Robert Wachter Appointed as New Chair of Department of Medicine
Dean Talmadge E. King Jr. announced the appointment of Robert Wachter as the new chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine.
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Give to UCSFDean Talmadge E. King Jr. announced the appointment of Robert Wachter as the new chair of the UCSF Department of Medicine.
UC San Francisco’s Clinical and Translational Science Institute (CTSI) has received $85 million over five years from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue to provide training, research support and other services, and to launch new programs aimed at diversifying the patients in research and advancing precision medicine.
A delegation from the National Autonomous University of Mexico visited UCSF on Thursday as part of a University of California trip to renew an agreement of collaboration between the two institutions.
A program that was developed through UCSF's School of Pharmacy has taught hundreds of San Francisco city workers stress management through workshops.
UCSF has partnered with the British Medical Journal on a new e-learning platform designed to train physicians, healthcare workers and students around the world in conducting and publishing clinical research.
At a town hall meeting on Nov. 16, UCSF leaders described the goals of UCSF Health, a new health care system that expands the delivery of care throughout the Bay Area.
UCSF ranks among the top five schools in the world in seven subject areas, according to the 2015 U.S. News & World Report's 2016 Best Global Universities rankings.
The HEAL Initiative, aims to trains professionals as a response to worldwide shortage in health care workforce, recently welcomed its inaugural class of fellows to UCSF for a three-week boot camp.
Diana Sklar, MD ’79, has completed more than 20 medical missions to far-off destinations during her 30-year career.
Luminaries light up UCSF’s legacy of service.
Rena Pasick leads the Minority Training Program in Cancer Control Research (MTPCCR) with sites at UCSF and UCLA. Her program encourages and supports underrepresented master’s level students in public health and social and behavioral sciences on to the doctorate and careers in research.
Though the headlines have subsided, UCSF volunteers and experts are still hard at work fighting Ebola in West Africa and helping build better infrastructure that could stop another outbreak.
A team of UCSF and high school students won "Best Presentation" at the most recent international "Genetically Engineered Machine" competition, where engineering meets biology.
The idea of art as medicine dates back to antiquity, but recently the concept is drawing increasing interest from the medical and science communities.
New clinical research from UCSF shows that 341 HIV-infected men who reported using stimulants such as methamphetamine or cocaine derived life-saving benefits from being on antiretroviral therapy that were comparable to those of HIV-infected men who do not use stimulants.
Video games that make you smarter. A chip that can identify mysterious illnesses in hours. These are some of the topics top UCSF scientists will discuss at this year’s free UCSF Dreamforce track on Oct. 15.
Campus and medical center leadership rolled up their sleeves to kick off flu vaccination season. UCSF Chancellor Sam Hawgood, MBBS; UCSF Medical Center CEO Mark Laret; UCSF Medical Center Chief Nursing Officer Sheila Antrum, RN, MSHA; School of Nursing Dean David Vlahov, RN, PhD; and School of Pharmacy Dean B. Joseph Guglielmo, PharmD, were among the first to get vaccinated at a cowboy-themed “Flu Shot Roundup” event held Oct. 2 at Cole Hall, where many donned Western bandanas.
Mission Hall, also known as the Global Health & Clinical Sciences Building, opened for classes in early September, and the spacious, sunny building is just beginning to hum with activity as students and faculty begin to make it their home. The official ribbon cutting ceremony took place Oct. 1.
UCSF Medical Center is among the nation's premier hospitals for the 13th consecutive year, ranking as the eighth best hospital in the country according to U.S. News & World Report.
Watch five esteemed faculty members give TED-like talks, called Discovery Talks, on a specific aspect of their research at UCSF Alumni Weekend 2014.
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.
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.
New global health fellowship aims to create lasting systems and educate local providers to run them.
In the wake of the devastating typhoon in the Philippines, UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann sent out a message to the campus community.
A UCSF graduate program in complex biology led by Joseph DeRisi, PhD, is being lauded for its creativity with a $100,000 gift.
Barbara Drew is leading research to solve the dangerous problem of alarm fatigue, in which clinicians turn down, turn off or tune out the alarms because they're exhausted by their frequency and false readings.
Janet Coffman, an expert on evidence-based medicine and health insurance coverage especially as it relates to prevention and California, discusses the impact of the Affordable Care Act and health exchanges on the state.