Archive: New Initiatives Highlight UCSF's Commitment to Advancing Global Health
UCSF is taking the lead on a broad range of global health projects and partnerships aimed at improving health throughout the world.
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Archive: Program Offers Sense of Community to Patients with Variety of Lung Disorders
The Interstitial Lung Disease Program at UCSF goes beyond medical care, offering support groups, seminars and research studies.
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor named among Forbes "most powerful innovators"
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Archive: UCSF to Pursue Strategic Partnership with King's College London
UCSF has agreed to a pursue a strategic partnership with King’s College London to explore opportunities for scholarly interaction, cooperative research, faculty and student exchange and other forms of academic collaboration.
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Archive: UCSF Receives Second Shipment of H1N1 Vaccine
UCSF has received about 2,400 doses of H1N1 vaccine, which will be distributed to employees in select children’s hospital and medical center units, according to Josh Adler, chief medical officer of UCSF Medical Center.
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Archive: UCSF Cardiologist cited in Wired magazine tasers story
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Archive: Institute of Medicine to Present National Health Reform Meeting at UCSF
The Institute of Medicine will present a regional meeting on national health reform at the UCSF Mission Bay campus on November 17.
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Archive: UCSF medical resident publishes opinion piece in the LA Times
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Archive: Gay Veteran Discusses 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' Fort Hood Massacre During UCSF Visit
Army Lt. Dan Choi spoke about the stress placed on members of the armed services by combat, long deployments, and the ban on speaking openly about homosexuality during a recent visit to UCSF.
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Archive: Peter Carroll spotlighted in KALW radio feature
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Archive: Beyond Drugs, "Science of the Mind" Series Explores New Depression Treatments
Psychiatrist Descartes Li discusses new techniques to treat depression as part of UCSF Mini Medical School’s “Science of the Mind” lecture series.
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Archive: UCSF Forum Launches UC Global Health Institute, Reports State Impact
UCSF Global Health Sciences and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) today launch a UC Global Health Institute with a forum featuring top experts in the field and the release of a report showing the $75 billion impact of global health in California.
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Archive: Martin Powers joins Department of Molecular Diagnostics
New UCSF Faculty, November 2009
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Archive: Todd Nystul joins Department of Anatomy and OB/Gyn & RS
New UCSF Faculty, November 2009
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Archive: NYT blog features Q&A with UCSF neurosurgery expert
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Archive: CAT Scan for Cells Permits Viewing of New Drugs' Effects on Infectious Candida
UCSF researchers use a new type of CAT scan to image cells that cause yeast infection and learn more about promising drug candidates.
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Archive: Nasim Sabery Khavari joins Department of Pediatrics
New UCSF Faculty, November 2009
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Archive: Edward Thornborrow joins Department of Laboratory Medicine
New UCSF Faculty, November 2009
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Archive: UC launches institute to address global health's $75 billion impact on California
Global Health represents more than a $75 billion impact on the California economy, according to a report by the newly formed University of California Global Health Institute. The report was released today during a conference on the importance of global health to California.
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Archive: Biography of Susan Desmond-Hellmann
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Archive: Police Report Several Laptops Stolen on Parnassus Campus
Members of the UCSF community are reminded to protect their computers and electronic devices following a recent series of thefts on the Parnassus campus.
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Archive: UCSF Medical Center & UCSF Children's Hospital change visitor policy to limit spread of H1N1 flu
UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children’s Hospital are implementing a temporary change to their visitor policy due to a recent increase in cases of H1N1 flu and the potential for the virus to spread.
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Archive: UCSF Medical Center Implements New Visitor Policy to Limit Spread of H1N1 Flu
In response to the H1N1 flu, UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Children’s Hospital will implement a temporary change in their visitor that will take effect on November 9.
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Archive: Killing in war associated with PTSD and behavioral and adjustment problems
In a study of 1,200 veterans of the Vietnam war, those who reported taking a life in combat had a higher incidence of post-traumatic stress disorder, violent behaviors, trouble with daily functioning, and other psychological problems than those who did not, even decades after their war experience.
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Archive: UCSF Chancellor Issues Update on Priorities, People and Budget
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann issued a message to the UCSF community on Nov. 5 announcing two upcoming changes in leadership, among other important matters.
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Archive: KPIX highlights UCSF islet cell transplants for diabetes
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Archive: Expert Calls for Health Reform to Eliminate Health Disparities
Denise Rodgers, a national leader in health disparities, recently called upon her colleagues to “move away from the comfortable walls of academia and speak our truths about the adverse health consequences of racism, sexism, homophobia and poverty.”
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Archive: UCSF forum launches UC Global Health Institute, reports state impact
UCSF Global Health Sciences and the Center for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will host a public forum titled, “A Center of Excellence for Global Health: Why Global Health Matters to California.” The event will focus on the future of U.S. and California leadership in global health and the release of a report on the multi-billion-dollar impact of global health on California.
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Archive: Resident Physician Earns National Recognition for Youth Empowerment Program
Risha Irby-Irvin received this year’s Community Service Recognition Award from the American Association of Medical Colleges for her work with disadvantaged Los Angeles teens.
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Archive: Physical education key to improving health in low-income adolescents
School-based physical education plays a key role in curbing obesity and improving fitness among adolescents from low-income communities, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of California, San Francisco and UC Berkeley.