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UCSF researchers have discovered a new heat-producing pathway in fat cells that works by burning excess blood glucose, suggesting a potential new approach to treating metabolic disorders.
San Francisco, City leaders and UCSF physicians are coming together to recognize community efforts to turn the curve on the preterm birth epidemic and the need for more attention on it.
To better address emerging global health problems, UCSF Global Health Sciences has been designated the Institute for Global Health Sciences.
The National Institute on Minority Health and Health Disparities has appointed Anna Maria Nápoles as scientific director of its Division of Intramural Research.
New research finds one of the world’s most deadly forms of lung cancer is driven by changes in multiple different genes.
Smartphones and emotional crises, social media and tanning beds are seemingly disconnected – but UCSF researcher Eleni Linos has started to make an impact on health by her focus on how technology can influence our behaviors.
One of UCSF’s groundbreaking cancer programs will be prominently featured at the 2017 Dreamforce conference through an interactive exposition and a talk by two researchers.
A study challenges the belief that children with Down syndrome are significantly more susceptible to leukemia.
UCSF researchers have discovered a gene vulnerability that could let oncologists wipe out drug-resistant cancers across many different cancer types.
UCSF will be hosting its second annual Veterans Open House and Job Fair on Tuesday, Nov. 7.
The University of California, along with other organizations and individuals who have sued the Trump administration over its rescission of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, on Nov. 1 jointly asked a federal judge to keep the program operating while legal motions proceed.
Lindsey A. Criswell, a longtime professor in the School of Medicine, has been named vice chancellor for research for UCSF.
In his fourth annual State of the University address, Chancellor Sam Hawgood announced the launch of UCSF’s first comprehensive fundraising campaign in more than a decade, which leverages “the transformational power of our community.”
Scientists from two U.S. national laboratories, industry, and academia on Oct. 27 launched an unprecedented effort to transform the way cancer drugs are discovered.
A renowned leader in electrocardiogram (ECG) technology and innovation, David W. Mortara, PhD, has donated $25 million to the UCSF School of Nursing to reduce “alarm fatigue” in nurses and other clinicians, and improve patient care and safety.
UCSF has launched one of the largest fundraising efforts ever set by a U.S. university, a $5 billion campaign aimed at tackling the most complex biomedical questions of our day and working more broadly to improve the quality of people’s health over their lifetimes.
UCSF researchers are leading a resolution revolution by capturing the inner workings of the human body in exquisite images through recent advances in cryo-electron microscopy.
Seven out of 10 trainee surgeons surveyed experienced burnout driven by emotional exhaustion, “depersonalization” and doubts about their effectiveness at work, impacting their own performance and potentially patients’ health.
Following a state law mandating testing, the California Department of Public Health issued more alerts for lead in candy than for the other top three sources of food-borne contamination combined.
Joe DeRisi, PhD, a master detective of infectious diseases, stumbled on a clue to cracking the decades-long search for the place – or creature – where the Ebola virus hides between deadly outbreaks.
Global Health Sciences is celebrating the 10th anniversary of the Global Health Group, and it has a long list of accomplishments to claim from that time.
Open Enrollment, the time of year when UC employees have the opportunity to review and make changes to their benefits, runs from Oct. 26 until Nov. 21.
As the deadly wildfires that devastated Northern California this month come under control and residents begin the process of rebuilding, one question that lingers is the longer-term health effects of the smoke.
UCSF has ranked in the top 10 for seven specialties in 2017 Best Global Universities rankings released Tuesday by U.S. News & World Report.