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Joe DeRisi on How the Biohub Will Create Opportunities for Research Collaboration
Joe DeRisi, co-director of the new Chan Zuckerberg Biohub at Mission Bay, speaks about his vision for the Biohub and what researchers can look forward to.
3 Leading Bay Area Research Universities to Partner in $600M Chan Zuckerberg Medical Science 'Biohub'
UCSF, Stanford and UC Berkeley will join forces in a new biomedical science research center funded by a $600 million commitment from Facebook CEO and founder Mark Zuckerberg and pediatrician Priscilla Chan.
‘Video Game’ More Accurate than Standard Tests at ID’ing Kids with Attention Deficits, Study Shows
A digital assessment platform designed to look and feel like a video game may successfully flag children with attention disorders.
San Francisco, Oakland Join Forces to Support Children with Cancer
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospitals are bringing together the cities of San Francisco and Oakland this week, as well as each city’s baseball team, to raise awareness of pediatric cancer.
Richard Feachem to Receive Hewitt Award from Royal Society of Medicine
The Royal Society of Medicine will present the Richard T. Hewitt Award for distinguished achievement in the improvement of human health to Richard Feachem, director of the Global Health Group at the UCSF Global Health Sciences
Some Breast Cancer Patients With Low Genetic Risk Could Skip Chemotherapy, Study Finds
Early-stage breast cancer patients whose tumors carry genetic markers associated with a low risk of disease recurrence may not need to undergo chemotherapy, suggests a new study that employed a test devised by a UCSF researcher.
The Race to Develop a Super Alarm to Combat Alarm Fatigue in ICUs
An interdisciplinary team of UCSF researchers, led by Xiao Hu, Michele Pelter and Richard Fidler from the UCSF School of Nursing, is working furiously to create and test a “super alarm.”
Frequency of Breast Cancer Screening is Best Guided by Both Risk, Breast Density, Says Study
The ideal interval for breast cancer screening depends on combined assessments of each woman’s breast cancer risk and her breast density, according to a new study led by UCSF and University of Wisconsin researchers.
The Hospitalist Turns 20: UCSF-Led Movement Has Revolutionized Inpatient Care
In 1996, two UCSF physicians published an article in the New England Journal of Medicine that launched a new field of medicine focused on the inpatient experience. To mark the 20th anniversary of their seminal NEJM article, Robert Wachter and Lee Goldman reflect on the rapid rise of hospitalists.
