School of Medicine Retreat Envisions Ideal Learning Environments
The UCSF School of Medicine's annual retreat took stock of the changes sweeping through both education and health care delivery and to find ways to leverage best practices.
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Give to UCSFThe UCSF School of Medicine's annual retreat took stock of the changes sweeping through both education and health care delivery and to find ways to leverage best practices.
The UCSF community is encouraged to look for ways both large and small to save money and increase efficiency as the University responds to myriad financial challenges.
UCSF’s internal medicine residency program has recently been rated one of the best in the country, in the first-ever national survey of physicians on the quality of postgraduate training programs.
More than 70 percent of postdoctoral scholars and graduate students at UC San Francisco have a decreased desire to pursue an academic career in science, specifically due to the economic environment for science, according to an October 2013 survey run by UCSF postdoctoral scholars.
A group of five UC San Francisco graduate students and a postdoctoral scholar won a national video competition called “Stand Up for Science" to convey the importance of basic science research.
UCSF welcomes Michael A. LeNoir, MD, president of the National Medical Association, as the featured speaker at the UCSF Black History Month Celebration, which will take place Feb. 13 from 3 to 5 p.m. at the UCSF Library on the Parnassus campus.
Sam Hawgood's career at UCSF has spanned 32 years, starting as a fellow and leading up to his appointment as interim chancellor, which the UC Board of Regents approved on Jan. 23.
The University of California Board of Regents has unanimously approved the appointment of renowned pediatrician and medical dean Sam Hawgood, MBBS, to serve as interim chancellor of UC San Francisco.
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, addresses the UCSF community in a video message, highlighting key initiatives and thanking the people of UCSF for their support over the years.
Mary Lou Breslin, a nationally recognized expert on disability advocacy, will be the featured speaker at a presentation about health disparities among patients with disabilities at 12 noon, on January 24, in Cole Hall. She will also talk about barriers to care, as well as highlight some models that are working well.
A new study by UCSF researchers examines the link between the affordability of healthy food ingredients with certain health outcomes, such as risk for hypoglycemia among people with diabetes.
A collaborative model of maternity care between UCSF’s certified nurse-midwives and obstetricians that began at San Francisco General Hospital almost 40 years ago allows each to learn from one another and practice to their unique strengths.
Inside UCSF takes a quick look at some of the biggest stories of 2013 that highlight the University and the campus community.
Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellman kicked off a special day-long symposium recognizing the winners of the 2014 Breakthrough Prizes in Life Sciences on Dec. 13. It was the centerpiece of a two-day celebration hosted by UCSF.
UCSF has launched a new specialty in Clinical Informatics, addressing the growing need to harness the power of massive quantities of patient data in the era of precision medicine and health care reform.
From marriage proposals to organ transplants, 2013 was a banner year for powerful UCSF visuals both on and off campus. Help us select the best one.
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann announced to the campus community on Dec. 16 that she will step down from her post to become chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, is stepping down from her position as chancellor of UCSF at the end of March, to become the chief executive officer of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation.
Leland Kim, a senior information representative on the news team at University Relations, has been appointed to the new role of associate director of internal communications at UC San Francisco.
Taxing sugar-sweetened beverages is likely to decrease consumption, resulting in lower rates of diabetes and heart disease, and these health benefits are expected to be greatest for the low-income, Hispanic and African-American Californians who are at highest risk of diabetes, according to a new analysis led by researchers at UC San Francisco.
UCSF faculty members are collaborating with Birth Justice Project co-founders and a volunteer doula program director at San Francisco General Hospital for a vocational training program.
Hear 26 teams of physicians, scientists and students present what they learned about moving their ideas from the lab or clinic to the marketplace in the nation’s first course on applying the Lean Launchpad model of entrepreneurship to the bioscience, medical devices and digital health sectors.
A commonly used heart monitor may be a simple tool for predicting the risk of atrial fibrillation, the most frequently diagnosed type of irregular heart rhythm, according to researchers at UCSF.
“I’ve been lucky. I’ve been in the right place at the right time,” says Lloyd Young, PharmD ’69, of his outstanding 44-year pharmacy career.
New global health fellowship aims to create lasting systems and educate local providers to run them.
Top thinkers gather at UCSF to help make the new field a reality.
Carlin Senter, MD, leader of UCSF’s concussion program, answers some frequently asked questions about this common brain injury.
Pamela Munster, MD, is program leader of Developmental Therapeutics at UCSF’s Helen Diller Family Comprehensive Cancer Center. She shares a breast cancer story here – her own.
UCSF is one of the first pharmacy schools in the nation to offer its students genetic testing for drug response. It’s just one way they're learning about the potential of precision medicine.