Dean Sheppard Delivers Sixth Annual Faculty Research Lecture in Translational Science
Dean Sheppard has been selected as the recipient of the sixth annual Faculty Research Lecture in Translational Science.
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Give to UCSFDean Sheppard has been selected as the recipient of the sixth annual Faculty Research Lecture in Translational Science.
Eleven faculty and staff members received this year’s UCSF Founders Day Awards for their contributions in the areas of public service, exceptional service to UCSF and excellence in nursing.
Andre Campbell delivered the 2016 Last Lecture, which contained the underlying theme of the importance of social justice and diversity.
The UCSF Graduate Division has published the first comprehensive study of career outcomes for UCSF’s postdoctoral scholars and possibly the largest single-institution study on the subject conducted to date.
Sharmila Majumdar has been awarded the 2016 Gold Medal of the International Society for Magnetic Resonance in Medicine for her innovative contributions to the development of quantitative imaging methods.
The Nancy and Stephen Grand Family House at Mission Bay has opened its doors, bringing the families staying there closer to the UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco.
Results from the largest single study of the genetic and environmental causes of asthma in African-American children suggest that only a tiny fraction of known genetic risk factors for the disease apply to this population, raising concerns for clinicians and scientists working to stem the asthma epidemic among African-Americans.
The UCSF National Center for Excellence in Women’s Health celebrated its 20th anniversary with a street fair to mark its accomplishments as well as to look forward to the work that remains for equality in health care.
The Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) has awarded three fellowships to UCSF medical students to allow them to conduct research for a full year in between their third and fourth years of medical school.
Andrew Bindman has been named director of the U.S. Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality.
Five UCSF faculty members have been elected to the American Society for Clinical Investigation after a highly competitive nomination process.
The ninth annual Chancellor’s Diversity Forum provided a chance for UCSF faculty, staff and students to engage in a conversation with campus leadership about diversity, equity and inclusion across the University.
Time magazine has named internationally renowned breast cancer oncologist Laura Esserman to the 2016 TIME 100, the magazine’s annual list of the 100 most influential people in the world.
Graduate students Nairi Hartooni and Lindsey Osimiri have been named as recipients of the Paul & Daisy Soros Fellowship for New Americans.
UCSF neuroscientists Michael Brainard and John L.R. Rubenstein have been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
Bruce Alberts has been named one of the 11 newly elected fellows of the American Association for Cancer Research.
To keep a person's heart healthy, clinicians recommend avoiding risk factors such as smoking or excessive weight gain. But one risk factor, which cannot be changed, is being South Asian.
David O. Morgan, PhD, has been selected as the recipient of the 59th Annual Faculty Research Lectureship – Basic Science for his groundbreaking research on cell division.
The UC Board of Regents have approved a new retirement program for future UC employees proposed by President Napolitano, as part of a broader effort to maintain the university’s excellence and sustain its long-term financial health.
UCSF is moving forward with plans to construct a new building at its Mission Bay campus to support its world-class neuroscience enterprise at a time of great opportunity for advancement in the field, following approval by the UC Regents.
Eleni Linos and Stephen Francis have been awarded the first UCSF Cancer Center Impact Grants, to pursue high-risk, high-reward research projects that would’ve been unlikely to be funded through conventional mechanisms.
The American Association of People with Disabilities is honoring UC San Francisco Staff Research Associate Alice Wong with one of two AAPD Paul G. Hearne Leadership Awards.
UCSF’s schools of medicine, nursing and pharmacy received top rankings nationally in this year’s U.S. News & World Report survey of best graduate schools.
UC San Francisco Professor Kirsten Bibbins-Domingo on Monday was appointed as the chair of the U.S. Preventive Services Task Force.
Co-Vice Chair for Psychology Stephen P. Hinshaw as been selected by the Association for Psychological Science as one of its 2016 James McKeen Cattell Fellow Award recipients.
The UCSF School of Nursing's Family Health Care Nursing volunteer faculty Martha Ryan will be honored by the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women and Mayor Edwin M. Lee.
During only the second teach-in in more than two decades at UCSF, speakers engaged in a emotional discussion about injustice, intolerance and inequities and their profound impact on health in America.
UC Health committed to enabling patients to access and share their own health data, joining more than 40 other organizations that made various commitments to advance precision medicine during a White House summit this week.
UCSF won seven awards from the Council for Advancement and Support of Education in a regional contest that honors the best in communications at higher education institutions.
Dean Schillinger is one of six Californians awarded this year’s James Irvine Leadership Award, for his clinical work focused on diabetes in vulnerable populations.