Cross-Racial Study of 1.87M Vets Shows Wide Disparities in Dementia
This study is believed to be the first to report the rate of dementia in Native Americans using a nationwide sample, the researchers stated in their paper.
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Give to UCSFThis study is believed to be the first to report the rate of dementia in Native Americans using a nationwide sample, the researchers stated in their paper.
Black youth who attend racially segregated schools are more likely to have behavior problems and to drink alcohol than Black youth in less segregated schools, according to a UCSF study published in Pediatrics.
The Healthcare Equality Index recognizes health care facilities for their dedication to inclusive policies and care for LGBTQ+ patients, visitors and employees.
Campus and UCSF Health staff members will have the opportunity to share candid feedback about their work at UCSF by completing the short, confidential survey, administered by Gallup.
For the 15th year in a row, UCSF garnered the top spot among public institutions in funding from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) in 2021. UCSF continued to rank highly among all public and private institutions nationwide, ranking fourth overall.
The UCSF Office of Legal Counsel is announcing the appointment of two senior attorneys to its staff to support both Campus and Health priorities. Anagha Dandekar Clifford will join as the new deputy campus counsel and chief advisor for UCSF Resiliency Strategy in late February, and Ben Durie will join as a senior counsel for Healthcare Transactions and Strategy on February 1st.
Three UC San Francisco researchers have been selected as 2021 fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS), the world's largest multidisciplinary scientific society and a leading publisher of cutting-edge research through its Science family of journals. They are among 564 newly elected fellows announced Jan. 26.
Microbiologist Joseph Bondy-Denomy, PhD, has been selected as the 2022 William K. Bowes Jr. Biomedical Investigator for his groundbreaking discovery of a secret weapon deployed by viruses in their ancient battle against bacteria.
UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital San Francisco has been verified as a Level 1 Children’s Surgery Center by the American College of Surgeons.
UCSF has named Suresh Gunasekaran, MBA, as the new president and chief executive officer of UCSF Health, bringing an accomplished leader to the world-renowned health system.
Thirty-two UCSF faculty members have been named to the second cohort of Chan Zuckerberg Biohub Investigators and will receive $1 million apiece in unrestricted funds over the next five years to pursue creative and innovative research.
An anonymous $2 million gift will support Benioff Children's Hospital Oakland's growing sickle cell program.
A UCSF study finds that race-based equations may mean Black patients' lung disease can be underdiagnosed and classified as moderate disease in more severe cases.
UCSF has created its first community investment pilot program, with a $5 million investment for four Bay Area financial intermediary partners to provide housing assistance, employment and small business loans to community members and minority-owned local businesses in San Francisco and the East Bay.
Erin Gore, a seasoned executive with strong ties to higher education, is joining UC San Francisco as senior vice chancellor of Finance and Administration.
Twenty students in programs across UCSF’s professional schools and the Graduate Division were awarded the inaugural First Gen Scholarship, which recognizes first gen students who actively contribute to the first gen community at UCSF.
UCSF’s research has been ranked among the top in the world, according to the latest U.S. News & World Report’s Best Global Universities 2022 rankings.
Four UCSF faculty members wer elected this year to the National Academy of Medicine (NAM), one of the highest honors in the fields of health and medicine.
Last month, Hani Goodarzi received a $50,000 award for his work in the early detection of cancer and identification of therapeutic targets in cancer metastasis.
Nicquet Blake, PhD, one of the nation’s leading academic voices on issues of equity and diversity, is joining UCSF as vice provost of Student Academic Affairs and dean of the Graduate Division.
UCSF leads national efforts to develop new ways of calculating kidney function that leave race out of the equation.
At 2 a.m., a text came that David Julius thought might be a prank. But it was a relative contacting him to say that the Nobel committee in Stockholm was trying to reach him.