Jell-O Artist Creates Mission Bay Mural
Four distinct murals commissioned by the UCSF Medical Center will be installed on the perimeter fence of the new children’s, women's, and cancer hospitals under construction in Mission Bay.
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Give to UCSFFour distinct murals commissioned by the UCSF Medical Center will be installed on the perimeter fence of the new children’s, women's, and cancer hospitals under construction in Mission Bay.
The UCSF National Center of Excellence in Women’s Health supports student-designed health and wellness programs across San Francisco, including a mentor group and yoga classes at George Washington High School.
UCSF's Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) pairs teachers with UCSF researchers and graduate students to create rich classroom experiences through explorations in biology and chemistry to K-12 students in San Francisco's schools.
The Daly Ralston Resource Center at UCSF’s Science & Health Education Partnership (SEP) offers teachers the opportunity to check out science materials – ranging from curriculum kits to real human specimens – for their science classes.
More than 80 volunteers and staff from UCSF spent an early Saturday morning at the San Francisco Marathon keeping the runners safe from start to finish.
UCSF's PlaySafe program has provided free sports medicine care to Bay Area high school students since 2002. By combining cardiac evaluations with annual physicals, the program aims to reduce the risk of sudden athlete death.
On the second Saturday of every month, UCSF students spend their day in downtown San Francisco learning how to provide culturally competent health care.
The annual summit brings together more than 250 young women from 20 schools for a day to discuss issues most important to them. Topics ranged from building self esteem, avoiding teen pregnancy, and preparing for college life.
Led by UCSF family medicine and pediatric residents as well as financially savvy volunteers, the Financial Fitness Clinic improves people’s health and well-being through financial education.
Children Receive Dental Services and Education at UCSF
Close to 300 UCSF walkers were among an estimated 25,000 walkers who have raised more than $3 million to benefit HIV/AIDS services in the Bay Area, including some at UCSF. This year's UCSF team surpassed the fundraising goal of $55,000.
<p>Women’s health is marking a significant milestone Wednesday, as a law requiring health insurance plans to provide new preventive care benefits officially takes effect.</p>
As mothers have always known, a good night’s sleep is crucial to good health — and now a new study led by a Robert Wood Johnson Foundation Health & Society Scholar at UCSF and UC Berkeley shows that poor sleep can reduce the effectiveness of vaccines.
<p><span>Christina Allen, MD, a surgeon at the UCSF Orthopaedic Institute, has traveled the world as the physician for the US taekwondo team, but her latest assignment at the London Olympics is a dream come true for someone who grew up watching the games and excelling as an athlete.</span></p>
A brief therapeutic intervention called motivational interviewing, administered over the telephone, was significantly more effective than a simple "check-in" call in getting Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans with mental health diagnoses to begin treatment for their conditions, according to a new study.
<p>The sixth annual Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) retreat offered an opportunity for more than 250 people from across the UCSF community to focus on CTSI’s successes and challenges, as well as its evolution toward greater independence amidst a changing funding environment.</p>
<p>Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, reflects on recent success and challenges ahead in a new video message.</p>
<p>The UCSF-affiliated San Francisco General Hospital and Trauma Center (SFGH) has joined the national campaign to support lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender youth by releasing its own "It Gets Better" video featuring personal stories by doctors, nurses and staff.</p>
<p><span>The brains of adolescents who smoke as little as two cigarettes a day respond to images of smoking as do the brains of heavily addicted adult smokers: with pleasure.</span></p>