UCSF Learners Use Foster Youth Experience to Fuel Passion for Health Care
Life as a former foster youth isn‘t easy, but two students at UC San Francisco have managed to overcome the countless challenges from their experiences.
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Give to UCSFLife as a former foster youth isn‘t easy, but two students at UC San Francisco have managed to overcome the countless challenges from their experiences.
UCSF Health hospitals in Mission Bay, Parnassus Heights and Mount Zion have earned “A” ratings in the spring 2024 Hospital Safety Grades from The Leapfrog Group, reflecting the gold standard of
From left to right: W. Thomas Boyce, MD; Kathleen Giacomini, PhD; Geeta Narlikar, PhD; and Neil Powe, MD, MPH, MBA.Four scientists and clinicians at UC San Francisco have been honored this year with
As the human body ages, cellular changes can drive a host of age-related diseases and conditions. The appearance of aging cells, also called senescent cells, in age-related diseases has spurred the
Kids are more prone to injuries when they do the same sport all year round.
John Hamiga, a founding member of UCSF Bikes!, provides a step-by-step guide to starting a commuting adventure on two wheels.
A groundbreaking ceremony launched construction of the $4.3 billion, iconic UCSF Health Helen Diller Hospital at Parnassus Heights.
Group homes with a designated family doctor are a great solution for adults with intellectual and developmental disabilities (IDD).
Leading cancer researchers from UC San Francisco presented talks about advances in targeted therapy, cancer genomics, eliminating treatment disparities and other cancer research topics at this year’s
UCSF doctors are leading a national movement to protect patients and the environment from anesthesia-related pollution.
This year's Sumner and Hermine Marshall Endowed Last Lecture will be given by Dr. Rupa Lalchandani Tuan. Dr. Tuan will deliver a lecture on the prompt, "If you had but one lecture to give, what would you say?”
UCSF scientists have found a set of autoantibodies that emerge in some MS patients years before symptoms.
New CAR-T gene therapy techniques could extend survival for patients with glioblastoma.
When a mouthful of water goes down the wrong pipe – heading toward a healthy person’s lungs instead of their gut – they start coughing uncontrollably. That’s because their upper airway senses the
Mild brain inflammation destroys arm-like projections of neurons rather than the neurons themselves, but can still cause significant brain damage.
A study reveals the life-altering impact of COVID-19 on individuals who developed severe illness, the majority of whom had to be placed on mechanical ventilators. Two-thirds still had physical, psychiatric, and cognitive problems for up to a year later.
Ten UCSF graduate students presented their research in accessible, 3-minute talks at the 2024 Grad Slam event. This year’s first-place talk was by Ilina Bhaya-Grossman on how our brains make meaning out of groups of vowels, consonants and pauses in our native tongues to recognize words.
UCSF hand surgeon Scott Hansen, MD, offers insight on the importance of plastic surgery in treating hand injuries, especially for those of athletes.
Increased obesity worldwide has become a leading cause of cardiovascular diseases. A new study by UC San Francisco and the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard researchers found the quantity of fat
UCSF scientists have been awarded more than $30 million to develop “tissue GPS,” a new system using engineered T cells to guide therapies directly to their targets in the brain to treat neurological diseases like cancer, multiple sclerosis and Alzheimer’s.
A smartphone app could enable greater participation in clinical trials for people with frontotemporal dementia (FTD), a devastating neurological disorder that often manifests in mid-life.
At age 2, UCSF construction project manager Michael Valero was treated at UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital Oakland for a congenital heart defect. He is now giving back to the hospital that saved his life by leading its upgrade and expansion efforts to expand state-of-the-art care.
Intentional flu vaccine messaging, such as a brief video, flyer, or a scripted provider question, is enough to persuade many who visit emergency departments to receive the vaccination.
Carol Dawson-Rose, PhD, RN, FAAN, is named the new dean of the UCSF School of Nursing and associate vice chancellor for Nursing Affairs.
An upcoming Supreme Court ruling could put a stop to telehealth abortion services nationally, and limit access to mifepristone, one of two drugs commonly used in abortion care.