Pain Researcher David Julius Wins 2020 Kavli Prize in Neuroscience
Julius has used chili peppers, menthol, wasabi, and spider venom to research the molecular machines that allow us to feel heat, cold, inflammation and related physical sensations.
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2020 UCSF Campaign Alumni Awards Honor Accomplished Alumni, Up-and-Coming Leaders
The Alumni Association of UC San Francisco has named 15 winners of the 2020 UCSF Campaign Alumni Awards.
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2020 Founders Day Awards Celebrate Commitment to Public, University Service
The 2020 UCSF Founders Day Awards honored 13 faculty and staff for their service to UCSF, their public service, and excellence in nursing.
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David Erle Named Inaugural Director of CoLabs
David Erle has been appointed as the director of CoLabs, a next-generation research hub based at the Parnassus Heights campus.
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President Napolitano Announces Systemwide Pay Freeze for Policy-Covered Employees
UC President Janet Napolitano issued a letter about the response to the significant financial impacts of the coronavirus pandemic on UC and the ongoing budgetary uncertainties.
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2 UCSF Faculty to Lead New Research Institutes
Two UCSF faculty will lead the new institutes.
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Two UCSF Faculty Elected to National Academy of Sciences in 2020
The two from UCSF are among 120 new members elected to the Academy in 2020.
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Elena Fuentes-Afflick Elected to American Academy of Arts and Sciences
UCSF pediatrician and epidemiologist, Elena Fuentes-Afflick, MD, MPH, has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, which honors exceptional scholars, leaders, artists and innovators. Fuentes-Afflick’s research has focused on the issues of acculturation, immigrant health and health disparities.
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Confronting COVID-19: Donors’ Generosity Put to Use at Lightning Speed Across UCSF
Vigorously embracing their leadership roles, our faculty members are coming together to tackle this public health crisis from all angles.
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Dr. John Murray, Ex-SF General Physician Killed by COVID-19 Complications
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Remembering Pulmonologist John F. Murray
Murray was tirelessly dedicated to what was then called San Francisco General Hospital (now, Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hospital & Trauma Center), where he was chief of pulmonology from 1966 until 1989.
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Letter to the UC Community from President Janet Napolitano About COVID-19
Our campuses and the UC Office of the President have made alternative arrangements and provisions to enable students and employees to reduce the risk of community spread by minimizing face-to-face interactions, reducing commuting and travel, and enabling social distancing.
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UCSF Issues Escalated COVID-19 Policies and Guidance
The overriding goal of this action is the critical need to limit community transmission.
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James Fraser Delivers 2020 Byers Award Lecture on the War Against Antibiotic-Resistant Infections
Fraser discussed science’s evolutionary arms race against bacteria when he delivered the 2020 Byers Award Lecture in Basic Science on March 3.
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UCSF Parking Permit Costs to Increase, Primarily Due to State Tax Ruling
Those who purchase an annual UCSF parking permit can expect the cost of that permit to increase substantially beginning July 1, mainly given a recent California Supreme Court ruling.
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Exploring Emotion and Music in Dyslexia
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Water Stations Fight Obesity by Curbing San Francisco’s Thirst for Sugary Sodas
UCSF researchers have partnered with local government agencies on an ongoing project that is installing hydration stations in low-income communities in San Francisco, parts of the city where conditions like diabetes, obesity, and heart disease disproportionately affect minority populations.
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California Surgeon General Delivers UCSF’s Annual Health Policy Lecture
Nadine Burke Harris spoke at UCSF for the annual Chancellor’s Health Policy Lecture.
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Resource Allocation Program is Now Accepting Applications for Spring 2020 Cycle
Serving the UCSF research community, RAP is a campus-wide program that facilitates intramural research funding opportunities offering basic, clinical and translational science research types of grant mechanisms.
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Dementia Leaders Gather for Launch of Latin American Research Initiative
Leaders in dementia from Latin America joined community members from the Global Brain Health Institute, Alzheimer’s Association, the Tau Consortium, the National Institute of Health (NIH) and more at UCSF Mission Bay for the US-Latin American Networking on Dementia Symposium. Cohosted by GBHI and the UCSF Memory and Aging Center.
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UCSF Dentistry Alumnus Donates $10M to School
The anonymous contribution will establish an endowment, providing a steady and lasting source of income to sustain the long-term vision of the current and future deans of the school and the future of oral health.
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UCSF Wins 8 Regional CASE Awards in 2020 for Communications Excellence
The awards include a Grand Gold award for the UCSF.edu redesign, three Gold awards, three Silver awards and a Bronze award for work from across the Office of Communications, Community and Government Relations, and University Development and Alumni Relations (UDAR).
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UCSF Experts to Share Latest at 2020 Precision Medicine World Conference
The 31 UCSF speakers are among the foremost leaders who will share the latest in innovative technologies, research initiatives and clinical care developments that enable the translation of precision medicine into direct improvements in patient care.
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UCSF to Preserve LGBTQ History Collections
UCSF Archives and Special Collections was awarded a $14,986 local assistance grant by the California State Library for the “Documenting the LGBTQ Health Equity Movement in California” project.
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2019’s Highlights from Across UCSF
From international awards for high-caliber research to groundswell movements for social change, this past year was an eventful one for the UCSF community.
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New Personal Fundraising Platform Brings UCSF Community ‘Together’ in 2019
The Together at UCSF platform makes it easy for anyone to create a personal fundraising page to honor a friend, remember a loved one, or campaign for a cause.
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Slideshow: Scenes From Across UCSF in 2019
Take a look back at some special moments captured in the top photos of the past year.
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Vijay Ramani Named to Forbes’ ‘30 Under 30’ List
Ramani is featured for co-inventing sci-Plex, a new technique that enables high-throughput chemical screening using single-cell RNA-sequencing as a read-out.
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2019: The Year in Review at UCSF
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Five Years Later, White Coats for Black Lives Die-In Continues to Create Change
Dec. 10 marks the fifth anniversary of the die-in, which sparked a movement of medical students across the country.
