UCSF Kicks Off 2015 Seasonal Employee Giving Program
UCSF announces its 2015 Annual Campaign of the Employee Giving Program that enables faculty and staff members to support the causes they find most personally meaningful.
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Helen Hou: The Art of Compassionate Health Care
First-year pharmacy student Helen Hou creates art that communicates patients' emotions to caregivers and community.
Rashon Lane: Understanding 'Why' in the Ebola Outbreak
Before returning home to pursue her PhD in sociology at UCSF, Rashon Lane had one last mission across the globe: go to Africa to help understand the Ebola epidemic.
Emmanuelle Passegué: Making Better Blood
Emmanuelle Passegué’s passion for blood is focused on rejuvenation and longer life. This may sound like something out of a vampire story, but her work is rooted in a different kind of mystery: one that could hold the key to how well we age and respond to diseases.
Theo Ndatimana: Thriving Through Education After Genocide
After narrowly surviving a genocide in his native Rwanda, Theo Ndatimana has been determined to thrive personally and professionally to make his late parents proud.
Herbert Menjivar: Celebrating Community in Two Hometowns
To Herbert Menjivar, a senior custodian at UCSF, his community is the center of his life, both here and in his native country of El Salvador.
Min Cho: Blood Cell Research Grows Personal
Min Cho’s work in a UCSF lab that researches protein translational mechanisms in blood cancers was just an abstract, albeit important, concept to him – until he was diagnosed with a rare blood disease.
David Robb: Researching treatment solutions for HIV/AIDS
At the height of the AIDS epidemic, David Robb made a career change from being a film student and San Francisco restaurant employee to working in non-profit and research for HIV/AIDS.
Marcel Alavi: Promoting Diversity by Taking Pride to the Next Level
Marcel Alavi and his fellow memoirs of the UCSF Pride Committee worked together with the UCSF LGBT Resource Center to create a visible presence for the gay, lesbian, bisexual, & transgender (LGBT) campus and medical center community by marching in the 2015 SF Pride Celebration.
Kimberly Topp: A Life of Humility and Gratitude
UCSF students chose Kimberly Topp, PhD, to deliver this year's "Last Lecture" to close out the academic season.
Maribel Pineda: Saying “Thank You” Every Day
While Maribel has never been able to shake the hand of the anesthesiologist who held hers in her time of need, she has the opportunity to assist other care providers every day through her work at UCSF.
Rich Kallet: Early Inspiration Results in Lifelong Impact
Twenty-five years after reading the influential study that sparked his interest in respiration and anesthesiology research, Rich Kallet co-authored another landmark paper that appeared in the same journal.
UCSF Founder’s Descendants Visit Campus for the First Time
Suzanne Carlisle Vick wanted to get a better sense of her family history. That’s why she made the 2,800-mile journey from South Carolina to California, to learn about Hugh Toland and UCSF.
Jennifer Mannix: Encouraging Creativity through Arts & Events
Jennifer Mannix and her Campus Life Services Arts & Events team are committed to encouraging creativity and collaboration throughout the UCSF campuses. They provide diversified programs like arts, performances, community activities and discounts for the entire UCSF community.
Freya Magnusson: Championing Integrative Medicine
Freya Magnusson applauds the efforts of UCSF to integrate natural medicine as a complementary approach to total wellness, at the Osher Center for Integrative Medicine, the Pediatric ICU and other inpatient settings.
