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83% of Students Go Into Science, Thanks to This Diversity Initiative
For more than 30 years, UCSF has run a 10-week summer internship program for 40-54 health/life sciences undergraduates. Students are assigned to a lab at UCSF and conduct research, which they present at the end of the program.
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Adults Care About Gender Politics Way More Than Kids, Doctor Says. So Why Is It Such a Big Deal?
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Say What? Microaggressions, Your Health and What To Do About Them
Faculty members Chase Anderson, MD, and Brittany Bryant, LCSW, help us understand what microaggressions are, what they look like, and what they mean for your mental health – and practical skills to deal with them, whether they’re directed at you or not.
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The Light and Shadow of Life
The saying “Todo tiene solución, menos la muerte” (“Everything has a solution, except death”) was instilled in every fiber of my being by my courageous parents.
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Unique UCSF-city Internship Program Offers Paid Prep for Mental Health Careers
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Just How Bad for Health Is Homelessness? Ucsf Study Finds Dire Outcomes for Oakland’s Older Population
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Older Homeless People Are At Great Risk of Dying
The study, funded by the National Institute on Aging, recruited people who were 50 and older and homeless, and followed them for a median of 4.5 years. By interviewing people every six months about their health and housing status, researchers were able to examine how things like regaining housing, using drugs, and having various chronic conditions, such as diabetes, affected their risk of dying.
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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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School Segregation Harms Black Children’s Health, Well-Being
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.
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Race-Based Equations May Lead to Under-Treatment of Lung Disease in Black Patients
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.
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LGBTQ+ Populations Experience Newfound Anxiety and Depression in COVID-19 Pandemic
LGBTQ+ communities have experienced increased anxiety and depression since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic, especially those who haven’t struggled with these conditions before.
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LGBTQ Americans Could Be At Higher Risk For Dementia, Study Finds
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Dementia Study First in a Series on Health Needs and Challenges of LGBTQ Seniors
Nearly 25 percent of the LGBT adults aged 50 and older in a new study had subjective cognitive decline, a potential indicator of a future Alzheimer’s diagnosis.
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With Disease Agnostic Approach, QBI is Accelerating Ambitious Science
The Quantitative Biosciences Institute attracts investigators on the basis of the tools and techniques they employ, rather than the diseases they study.
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Musical Improvisation in the Brain
Charles Limb, professor of otolaryngology at UCSF, has been fascinated for years by how artists produce unique, emotive, and coherent pieces of music with no sheet music or practice to guide them.
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A Laughing Matter: SF Comedian Looks to Tell the Stories of Dementia Patients, Caregivers
The Global Brain Health Institute has brought in its first class of Atlantic Fellows. The 32 fellows are taking a range of classes and pursuing projects with the goal of returning to their communities with knowledge and skills to implement changes impacting brain health.
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Partnership Develops Ambitious Public Health Policies on Sugar, Alcohol and Children’s Dental Health
UCSF has worked strategically with community partners in the SFHIP to enact high-impact policies, such as banning sugar-sweetened beverages from hospitals, to improve public health and reduce health inequities in the city.
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Big Ideas in Health and Science for 2016
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.
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First U.S. Study of Transgender Youth Funded by NIH
The National Institutes of Health has awarded $5.7 million for a five-year, multicenter study, which will be the first in the U.S. to evaluate the long-term outcomes of medical treatment for transgender youth.
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The Art of Maintaining Cognitive Health as Our Brains Age
Brains age, just like the rest of the body, even for those don't get neurological disease, according to an Institute of Medicine report released on April 14. While aging does more damage to some than others, most people can take steps to improve their health.
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Antiretroviral Therapy Benefits HIV-infected Stimulant Users, UCSF Study Shows
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.
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Healing Harmonies: Testing the Power of Music to Improve Senior Health
A new UCSF research project is exploring whether singing in a community choir can provide tangible health advantages to older adults.
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Beloved UCSF Professor Dan Lowenstein Delivers Inspirational Last Lecture
The Last Lecture belongs to a venerable academic tradition designed to answer a single question: “If you had but one lecture to give, what would you say?”
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Annual Tradition Celebrates UCSF Community Partnerships
<p>Exemplary community collaborations that promote health equity in San Francisco took center stage at the Fourth Annual Partnerships Celebration sponsored by UCSF’s <a href="http://partnerships.ucsf.edu/">University Community Partnerships</a> (UCP).</p>