursday, April 5, as the third speaker in the UCSF Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture Series. The event is free and open to the public.
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Now it pays to take vanpools to work, thanks to a new pilot incentive program being offered through the UCSF Rideshare program.
A third-year postdoctoral fellow in epidemiology has been recognized for her breast cancer research.
California Congresswoman Lois Capps and Bruce Bodaken, chief executive officer of Blue Shield of California, will be honored during a March 16 reception at the Asian Art Museum for their continued efforts to combat domestic violence.
A study published in the <i>Archives of Internal Medicine</i> by Karen Seal, MD, MPH, and colleagues at the San Francisco Veterans Affairs Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco, measures mental illness in injured vets returning from Iraq and Afghanistan.
A health policy specialist at UCSF has developed a strategy to provide universal health care for major and chronic illness for everyone by instituting a plan that incorporates aspects of both a single-payer model and a plan similar to a preferred provider organization, known as a PPO.
The impact of movie sex and violence on kids may be up for debate, but with smoking, the science is solid. Teens who see a lot of it are more likely to take up the habit than those who don't. Stanton Glantz, PhD, professor of medicine at UCSF and renowned anti-tobacco researcher and activist, wants the MPAA to take smoking as seriously as it takes cursing.
The Staff Council at UCSF is surveying staff members to get a better idea of the kinds of issues it should be working on this year.
UCSF's Carol Hyman tells her story about how training for the AIDS/LifeCycle has put her own rehabilitation from knee surgery into perspective.