Regents to Discuss New Fee Policy for Professional School
The Regents Committee on Educational Policy today will discuss a new fee policy for professional school students.
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Give to UCSFThe Regents Committee on Educational Policy today will discuss a new fee policy for professional school students.
PRIME-US, or Program in Medical Education for the Urban Underserved, will become an official part of the UCSF School of Medicine curriculum next fall.
When the UC Board of Regents meets at UCSF Mission Bay next week, it will discuss two proposed research buildings, a professional school fee policy, and hear updates on diversity and sustainability.
In a surprise finding, scientists have discovered that histamine, the inflammatory compound released during allergic reactions that causes runny nose, watery eyes, and wheezing, can be produced in large amounts in the lung by neutrophils, the white blood cells that are the major component of pus.
Renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson hosts <i>NOVA scienceNOW</i>, a fast-paced and provocative science newsmagazine bringing viewers an array of intriguing reports from the frontlines of scientific research and discovery.
UCSF is observing January as National Mentoring Month in part by highlighting mentors and mentees who have worked together to achieve career goals.
UCSF is seeking applications for pilot grants to accelerate the conversion of scientific discoveries from laboratories into practical medical advances for patients and communities.
UCSF internal medicine resident Rupa Marya will perform with her band, the April Fishes, on January 13 in San Francisco.
Calling aging a disease is old hat. What matters, says Cynthia Kenyon, is healthy lifespan...
Nominations for the Chancellor's Award for Exceptional University Service and the Chancellor's Award for Exceptional University Management are due on February 2.
As California's governor and lawmakers prepare to hammer out a plan for universal health insurance coverage, health economics expert Jack Rowe, MD, will offer a broader perspective on America's health care crisis when he delivers the second UCSF Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture at noon on Thursday, Jan. 11.
Gail Schechter, a research scientist who received her PhD degree in psychology from UCSF, is now director of the Center for BioEntrepreneurship.
Advances in medical technology are a main factor driving the trend of increasing health care costs, and industry stakeholders agree that improved evaluation methods are needed ...
In 1902, smallpox and influenza were among the contagious diseases threatening New York City schoolchildren. To help treat and prevent these diseases, the district hired a nurse named Lina Rogers. In just her first month of service, Rogers worked with hundreds of students and their families, both at school and in students' homes. When the Board of Health hired a dozen additional nurses to help with the workload, school nursing was born.
UCSF will celebrate the life and legacy of Martin Luther King Jr. with a series of events beginning January 11.
A simple blood test for the protein NT-proBNP accurately predicts the risk of heart attack, heart failure, stroke, and death in patients with known cardiovascular disease, according to a study led by a researcher at the San Francisco VA Medical Center.
Over the holiday period, the Parnassus Heights campus experienced several burglaries of a similar nature that impacted offices in the Medical Sciences Building and the School of Nursing.
Please join us in congratulating Sir Richard Feachem who has been honored by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II as a Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire on the New Year Honours List for 2007 for his pre-eminent contributions to global health.
Scientists have shown in the past that psychological stress is linked to weight gain and fat storage -- especially added fat around the waistline, where it raises the risk of heart disease.
Vindicated and ever-vital, Cynthia Kenyon continues to explore and expose the mysteries of aging...
Top Malaysian bioscience graduate students and postdoctoral scientists will have a chance to study in the Bay Area as part of a new program aimed at boosting Asia's ability to find treatments for some of the world's most devastating diseases.
UCSF's Elizabeth Blackburn, PhD, and Roger Nicoll, MD, have each received a 2006 Peter Gruber Prize, awarded annually to individuals in various disciplines who have made discoveries and contributions that effect fundamental shifts in human knowledge and culture.
Sales of chewing tobacco are on the rise, and some public health officials are actually advocating it as an alternative to smoking—or at least as a tool to use while quitting smoking. Stanton Glantz, PhD, professor of medicine and director of the Center for Tobacco Control Research and Education at UCSF, and a leading anti-smoking crusader, agrees that smokeless tobacco isn't as deadly as cigarettes, but he doesn't think it's safe to promote any kind of tobacco use.
An experimental HIV drug, MK-0158, soon will become available to a select group of patients.
Jack Rowe, MD, an expert on health care economics and healthy aging, will speak at UCSF on Thursday, Jan. 11, as the second speaker in the UCSF Chancellor's Health Policy Lecture Series.