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David Vlahov, who has been named the new dean of the century-old UCSF School of Nursing, “brings an exciting combination of community-based research and intervention to UCSF.”
University of California scholars will gather at UC Irvine on November 30 to showcase research aimed at improving the health of the world.
UCSF’s recent Bay Area Global Health Summit ignited robust discussion in hopes of stimulating ideas that lead to tangible progress toward <i>advancing health worldwide™</i>.
John Greenspan, a distinguished professor of oral pathology and pathology in the schools of dentistry and medicine, respectively, has been appointed associate dean for Global Oral Health in the UCSF School of Dentistry.
Sally Rankin, who completed her PhD in nursing in 1988 and joined the faculty, has been named interim dean of the UCSF School of Nursing.
The UCSF community is invited to “Art for AIDS,” a benefit featuring the cast of <cite>Dreamgirls</cite>, who will perform songs from that Tony Award-winning musical on September 24.
The UCSF contingent finished in fifth place for its fundraising efforts out of all the teams that participated in AIDS Walk San Francisco 2010, according to the final official fundraising tally.
A joint project of UCSF and the Kenya Medical Research Institute has received $7 million—the first award of a five year grant that will total about $35 million—to expand its care and support of people affected by HIV/AIDS in Kenya.
The UCSF contingent raised nearly $44,000 in AIDS Walk San Francisco -- finishing once again among the top 10 fundraising teams in the annual event.
Community psychologist Susan Kegeles’ longtime contribution to AIDS prevention was recognized by a recent visit to the White House, where she witnessed President Obama unveiling the National HIV/AIDS Strategy.
UCSF School of Nursing faculty are engaged in a number of community engagement projects, a core component of the UCSF Clinical and Translational Science Institute.
Kathryn Lee, professor and Livingston Chair of the Department of Family Health Care Nursing, talks about her role as associate dean of research in nursing school.
Longtime UCSF leader Haile Debas will step down as executive director of UCSF Global Health Sciences to devote more energy to important strategic initiatives.
Time is running out to register or raise money for the annual walk on July 18 which benefits HIV/AIDS organizations serving six Bay Area counties.
HIV-infected patients who lost subcutaneous fat as a result of taking first-generation antiretroviral drugs still had strikingly less body fat than non-infected controls five years after switching to newer medications, according to a study led by researchers at the San Francisco VA Medical Center and the University of California, San Francisco.
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann will present a new trophy to the team that raises the most money per person in AIDS Walk San Francisco, which takes place on July 18.
UCSF Chancellor Sue Desmond-Hellmann and Mark Laret, chief executive officer of UCSF Medical Center, announced today that Marc and Lynne Benioff have “made an extraordinary $100 million gift to UCSF Children’s Hospital.”
The UCSF community is invited to the presentation ceremony for the 2010 Chancellor’s Award for Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and/or Transgender (GLBT) Leadership on June 9.
It’s time to show your community spirit by joining a UCSF team to raise funds in AIDS Walk San Francisco, which takes place in Golden Gate Park on July 18.
Graduation season is in full swing at UCSF with commencement ceremonies that continue next month for the schools of dentistry and nursing.
Researchers have identified how a normal response to infection, one that usually serves to limit the amount of inflammation, actually contributes to disease progression and viral persistence in HIV-infected patients.
Michelle Bachelet, the first woman president of Chile, visited UCSF recently where she met Sue Desmond-Hellmann, the first woman chancellor of UCSF, and toured the Mission Bay campus.
Understanding the processes underlying the diminishing life span of HIV patients, even though they are responding well to anti-retroviral therapy, will be the focus of a daylong symposium on May 18.
UCSF researchers have found a novel association between human papillomavirus (HPV) infection and increased HIV acquisition in women. The study team also identified specific types of HPV associated with HIV infection, suggesting a biological basis for HIV transmission to women.
UCSF and SEEK Development, a global health and development consulting group based in Berlin, Germany, have launched an international partnership that aims to improve global health by helping to turn scientific evidence into policy and action. The Evidence-to-Policy Initiative, or E2Pi, officially launches this week in San Francisco and Berlin, Germany.
Seth Berkley, president and CEO of the International AIDS Vaccine Initiative and one of <cite>Time</cite> magazine’s 100 Most Influential People in the World, will talk about the global hunt for a vaccine at UCSF on April 5.
In April 2010, personnel aboard the International Space Station plan to carry out an experiment designed by a San Francisco VA Medical Center researcher that will investigate why the immune system’s T cells stop working in the absence of gravity. The experiment has implications for understanding the body’s ability to mount an immune response on earth, as well.
In light of the economic times, the University of California’s two newest chancellors decided to forgo a formal inauguration opting instead for a low-key celebration last week.