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Explore the power of psychedelic therapy to treat the ailing human mind with international expert Carhart-Harris, who joined UCSF in 2021 as the Metzner Distinguished Professor and director of the new Neuroscape Psychedelics Division. Discover what his comparison of psilocybin with an antidepressant revealed on the Aug. 19 episode.
See the story behind the first and only women’s sports medicine center on the West Coast. Learn how the center’s physicians – all athletes – are helping women and girls, from weekend warriors to pros, optimize their performance and heal from injuries.
Does your rambunctious teen seem like an animal? You may be on to something. Harvard evolutionary biologist Barbara Natterson-Horowitz, MD ’87, and science writer Kathryn Bowers reveal startling similarities between humans and animals in young adulthood.
A “help each other” mindset drew Madalene Mandap to Anchorage and the Southcentral Foundation.
UCSF alum Jenny Qi, PhD ’17, shares a poem from her first book, Focal Point
Keith Yamamoto, PhD, UCSF’s director of precision medicine, explains how a new tool – a knowledge network – will transform health care.
Americans save billions of dollars using lower-cost generics instead of brand-name drugs. Are they as effective?
UCSF neurologist Gil Rabinovici, MD, explains the controversy and shares why he thinks Alzheimer’s care is entering a new era “regardless of whether aducanumab proves to be a blockbuster or a bust.”
Monica Gandhi, MD, MPH, an infectious disease expert and professor of medicine, has been an ardent voice for science during the coronavirus pandemic.
UCSF’s David Julius won the 2021 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his work on pain sensation. “It was really a shock,” he says.
How neuroscientists harnessed the power of artificial intelligence to give a paralyzed man back his voice.
UCSF experts share their favorite science-based, judgment-free tips.
Since the early months of the pandemic, physicians throughout UCSF have pitched in to help support hundreds of long COVID patients.
A concerted research effort gave UCSF scientists early insight into long COVID. It also showed patients that they weren’t in the fight alone.
A student-run clinic that offers forensic medical evaluations helps asylum-seekers escape extreme violence and persecution.
