Chugai and UCSF to Collaborate on Drug Discovery Research
Chugai Pharmaceutical Co., Ltd. and UC San Francisco have entered into a Master Collaboration Agreement to advance drug discovery research. The multi-year agreement establishes a framework to
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How the Deadly Superbug Infiltrating Hospitals Hides in Your Skin
Teams of researchers at UCSF discover how C. auris, a fungal superbug that can make a difficult hospitalization deadly, stows itself in hair follicles to evade the skin's typical immune defenses.
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UCSF’s New Bakar Research and Academic Building Is Inspired by Fog
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UCSF Health Earns 30th Consecutive US News Best Hospitals Honor Roll
UCSF Medical Center ties as No. 1 hospital in California and ranks best in the state for cancer, geriatrics, neurology and neurosurgery, pulmonology, rheumatology, and urology, according to U.S. News & World Report.
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From Hiking to Meditating, This San Francisco Nature Gem is Thriving
UCSF Campus Life Services, in partnership with Golden Gate Bird Alliance, does an annual Bird and Butterfly Survey on Mount Sutro. The most recent survey demonstrates increased species diversity and bird population growth across the Mount Sutro Open Space Reserve, bolstering the ecological health of the reserve and the success of UCSF's vegetation management work.
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UCSF Dentists Bring Care to Patients Who Often Feel Invisible
The Citywide Dental Clinic, a monthly free public pop-up dental clinic in San Francisco’s Tenderloin District organized by UCSF’s School of Dentistry, allows UCSF dental students to provide free care to patients under the watchful eye of UCSF dental faculty.
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UCSF Cancer Researcher Awarded Prize for Early Career Scientists
UCSF Health’s Adam Blaisdell, MD, PhD, has been selected as an IGNITE fellow by the Cancer Research Institute (CRI), a New York-based nonprofit that funds and promotes cancer immunotherapy research.
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How U.S. HIV Funding Cuts Quickly Affected Care in East Africa
UCSF researchers presented data that found that the U.S. government’s withdrawal of funding for global HIV programs in January 2025 sharply reduced the number of people entering HIV care across East Africa within weeks.
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At This CaFE, Spanish-Speakers Learn Type 1 Diabetes Care
Ten years ago, a small group of UCSF clinicians and community partners set out to address a gap in care they were seeing every day in the clinic: Spanish-speaking families navigating type 1 diabetes (T1D) without the language, cultural context, and support systems they needed. Today, Campamento Familiar en Español (CaFE) celebrates a decade of impact as a one-of-a-kind program transforming diabetes care across California.
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UC Welcomes UCSF’s Jordan Roiland as Student Regent-Designate
On Tuesday, July 14, 2026, the University of California Board of Regents appointed Jordan Roiland as the 2027–28 student regent. With his appointment, Roiland becomes the first M.D. student and only the third UC San Francisco student to serve as student regent in the 52-year history of the position.
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UCSF Earns Prestigious Clean California Community Designation
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It’s Not Just Fat, a Yo-Yo Diet Means Losing Healthy Muscle Too
Analyzing MRI scans, UCSF radiologist Thomas Link showed that people whose weight fluctuates lose not only fat but muscle. Could have implications for people who go on and off GLP-1s.
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UCSF Cares for More Kids at New Neuro Unit at Mission Bay Hospital
UCSF Benioff Children’s Hospital San Francisco is opening a dedicated 8-bed unit for pediatric neurological care, the first inpatient expansion since the Mission Bay Hospital opened in 2015.
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Next Gen Pharmacists Hunt for New Breakthrough Drugs with AI
UCSF’s Master of Science program in Artificial Intelligence and Computational Drug Discovery and Development (AICD3) has seen success in setting up learners for sought-after careers in drug discovery, drug development, bioinformatics, and pharmacovigilance. One alum has even translated his capstone project into a job at Genentech.
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“Ribbit” — Do Frogs Have First Antidote to Deadly Red Tide Toxin?
Saxitoxin, a neurotoxin released in algal blooms, has killed many people on the West Coast who've gathered shellfish that were exposed to it. The poison has also been developed as a chemical weapon. There is no antidote, yet — but it does exist.
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Toxic Red Tides Are Becoming More Frequent. Scientists Think One Chemical Could Save Lives.
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UCSF Health, Kleiner Perkins, and Doerr Capital Launch a New Model for Building Healthcare AI
San Francisco, CA (July 15, 2026) – Today, UCSF Health, Kleiner Perkins and Doerr Capital announced UCSF Health Converge, a new health AI accelerator that brings select companies together with
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UCSF Health Partners to Launch New Model to Build Healthcare AI
UCSF Health, Kleiner Perkins, and Doerr Capital launched UCSF Health Converge, a healthcare AI accelerator that helps startups build, test, and scale AI solutions for patient care in real-world clinical settings.
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Health Officials Look Into Cyclosporiasis Outbreak as Cases Increase Nationwide
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How to Fill a Shortage of Specialists in ALS, Epilepsy, and Stroke
UCSF Health today announced a $170,000 investment in start-up funding to partner with Foothill College to develop a new two-year Neurodiagnostic Technologist (NDT) program. This landmark initiative
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Invasive Breast Cancer Is Rising Fast in Asian American Women
Breast cancer is known to disproportionately affect Asian American women who never smoked. Now, a new study documents a new breast cancer trend.
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Can 2 Drugs Work Better Than 1 Against Alzheimer’s? UCSF Aims To Find Out
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UCSF Screens First Patients in Novel Alzheimer’s Trial
A study will test new drugs for early disease in an effort to prevent the buildup of toxic tau tangles that lead to cognitive decline.
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What to Know About Menopause: Latest Guidance to Empower Women
UCSF experts explain menopause symptoms, hormone replacement therapy (HRT), benefits, risks, and new guidelines to help women make informed treatment decisions.
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Why it Might Be Time to Reassess Your Long-term Prostate Medication
Researchers found that one in three men had minimal symptomatic benefits from tamsulosin, the most commonly prescribed medication for older men with a form of urinary tract infections, and suggest that they should be deprescribed of this medication.
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Could These Tiny Organs Save Millions of Lives?
UCSF researchers are using tiny "mini-organs" to model disease, personalize treatment, and understand human development. They are also addressing the limitations holding the field back: giving organoids a vascular system and making organoids reproducible.
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New Program at UCSF and UC Berkeley Will Drive Advances in Medicine
UCSF and UC Berkeley have launched a joint program to develop the frontier of AI in biomedicine and accelerate advances in clinical care.
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FDA Clears Zyn: Will Nicotine Pouches Hook a New Generation?
UCSF’s Dr. Pamela Ling explains why the FDA’s Zyn ruling risks a new generation of nicotine addiction, despite being marketed as a safer cigarette alternative.
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Genetic Test Ranks Risk for Black People Hoping to Donate a Kidney
A UCSF study followed Black kidney donors to see if they faced elevated risks for low kidney function, and found that many had a gene that meant it may be less safe in a small percentage.
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Yes, Telemedicine Can Reduce Alcohol Use for Liver Disease Patients
Alcohol use disorder is a major cause of disease and premature death worldwide. For people with chronic liver disease (CLD), there is no safe level of alcohol consumption. Yet many patients with this