JoAnne Keatley: Championing Equity in Care for the Transgender Community
JoAnne Keatley has spent her career at UCSF opening doors to ensure trans people seeking health services get the care they need that best suits their gender identity.
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Give to UCSFJoAnne Keatley has spent her career at UCSF opening doors to ensure trans people seeking health services get the care they need that best suits their gender identity.
There is an increasing demand to address gender dysphoria early in childhood, prior to the onset of puberty. Under the guidance of Stephen Rosenthal, MD, UCSF’s Gender Center is helping parents and their children navigate this difficult terrain.
UCSF aims to step up its game during the 30th anniversary of the AIDS Walk San Francisco and raise $200,000 in donations for programs and services.
About 150 of the nation’s foremost thought leaders in academia, child and public health, policy, technology and data science gathered at UCSF to kick-start the conversation about what can be accomplished in precision public health.
Since its inception in 2009, UCSF's PlaySafe program has screened more than 2,450 student-athletes from nearly 20 public and private high schools in San Francisco, the East Bay and the Peninsula.
Results from the largest single study of the genetic and environmental causes of asthma in African-American children suggest that only a tiny fraction of known genetic risk factors for the disease apply to this population, raising concerns for clinicians and scientists working to stem the asthma epidemic among African-Americans.
The UCSF National Center for Excellence in Women’s Health celebrated its 20th anniversary with a street fair to mark its accomplishments as well as to look forward to the work that remains for equality in health care.
Clinicians at UCSF are taking on trauma as more than just a social issue. They are addressing how it has a staggering impact on a person’s health.
Mitchel Berger and Jeff Bluestone have been named to a Blue Ribbon Panel of scientific experts, cancer leaders and patient advocates that will help to guide the National Cancer Moonshot Initiative.
To keep a person's heart healthy, clinicians recommend avoiding risk factors such as smoking or excessive weight gain. But one risk factor, which cannot be changed, is being South Asian.
Eric P. Goosby, professor of medicine and director of Global Health Delivery and Diplomacy in Global Health Sciences at UCSF and the U.N. Special Envoy on Tuberculosis, talks about his role and how UCSF and Global Health Sciences support his work.
The UCSF School of Nursing's Family Health Care Nursing volunteer faculty Martha Ryan will be honored by the San Francisco Department on the Status of Women and Mayor Edwin M. Lee.
Vice President Joe Biden and his wife Jill Biden visited UCSF to meet with top cancer experts as part of the National Cancer Moonshot initiative to develop new approaches that fast-forward the development of novel therapies.
What is the best way to measure returns on investments in health care? What are the economic implications of the global rise in non-communicable diseases? These are just a few of the global challenges taken up by health economics experts at the third annual Global Health Economics Consortium Colloquium at UCSF.
Dean Schillinger is one of six Californians awarded this year’s James Irvine Leadership Award, for his clinical work focused on diabetes in vulnerable populations.
Being out of work often means being out of food, out of a home, out of options. But thanks to the UCSF School of Dentistry’s Community Dental Clinic, dental care is available to those who can least afford it.
Cardiologist Anne Thorson, an expert in women’s heart health, answers some frequently asked questions.
Just in time for flailing New Year resolutions, the U.S. Department of Agriculture have served up new dietary guidelines, including one of the biggest changes in recent years: For the first time, they’ve placed a clear limit of no more than 10 percent of daily calories from added dietary sugars.
Living in poverty can have a devastating effect on health. UCSF is actively developing programs and studies to help circumvent the toxic effects of economic disparity.
UCSF’s beloved service dog was a miracle worker, a sweetheart, a healer, a friend.
Effective disaster response requires speed, stamina, flexibility and proper training. UCSF personnel are on the front lines both here and abroad in times of emergency, making sure outside aid is both sustainable and beneficial.
We asked experts across UCSF to identify what's ahead in how we approach research, what disease areas will see major advances, and where basic science will be translating into real treatments.
If depression is caused by flawed brain circuitry, it may be possible to shift that circuitry toward healthy neural processing instead. UCSF researchers hope to map and correct aberrant neural behavior to cure mood disorders.
To mark World AIDS Day, the government of Mexico City held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new HIV/AIDS clinic and named it for Jaime Sepulveda, MD, DSc, MPH, executive director of UCSF Global Health Sciences.
Alicia Fernandez’s passion for social justice began with escaping political persecution in her native Argentina. It strengthened when she became a physician to give underrepresented people a voice in determining their health.
To help stop the spread of antibiotic resistance, UCSF scientists are urging hospitals around the country to stop buying meat from animals that were given antibiotics for growth promotion.
Gay and bisexual men were up to six times more likely than heterosexual men to take part in indoor tanning, and twice as likely to report a history of skin cancer, according to a study led by UCSF researchers.
For the second year in the row, UCSF has received a Silver from Healthy Mothers Workplace Award that recognizes San Francisco organizations that support parental leave, lactation accommodations and work-family balance.
UCSF teams raised nearly $130,000 at AIDS Walk San Francisco 2015, surpassing the University's records and making it the city’s top fundraiser.