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Archive: Center to Address Disparities in Children's Oral Health Counters Early Childhood Caries Trend
With an expanding network of colleagues in California and beyond, UCSF School of Dentistry researchers are leading efforts to counter the trend of childhood tooth decay through research and innovation.
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Archive: Estrogen Therapy's Link With Dementia Risk Depends on Age When Taken, Study Finds
A new study led by Kristine Jaffe at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and UCSF, finds different results with estrogen therapy and dementia, depending on when a woman takes the hormone.
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Archive: UCSF Hosts Panel Discussion on Future of Nursing
UCSF is holding a panel discussion to provide an overview of a report issued late last year by the Institute of Medicine, which found that the role, responsibilities and education of nurses should significantly change in coming years.
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Archive: Songbird's Strategy for Changing Its Tune Could Inform Rehab Efforts
UCSF neuroscientists are exploring the way in which songbirds learn to perfect and maintain their song, a model of how one learns — and might relearn — fine motor skills.
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Archive: UCSF Receives Second Major Gift from Dolbys for Stem Cell Building
Ray and Dagmar Dolby this week donated $20 million to the University of California, San Francisco to provide funding for a stem cell building on the Parnassus campus.
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Archive: New Faculty: Susan Yoo
February 2011
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Archive: UCSF Community Members Take Part in First Wellness Expo
Many members of the UCSF community converged at the Milberry Union to participate in UCSF’s first-ever wellness expo.
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Archive: UCSF Agrees to Hire More San Francisco Residents for Hospital Project
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Archive: Panel to Discuss IOM's Future of Nursing Report
Members of the campus community are invited to attend the panel discussion, which is slated for Tuesday, Feb. 1, from 10 a.m. to noon, in Health Sciences West, room 301 on the UCSF Parnassus campus.
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Archive: UCSF Sets First-Year Hiring Goal of 20 Percent for New Hospital Project at Mission Bay
UCSF is voluntarily committing to an ambitious goal for its new medical center at Mission Bay to hire a workforce averaging at least 20 percent San Francisco residents during the first year of the project.
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Archive: Five UCSF Scientists Named National Science Fellows
Five basic scientists at UCSF will be awarded the distinction of fellows by the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) on February 19.
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Archive: UCSF Leadership Girds for Changing Health Care Economics
<p>About 150 of UCSF's leaders gathered at the annual School of Medicine retreat last Friday to brainstorm future directions as academic health centers face reform, reduced budgets and demand for integrated patient care.</p>
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Archive: UCSF Unveils Redesigned Website to Advance University's Mission
UCSF has launched an improved website to better showcase UCSF’s excellence in patient care, research and education and to enable people to more easily find information they need.
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Archive: Schizophrenia: Early Diagnosis, Treatment Key, But Stigma Remains
Early diagnosis and treatment can make a big difference for patients with schizophrenia. Unfortunately, diagnosis often is delayed for months or years.
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Archive: Can Bipartisan Seating Buddies Bond for Real?
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Archive: Video: Medical Mannequins
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Archive: Smoking Slightly Increases the Risk of Breast Cancer, a New Study Shows
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Archive: Surgeon: Giffords Recovery 'Not a Miracle'
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Archive: Senior Vice Chancellor Responds to SF Chronicle Story on Incentive Pay
John Plotts, senior vice chancellor of Finance and Administration, today (January 21) issued an email letter to the UCSF community about the <cite>San Francisco Chronicle</cite> story on incentive pay for some UCSF employees.
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Archive: UCTV Documentary Features UCSF in "A Dose of Hope" for Parkinson's Patients
A documentary debuting today shows how UCSF researchers are using innovative multidisciplinary treatment strategies for patients living with Parkinson’s disease.
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Archive: Cancer Victims' Baldness May Be Avoided Using Chilled Caps
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Archive: Legal Restrictions Compromise Effectiveness of Advance Directives
Current legal restrictions significantly compromise the clinical effectiveness of advance directives, according to a study by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco.
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Archive: UCSF Opens Space Dedicated to Meditation, Prayer
After receiving a number of requests from individual students and student groups, a quiet space meant for personal reflection, meditation and prayer is now available to members of the UCSF community at the Parnassus campus.
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Archive: Tanzania's Muhimbili University Honors UCSF Global Health Leader
Longtime UCSF leader Haile Debas received honors recently as a new health professional center at the Muhimbili University of Health and Allied Sciences will be named after him.
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Archive: UCSF Salutes Three for Commitment to Advancing Diversity
The UCSF community recognized the stellar efforts of a student as well as faculty and staff members at the annual Martin Luther King, Jr. Awards on Jan. 25.
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor Named Among 10 Most Powerful Women in Silicon Valley
UCSF Chancellor Susan Desmond-Hellmann, MD, MPH, was named among the 10 “most powerful women in Silicon Valley” by the San Jose Mercury News.
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Archive: UCSF Team Views Genome As It Turns On and Off Inside Cells
UCSF researchers have developed a new approach to decoding the vast information embedded in an organism’s genome, while shedding light on exactly how cells interpret their genetic material to create RNA messages and launch new processes in the cell.
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Archive: Peralta Receives Herbert W. Nickens Faculty Fellowship
Carmen Peralta, assistant professor of medicine, was recognized recently for her outstanding work in the field of racial and ethnic differences in kidney disease detection, progression and complications.
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Archive: New Teaching and Learning Center to Transform Health Education at UCSF
The recent opening of the Teaching and Learning Center represents a model of campuswide collaboration and a renewed commitment to fostering interprofessional health education.