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UCSF is kicking off Diversity Month by announcing this year’s honorees for the Chancellor Diversity Awards, which recognizes the work of faculty members, staff and postdocs/students/trainees.
Beginning Sept. 30, UCSF will offer all faculty, staff, students, trainees and volunteers with an identification badge a free shot to prevent influenza.
Three Gladstone scientists have won research awards from divisions of the National Institutes of Health equaling an approximate total of $12.5 million over five years for their groundbreaking research to overcome HIV/AIDS.
A consortium of the five University of California medical campuses, including UCSF, has been awarded a $12 million grant and designated by the National Institutes of Health as one of three Centers for Accelerated Innovations by the National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute.
From white coat ceremonies to welcome receptions, UCSF is abuzz with events marking the arrival of new and returning students. View the sights around campus, and read about some exciting new educational initiatives.
The report earlier this year of a new hepatitis virus was a false alarm, according to UCSF researchers who correctly identified the virus as a contaminant present in a type of glassware used in many research labs.
UCSF soon will be the first U.S. medical school at which medical students can earn academic credit for editing medical content on Wikipedia.
Some of UCSF’s leading experts discuss the potential impact of new health care coverage options on hospitals and clinics, and on women and children, available statewide under the Affordable Care Act (ACA).
Andrew Bindman, who helped draft provisions in the Affordable Care Act (ACA), discusses the rollout of the state health exchanges from a national perspective.
Claire Brindis, director of the UCSF Philip R. Lee Institute for Health Policy Studies, discusses the changes to health coverage under the Affordable Care Act for women and young adults.
Josh Adler, chief medical officer of UCSF Medical Center and UCSF Benioff Children's Hospital, discusses the Affordable Care Act's impact on hospitals and medical practice.
Janet Coffman, an expert on evidence-based medicine and health insurance coverage especially as it relates to prevention and California, discusses the impact of the Affordable Care Act and health exchanges on the state.