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A Q&A with Margot Kushel, director of the UCSF Benioff Homelessness and Housing Initiative, in the wake of the Supreme Court decision that opens the door for cities and counties, including in California, to begin clearing homeless encampments and imposing penalties for violations.
UCSF Health, in collaboration with California Attorney General Rob Bonta, announced a cooperative settlement agreement that preserves vital health services and promotes health equity in San Francisco amidst UCSF Health’s acquisition of Dignity Health’s San Francisco hospitals, including Saint Francis Memorial Hospital (SFMH) and St. Mary’s Medical Center (SMMC).
The Wraparound Project works to reduce youth violence in San Francisco schools. It provides mentorship and links clients to essential risk-reduction resources.
Anti-Asian hate may be fueling isolation and poorer health among elderly San Francisco residents.
Join Kelechi Okpara as she navigates through her whirlwind first day as a new medical resident at the UCSF Parnassus campus.
What a tiny grassroots program in the Tenderloin is teaching doctors about healing through human connection.
UCSF oncology scientist Paddy O'Leary won the 112th running of the Dipsea Race, the country's oldest trail race, on June 11. We caught up with him to learn more about his running, work and what drives him.
With the help of a $33.7 million state grant, the San Francisco Department of Public Health (SFDPH) and ZSFG plan to introduce new inpatient and outpatient mental health services for San Francisco youth.
As part of its miniseries on Black excellence in STEM, Carry the One Radio interviewed UCSF’s Akinyemi Oni-Orisan, PharmD, PhD. The assistant professor of clinical pharmacy shares how he’s improving cardiovascular care for everyone and how he inspires confidence in himself and his students. Find it on your favorite podcast forum.
As mental health needs rise in California, the UCSF Child & Adolescent Psychiatry Portal (CAPP) helps educate and train primary care physicians and pediatrics to provide support to patients with psychiatric needs.
In partnership with UCSF, Citywide Case Management supports vulnerable residents with mental illness in San Francisco, providing integrated care and essential services to transform lives and create paths to recovery.
After more than a decade, Jaime Sepúlveda will step down from his role as executive director of UCSF’s Institute for Global Health Sciences in August 2023.
Diane Havlir, MD, UCSF’s Weiss Professor, an AIDS pioneer, and an infectious disease leader, is partnering with the local Latinx community to protect vulnerable San Franciscans from COVID-19 and other diseases.
A significant proportion of bacterial sexually transmitted infections – gonorrhea, chlamydia, or syphilis – were prevented with a dose of doxycycline after unprotected sex, according to preliminary results of a clinical trial.
Wei Gordon was among nine finalists in the sixth annual UCSF Grad Slam, held March 31 – after a two-year hiatus due to the pandemic – competing to inform and entertain with three-minute talks based on their own research.
More than twice as many people experiencing homelessness in San Francisco died during the first year of the COVID-19 pandemic compared to previous years, with the leading cause of death being drug overdose. No deaths were attributed to the virus itself.
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.
A community-based effort to overcome vaccine hesitancy designed by UCSF scientists working together with San Francisco’s Latino Task Force is succeeding in the Mission District of San Francisco.
California will face a significant shortfall of registered nurses over the next five years due to long-term trends that have been exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic
UCSF, Johns Hopkins Medicine, and collaborators across the country have created a national guideline on educational priorities on firearm injury prevention for health professionals.
UCSF alum and Moderna president Stephen Hoge, MD '03, shares what it was like to design a desperately needed vaccine in record time.