Campus to Host Earth Fest Today
The campus community is invited to celebrate the annual day to protect the planet on May 18 at the UCSF Parnassus campus, where more than 50 organizations will be represented.
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Give to UCSFThe campus community is invited to celebrate the annual day to protect the planet on May 18 at the UCSF Parnassus campus, where more than 50 organizations will be represented.
Grand opening of the UCSF Asian Heart & Vascular Center
UCSF's Department of Dermatology held its annual free skin cancer screening for the general public on May 6, with record participation in more ways than one. The 329 people who were screened contributed to a Guinness World Record attempt as part of the American Academy of Dermatology's (AAD's) national one-day event.
Nominations are due May 18 for the 2006 Chancellor's Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual, and/or Transgender Leadership.
A UCSF expert on Alzheimer's disease will talk about the national health problem at a free lecture on May 24.
A unique state partnership program that includes UC is offering two free workshops in conjunction with the annual sustainability conference at UC Santa Barbara in June.
The San Francisco VA Medical center will celebrate the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art Center for the Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases with a ribbon-cutting on Friday, May 12.
Before a crowded room of sometimes astonished first- and second-year nursing students, five doctor of pharmacy students delivered the "good, bad and ugly" facts about Medicare Part D.
The San Francisco VA Medical center will celebrate the grand opening of its new state-of-the-art Center for the Imaging of Neurodegenerative Diseases with a ribbon-cutting on Friday, May 12
UCSF Medical Center at Parnassus and UCSF Medical Center at Mount Zion have been recognized for their outstanding commitment to health care quality and patient safety with a new award presented by four of the state's leading health plans — Aetna, Blue Shield of California, CIGNA HealthCare of California and United HealthCare.
Eleven members of the campus community were recognized Thursday for going above and beyond the call of duty at UCSF.
Members of the public are invited to attend a live reading of letters composed by critically ill patients and their healthy teenage pen pals at the annual Firefly Project Adaptation on Wednesday, May 31.
Members of the public are invited to undergo free skin cancer screenings at a UCSF community event that is part of a national effort to set a new Guinness world record.
Award-winning researcher will talk about "Building Molecules to Spy on Cells and Tumors," on Monday, May 8 at the Gladstone building at Mission Bay.
"BRINGING SCIENCE TO LIFE: THE PROMISE OF MODERN MEDICINE" – The state of modern medical research relating to such topics as cancer, addiction and stem cells. (Wednesdays 7-8:45 PM, except where indicated)
Magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) may become an important tool for diagnosing knee injuries and monitoring recovery after surgery, according to UCSF researcher Benjamin Ma.
UCSF will kick off staff appreciation events next week, when the campus hosts events on May 9 and 10 on the Parnassus campus.
The US Department of Veterans Affairs will celebrate National VA Research Week, May 7-13, 2006.
Newborn babies who are diagnosed with and treated for jaundice are no more likely than other babies to suffer long-term developmental problems, according to a study published in the New England Journal of Medicine.
UCSF will conduct a series of town hall meetings and an online survey to obtain input into UCSF's Strategic Planning Initiative.
Maureen Chirwa was one of the women at Bellagio and is one of the team leaders of the stigma study being done in partnership with UCSF.
UCSF police have implemented a number of strategies to prevent crime following a rash of burglaries in the parking garages on the Parnassus campus.
How do you say "Medicare Part D" in five languages? UCSF doctor of pharmacy students answered that question and hundreds of others Saturday in a multilingual workshop for seniors at San Francisco's Mercy Housing Mission Creek Community complex.
Several girls got hands-on experience producing a video for the web as part of kids at work day at UCSF.
Faculty and academic appointees may comment on the proposed extension of the policy on supplement to military pay by Friday, May 12.
In the first interview with health policy expert Helene Levens Lipton, PhD, Professor of Health Policy in the UCSF Department of Clinical Pharmacy and the Institute for Health Policy Studies, she outlined the threat to independent pharmacies posed by slow and reduced reimbursement.
A video depicting the four recipients of the UCSF Medal was featured at the Founders Day banquet at the-Ritz Carlton Hotel in San Francisco last night.
Latina mothers of preschool-aged children frequently have inaccurate perceptions of their children's body mass index and believe they are healthy when they are overweight, according to a new study from the University of California, San Francisco.